Go abroad, one show at a time.
Nineteen new Euro TV shows, seasons, and movies premiere in the US in April, along with four series making their linear TV debuts and another being added to a streaming service.
For the first time ever, the number of Euro TV premieres in the US will be more than double that of British TV debuts — 28 to 13 — in March 2020. (Yowzah!)
Nearly 300 Euro TV titles became available on streaming services and linear TV channels in the US in 2019. Here are my 20 favorites.
In riffing on the phrase commonly attributed to Julius Caesar, I fired up my HBO app, I watched the first episode of Beforeigners, I binged the rest of the season.
Beforeigners, the first HBO Nordic series from Norway, debuts in the US next week.
“No one needs to know.” This statement by a key character underpins the story of TWIN, the highly-anticipated Norwegian series co-created by and starring Kristofer Hivju.
Fourteen new and returning Euro TV series arrive on stateside streaming services next month, and three more get added to streaming offerings and linear TV schedules.
The third and final season of Occupied, the Norwegian political thriller series that got Russia all riled up, has arrived, and it is awesome.
The new year and new decade open with sixteen new Euro TV series and seasons, plus additional titles being added to linear TV schedules and streaming offerings.
With a debut in Scandinavia that did gangbusters in the ratings, Norwegian mystery series Wisting makes its US premieres tomorrow.
Closing out this Euro TV year are 18 new and returning series from 10 countries, plus three non-premiere programs that begin airing on linear TV.
Norway’s Wisting, along with series from Denmark, Finland, France, and Germany, will make their US debuts on Sundance Now in the coming weeks and months.