New Shows: Lawyers, Australian Murders, and YouTube

I hope you plan to stay in tonight, because you have plenty of new shows to try out either online or on TV.

- Goliath on Amazon:  I look forward to any show with Billy Bob Thorton (my last favorite show with him being the first season of Fargo before the show took a bad turn in season two). 

Here is the background on his new series: 

Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath. 

- Wolf Creek on Pop TV:  If you would rather go overseas for teenagers wrapped up in murders, you can take a look at this drama set in Australia. This series seems to have a high body count.

This is the story:

The story of Wolf Creek begins when an American family on vacation in Northern Australia becomes the unsuspecting target of Mick Taylor, a sadistic serial killer who hunvts and kills tourists in the Outback. The sole survivor is Eve Thorogood, a college student, who vows to bring the murderer to justice or die in the attempt. 

Wolf Creek reveals Eve’s complex and extraordinary journey, traveling every step of the way as she evolves from child to adult, from prey to predator. But can she triumph over evil incarnate?

- Haters Back Off on Netflix:  This is the story about a real YouTube star playing a young woman who wants to be a YouTube star. I guess the Millennials cannot be contained to YouTube, and we are the lucky recipenta of this new show.

Here is Variety's take on the new series:

Unfortunately, "Haters Back Off" doesn’t have the same organic appeal as Ballinger’s bizarre, pastiche-y videos. The short format and context-less medium of YouTube serves Miranda’s larger-than-life personality well; in an ocean of amateur, self-absorbed content, Ballinger’s Miranda schtick has welcome teeth. But in half-hour scripted episodes, Miranda chews and chews and chews the scenery, making it difficult to either believe in or laugh at a story about her.