Netflix users say classic ‘comfort’ series is ‘the best thing you will ever watch’ The series is perfect to binge-watch this Christmas

It’s that time of year when we’re soon going to have a bit of time off work for the festive break, and with that free time, many will stick on the likes of Netflix with their nearest and dearest.

There are of course many new movies and TV series to enjoy over the holiday period, from the ’10/10′ film that’s been compared to Die Hard or Lindsay Lohan’s latest festive flick.

Netflix users say classic ‘comfort’ series is ‘the best thing you will ever watch’
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However, nothing beats sitting down with a glass of mulled wine and some chocolate to watch a true classic.

And there’s one show in particular that many people can’t seem to get enough of right now, with many flocking to social media to talk about it.

The sitcom has six seasons to binge (CBC)

The sitcom has six seasons to binge (CBC)

Six seasons have been released to date, with both the second and fourth offerings sitting at a perfect 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.

The series – called Schitt’s Creek – follows Johnny Rose and his family as they go from extremely wealthy to penniless after becoming a victim of fraud.

It starred the likes of Dan Levy, Eugene Levy, Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara and Sarah Levy over the years.

Schitt’s Creek has become the hot topic of conversation on the ‘Netflix Bangers’ Facebook group after one user asked for ‘honest reviews’ on the series.

One person commented: “It is one of the BEST series ever.. loved it!!! BUT you have to push through the first couple of episodes to get into the story and characters. Then it just gets AMAZING!”

Schitt's Creek is loved by fans (CBC)

Schitt’s Creek is loved by fans (CBC)

A second added: “One of my regular comfort shows. Watched it all the way through at least 4 (or 5?) times.”

While a third claimed: “The best thing you will ever watch.”

And a fourth quipped: “I wish I could erase it from my mind to watch it all over again for the first time. Sooo good.”

Schitt’s Creek premiered on CBC Television in January 2015 and ran for a total of 80 episodes until its finale in April 2020. It went on to gain even more popularity after hitting Netflix in 2017.

Richard Lawson, from Vanity Fair, penned in a review: “It’s possessed of a loopy character logic that doesn’t always come together, but that’s sort of the fun of it. The show deftly maintains its balance of breeziness and sincerity, of zany high-comedy and well-observed nuance.”

While The Verge’s Pilot Viruet wrote: “The show is funny, queer, and silly, but it’s also appealingly warm. The writers seem to truly love their characters and want to see them happy. That shouldn’t make a show stand out, but it does.”

You can stream all six seasons of Schitt’s Creek on Netflix now.

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Netflix users say new series is so good if it's cancelled they're 'deleting the app forever'

Netflix users say new series is so good if it’s cancelled they’re ‘deleting the app forever’

The new show is set in Britain, but it’s nothing like Bridgerton

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

A new show on Netflix is proving so good that fans are threatening to delete the streaming service if it doesn’t come back for more seasons.

And when you consider just how much content is available on Netflix, the fact that users are willing to lose it all over just one series is really saying something.

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The series comes from the UK, but it’s a far-cry from the prim-and-proper world of Bridgerton.

Instead, the new series follows a group of people living in modern-day South London, just going about their lives when they suddenly realize they have superpowers.

It might sound a bit far-fetched, but fans have found themselves completely hooked by the premise after the new show arrived on Netflix.

Starring Tosin Cole, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba and Josh Tedeku, among others, the series has been created by British musician-turned-filmmaker Andrew Onwubolu, who’s better known by his stage name, Rapman.

In an interview with Variety, Rapman explained that he’d ‘always loved the superhero stuff’, but having grown up in South London, the stories he saw in movies never ‘reflected a reality’ for him.

Rapman's series features an all-Black cast. (Netflix)

Rapman’s series features an all-Black cast. (Netflix)

“I got asked what I wanted to do next and I said I wanted to do a sci-fi in which someone from where we come from gets powers. And that was the first time I’d said it out loud,” Rapman recalled.

The filmmaker soon put his dream into action, and created a superhero show that reflected ‘a reality’.

“I grew up in South London and saw people like the characters in the show,” he said.

Titled Supacell, the series features an all-Black cast – something Rapman had never seen before in the superhero space.

“I didn’t think it would happen on a Netflix show,” he said. “So I remember thinking, if this show does get made, and they let me make it the way I want to make it, with the gore, with the blood, with the shock factor, that this could be a show where, going forward, you could have Apple saying, ‘We’d like one of those!’

“Or Amazon saying they should get an ethnic sci-fi as well. Because, when has there ever been an all-ethnic, not even just Black, cast from Britain? I’ve never seen one.

“I just hope that if this does well, it’s going to open a lot of doors. And that’s why I’m feeling the pressure, because it’s not just me – it could change British TV.”

Rapman wanted the show to be based in 'reality'. (Netflix)

Rapman wanted the show to be based in ‘reality’. (Netflix)

With Supacell now available to watch on Netflix, it’s safe to say Rapman’s hopes that it ‘does well’ have come true.

Fans have described the show as a ’10/10′, with many already begging for more episodes.

“I literally just watched the whole series waiting on the second.. it was a 10/10,” one viewer wrote on LADbible’s Netflix Bangers Facebook page.

Another added: “Definitely need them to drop part 2 asap. if Netflix cancels this I’m deleting the app forever…”

You heard them Rapman – make season two happen!

Supacell is available to stream on Netflix now.

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Netflix viewers are binge-watching new ’10/10’ thriller series that has an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score

Netflix viewers are binge-watching new ’10/10’ thriller series that has an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score

The new spy thriller series dropped on Netflix earlier this week

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

Netflix subscribers cannot get enough of a ’10/10′ new thriller series that has a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.

With the amount of Christmas parties and drinks taking place over the next couple of weeks, what better way to get rid of the next day hangxiety than binge-watching a new Netflix series?

And a good place to look if you don’t even know where to start is social media, with Netflix users constantly speaking about what they are currently watching.

The Netflix series has some impressive reviews (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)

The Netflix series has some impressive reviews (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)

The current talk of the town is Black Doves – a British spy thriller staring the likes of Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire.

Helen (Knightley), the wife of the Secretary of State for Defence, quickly discovers that her identity as a Black Dove is in jeopardy after her lover is killed by London’s underworld.

With the help from an old friend, Helen finds things incredibly difficult in this new thriller series, but with the extra help, things may not be as bumpy.

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Many viewers have flocked to the likes of Twitter to praise Black Doves, which is making even more people delve into this thrilling spy series.

One Netflix subscriber took to Twitter and wrote: “Goddddd BLACK DOVES is 10/10. And even with 6 episodes it still feels like a completely fleshed out show with world building and real characters, quick-witted dialogue AND gay stuff! What more could you want from a series? Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw you will ALWAYS be famous.”

A second added: “Impressed by Netflix casually dropping the ridiculously entertaining #BlackDoves at the end of the year without much fanfare as if it wasn’t an absolute triumph. People are going to be quoting the dialogue for years.”

The show has been dubbed a '10/10' watch by viewers (Ludovic Robert/Netflix)

The show has been dubbed a ’10/10′ watch by viewers (Ludovic Robert/Netflix)

Meanwhile, a third remarked: “Just finished binge watching Black Doves on Netflix. It was really good. Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, and Andrew Koji carried.”

Black Doves sits at a hugely impressive 98 percent Rotten Tomatoes score following its release on Netflix earlier this week.

Rebecca Nicholson, from the Guardian, penned in her review: “Inevitably, this will earn comparisons to the other big spy shows of the year. It isn’t as composed or as witty as Slow Horses, and not as self-serious as The Day of the Jackal, but in among the chaos, it finds its own voice.”

While the Financial Times’ Dan Einav wrote: “Black Doves manages to be as enjoyable to watch as it evidently was for an ar*e-kicking Knightley and co to make.”

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