Stargate Universe: Seasons 1-2 (2009-2011) – For a time, the Stargate franchise was the Star Trek universe of the SyFy channel. I confess I was never a fan of the original Stargate SG-1 series (which began on Showtime and then moved to SyFy) and never got past the first episodes of Stargate: Atlantis but Stargate […]
Longmire: Season 4 is the third instance of Netflix coming to the rescue of a TV series. Cancelled last year despite good ratings and a passionate following on A&E, the modern western crime drama set in rural Wyoming and starring Australian actor Robert Taylor as laconic Sheriff Walt Longmire now returns with new episodes. I […]
Longmire was the highest-rated scripted series on the A&E network when they cancelled it last year, much to the outrage of devoted fans. It skewed to older viewers and A&E wanted youth, which advertisers pay a premium for. Netflix, however, had great success streaming the old seasons – in fact, it’s where I first discovered […]
