The Weekend Binge: Jon Hamm in 'Your Friends & Neighbors', Viola Davis in 'G20', Final Bow For 'The Handmaid's Tale', 'The Last of Us' Returns, Stand Up For 'Hacks'
It's the weekend, let's binge!
This is it, everyone. The one weekend that lands each month serving up super-sized premieres. Jon Hamm is back on the small screen in the new drama Your Friends & Neighbors for Apple TV+ and is also hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend.
Other new streams include Oscar-winner Viola Davis in a new action-thriller where she plays the President of the United States. Tune into the new documentary Pets, uploaded to Disney+ in time for National Pet Day about the relationships between humans and their pets.
And you can’t forget about the old reliables. Some of my favorite series of all time are premiering their new seasons this weekend — The Handmaid’s Tale, Hacks, and The Last of Us.
The Handmaid’s Tale: Final Season (Hulu)
The Last of Us: Season 2 (Max)
Hacks: Season 4 (Max)
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+)
The Godfather of Harlem: Season 4 (MGM+)
Pets (Disney+)
Yellowjackets: Season 3 Finale
Here’s Everything New Streaming This Weekend
Black Mirror: Season 7
This highly-rated, popular, dystopian sci-fi anthology series is back again for another season. Episodes include a crime mystery about an isolated man introduced to a groundbreaking system allowing users to step inside old photographs and another about a high-tech, immersive remake of a vintage British movie that sends an actress into another dimension. Features all-star cast with Chris O’Dowd, Rashida Jones, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Emma Corrin, Awkwafina, Paul Giamatti, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, and Jesse Plemons. Streaming Time: 6 episodes.
Pair with 🍷: Educated Guess Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Also On Netflix - Resident Playbook, The Gardener, Meet the Khumalos, Frozen Hot Boys, Moonrise, North of North, The Dad Quest, Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: Season 5, Part 2, The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox, How To Sell Drugs (Fast): Season 4, Kian’s Bizarre B&B, Kill Tony: Kill or Be Killed (Netflix)
Netflix’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing / The Cross
Pulse / One of Them Days
Black Mirror / The Life List
Love on the Spectrum / Lucy
North of North / The Hating Game
The Handmaid’s Tale: The Final Season Premiere
The sixth and final season of the first series produced by a streaming platform to receive an Emmy Award. The Handmaid’s Tale begins with a three-episode premiere when June and Serena’s train journey takes an unexpected turn. Streaming Time: 10 episodes - first three episodes streaming now. Finale May 27, 2025.
Pair with 🍷: The Calling Pinot Noir 2022, Russian River Valley
Also On Hulu - Morgan Jay: Live at the Village, Fixer Upper: Season 5, Mythbusters: Season 5, The Family Chantel: Season 4, Got To Get Out: Series Premiere, Magpie, Court Cam: Season 7 (A&E), Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life - Season 1 (A&E), Lake George
Hulu’s Top 5 Weekend Streams
The Kardashians
Good American Family
The Rookie
The Handmaid’s Tale
Abbott Elementary
G20
Viola Davis stars as the President of the United States in this action-thriller. When terrorists take over the G20 summit, President Sutton brings her governing and military experience to defend her family, company, and the world. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Thousand Lives Sparkling Wine
Also On Prime Video - Spy High: Season 1
The Masters
If you’re into golf (sorry, not sorry that I’m not) CBS Sports presents The Masters. Yes, this is the won where they win that cute green blazer that looks like it came out of the J. Crew catalog circa 2007. The tournament runs all weekend long.
Pair with 🍷: Master Bouteillier Red Blend, Napa Valley
Also On Paramount+ - Nick Cannon Presents: Wild n’ Out - Season 21
Paramount+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV / Movies)
Yellowjackets / Sonic 3
1923 / Top Gun: Maverick
Ghosts / Gladiator II
Matlock / Long Gone Heroes
NCIS / Paw Patrol: The Movie
The Making of the Americas
Narrator Tom Hanks gives audiences a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the nature documentary The Americas. Premieres Sunday.
Pair With 🍷: Ugly Duckling Orange Wine, California (Pinot Grigio/Pinot Gris)
Also On Peacock - Saturday Night Live: Host Jon Hamm with Musical Guest Lizzo, Wrestlemania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
Peacock’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
Law & Order: SVU / Wicked
Yellowstone / Minions: The Rise of Gru
Summer House / Twilight: Breaking Dawn
Chicago Med / Wild Robot
Chicago P.D. / How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Your Friends & Neighbors
A hedge fund manager resorts to burglary after losing his job, targeting wealthy neighbors to maintain his family’s lush lifestyle. He makes a fateful mistake when he breaks into the wrong home. Stars Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, and Olivia Munn. Streaming Time: 10 episodes. First two episodes now streaming.
Pair with 🍷: My Favorite Neighbor Red Wine, Paso Robles
Apple TV+’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV / Movies)
Severance / The Gorge
The Studio / Wolfs
Your Friends & Neighbors / Greyhound
Dope Thief / Luck
Surface / Ghosted
Hacks: Season 4 Premiere
Stand-up comedian Deborah Vance and her comedy writer, Ava are back in the next season of one of my favorite comedy series (of all time!). The season opens with Deborah stopping at nothing to get Ava removed from the head writer position at Late Night, while Marcus prepares for a difficult conversation. Streaming Time: 10 episodes. First two episodes now streaming with new episodes every Thursday.
Pair with 🍷: Champagne Cattier Premiere Cru Brut
The Last of Us: Season 2 Premiere
Good news! The Last of Us has been renewed for a season 3 before its season 2 premiere. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey star in this dystopian sci-fi series based on the popular video game that takes place after a global pandemic that destroys civilization. Streaming Time: 7 episodes. Premieres Sunday.
Pair With 🍷: Altaland Malbec Mendoza
Also On Max - All Access PD: Grand Rapids - Season 1 (ID), 90-Day Diaries: Season 6, Barney’s World: Season 1, 2073
Max’s Top 5 Weekend Streams (TV/Movies)
The Pitt / 2073
The White Lotus / Y2k
Hacks / Logan
The Righteous Gemstones / Land of the Lost
The Last of Us / Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Shadow of God (Shudder)
This supernatural horror film takes place during an exorcism where a man attempts to exorcise his own father. An elite exorcist suspects the entity he’s doing battle with might be a holy being - perhaps even God. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 27 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Charles Smith The Velvet Devil Merlot, Washington
Also On AMC+ - The Chelsea Detective: Season 3 (AcornTV)
Pets: Premiere
An adorable documentary that explores the extraordinary relationship between animals and their people around the world. The doc features dogs, cats, pigs, goats, and birds. Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard. Streaming Time: 1 hour, 19 minutes.
Pair with 🍷: Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand
Also On Disney+ - Doctor Who: Season 2, Live: The Masters (ESPN+)
The Godfather of Harlem: Season 4
A new Harlem emerges after the assassination of Malcolm X in the fourth season of this critically acclaimed series. If you like Mob shows like me, you’ll love this series based on historical events and real-life mobster Bumpy Johnson. Premieres Sunday. Streaming Time: 10 episodes. New episodes every Sunday.
Pair with 🍷: Vengeance Red Blend, Napa Valley.
Kid Streams
Unicorn Academy: Season 3 (Netflix)
Blippi’s Job Show (Netflix)
Niko: Beyond the Northern Lights (Hulu)
Gremlins: The Wild Batch - Season 2 (Max)