{"id":88019,"date":"2016-04-02T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=88019"},"modified":"2016-04-02T10:02:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T08:02:47","slug":"what-to-watch-on-netflix-and-showmax-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/88019-what-to-watch-on-netflix-and-showmax-this-weekend","title":{"rendered":"What to watch on Netflix and ShowMax this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

With March\u2019s many long weekends behind us, it\u2019s back to two day weekends and five day weeks for South Africans.<\/p>\n

Netflix, in its benevolence, waited until Thursday to drop Doctor Who and Sherlock into its South African catalogue.<\/p>\n

It’s almost like it knew we would get nothing done over Easter with six seasons of the BBC\u2019s best shows available to us.<\/p>\n

Now that your Easter family commitments are handled, nothing need stand in the way of your weekend binge.<\/p>\n

These are the latest-and-greatest shows and movies on Netflix and ShowMax in South Africa, released this week for your viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n

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Doctor Who<\/strong> (seasons 5 \u2014\u00a08)<\/p>\n

The Waters of Mars, one of David Tennant\u2019s last 60-minute specials as the Doctor, is also available.<\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Doctor<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sherlock<\/strong> (seasons 1 \u2014\u00a02)<\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix (New; S1-2), ShowMax (S1-3)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Sherlock\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pulp Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Pulp<\/a><\/p>\n

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Once Upon A Time<\/strong> (season 1 \u2013\u00a03)<\/p>\n

Available on: ShowMax<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Once<\/a><\/p>\n

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Reign<\/strong> (season 2)<\/p>\n

Available on: ShowMax<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Reign\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Once upon a time in America<\/strong><\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Once<\/a><\/p>\n

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Arrow<\/strong> (season 3)<\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix (S1-3), ShowMax (S1-2)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Arrow\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Vampire Diaries<\/strong> (season 6)<\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix (S1-6), ShowMax (S1-5)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Originals<\/strong> (season 2)<\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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Orphan Black<\/strong> (season 2)<\/p>\n

Available on: Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Orphan<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mad Money<\/strong><\/p>\n

Available on: ShowMax<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Mad<\/a><\/p>\n

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Secrets of the Hive<\/strong><\/p>\n

Available on: ShowMax<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Secrets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hitman Episode 2 release date announced<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Want to get your binge on this weekend? These are the latest shows and movies on Netflix and ShowMax in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":88021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[17755,17749,10751,17753,17751,17688],"class_list":["post-88019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-arrow","tag-doctor-who","tag-netflix","tag-pulp-fiction","tag-sherlock","tag-showmax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88067,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88019\/revisions\/88067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}