Worth The Watch
Welcome to Worth The Watch — your signal in the streaming noise. We're tracking 5 shows this week. Get the buzz, skip the noise.
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Criminal
A disgraced detective, a rogue journalist, and the sole survivor of a mass stabbing team up to expose a massive political and corporate conspiracy that threatens their lives.
The Signal
Crime drama adapted from Ed Brubaker's noir comic series, positioned as a grounded successor to Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy with Charlie Hunnam and Emilia Clarke leading an ensemble cast.
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The Map of Longing
Before her death, Lucy creates a game for her sister, Greta, pushing her into a journey of self-discovery — and toward the charming Will Tucker.
The Signal
Spanish romantic drama about a woman following her dead sister's posthumous game to process grief and find love, adapted from an Alice Kellen novel with early audience skepticism about pacing and emotional manipulation.
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Comic book store owner Stuart Bloom is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon. Stuart is aided in this quest by his girlfriend Denise, geologist friend Bert, and quantum physicist/all-around pain in the ass Barry Kripke.
The Signal
A sci-fi sitcom spinoff where Big Bang Theory's comic shop owner Stuart breaks a quantum device and must fix a multiverse disaster, marking Chuck Lorre's first heavy CGI action-comedy with a deliberately failure-focused premise that has fans split between curiosity and concern about tonal whiplash.
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A divorced schoolteacher refuses to believe she’s been ghosted by her rebound Tinder date and searches for the missing man, uncovering a decades-old mystery tied to the Detroit underworld. As the case unfolds, her friends, coworkers, and lovers become unlikely allies as she falls into a dangerous ra
The Signal
Mystery-comedy hybrid following a Detroit woman investigating crimes, praised for its unapologetically Black voice but criticized for juggling too many plot threads and sluggish pacing.
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After her husband's unexpected death and a very public breakdown, famed cook Hollis hosts her best friends for an elaborate weekend on Nantucket.
The Signal
The pilot lands its grief-and-friendship premise with polish and heart, and the weekend structure with five distinct women promises secrets and friction ahead, though it's comfort TV rather than must-see drama.