5 Great Shows You Can’t See on Linear TV

Yes, they're as good as television

If you're promoting or buying programming during this year's Digital Content NewFronts, one question you'll inevitably hear from clients is: "Yes, it's good—but is it as good as television?" Every service, ad-supported or not, is trying to establish a brand with content its users can't get anywhere else, and some are definitely better than others. Here, five very different shows that make good on the oft-broken promise of top-tier, entertaining video that's not found on linear television.

Black Mirror

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What’s dark as pitch and British all over? Why, it’s Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s bleak, satirical anthology series about contemporary technology and all the ways it separates us from each other under the guise of drawing us together.

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