Up until very recently, I never had a taste of media streaming. Cold, fresh water was what streaming meant to me. Nature. Certainly not media. It seems that many folks are looking into cutting the cord and ditching cable companies. I get it: it took me years to cede to PAY for TV, and the “triple play,” and then you turn around and you are the puppet of the cable company. At least they threw in HBO (works for me) and Showtime (rarely watch it). The fact is there is less and less well-made stuff to watch. There are several
“standards” I can watch over and over, but I am always searching for quality. I will zero in on Public Television (Have you seen Last Tango in Halifax?) re-watch The Big Bang Theory, each episode for the hundredth time, of course Seinfeld. For a while there was a cable station that would play The Loretta Young Show, but then that disappeared. I don’t even see movie channels anymore, come to think of it, I am observing that more and more stations that have been removed.

Within the year I sprang for Amazon Prime. There is an annual fee and then all kinds of perks, the main one being two-day shipping. I received a tap-on-the-shoulder email from Prime telling me I wasn’t making use of the media. I kind of shrugged and decided to figure out how.

So, not too long ago I ended up purchasing the Amazon Fire Stick which was about $34 at the time; it comes with a voice-controlled-Alexa (should you want to use it) remote. The “stick” plugs into the HDMI port so conceivably you can just subscribe to the services/channels you want and do away with being tethered to cable; I’m not there yet.

I’ve seen some fabulous stuff on Amazon. There is always something to watch and once a series is available I can watch at my leisure.
Movies are constantly being added,  some were previously on other cable channels and new series are being created.

Some recommendations. I’ll keep adding to the list; some might be on-demand on HBO

Series   Drama   Movie   History   BlackComedy   Retro   Mystery  SciFi  Comedy

• BUZZR TV (R) has the old game shows from the 50’s and 60’s, What’s My Line, I’ve Got A Secret. Lots of fun.
• Mozart in the Jungle (S) (D) Fabulous, fun, with Bernadette Peters and Malcolm MacDowell
• Plastic China (M) An amazing mockumentary about China and the recycling it takes in from other countries
• Catastrophe (S) (D) (BC) Fun series on coupledom and parenthood and of course sex
• The Collection (S) (D) (H) (Mys) Super series, takes place in Paris post WW2 glamour and intrigue
• The Dressmaker (BC) (M) Kate Winslet sets things straight.
• Electric Dreams (S) (SciFi)
• The Expanse (S) (SciFi)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (S) (R) (D) Tony Shaloub. The journey of women in the 50’s amazing costumes lots of fun, the making of a female standup comic.
• The Big Sick (M) (D) Excellent, award winner
• The Last Post (S) (D) (H) FABULOUS acting, story. British colonialism at its best. Actually its worst.
• Big Little Lies (S) (D) (HBO) Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz, Shailene Woodley. A fun female-revenge tale. Engrossing. You’ll love hating California.
• Alice in Paris (S) light and delightful! Each episode is at most a few minutes, is CHARMING and focuses on food and its sources in Paris
• WestWorld (Scifi) A multilayered AI extravaganza; engrossing and in a way horrifying. Fabulous acting. (HBO) https://www.hbo.com/westworld
• Corner Gas (S) (C) A fluffy, adorable, Canadian series from a while back that is needed after watching some of the heavy drama I recommended!