Old School tastes
Netflix – Murdoch Mysteries – 12 Seasons
In Victorian-era Toronto, Inspector William Murdoch uses unconventional scientific methods to crack complex, high-profile murder cases.
Netflix – Miss Fishers murder mysteries – 3 seasons
Get ready to immerse yourself in the opulent, exciting and sometimes dangerous world of Australia’s leading lady, Det. Phryne Fisher.
Netflix – The Crown – 3 Seasons
This drama follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Each season features a different era from her life with a different cast to represent them.
Disney+ – Disney’s streaming service has almost everything Disney’s produced. Including Mickey Mouse cartoons dating back to 1928. In their ‘Vintage’ section they have titles you may not have though about in a while like the 1950’s version of Treasure Island, the Davy Crockett movies and the 1940’s Swiss Family Robison.
Sci-Fi
Crave – Orphan Black – 5 Seasons – TV-MA
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her and stealing the look-a-like’s identity.
Amazon Prime – Heroes – 4 Seasons – TV-14
Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
Netflix – I Am Not Okay With This – 1 season – TV-MA
Angsty Syd navigates high school awkwardness, family drama and an unrequited crush on her best friend all while trying to rein in her budding superpowers.
Disney+ Kids – Lilo and Stitch: The Series – 2 Seasons – TV-G
Taking place after the events of the first movie, Lilo and her alien Stitch have to hunt down Dr. Jumba’s 625 other experiments after they are set loose in Hawaii
Disney+ Adults – Star Wars: The Mandalorian – 1 Season – TV-PG
Set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. The series depicts a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
Classic Sitcoms
Crave -Seinfeld – 9 Seasons – TV-PG
Four single friends — comic Jerry Seinfeld, bungling George Costanza, frustrated working gal Elaine Benes and eccentric neighbour Kramer — deal with the absurdities of everyday life in New York City.
Netflix – Friends – 10 Seasons – TV-14
This hit sitcom follows the merry misadventures of six 20-something pals as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in 1990s Manhattan.
Amazon Prime – Roseanne – 9 Seasons – TV-PG
Follows a working class family struggling with life’s essential problems: marriage, children, money and parents in-law.
Disney+ Kids – Recess – 3 Seasons – TV-Y7
Recess follows life at Third Street Elementary School, where students have created a miniature society complete with its own government, class system and unwritten laws.
Disney+ Adults – The Simpsons – 30 Seasons – TV-PG
The world famous family, and the rest of Springfield have found their home on Disney+. For the first time the entire series is available to stream in Canada.
Recent Comedy
Netflix – Brooklyn Nine-Nine – 6 Seasons (Season 7 airing on NBC) – TV-14
Brilliant but immature Brooklyn detective Jake Peralta must learn to follow the rules and be a team player when his squad gets an exacting new captain
Amazon Prime – Parks and Recreation -7 seasons -TV-14
A mockumentary following the inner workings of the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Ind. From the creators of “The Office.”
Crave – Letterkenny – 8 Seasons – TV-MA
The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Players. The three groups are constantly feuding with each other over seemingly trivial matters.
Disney+ Kids – Diary of a Future President – 1 Season – TV-PG
Elena will one day become President of the United States, but first she has to get through middle school. With her family by her side, this sixth grader documents the highs and lows in her diary.
Action/ Exciting
Netflix – Vikings – 3 Seasons TV-MA
This gritty drama charts the exploits of Viking hero Ragnar Lothbrok as he extends the Norse reach by challenging an unfit leader who lacks vision.
Crave – Wynonna Earp – 3 seasons – TV-14
Wynonna Earp has been away from her hometown, Purgatory, for years but returns to reluctantly take on the role that Wyatt Earp’s heir is destined for — demon protector. Her task is to take out Revenants, the resurrected souls of the criminals who were taken down at one time by her great-grandfather.
Amazon Prime – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – 2 seasons – TV-MA
An up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, is thrust into a dangerous field assignment as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit.
Disney+ Kids – Kim Possible – 4 Seasons – TV-G
She’s a typical high school girl who, also saves the world from evil villains with her best friend Ron and his naked mole rat Rufus. Kim stops archenemies around the globe while also balancing homework, her family and cheer practice.
Disney+ Adults – Marvel’s Agent Carter – 2 Seasons – TV-PG
Taking place in 1946 (after the events of Captain America: First Avenger) Peggy Carter is working for the Strategic Scientific Reserve and finds herself doing administrative work when she would rather be in the field taking down the bad guys.
Science and Nature
Netflix – Our Planet – Limited Series – TV-PG
Experience our planet’s natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope, narrated by David Attenborough
Crave – How it’s made – 12 seasons – TV-G
Have you ever wondered how every day products are made? How It’s Made leads you through the process and gives you an inside look — including apple juice, skateboards, engines, contact lenses, and many more! Seasons 15-26 are available.
Disney+ Kids – Unlikely Animal Friends – 2 seasons – TV-G
This series shows stories of unlikely animal pairs that have created unusual friendships. Revealing the emotional power of animals that bond with other species.
Disney+ Adults – One Strange Rock – 1 Season – TV-PG
Hosted by Will Smith, One Strange Rock reveals magical twists of fate that have allowed life to thrive only on Earth. This is a story told by the only people to have left the Earth behind, astronauts.
Fantasy
Crave – The Handmaid’s Tale – 3 Seasons – TV-MA
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. Based on the book my Margret Atwood.
Netflix – The Witcher – 1 Season – TV-MA
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Amazon Prime – Good Omens – 1 Season – TV-MA
A tale of the bungling of Armageddon features an angel, a demon, an eleven-year-old Antichrist, and a doom-saying witch. Based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Disney+ Kids – Gravity Falls – 2 Seasons – TV-Y7
Twins Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer with their eccentric Great Uncle Stan (aka Grunkle Stan) who runs a tourist trap called the “Mystery Shack”. Things are not what they seems, and with the help of a mysterious journal Dipper finds, things start to unravel.
Drama
Netflix – You – 2 Seasons – TV-MA
A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.
Crave – Killing Eve – 2 Seasons – TV-14A
After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.
Amazon Prime – House – 8 Seasons – TV-14
An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits.
Disney+ – Marvel’s Runways – 3 Seasons – TV-14
After discovering their parents are super-villains in disguise, a group of teenagers band together to run away from their homes in order to atone for their parents’ actions and to discover the secrets of their origins.
