March weekends are for comfort viewing, and Paramount+ is a warp-speed rabbit hole that's easy to get lost in.That warp reference will make sense in a minute, but in the meantime, let me offer up a few sure-fire suggestions for what to watch.First up is a fresh new Star Trek series with some new blood that's just about ready for binge-watching; the second is a feral survival mystery with a killer cast; and the third is the grandaddy of weird, mind-twisting TV serials.
Happy viewing, folks.3 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy With the season one finale of this fresh and fun new Star Trek series on the horizon, all nine episodes of its critically-acclaimed first season will be up for binging.If you liked the excellent animated Trek series , will likely fire on all the same cylinders, er, warp coils.
Set sometime in the 32nd century, roughly at the same time as the later seasons of and 125 years after the catastrophic event called "TheBurn," the series follows the first new Starfleet Academy class in more than a century.Running this sort of Hogwarts in space is 422-year-old Lanthanite/Human hybrid Starfleet chancellor Nahala Ake (Holly Hunter), chosen because she actually remembers the worth of the Academy.The series is Trek through and through, with each self-contained episode offering a different story, centered around its cadets—troubled reformed criminal Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta), Klingon Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diané), sharp hologram SAM (Kerrice Brooks), and fellow cadets Darem Reymi (George Hawkins) and Genesis Lythe (Bella Shepard—each with their own baggage.
Season one garnered a solid 88% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, and features some welcome return characters, such as Tig Notaro’s Jett Reno and Robert Picardo’s holographic Doctor.Star Trek: Starfleet Academy TV-14 Action & Adventure Drama Sci-Fi Release Date January 15, 2026 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming Network Paramount+ Cast Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diane, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, Zoë Steiner, Gina Yashere, Robert Picardo, Tig Notaro, Stephen Colbert, Tatiana Maslany, Paul Giamatti, Rebecca Quin, Ken Barnett, Michael Brown, Nicole Dickinson, Tricia Black, Avaah Blackwell, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Mia Yaguchi-Chow, Ian Busher, Darren Richardson, Brian David Gilbert, Jeremy Culhane, Raoul Bhaneja, Anthony Natale, George Hawkins Showrunner Alex Kurtzman, Noga Landau Directors Douglas Aarniokoski, Alex Kurtzman, Andi Armaganian, Larry Teng Writers Gaia Violo, Alex Taub, Jane Maggs, Tawny Newsome, Kirsten Beyer, Kiley Rossetter, Eric Anthony Glover Franchise(s) Star Trek Main Genre Sci-Fi Creator(s) Gaia Violo, Alex Kurtzman, Noga Landau Producers Alex Kurtzman, Frank Siracusa, Jenny Lumet, Olatunde Osunsanmi, John Weber, Michelle Paradise, Rod Roddenberry, Aaron Baiers, Noga Landau, Gaia Violo Number of Episodes 10 Franchise Star Trek Seasons 1 Story By Gaia Violo Streaming Service(s) Paramount Plus Where To Watch Paramount Plus Release Window 2026 Executive Producer(s) Alex Kurtzman, Frank Siracusa, Jenny Lumet, Olatunde Osunsanmi, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Aaron Baiers, Gaia Violo, Noga Landau, Trevor Roth Powered by Expand Collapse 2 Yellowjackets Season four of this ravenous 10-time Emmy-nominated psychological thriller series started filming this month, but if you haven't given it a try yet, all three seasons are available to slice into, ASAP.With a stacked cast that includes Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey, and Ella Purnell (with Elijah Wood, Hilary Swank, and Joel McHale joining in later seasons), it's not surprising that has a near-perfect critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Let's break it down.Things get all when the plane of a 1996 girls' high school soccer team crashes in the Canadian wilderness.As they struggle to survive, things get dark, twisted, and weird.
And as they unfold, we get more details of all the secrets kept as the story is told along two timelines—during the teens' time in the woods, and with the same women, only 25 years later, as they're still coming to terms with what happened (and what they did) out there.With dual casts of younger and older versions of the characters, is supremely trippy and dramatic to watch, with stellar performances and tense drama all around.All 29 hour-long episodes are available to binge at your leisure on Paramount+.
Yellowjackets TV-MA Drama Mystery Horror Release Date 2021 - 2026-00-00 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming BUY Network Showtime, Paramount+ with Showtime Cast Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Sarah Desjardins, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Alexa Barajas, Ella Purnell, Simone Kessell, Lauren Ambrose, Nia Sondaya, Mya Lowe, Alex Wyndham, Elijah Wood, Jenna Burgess, Nicole Maines, Jane Widdop, Rukiya Bernard, Luciano Leroux, John Cameron Mitchell Showrunner Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Jonathan Lisco Directors Benjamin Semanoff, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Deepa Mehta, Eduardo Sánchez, Jeffrey W.Byrd, Liz Garbus, Scott Winant, Eva Sørhaug, Jamie Travis Writers Liz Phang, Sarah L.Thompson, Ameni Rozsa Main Genre Mystery Creator(s) Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson Producers Karyn Kusama, Jonathan Lisco, Drew Comins, Brad Van Arragon Seasons 3 Streaming Service(s) Paramount+ with Showtime Powered by Expand Collapse 1 The Twilight Zone (1959 - 1964) It's the gold standard of weird, warped, existential sci-fi shows that paved the way for everything from to to .
Creator and host Rod Serling's original classic anthology show,, which ran for five seasons from 1959 to 1964, has given us so many memorable moments that have been lampooned, reproduced, and endlessly referenced.Subscribe to the newsletter for smart streaming picks Unlock curated streaming coverage—subscribe to the newsletter for focused recommendations, binge guides, and deep dives on shows like Star Trek, Yellowjackets, and The Twilight Zone to shape your next watchlist.Get Updates By subscribing, you agree to receive newsletter and marketing emails, and accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
You can unsubscribe anytime.Sterling wrote more than 80 of its 150-plus 25-minute episodes (all available to stream), each a self-contained tale that blended drama with superstition, dystopian themes, horror, fantasy, space journeys, and everything in between—all with a head-exploding twist ending.Standout episodes include: William Shatner's (season 3), where his Mr.
Wilson character goes mad thinking that there's a gremlin out on the wing of the plane he's on (I always think of this when I fly), and (season 3), where a seemingly-friendly race of aliens living among us offer us all the cures to what ails us on their home world, but it's deliciously sinister.I could go on, but you're way better off seeing this groundbreaking series for yourself, even if not for the first time.It's highly bingable, and you won't want to stop watching one episode after another.
The Twilight Zone TV-14 Mystery Drama Science Fiction Supernatural Release Date 1959 - 1964 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming BUY Network CBS Cast Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, Vaughn Taylor, Jon Lormer, Burgess Meredith, Jack Klugman, John Anderson, Ray Pourchot, Peter Hornsby, Vito Scotti, Claude Akins, Lee Marvin, Irene Dailey, Keenan Wynn, Pat Crowley, Virginia Christine, Mariette Hartley, Jeanne Cooper, Ron Masak, Jean Marsh, Everett Sloane, Shepperd Strudwick, Eleanor Audley, Henry Corden, Robert Sorrells, Roddy McDowall, Howard Morris, Jack Perkins, Patrick Macnee, Sherry Jackson, Dewey Martin Showrunner Rod Serling Directors John Brahm, Buzz Kulik, Douglas Heyes, Lamont Johnson, Richard L.Bare, James Sheldon, Richard Donner, Don Medford, Montgomery Pittman, Abner Biberman, Alan Crosland, Jr., Alvin Ganzer, Elliot Silverstein, Jack Smight, Joseph M.Newman, Ted Post, William Claxton, Jus Addiss, Mitchell Leisen, Perry Lafferty, Robert Florey, Robert Parrish, Ron Winston, Stuart Rosenberg Writers Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Earl Hamner, Jr., George Clayton Johnson, Jerry Sohl, Henry Slesar, Martin Goldsmith, Anthony Wilson, Bernard C.
Schoenfeld, Bill Idelson, E.Jack Neuman, Jerome Bixby, Jerry McNeely, John Collier, John Furia, Jr., John Tomerlin, Lucille Fletcher, Ray Bradbury, Reginald Rose, Sam Rolfe, Adele T.Strassfield Main Genre Sci-Fi Creator(s) Rod Serling Producers Herbert Hirschman, William Froug, Buck Houghton, Bert Granet, Marcel Ichac Seasons 5 Story By rod serling Streaming Service(s) Paramount Plus Executive Producer(s) Rod Serling Powered by Expand Collapse This weekend is full of warp-drive starships, ravenous survival secrets, and black and white existential sci-fi chills for you to queue up and watch, or tuck away on your watchlist for a rainy day, which is fast approaching as spring nears! Paramount Plus Subscription with ads Yes, $8/month Simultaneous streams 3 If you enjoy CBS offerings, you'll want to subscribe to Paramount+.
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