Best international series on Showmax this March, from Succession S4 to The Last of Us

13th Mar 2023 | Source: Showmax

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Created by Oscar nominee Jesse Armstrong (</span><em>Veep</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">)</span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Succession</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is the 70th highest-rated show of all time on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with a 94% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. It's won </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">13 Emmys already, including Outstanding Drama Series in 2020 and 2022.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In Season 4 of HBO's smash hit series,</span><em> </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">the sale of Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård from </span><em>Big Little Lies</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) is looming ever closer. It's a prospect that provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate their diminished cultural and political influence once the deal is completed.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Matthew Macfadyen and Jeremy Strong return to their Emmy-winning roles as Tom Wambsgans and Kendall Roy respectively this season, alongside Brian Cox as Logan Roy, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin as Roy siblings Shiv and Roman, Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, and J Smith-Cameron as Gerri Kellman - all Emmy-nominated performances. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">New faces this season include Screen Actors Guild nominees Annabeth Gish (</span><em>Midnight Mass</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Adam Godley (</span><em>The Great</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (</span><em>Vikings: Valhalla</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Berlin EFP Shooting Star winner Eili Harboe (</span><em>Thelma</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).  </span></div>

<div><strong>THE LAST OF US S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge episodes 1-7 now, with new episodes on Mondays at 10pm. Binge all episodes from 20 March 2022</span></div>

<div><em>The Last of Us</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is now the 18th highest-rated TV show of all time on </span><em>IMDb - </em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">behind only </span><em>Chernobyl</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> if you look at dramas from the past five years. It's also the most popular title in the world on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> right now.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The breakout HBO hit is set 20 years after modern civilisation has been destroyed. Joel is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. But what starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal journey as the pair cross the US, depending on each other for survival.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As Joel and Ellie, Pedro Pascal (</span><em>The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Bella Ramsey (</span><em>His Dark Materials, Game of Thrones</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) are currently the two highest ranked actors on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Starmeter. </span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Co-created by Emmy winner Craig Mazin (</span><em>Chernobyl</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and game creator Neil Druckmann, </span><em>The Last of Us</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s cast also includes Emmy winner Murray Bartlett (</span><em>The White Lotus), </em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Critics Choice winner Melanie Lynskey (</span><em>Yellowjackets</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Teen Choice nominee Storm Reid (</span><em>Euphoria</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><em>The Last of Us </em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">has a 97% critics' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with </span><em>Empire </em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">proclaiming it "a masterpiece" and </span><em>The Guardian</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> giving it five stars and hailing it as "one of the finest TV shows you will see this year... Desperately moving... A phenomenal blend of horror and heart, with a cast that could not be more perfect." </span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Unsurprisingly, HBO has already ordered Season 2.</span></div>

<div><strong>CHUCKY S2</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | First on Showmax | Binge from 10 March 2023</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Wanna ... PRAY? </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Chucky is coming for the clergy in Season 2 of the hit horror series, based on the killer doll's three-decades-long cult film franchise. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">After his diabolical plan to invade America's children's hospitals was foiled in Season 1, Chucky (Brad Dourif) now seeks revenge on those he holds responsible: surviving teens Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson) and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), along with his ex Tiffany (Oscar nominee Jennifer Tilly), now his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, can "Jevon" make it as a couple in the face of adversity at their new Catholic school, not to mention a brand-new onslaught of terror from the demon doll?</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Up for Best Horror and Best Villain (Dourif) at the 2023 Critics Choice Super Awards, </span><em>Chucky </em><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">S2 has a 91% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>AVClub </em><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">raving, "</span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">One of the best spooky shows on TV has stepped up its game." It's also nominated for a 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Series.</span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 3 has already been ordered. </span></div>

<div><strong>THE ENGLISH</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 6 March 2023</span></div>

<div><em>The Telegraph</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Best Series of 2022, </span><em>The English</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> stars BAFTA nominee Emily Blunt (</span><em>A Quiet Place</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as Cornelia Locke, an Englishwoman hell-bent on revenge. Her journey north intertwines with that of Eli Whipp (American Indian Film Festival Award winner Chaske Spencer from </span><em>The Twilight Saga</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), a retired Pawnee cavalry scout out to claim the land he is owed for his service in the US army. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The miniseries has an 82% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Empire </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">calling it, "A massively ambitious and original take on the Western genre, confirming the extraordinary writing and directing skills of TV auteur Hugo Blick while showcasing one of Emily Blunt's greatest performances yet." Blunt was nominated for a 2023 Screen Actors Guild Award for the role.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Also look out for Oscar nominees Stephen Rea (</span><em>Counterpart</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Ciarán Hinds (</span><em>Belfast</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, Mance Rayder in </span><em>Game of Thrones</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Emmy nominee Rafe Spall (</span><em>Life of Pi</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The War of the Worlds</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and SAFTA-nominated South African actor and comedian Cokey Falkow (</span><em>The City and the City</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Inside Man</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who appears in episode 1.</span></div>

<div><strong>THE GOOD FIGHT S6</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 17 March 2023</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The sixth and final season of the Emmy-nominated legal drama </span><em>The Good Fight</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> finds Diane back on the associates' floor and haunted by an uneasy sense of déjà vu, with everything from Roe v. Wade to voting rights and Cold War aggressions making a comeback. Meanwhile, Liz faces off with an ostentatious new name partner, and the lawyers of Reddick & Associates wonder if the increasing violence all around them could point to an impending civil war.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">At the 2023 Critics Choice Awards, </span><em>The Good Fight</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> was up for Best Drama, Actress (Emmy winner Christine Baranski), Supporting Actress (Emmy winner Audra McDonald) and Supporting Actor (Emmy winner Andre Braugher, aka </span><em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Captain Raymond Holt). It's also up for a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama in March 2023. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 6 has a 94% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Entertainment Weekly saying, </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">"</span><em>Good Fight </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">is officially the weirdest normal show ever," and praising its ability to "dramatise genuine chaos better than almost any TV show of our chaotic era." </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Look out for former </span><em>Isidingo</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> star Fikile Mthwalo in episode 7.</span></div>

<div><strong>THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT S2</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> l Binge from 13 March 2023</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In Season 2 of HBO Max's smash hit </span><em>The Flight Attendant</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, Cassie braves sobriety as she tries to clean up the hot mess she's made of her life... while moonlighting as a CIA asset. But when an overseas assignment leads to her inadvertently witnessing a murder, the weird just gets weirder – and more dangerous – as she becomes entangled in a new intrigue.  </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">People's Choice Award winner Kaley Cuoco (Penny in </span><em>The Big Bang Theory</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) was up for Best Actress In a Comedy Series at both the 2023 Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, having also been nominated for an Emmy for both seasons. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 has an 85% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Financial Times</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> saying, "Cuoco's Cassie remains a magnetic heroine forever on the precipice of calamity."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Look out for Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Sharon Stone (</span><em>Ratched</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Basic Instinct</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) delivering an explosive guest performance as Cassie's mom, Lisa Bowden.</span></div>

<div><strong>QUANTUM LEAP S1</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | First on Showmax | Binge from 24 March 2023</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It's time to remake history ... with the revival of the cult-classic series </span><em>Quantum Leap</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It's been almost 30 years since Dr Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished in the late-80s sci-fi series starring Scott Bakula, which ran for almost 100 episodes, winning six Emmys along the way. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee from </span><em>Top Gun: Maverick</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), has been assembled to restart the project and try to unlock the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it. But everything changes when Ben makes an unauthorised leap into the past... </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Executive produced by original series creator Donald P Bellisario, the series also stars Black Reel nominee Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore in the </span><em>Ghostbusters</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> movies and Warden Leo Glynn in </span><em>Oz</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Mason Alexander Park (Gren in </span><em>Cowboy Bebop</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, Desire in </span><em>The Sandman</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), among others. Nigerian-American Chido Nwokocha plays Dr Felix Watts in episode 7: </span><em>O Ye of Little Faith</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. </span></div>

<div><em>Quantum Leap</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has already been renewed for a second season.</span></div>

<div><strong>THE CAPTURE S2</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 17 March 2023</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Boasting a rare 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, Season 2 of </span><em>The Capture</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> once again questions if we can really believe what we see. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Britain is under siege: hacked news feeds, manipulated media, and interference in politics. Entrenched in the UK's own 'Correction' unit, DCI Rachel Carey (Critics Choice Award nominee Holliday Grainger) finds herself in the middle of a new conspiracy - with a new target. But how can she solve this case when she can't even trust her closest colleagues?</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Emmy and BAFTA nominee Paapa Essiedu (</span><em>I May Destroy You</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Gangs of London</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) joins the cast as Isaac Turner, a young MP with ambitions for the very top. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Escalating from the CCTV thriller of Season 1, the six-part season features "invisible" assassins, the terrifying rise of deepfake technology, the ever-growing tension between government and Big Tech, and corruption at the heart of the British media.</span></div>

<div><strong>LEOPARD SKIN S1</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | First on Showmax | Binge from 3 March 2023</span></div>

<div><em>Leopard Skin</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> kicks off with a criminal gang taking shelter in the remote paradise of Playa Perdida, Mexico, following a botched jewellery heist. They take Alba, Batty and their guests hostage. But murderous secrets, coldhearted betrayals and shocking desires bubble to the surface as everyone awaits their fate.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Teen Choice nominee Carla Gugino (</span><em>Gunpowder Milkshake</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Haunting of Hill House</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) reunites with series creator, writer and director Sebastian Gutierrez, who also penned her action series </span><em>Jett</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Critics Choice winner Jeffrey Dean Morgan (</span><em>The Walking Dead</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Good Wife</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) co-stars, along with Screen Actors Guild nominee Margot Bingham (</span><em>Boardwalk Empire</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Walking Dead</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), multi-award-winner Nora Arnezeder (</span><em>Mozart in the Jungle</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Army of the Dead</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and MTV Movie Awards, Mexico, winner Ana de la Reguera (</span><em>Narcos</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><strong>MONARCH S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 20 March 2023</span></div>

<div><em>Monarch</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is an epic, multi-generational musical drama about the Romans, America's "First Family" of country music. With the curtain set to come down for the reigning "Queen of Country", Dottie Cantrell (Oscar winner Susan Sarandon from </span><em>Ray Donovan</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Thelma & Louise</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), the dynasty she has spent her life building is in jeopardy. Dottie's daughter, Nicky (International Emmy winner Anna Friel from </span><em>Marcella</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), will stop at nothing to protect her family's legacy. It's finally her turn. But is it too late?</span></div>

<div><em>Monarch</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s cast includes Grammy-nominated country singer Trace Adkins, singer Beth Ditto (</span><em>On Becoming a God in Central Florida</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and MTV Movie Awards, Mexico winner Martha Higareda (</span><em>Altered Carbon</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Queen of the South</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). Dottie's vocals are performed by country singer Mandy Barnett, with Sarandon's real-life daughter, Young Artist Award winner Eva Amurri (</span><em>Mothers and Daughters</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Californication</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) playing the young Dottie. Also look out for guest appearances from the likes of Grammy winners Shania Twain, Tanya Tucker and Little Big Town, Grammy nominee Martina McBride, and hit singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith.</span></div>

<div><em>Monarch</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is nominated for Best Music Supervision: Comedy or Musical at the 2023 Guild of Music Supervisor Awards, while </span><em>AV Club</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says this "Texas-set musical-drama has all the makings of a hit: a sudsy premise, a star-studded cast, and a silky soundtrack composed of original tunes and country classics." </span></div>

<div><strong>SWIMMING WITH SHARKS</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | First on Showmax | Binge from 10 March 2023</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Inspired by the 1994 film of the same name, the psychological drama </span><em>Swimming with Sharks </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">centres on Lou Simms, a young female assistant at Fountain Pictures, a Hollywood studio filled with monster bosses, manipulators, schemers and intrigue. Little do they know she is poised to outwit them all.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The series, which had its world premiere at SXSW, stars Teen Choice nominees Kiernan Shipka (</span><em>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Diane Kruger (</span><em>Inglourious Basterds</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), with the likes of Emmy winner Donald Sutherland (</span><em>The Undoing</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Black Reel winner Erika Alexander (</span><em>Shining Girls</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Run the World</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) co-starring.  </span></div>

<div><em>AIPT</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> calls it, "sexy, shocking, can't-miss television."</span></div>

<div><strong>ANNE BOLEYN S1</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 6 March 2023</span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Black Reel nominee Jodie Turner-Smith (</span><em>Queen & Slim</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) stars in </span><em>Anne Boleyn</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> as the Queen of England and second wife of King Henry VIII, who confronts the patriarchy of Tudor England in the final months of her life. </span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Turner-Smith was nominated for an Image Award for Outstanding Actress for the role. As </span><em>The Hollywood Reporter</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says, "There is one truly irresistible reason to watch </span><em>Anne Boleyn</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and her name is Jodie Turner-Smith."</span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Directed by BAFTA winner Lynsey Miller (</span><em>Deadwater Fell</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), the three-part historical series' cast also includes the likes of Emmy nominee Paapa Essiedu (</span><em>I May Destroy You</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Gangs of London</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and BAFTA Scotland nominee Mark Stanley (</span><em>The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><strong>THE CLEANING LADY S2 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge episodes 1-6 now, with new episodes on Thursdays. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Crime drama </span><em>The Cleaning Lady</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> follows a whip-smart Cambodian doctor (Elodie Yung from </span><em>The Hitman's Bodyguard</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>The Defenders</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who comes to the US for medical treatment to save her son. When the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she becomes a cleaner for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules. </span></div>

<div><em>The Cleaning Lady</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> won the 2022 Women's Image Network Award for Drama Series and was nominated for a 2022 Hollywood Critics Association Television Award for Best Broadcast Network Series: Drama. The series has been compared to </span><em>Breaking Bad</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Paste</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> saying, "</span><em>The Cleaning Lady</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is a fast-paced portrayal of a woman pushed to the edge and forced to contend with hard decisions for the wellbeing of her family... Yung's central performance is filled with warmth, determination, and grit."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Adan Canto (</span><em>Designated Survivor</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Teen Choice Award winner Oliver Hudson (</span><em>Nashville</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) return, with Emmy nominee Naveen Andrews (</span><em>The Dropout</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Lost</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) joining the cast this season.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Based on the Argentine series </span><em>La Chica que Limpia</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, the Warners Bros. Television production has already been renewed for a third season by Fox. </span></div>

<div><strong>EAST NEW YORK S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| First on Showmax | Binge eps 1-3 now, with new episodes on Thursdays</span></div>

<div><em>East New York</em><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">follows recently promoted police captain Regina Haywood, who leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are hesitant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Amanda Warren (</span><em>NCIS: New Orleans</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) stars as Deputy Inspector Haywood, alongside the likes of Emmy winner Jimmy Smits (</span><em>NYPD Blue</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Emmy nominee Ruben Santiago-Hudson (</span><em>Castle</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and Screen Actors Guild winners Kevin Rankin (</span><em>Breaking Bad</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Elizabeth Rodriguez (</span><em>Orange is the New Black</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Created by Emmy winner William M. Finkelstein (</span><em>The Good Fight</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>NYPD Blue</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Law & Order</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>L.A. Law</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Black Reel nominee Mike Flynn (</span><em>Power Book III: Raising Kanan</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Queen Sugar</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), </span><em>East New York</em><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">has an 88% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. As </span><em>Variety</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says, "??</span><em>East New York</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> sets a new course for the broadcast cop drama."</span></div>

<div><strong>STREAM THE 2023 CRITICS CHOICE SUPER NOMINEES</strong></div>

<div><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The Critics Choice Super Awards, honouring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action, are taking place on Thursday, 16 March 2023. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In addition to </span><em>Chucky</em><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> (above), nominees on Showmax include: </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">• </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/312/87zk9u7fh2j7r103w10q27d6p/12/05085091d135f04aa135f2373e75e3da69ec39680d983e8d833681555eb9d859" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #393939; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank"><em>Peacemaker</em></a><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, up for Best Superhero Series, Limited Series or TV Movie, as well as Best Actor and Actress in the category for John Cena and Danielle Brooks respectively</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">• </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/312/87zk9u7fh2j7r103w10q27d6p/13/985e654bfe84c57930068e1f78597863a87adcdf5cc859166291a7e268881b68" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #393939; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank"><em>House of the Dragon</em></a><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, up for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or TV Movie, as well as Best Actress and Actor in the category for Milly Alcock and Matt Smith, who is also nominated as Best Villain</span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">• Queen Latifah, up for Best Actress: Action for </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/312/87zk9u7fh2j7r103w10q27d6p/14/92db88859980586695b5ab205709d7f5a7a8feb101f7a643be203ccdd1304db5" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #393939" target="_blank"><em>The Equalizer</em></a></div>

<div><em>• </em><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Chiwetel Ejiofor, up for Best Actor: Science Fiction/Fantasy for </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/312/87zk9u7fh2j7r103w10q27d6p/15/d2f4d040abaf3ab6761261b912c088f377d08f0d30bddf2d1953d3dc3b3c4a69" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #393939; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank"><em>The Man Who Fell To Earth</em></a></div>

<div><strong>STREAM THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD WINNERS</strong></div>

<div><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The Screen Actors Guild Awards took place in late February 2023, with the Showmax favourite </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/312/87zk9u7fh2j7r103w10q27d6p/16/6d135b6344584a9639954144c199afffc6a1bfec8b2024ac4169542a20a1a3ad" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #393939; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank"><em>The White Lotus: Sicily</em></a><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> taking home awards for Outstanding Performance by An Ensemble and Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Drama Series (Jennifer Coolidge), and </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/312/87zk9u7fh2j7r103w10q27d6p/17/1b892154ab931d0dc8f94c65198f856833b6eb074497226dad3fe252832ce8f4" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #393939; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank"><em>Hacks</em></a><span style="color:#393939; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> earning Jean Smart the Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in A Comedy Series award for the second year in a row. </span></div>

<div><strong>EVERYTHING ON SHOWMAX IN MARCH 2023</strong></div>

<div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">To see everything on Showmax in March 2023, including </span><em>The Batman</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Top Movie of 2022, and the Showmax Originals </span><em>Adulting</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Stella Murders</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Sex & Pleasure</em><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, click </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/312/87zk9u7fh2j7r103w10q27d6p/18/a37988d7f1b2813da1bdf32a5febc27222f768b82dc18577d749dca6a3314c16" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #1155cc" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>