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Tom's Guide
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
Best Netflix shows with a lot of seasons you should binge-watch right now
If you're like us, you're getting a bit frustrated about having to wait for all of your favorite streaming shows to finish filming and come back with a fresh new batch of episodes. (We're looking at you, "Bridgerton," "The Diplomat" and "Emily in Paris.") If that's the case, these top-notch Netflix shows with a lot of seasons — we're talking a minimum of six, at least — should certainly keep you busy (and entertained) while you wait. Unlike one-and-done miniseries, these lengthy shows have the scope and space to stretch out, letting viewers get to know their characters and follow them across several years. (Or, at the very least, across several days, if you're a binge-watcher.) Whether you're in the mood for a crime-family drama led by an Oscar winner, a cackle-worthy sitcom starring two undeniable legends, or a prison-set saga that pretty much put the streaming service on the map, here are three Netflix shows with a lot of seasons that you should add to your next watch list. To say that "Orange is the New Black" is a huge reason for Netflix's dominance today isn't an understatement — running for seven seasons from 2013 to 2019, it was one of Netflix's first original series and brought in both commercial popularity and critical acclaim during the streamer's early years, including 16 Emmy Award nominations and four wins. Over 91 episodes, "OITNB" follows the lives, loves, losses and legal battles of the women inmates at Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum-security women's federal prison in Upstate New York, with Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) — a clean-cut public relations executive whose drug-running past eventually catches up with her, landing her in prison for 15 months — acting as the audience's proxy. Along the way, Chapman has to adjust to life behind bars as well as the often eccentric, sometimes violent, always interesting convicts now populating her new life. Watch "Orange is the New Black" on Netflix now Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Before he was winning an Academy Award for his explosively great portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," Cillian Murphy was making things blow up on the small screen as Tommy Shelby, the leader of a notorious street gang in post-WWI Birmingham in "Peaky Blinders." The BBC drama series, which took on a new life when it was added to Netflix's library in 2014, only had 36 episodes across six seasons (this is a British show, after all), but it manages to pack in a lot, following Murphy's unrelentingly ambitious crime boss as he deals with the Italian mafia, corrupt Catholic priests, Russian aristocrats, dastardly Irish cops, lingering wartime PTSD and more. Watch "Peaky Blinders" on Netflix now We'd watch Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in anything, but especially in "Grace and Frankie," the seven-season comedy that sees the two legendary performers playing our eponymous pair of women — sharp-tongued cosmetics mogul Grace Hanson and quirky artist Frankie Bergstein, respectively — who form an unlikely friendship after their husbands reveal they are in love with each other and plan to get married. Over 94 half-hour episodes, Frankie and Grace will have you interchangeably laughing and crying as you watch them hilariously and heartwarmingly get through such a major change in their family dynamics, and become family for each other in the process. Watch "Grace and Frankie" on Netflix now What's your favorite show to binge watch? Let us know in the comments below, and be sure to follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
UPI
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Taylor Schilling praises Natasha Lyonne after 'Poker Face' guest role
1 of 5 | Taylor Schilling arrives for the premiere of "The Public" in 2018. She stars in Season 2 of "Poker Face." File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Orange is the New Black alum Taylor Schilling praised former co-star Natasha Lyonne following their reunion in Poker Face Season 2. The actress, 41, discussed her latest role on Late Night with Seth Meyers Wednesday. "I don't know if I would call me if I needed an FBI agent, but Natasha Lyonne being the national treasure that she is -- the once in a generation talent I love -- thought you know, 'Just bring Taylor in to play an FBI agent,' and so I did," Schilling told Meyers. "I did it, and she directed me. She gave me direction that I've never got. You know, I was coming in kind of hot... and she came over and she said, 'Tay-lo,' she said, 'Be cool, be cool.'" Season 2 of the mystery comedy series ended in July and also featured Cynthia Erivo, John Mulaney, Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, Awkwafina, Justin Theroux, Cliff "Method Man" Smith, Kumail Nanjiani and Melanie Lynskey. The show follows "human lie detector" Charlie Cale (Lyonne) as she solves crimes on the road in her Plymouth Barracuda. Natasha Lyonne turns 46: a look back Natasha Lyonne arrives for the premiere of "The Grey Zone" in New York City on October 8, 2002. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo
Gulf Today
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Unliked characters
In the vast world of movies and television shows, not all the characters that we see are loved by audiences. This week we are taking a look at some of those unfortunate characters and the reasons why they were disliked so much. The TV show 'Orange is the New Black' ran for seven seasons from 2013 to 2019. The series is based on the 2010 memoir 'Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison' by author Piper Kerman. The prison drama stars actress Taylor Schilling as the main character Piper Chapman. While the show did well, audiences did not like Chapman and complained about her personality. Another hit show with a really unlikeable character was 'Gossip Girl.' Actress Taylor Momsen played the role of Jenny Humphries, Dan Humphries' younger sister, in the series which ran for six season from 2007 till 2012. This role appears to have been written with the intention of purposely having an unlikeable persona in the show. Jenny started off well but her character changed and audiences' opinions did as well. In other news this week, turn to our Fitness pages to read about some of the best Pilates moves we need to be doing. An expert shares her three favourite moves that can help strength, spinal mobility and improve stiffness. The good thing about this form of exercise is that it can be enjoyed by people with all levels of fitness and flexibility.
