Two brand-new streaming TV sequence have simply landed on Netflix and Apple TV+, each of which have one thing in widespread that you simply don’t see all that always: Good critics’ scores.
From an opulent culinary saga set in Napoleonic France to a sharply noticed dramedy about friendship, getting old, and emotional fallout, Carême (Apple TV+) and The 4 Seasons (Netflix) showcase simply how far premium TV sequence can go when storytelling, casting, and craft are firing on all cylinders. And the respective 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes that accompanied each of their debuts is a sign that they every have critics swooning — in a crowded content material panorama the place such standout premieres are uncommon.
Irrespective of whether or not you’re into historic status or fashionable relationship drama, this week’s streaming drop simply raised the bar for 2025.
Earlier than Gordon Ramsay, earlier than Julia Baby — there was Marie-Antoine Carême, the world’s first movie star chef.
Apple TV+ brings his story to luxurious life in Carême, a interval drama so visually wealthy you’ll really feel like you’ll be able to nearly style what’s on the display. Set in Nineteenth-century France, the sequence blends opulence, obsession, and ambition, all with the meticulous aptitude of a grasp pastry chef. Critics have praised its lavish manufacturing design, nuanced performances, and stunning emotional depth.
What’s extra: This new TV sequence isn’t nearly sauces and soufflés. It additionally incorporates espionage, palace politics, and backroom energy performs the place the kitchen is simply as cutthroat because the battlefield. In different phrases, assume The Bear meets The Bourne Id, form of.
This subsequent model new TV sequence that additionally scored a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes forward of its debut this week is Tina Fey’s new Netflix comedy that we previewed in our Netflix look-ahead over the weekend.
Primarily based on the 1981 film with the identical title, this one is a couple of group of six previous pals heading out for a calming weekend away. The stunning information that one couple within the group is about to separate up adjustments the whole lot. “Over the course of a yr,” Netflix explains in regards to the present that additionally stars Will Forte and Steve Carell along with Fey, “we observe the buddies on 4 holidays, and watch how this shake-up impacts everybody’s dynamic — sending previous points and new effervescent to the floor.”
Added Fey, in a Netflix promotional interview: “I hope audiences really feel like they’re inside a giant sweater with us, and likewise having a cocktail party with us, and I hope that any of the enjoyment and heat that all of us really feel for one another all transfers to them, and that we’re a consolation and supply some laughs for them of their residence.”
