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Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Television & Streaming


Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Television & Streaming (Photo: Paramount, The Noble Collection, Warner Bros., Coffee Perk, Apple, Netflix, Insight Editions, Shout! Factory){ }
Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Television & Streaming (Photo: Paramount, The Noble Collection, Warner Bros., Coffee Perk, Apple, Netflix, Insight Editions, Shout! Factory)
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Here’s a brief stroll into the world of television and streaming series. A bit old and new for the dedicated binge watchers of the world who find the time and the focus to escape into some long-form storytelling. It’s mostly about the new, but nothing really gets old these days. The past and the present sit together in the vastness that is the streaming multiverse. A little laughter, a lot of drama, and some frights for everyone.

Paramount Shop x Yellowstone
Pictured:Dutton Ranch Logo Retro Trucker Hat, Dutton Ranch Bomber Jacket, Can't Reason With Evil Raglan T-Shirt, Dutton Ranch So Wild So Angry Eco Tote Bag, Dutton Ranch Y Floral Filigree Belt Buckle, Sorta Sweet Sorta Beth Dutton Holiday Ceramic Heart Ornament, Dutton Ranch Cowboy Holiday Two-Tone Mug, 4" Mini Waffle Maker, andHoliday Knitted Sweater

WB The Shop Ted Lasso Collection
Pictured:
Believe Dartboard,Hand-Painted Demin Jacket by Wren+Glory,A.F.C. Richmond Crest 17oz Pint Glass,Tea Cup & Saucer Set, and Sam Obisanya Funko POP! Vinyl Figure

Ted Lasso Biscuits with the Boss Shortbread Cookie & Box
Each biscuit box comes with 10 large shortbread cookies.

Central Perk Coffee Co.
Pictured:
Large Green Tote Bag,Miir 360 Traveler,Miir Tumbler,Oversized “You’re My Lobster” Mug,How You Doin? Medium Roast Single-Serve 12 CT Box,Pivot Blend Medium-Dark Roast Whole Bean 10 OZ Bag,Moo Point Ground Coffee 10 OZ Bag,Logo Trucker Hat,Charcoal Heather Logo Zip-Up Hoodie,Apron, andLogo Journal

Funko Pop! Friends Puzzle
This 500 piece 18” x 24” puzzle uses high-quality materials and vibrant Pop! styled artwork.

Insight Editions Friends Collection
Pictured:Friends: The Official Central Perk Cookbook,The Official Advent Calendar, Volume 1,The Official Advent Calendar, Volume 2,Friends: The One with the Crochet - The Official Crochet Pattern Book

I featured Stranger Things in October's Halloween and Horror Gift Guidebut there are a few new and overlooked collectables to share.

Mondo Stranger Things Poster by Hans Woody
7-color screenprint on French Construction Pure White

Loungefly x Stranger Things
Pictured:
Hellfire Club Card Holder, Hellfire Club Crossbody Bag, Upside Down Shadows Zip Around Wallet, and Upside Down Shadows Mini Backpack

Funko x Stranger Things
Pictured:Eleven in Floral Shirt, Dustin with Spear and Shield, Eddie with Guitar, Jonathan with Golf Club, Nancy with Shotgun, Robin with Molotov Cocktail, and Pop! Town Vecna with Creel House

Stranger Things Tarot Deck and Guidebook
Featuring original artwork inspired by classic tarot iconography, this 78-card deck comprises both major and minor arcana and depicts fan-favorite characters, imagery, and themes from Stranger Things

Netflix Shop x Stranger Things
Pictured:Hot Sauce Trio and STAPLE Crewneck Sweater

Paramount Shop x Star Trek
Pictured:Picard Season 3 Cast T-Shirt, Strange New Worlds Engineering Duffle Bag, Original Series Merry Trekmas Sweatshirt, and Lower Decks Cetacean Ops Delta Logo Mug

Mondo Squid Game Poster by Jiwoon Pak
10-color screenprint on French Construction Pure White

Netflix Shop Squid Game Collection
Pictured:Bandai Spirits S.H. Figuarts Masked Worker/Manager Figure,PaperCraft World Front Man Mask, Dalgona Candy Black Hoodie,Young-Hee Signals Unisex Premium Sweatshirt, andTug-o-War Unisex Sweatshirt

Game of Thrones x The Noble Collection
Pictured: Rhaegal Egg,Stark Sigil Wolf Pendant,Iron Throne Bookend, andHand of the King

A Game of Thrones byGeorge R. R. Martin
Illustrated by Jonathan Burton
Introduced by Joe Abercrombie
A publishing phenomenon; the biggest TV series in the world; a book that revolutionised a genre. "A Game of Thrones" is also, above and beyond all these things, a uniquely addictive piece of literature, claiming legions of fans and winning vast critical acclaim, and now The Folio Society presents the ultimate illustrated collector’s edition.

Babylon 5: The Complete Series
2258 CE. Five hostile federations dominate the outermost regions of space. Heroes, thieves, and rare and exotic beings find refuge in this time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war on a lone space station — the last and best hope for peace between a hundred worlds, alien and human alike — "Babylon 5"

The Good Fight: The Complete Series
In the critically acclaimed sequel to "The Good Wife," "The Good Fight" follows Diane Lockheart (Emmy Award Winner Christine Baranski) as she is forced out of her own law firm after an enormous financial scam destroys her reputation and wipes out her savings, leading her to join Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at one of Chicago’s pre-eminent law firms. Alongside Lucca, Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) and Liz Reddick (Emmy Award Winner Audra McDonald), Diane navigates high-profile cases involving race relations, gender constructs and power dynamics, striving to maintain sanity in insane times. Featuring guest appearances by Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, John Larroquette, Mandy Patinkin, John Slattery, Bernadette Peters, Michael Sheen and Wayne Brady, this collection includes all six seasons and 60 episodes on 18 discs, with over two hours of special features!

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
The high-spirited musical series that traces the origins of the classic hit movie. Four outcast high school girls — a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy and a fashion maven— join together to form their own “girl gang” and trigger a rock-‘n’-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950’s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started. Experience all the wild fun and adventure in this 4-disc set including every episode and over 40 minutes of special features.

Metalocalypse: The Complete Series
Get ready to shred with the heaviest metal band ever assembled: Dethklok! Join lead vocalist Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar, Toki, Murderface and Pickles as they tour the globe annihilating places and melting faces. Between the pressures of fame, family, their psycho fans and a secret organization out to destroy them, the biggest extreme metal band on the planet will rock the world or die trying. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or new to the brutality, bow down to "Metalocalypse": The Complete Series, including "Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem – A Klok Opera". It doesn’t get any more metal than this!

NCIS: Los Angeles: The Complete Series
"NCIS: Los Angeles" takes you inside the high-stakes world of the elite NCIS division charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals who pose a threat to the nation’s security. Assuming false identities and utilizing the most advanced technology, the team of highly trained agents goes deep undercover, risking their lives to bring down their targets. Armed with the latest high-tech gear and sent regularly into life-threatening situations, this tight-knit unit relies on each other to do what is necessary to protect national interests. Starring a dynamic cast, The Complete Series compiles all 14 seasons and 320 episodes of the hit drama on 81 discs that are packed with special features.

Rick and Morty: Seasons 1-6
"Rick and Morty" is the critically acclaimed, half-hour animated hit comedy series on Adult Swim that follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe. Rick Sanchez is living with his daughter Beth’s family and constantly bringing her, his son-in-law Jerry, granddaughter Summer, and grandson Morty into intergalactic escapades. Rick and Morty stars Justin Roiland ("Adventure Time"), Sarah Chalke ("Scrubs"), Chris Parnell ("Saturday Night Live"), and Spencer Grammer ("Greek"). The series is created by Dan Harmon ("Community") and Roiland, who also serve as executive producers

Succession: The Complete Series
Power, politics, money... it's all in the family in this Emmy-winning drama series. When the head of one of the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerates considers retiring, a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war as each of his four grown children scheme for control of the company. Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, and Alan Ruck star.

Tulsa King: Season One - Steelbook
New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet. This Season 1 release includes all 9 episodes with over 90 minutes of content that goes behind the scenes with the cast and crew in 6 never before seen making of featurettes.

The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series
For the first time in the history of the world, every single episode of "The Venture Bros." ever created! Stuffed full of your favorite evil nemeses, and larger-than-life heroes, plus a few smaller-than-life ones. It’s never not a great time to watch your favorite episode from any season, followed by any other episode from any other season. From “Dia de los Dangerous” to “The Saphrax Protocol” it’s all in one place! It’s the "Complete Series Venture Bros." Box Set, twenty years in the making. Including all the bonus materials that have been lovingly created over the years, and carefully curated for you now. Buy this box of history today!

Your Honor: The Complete Series
Bryan Cranston stars in his Golden Globe-nominated role as Michael Desiato in "Your Honor: The Complete Series." In Season one, respected New Orleans judge Michael Desiato (Cranston) must play a high-stakes game of lies to save his teenage son (Hunter Doohan). The saga continues in season two, when a disgraced and disbarred Michael is given a chance to find redemption, and strike a blow against the corruption that runs New Orleans. This critically acclaimed legal thriller also stars Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire), Michael Stuhlbarg (Doctor Strange), Hope Davis (About Schmidt), and Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and features guest appearances from Maura Tierney (The Affair), Amy Landecker (Transparent), Emmy winner Margo Martindale (The Americans), Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is the New Black), and Academy Award nominee* Rosie Perez (White Men Can’t Jump). This 6-disc collection includes every thrilling episode, behind the scenes featurettes and interviews, and never-before-seen deleted scenes.

Creepshow: Season 4
Terrifying comic book stories are brought to life; you never know what will be on the next page in Shudder’s hit anthology series CREEPSHOW.

Justified City Primeval: Season 1
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, who's already slipped through the fingers of Detroit's finest once.

Riverdale: The Complete Series
Enter a place where everything is perfect but nothing is as it seems. Welcome to "Riverdale," a subversive take on small-town life based on the characters from Archie Comics. A shocking murder reveals a community bubbling over with secrets and scandals, but all-American teen Archie Andrews is deeply committed to protecting his town. To help him navigate the troubled times, he relies on girl-next-door Betty Cooper, who is far more daring and driven than she appears, as well as Veronica Lodge, whose life takes a dramatic turn with her father’s sudden imprisonment. And finally there’s Archie’s best friend Jughead Jones, a neo-beatnik trying to make sense of his enigmatic town. Together they weather family conflicts, corruption, rocky relationships, a parallel universe and a trip back to the 1950s! Riverdale may look like a quiet, sleepy town, but danger lurks in the shadows in this addictive reimagining of an American classic.

The Sandman: Season 1 4K UHD
Based on the beloved award-winning DC comic series written by Neil Gaiman ("American Gods," "Coraline"), "The Sandman" is a rich, character-driven blend of myth and dark fantasy woven together over the course of ten epic chapters following Dream’s many adventures (plus a bonus episode featuring two fan-favorite stories). When the Sandman, a.k.a. Dream (Tom Sturridge, "Sweetbitter," "Velvet Buzzsaw") — the powerful cosmic being who controls all our dreams — is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for over a century, he must journey across different worlds and timelines to fix the chaos his absence has caused.

ALF: The Complete Series - Deluxe Edition
Everyone's favorite wise-cracking alien, Gordon Shumway — better known to Earthlings as ALF — has finally crash-landed onto DVD in this definitive 24-disc collection including: every episode of his interstellar hit series as it was originally broadcast*, the 1996 film "Project: ALF" starring Martin Sheen, and all 47 episodes of Saturday morning's "ALF: The Animated Series" and "ALF Tales"! Never has a collection been so out of this world!

Farscape: The Complete Series - 25th Anniversary Edition
John Crichton. Astronaut. Flung through a wormhole and lost in a galaxy far from home. He finds himself in the middle of a prison break, surrounded by hostile aliens, soaring through space inside a glorious living spaceship called Moya. Hunted by the relentless Peacekeepers, he allies himself with his unimaginably alien fellow refugees and searches for a way home.

Monk: The Complete First Season
All 13 Season One Episodes: Newly Restored in 4K! He’s ingenious, he’s phobic, he’s obsessive-compulsive. Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Tony Shalhoub ("Barton Fink," TV’s "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel") is sublimely hysterical in Monk, the show that critics call “fresh, exciting and utterly original” (Chicago Tribune). Adrian Monk’s offbeat antics have made him unfit for duty but he’s back as a San Francisco police consultant to help out on their most baffling cases. The brilliant but neurotic Monk is now fighting crime as well as his abnormal fears of germs, heights, crowds and virtually everything else known to man in “the best detective show to come along in decades” (New York Post). Co-starring Bitty Schram ("A League of Their Own"), Jason Gray-Stanford ("A Beautiful Mind") and Ted Levine ("The Silence of the Lambs") with guest stars Brooke Adams, Gail O’Grady, Adam Arkin, Tim Daly, Garry Marshall, Kevin Nealon, Willie Nelson, Amy Sedaris, Stephen McHattie and many more.

Columbo: The 1970s (Seasons 1-7)
"Columbo" is the landmark series that set the standard for the murder mystery genre. Remastered in 4K by Universal, Columbo: The 1970s includes the first seven seasons of this enduring classic on Blu-ray! Starring Peter Falk in his four-time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant.

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