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Dafuq is Starz, even? These days there is a new service every month, it’s hard to keep up. Absolute shambles.

Starz has been around since the mid-90s. It has some pretty good programming but it just doesn't get the attention that maybe HBO or Showtime does.

They had a really good short lived comedy series called "Party Down" that I loved. Had a great cast! https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1073507/

I think Outlander might be one of its more popular series now. Based on a book series and brought to TV by Ronald D Moore who did Battlestar Galactica (which personally I am cautious about because the last season or 2 of BSG was not my favorite)

Speaking of “dafuq” streaming services, RDM has a new series on Apple TV+ called For All Mankind which is an alternate history of the space race. It starts a little slow, but it’s worth your time.

One of the creators of Party Down was Rob Thomas, the guy behind Veronica Mars.

The lead singer of Matchbox Twenty?

No, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859432/

A different person with the very common name Rob Thomas.

Ah, it’s US only, that’s why I never heard of them.

Counterpart is another great series by Starz. Too bad they canceled it just after two seasons. It's one of the best shows made in the last few years.

If I remember correctly, Moore had the whole thing planned out but then the studio truncated his timetable so he had to speed things up to get to the end which is why the last two seasons are not stellar.

Starz is an add-on paid cable channel, like HBO. It’s been around for awhile.

About ten years ago, Starz had a deal with Netflix to stream their content next day. I remember watching some of Party Down that way as it aired.

Starz is a 20+ year old premium cable channel.

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