Streaming television often relies on familiar properties, prequels, and reboots to keep audiences engaged. Yellowstone’s expansion into a franchise with multiple spinoffs reflects this trend. May’s recommended viewing includes Battlestar Galactica, revived by Ronald D. Moore after the 1978 series, where humanity fights extinction against sentient AI Cylons. The full Paramount+ franchise is available, including the three-hour miniseries pilot, all four seasons, an Olmos-directed feature film, and the prequel series Caprica. Another recommendation is Worst Ex Ever, a Netflix true-crime docuseries that uses interviews and storytelling to examine claims about former partners.
"More than a year before Russell T. Davies rebooted Doctor Who for a whole new generation, Ronald D. Moore breathed new life into Battlestar Galactica-Glen A. Larson's highly anticipated, but ultimately short-lived, sci-fi show from 1978. The revived series, in which what remains of humanity attempts to stave off extinction at the hands of a race of sentient AI beings known as Cylons, has since become one of the most critically acclaimed and influential sci-fi franchises of all time."
"Now, after a year of being MIA, Paramount+ is bringing the entire franchise-which was profoundly ahead of its time with its exploration of AI, politics, identity, and what it means to be human-to its streaming platform. In addition to the three-hour miniseries that served as the de facto pilot, all four official seasons of the series, starring Oscar nominees Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, plus Katee Sackhoff in her breakout role, are now streaming."
"It's all here for the bingeing. Worst Ex Ever Think your former partner was the worst person that ever lived? Give Netflix's true crime docuseries a watch, and then maybe reassess. Using a mix of standard talking head intervie"
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