Top Streaming Services Add 25 New Releases Today – Here Are the 3 to Watch
By Phillip Swann
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The eight top streaming services, including Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon, today (December 5, 2025) are adding 25 new TV shows and movies. Here are the three to watch, in my humble opinion:
Jay Kelly – Netflix Original Movie
George Clooney stars in this Noah Baumbach-directed comedy/drama about a famous actor who reflects on his life’s choices after a mentor unexpectedly dies. Adam Sandler plays his manager who accompanies him on his soul-searching journey through Europe. Jay Kelly may sound like a bit too much Hollywood navel-gazing but the early reviews say the Clooney-Sandler chemistry sparks magic on screen, resulting in a poignant and often funny depiction of the fragility and futility of all lives.
Pluribus, Episode 6 – Apple TV
Pluribus stars Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) as the unhappiest person in the world in this much-anticipated sci-fi series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico (the location for Breaking Bad and Gilligan’s Better Call Saul), Seehorn (pictured above) plays a writer named Carol who somehow manages to avoid a global virus that transforms everyone into a happy and contented individual. Her non-conformity provokes concern among the populace who cater to her every need and promise a swift solution for her ‘condition.’ Carol, however, aims to persuade the world that being ‘virus happy’ is not what it’s cracked up to be. I’ve seen the first five episodes of Pluribus and am happy to declare it the best show currently on TV. Seehorn is funny and sympathetic in the main role and Gilligan, who so flawlessly depicted the criminal subculture in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has now put the entire crazy world in the spotlight.
The Family McMullen (2025) – HBO Max Movie
The film is a sequel to the charming 1995 cult comedy/drama, The Brothers McMullen, starring Edward Burns and Michael McGlone as late 20s Irish brothers who wrestle (sometimes literally) over thorny issues such as religion, marriage and life itself. The Brothers McMullen made Burns, who wrote it, produced it and directed it, a ‘thing’ in the late 1990s. He never emerged as a big star but he became a constant presence in such movies as Saving Private Ryan, 27 Dresses and Confidence. Now comes Burns’ McMullen sequel three decades later. The movie picks up the family story in 2025 with a brand new brood of young ones complicating the brothers’ lives. Burns, McGlone and the great Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) are back from the original cast.
New Releases Added Today to The 8 Top Streaming Services
Netflix
Friday, December 5
Jay Kelly
Love and Wine
The Making of Jay Kelly
The New Yorker at 100
The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2
The Price of Confession
Owning Manhattan, season two
Amazon’s Prime Video
Friday, December 5
NBA on Prime: Los Angeles at Boston at 7 p.m. ET; Dallas at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. ET
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
ONE Championship (2025)
Disney Plus
Friday, December 5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (Disney Original)
The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season 13) – Premiere
Mickey & Minnie’s Holiday Songs: Christmas
HBO Max
Friday, December 5
Batwheels, Season 3A (Cartoon Network)
House Hunters International: Volume 9, Season 205 (HGTV)
House Hunters: Volume 10, Season 247 (HGTV)
The Family McMullen (2025)
Peacock
Friday, December 5
The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, Season 15 – Premiere (Bravo)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show, Season 3 – Premiere (Bravo Digital)
Hulu
Friday, December 5
The Great Christmas Light Fight: Season 13 Premiere
Inheritance (2025)
Apple TV
Friday, December 5
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
The Last Frontier – Episode 10
Pluribus – Episode 6
Paramount Plus
Friday, December 5
Transformers: EarthSpark specials
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