This Week's TV & Streaming Premieres You Might Have Missed: 03/07/2026

Every week brings another dozen or two new streaming and linear TV shows and movies and some of them don't receive the attention they deserve.

Here are a few titles worth watching that premiered over the past few days:


Flavortown Food Fight (Food)
I am not some Guy Fieri hater. He is an extremely talented entertainer and host. And he connects with television audiences in a way that few chefs can. But - like Chip and Joanna Gaines - Fieri is at the point of his career in which everything he does seems to be driven as much by brand-building as anything else.

His latest series is a perfect example of this annoyingly common trend. Producers have built a fake town square named "Flavortown," a name Fieri has apparently trademarked. Many of the pop-up restaurants where the three competing chefs square off are either named for catchphrases of Fieri's (I'm not sure I'd ever eat somewhere with "Donkeysauce" in the name) or they're named after Fieri's family members or other side businesses. And then there is son Hunter Fieri, who makes his requisite appearances as part of his impressive effort to win the title of "television's biggest nepo baby." There are a couple of interesting twists in the challenges, but not enough for me to recommend you watch the show. 


War Machine (Netflix)
I love a good uncomplicated, bordering on stupid, action film. Sure, Armageddon is an entertaining movie. But honestly, I have just as much fun watching Battleship. My sweet spot is just enough backstory to hang the action on, some unintentionally funny moments, and a lot of big, loud and unrealistic action sequences.

Alan Ritchson stars as a Marine who enlisted with his brother and when his brother and the rest of their squad are killed in Afghanistan, he decides to try and become a Ranger to fulfill his brother's last request. Of course, there are complications and he almost doesn't make the cut. And then when he and the rest of the candidates are dropped into the woods for their final mission, they encounter an alien killing machine the size of a house. There are beats from movies ranging from Predator to Battle For Los Angeles to An Officer & A Gentleman. But it's never too much and the movie never forgets its basic directive: to deliver nearly non-stop action while also killing off much of the ensemble in increasingly over-the-top ways. 

This movie is cat nip for action fans and I have to admit that it's one I would have enjoyed seeing on the big screen.


Young Sherlock (Prime Video)
On the face of it, telling an entertaining version of the Sherlock Holmes myth should be an easy task. There have been dozens of retellings of his story over the decades and many of them have been quite creatively successful despite having very different takes on the source material. But the flexibility built into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's storytelling also means that it can be easy to go astray. Viewers have a sense of who they expect Sherlock Holmes to be and if you are going to change that up, you'd better nail the landing.

This series is based on Andrew Lane’s YA book series of the same name and were endorsed by Doyle's estate. But translating books aimed at young adults to a series targeting adults seems to have confounded producers, who have created a tonal mess of a series that manages to careen wildly as the lead actors struggle to get into their acting groove.

The show stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the pre-sleuth Sherlock circa late 1800s, aged 19, and one immediate problem is that he looks more like his actual age of 28. Even worse, Sherlock's brother Mycroft is played by 40-year-old Max Irons and you'll spend a fair amount of time watching the show and wondering why they didn't cast actors closer to the correct age. 

The show has some moments and it certainly has plenty of energy. But the writing is uniformly weak and to be honest, the best thing about the show is the work of costume designer Jany Temime, who creates an absolutely fascinating visual palate for this ultimately disappointing mess.


A Friend, A Murderer (Netflix)
It's interesting watching true crime docuseries produced outside the United States, because in many countries, criminals such as serial killers are extremely rare. So the reaction by local police, media and the public is so much more intense than you'll encounter here in the States.

This documentary covers a notorious case in Denmark, and while it's horrific, it's a crime spree that likely would barely be covered in the U.S. But in Denmark, a murder, an attempted rape and a kidnapping is so out of the ordinary that nearly everyone living there knows the general outlines of the story.

What makes this three-part docuseries unusual is that while it lays out the details of the crimes, a primary focus is on the friends and family of the man who was ultimately convicted of the attacks. There are extended interviews with longtime friends, including one man who had been the suspect's best friend for more than 15 years. Listening to them wrestling with the idea that they had been so close to a man capable of such evil is fascinating. It's a point of view that you don't often hear in this type of true crime docuseries and that elevates it above a lot of similar efforts I've watched in recent years. 


Subedaar (Prime Video)
Anil Kapoor stars as a mid-level Army man (with the rank of Subedaar) who comes up against the powerful mafia in a small town in North India. Arjun Maurya (Kapoor) returns to his dusty, decaying town to discover his daughter still unable to move past the death of her mother. A task not helped by a corrupt city council who refuses to approve paperwork the family needs without a bribe or six.

The town itself feel like an updated version from one of Clint Eastwood's classic westerns. Illegal mining has made the town almost unlivable. And no one can stand up to the gangs that control it all. Arjun is pushed around until the point when he snaps and the rest of the movie turns into a classic good-vs-evil battle for revenge.  Kapoor is a charismatic actor who seems perfectly suited for the kind of film that feels more than a bit like those 1970s-era Charles Bronson movies. 

It's a solid effort and speaking from an American perspective, it's interesting to see a familiar trope-filled movie set in an unfamiliar place.

The Tik-Tok Killer (Netflix)
When 40-year-old Esther Estrada disappeared in a small Spanish town, police didn't take the case very seriously. She had a reputation for never staying one place very long and she often dropped off the radar. But her mother spoke to her every day, no matter where she was or who she was with. And when the last texts she received from her daughter seemed as if someone else had written them, she began to worry.

It turned out the last person to see her alive was an older, snaggle-toothed man who spent his time walking around Spain and posting videos to Tik-Tok. He swore he would keep searching in hopes of finding her and even walked the trails where they had spent time together. Efforts which seemed a bit creepy but harmless until Esther's family discovered his true identity.

While it's pretty clear early on who the killer might be, the case is sprawling and until the end, it's not clear if the family will ever learn what happened to Esther. I can't say that this is true crime docuseries you should make time to see. But if true crime is your thing, it's a decent way to spend a couple of hours.


The Dinosaurs (Netflix)
There have been a few TV programs that have attempted to show what life was like on Earth during the Age of the Dinosaurs. But as impressive as some of those efforts were, they were also limited by our knowledge of that era and the technology available to create a lifelike portrait of the past.

As you might imagine, technology has improved quickly over the past few years, and those improvements are in full display in this stunning four-episode docuseries.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, the series is produced by Stephen Spielberg's Amblin, which might help explain why it often feels more like a coherent scripted story than a dry history lesson. The series begins 235 million years ago in the Age of the Reptiles and it follows the rise and eventual fall of the Dinosaur's time on Earth.

The footage is so pristine and composed that it often looks as if it was the result of somehow sending a camera crew back in time a couple of hundred years. And the profiles of the various species are deeply drawn and reflect the latest scientific discoveries in the world of dinosaurs. 

If you are looking for a true "anyone in the family will enjoy this" choice, this is the one I would go with this week.