Shameless Season 9 now on Netflix – Picture: Showtime
We’re midway through September and we’re taking stock of the best new TV series to find their way onto Netflix in the United States over the past 7 days.
If you’re looking for a movie, don’t miss our top new movie picks of the week too!
Shameless (U.S) (Season 9)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cast: William H. Macy, Ethan Cutkosky, Jeremy Allen White, Shanola Hampton
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 58 nominations.
The US remake of the British comedy is still going strong over at Showtime and remains one of the few shows getting updates from the network on Netflix.
This season sees big changes for the show as Fiona (played by Emmy Rossum) departs the show after 9 years for pastures new.
Story-wise, you can expect Lip to continue his recovery while looking after an abandoned child, Frank attending rehab, Debby finding out equality doesn’t quite exist in the workplace and Carl returns to Military School.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyus5REdmLI
I’m Sorry (Season 2)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rachel Goldenberg
Cast: Andrea Savage, Tom Everett Scott, Olive Petrucci, Kathy Baker
Our second highlight was probably missed by most as it slipped onto Netflix quietly unannounced on Friday among the other big Friday additions.
The TruTV comedy series is about Andrea and her evergoing battle with simply being alive confronting an ungrateful daughter and her odd career.
If you like Workin’ Moms you should definitely give this show a shot.
The Ranch (Part 7) Netflix Original
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Debra Winger, Sam Elliott, Grady Lee Richmond
One of the longest-running Netflix Originals returns for its penultimate season this week with part 7 of The Ranch. The series has taken many twists on its long road both in front and behind the camera thus far.
Part 7 sees Colt struggling to reconcile with Abby. Mary and Luke run into trouble and Beau and Joanne grapple with getting older.
The Mind, Explained (Season 1) Netflix Original
Genre: Docuseries
Cast: Emma Stone
There were many new docu-series additions this week but our favorite by quite some length is the latest entry into Vox’s output for Netflix.
This week, they’ve released multiple new episodes all narrated by the fantastic Emma Stone about the memory.
Don’t forget, new episodes of Explained begins arriving on Netflix later in September.
The Chef Show (Season 2) Netflix Original
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jon Favreau, Roy Choi
Segwaying now from a fantastic docu-series to perhaps the best cooking show in the world right now. The Chef Show premiered earlier this year and saw busy man Jon Favreau is a well-known movie director and actor cook alongside the talented Roy Choi.
Back after huge demand, new guests, including Seth Rogen, appear in this fantastic entertaining cooking show.
Hopefully, some of those are to your liking but there’s so many we didn’t get to mention in our weekly top list.
Here are some other titles you should definitely be checking out:
- Surviving R. Kelly (Season 1)
- Unbelievable (Limited Series)
- Marianne (Season 1)
- Top Boy: Summerhouse (Season 1)
What are you watching on Netflix TV-wise this week? Let us know in the comments.
