TV (and movies) have long-sold escape fantasies. I don’t know about you, but right now after over a month of rarely going more than 1km away from my home, I am ready to buy into trashy fantasy shows. Maybe Outer Banks or Too Hot Too Handle is exactly what I need in life. Proof COVID-19 has already won.
returning:
Killing Eve (s3), Insecure (s4), American Dad (s17), Bosch (s6), What We Do In The Shadows (s2), In The Dark (s2), Fauda (s3)
new:
Outer Banks - Netflix (US)
Stars: Madison Bailey, Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss
A group of teenagers from the wrong side of the tracks stumble upon a treasure map that unearths a long buried secret.
Watch:
Netflix
blackAF - Netflix (US)
Stars: Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones, Gil Ozeri
A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.
Watch:
Netflix
The Stranger - Quibi (US)
Stars: Roxana Brusso, Dane DeHaan, Euanton Dotson
An unassuming young rideshare driver is thrown into her worst nightmare when a mysterious Hollywood Hills passenger enters her car.
Watch:
Quibi
Run - HBO (US)
Stars: Merritt Wever, Domhnall Gleeson, Rich Sommer, Archie Panjabi
Two ex-lovers activate a long-planned escape to disappear together.
Watch:
HBO (US)
AUSTRALIA: Run will debut on Foxtel May 7
Quiz - ITV (UK)
Stars: Michael Sheen, Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar
Quiz tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'
Watch:
ITV - UK
The Baker and The Beauty - ABC (US)
Stars: Nathalie Kelley, Victor Rasuk, Carlos Gómez
Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do, until his life changes unexpectedly on a wild Miami night with a chance encounter with Noa Hollander at a fancy restaurant. Noa is an international superstar, the daughter of a real estate magnate and a successful model, just out of a high-profile Hollywood relationship. Sparks fly between the two and the unlikely couple must decide whether to upend their lives to be together, pulling their families into an inevitable culture clash.
Too Hot To Handle - Netflix (US)
On the shores of paradise, gorgeous singles meet and mingle. But there's a twist. To win a $100,000 grand prize, they'll have to give up sex.
Watch:
Netflix
