took a while to wait but Sky Show Time He has been with us for over a week. And Spain has been one of the places that took the longest to arrive. The truth is, the landing came at a crucial moment, amid a wave of anger towards his decision. Netflix to terminate shared accounts. With a price offer that’s hard to refuse, we already knew that the breadth of its catalog would be more limited than others. big red Nbut still not everything we were promised. is it a problem take back rights Is your directory in the hands of other platforms? Or is it because they don’t want to throw everything away at once? content will be more moderate? There are great classics announced to us and yet to be announced, and the same can be said for some of the premieres that continue to be hugely successful outside of our borders, but for now we’ll have to stay excited.
Among the non-existent classics, we were told Twin Peaks, which upset the making of television series more than forty years ago, but whose whereabouts today are more difficult to answer than the name of its killer. laura palmer. In Spain, the rights were held by Movistar until recently, a fact that prevented the series from reaching Netflix. Now it is no longer available anywhere. The truth is, Showtime was responsible for the television return of the series. agent cooper (Kyle McLachlan) six years ago, so it was easy to create a piece of the catalog to satisfy the most nostalgic.
That classic comedy isn’t what it used to be either. Frasier. eleven seasons and 265 episodes They are always a very meaty dish for such platforms. We mustn’t forget the millions Netflix paid to get the rights to Friends or Seinfeld and more recently Office. By the way, the latter is on the new platform. Does that mean it will disappear from the others? At any rate, there’s no need to despair about Fraiser’s absence, as a new season has been announced for this year with the return of the psychiatrist he plays. Kelsey Grammer. Are they waiting for the most opportune moment?
Skyshowtime’s landing in Spain also meant the premiere of Strange New Worlds, the new series in the Star Trek franchise. Christopher Pike was the commander of the ship business. However, we don’t know anything about Discovery. The series disappeared from Netflix when Paramount decided to buy it to set up its own platform, and the fourth season was only available in Spain through. pluto tv. With the landing of SkyShowtime, the Discovery kids are yet to come. And when another competitor is on the platform, Amazon PrimeThe final season of the franchise, which chronicles the return of Captain Jean Luc Picard, has just been released. Will all Star Trek series return to SkyShowtime?
Another shortcoming is that we will have to settle for a few installments for some series whose seasons are left behind. We have the chance to watch all 19 seasons while we’re at Disney. Grey’s Anatomy or more than thirty The SimpsonsLooks like we’ll have to settle for seeing the final version for now. NCIS anyone Blue Bloods. But what if I want to see it over? More than anything because it is a series of houses and there is no danger of losing the rights. It should be noted that CBS has a complete catalog of great classics of highly coveted free series for most platforms. Without going any further, Netflix has multiple titles. Are they going to give it with a dropper so that we don’t get stuffed?
However, these catalog gaps do not remain only in the classics, they also affect some innovations of this season. This situation poker facenew series Natasha Lyon and produced by ryan johnson. The abusive actress who won Russian Doll and Orange is the New Black here represents a detective type. Colombo solving mysterious murders every week and has become one of Peacock’s most acclaimed games. Did it have anything to do with the fact that two of its executives were so closely linked to Netflix?
For the rest, we applaud the arrival of complete series such as: Dexter, The Good Wife (and return Good Fight), Battlestar Galactica, Mr. Robot, Nurse Jackie, calibration anyone Primary education. It also repurchased some titles from the European HBO catalog, which was shut down in the recent crisis. Therefore, we cannot say that we have left it idle. Who knows? As we finish them, others arrive.