Netflix
For who ? It’s difficult to do without the reference platform for those who, around the coffee machine, wish to comment on the latest phenomenon of the moment, Stranger Things has Squid Game Passing by The Queen’s Game. But beware of algorithm formatting and an overdose of mediocre fiction…
The iconic series: The Crown. The jewel of the catalog, even if the last seasons centered on Diana and her offspring disappoint a little.
The little-known nugget: Seinfeld. The star sitcom from the 1990s never caught on with us. However, it is much more cult than Friends…
Prime Video
For who ? At first, the Amazon user did not come for the series or the films. What he wants is to be delivered, and quickly. During a compulsive shopping session, he discovers that his annual subscription gives him access to a schizophrenic platform, lost among the ultra cutting-edge original creations (Swarm) and interstellar nanars. He remains a little despite himself. After all, he doesn’t even pay for it. And then, one evening, he discovers some old acquaintances in this huge supermarket. Stargate SG-1, Charmed, Vampire Diaries : the user sighs with contentment. He found the perfect background noise for his shopping.
The iconic series: Fleabag. With her one-woman show adapted into a series, Phoebe Waller-Bridge gave a prestigious veneer to Jeff Bezos’ platform.
The little-known nugget: The Consultant. In this miniseries, Christoph Waltz plays a deliciously torturous manager.
MyCanal
For who ? Locavores and patriots. Black Baron, Hippocrates, Gears… Canal + has no rival in terms of French productions.
The iconic series: The Legends Office. Eric Rochant’s fiction boosted applications to join the DGSE, while achieving the feat of being massively exported internationally.
The little-known nugget: Happy Valley. This fresco mixing police investigation, family melodrama and social chronicle has established itself as the best British series of the last decade.
Disney+
For who ? They subscribed for children. Then became obsessed with Star Wars or Marvel productions. Initially delighted by this avalanche of stories derived from the universes they love, they still had to face the facts: the umpteenth iteration of the adventures of a minor character from a very, very distant galaxy did not the same salt as the Skywalker saga; Marvel is probably pulling the string a bit with its multiverse. Some original series, like The Bear, nevertheless caught their attention.
The iconic series: The Mandalorian. Since its release in 2019, productions derived from Disney franchises have struggled to rise to its level.
The little-known nugget: Tiny Beautiful Things. Carried by the charm of Kathryn Hahn, the series depicts a forty-year-old giving life advice to her readers while her life is falling apart.
Apple TV+
For who ? Snobs who like to “think different.” Of Severance has Slow Horses, of Foundation has Pachinko, Apple releases some of the most original and daring creations.
The iconic series: The Morning Show. The morning TV soap, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, launched the platform. We may prefer the football sitcom Ted Lasso.
The little-known nugget: For All Mankind. What if the Soviets had been the first to put a man on the Moon? From there, Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) imagines an alternative history, running from 1969 until the 2000s. A very great humanist series.
Arte
For who ? Cosmopolitans who like European, Australian or Israeli fiction (and especially free!)
The iconic series: Busy, who, as early as 2015, imagined that Russia was invading Norway.
The little-known nugget: The Hour, British cross between Mad Men And The Newsroom.
Max
The platform bringing together all HBO content arrives in France on June 11. Enough to thrill fans of cutting-edge soap operas who know that the American cable channel dictates the trends – or dictated them five or six years ago, it doesn’t matter. The opportunity to devour the new season of House of the Dragon, derived from Game Of Thrones. And, I promise, to watch for real THE Soprano And The Wire, relics from the golden age of television in the 2000s.
The iconic series: Succession. With its chiseled dialogues and its airs of Greek tragedy, a jubilant vision of the ultra-rich.
The little-known nugget: The Jinx. By recounting the life of millionaire Robert Durst, suspected of having killed three people during his life, this documentary revolutionized the genre of true crime.