{"id":458543,"date":"2026-05-20T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458543\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:07:10","slug":"the-boroughs-when-does-netflixs-new-star-packed-sci-fi-series-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458543\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Boroughs&#8217;: When Does Netflix&#8217;s New Star-Packed Sci-Fi Series Premiere?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">The Boroughs is the next big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/this-unsung-supernatural-tv-show-has-everything-a-horror-fan-could-want\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">supernatural series<\/a> coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/netflix-review-our-top-pick-sea-streaming-choices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>. The show, which hails from Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (creators of Netflix&#8217;s Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) and executive-produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/stranger-things-ending-netflix-80s-horror-movie-free-tubi-gate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Stranger Things<\/a> creators the Duffer Brothers, takes place at a seemingly idyllic retirement community. But after a newcomer has an otherworldly experience, a team of misfits within the community band together to uncover the truth about what&#8217;s really going on here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Alfred Molina stars alongside a stacked, and I mean stacked, cast. Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O&#8217;Hare, Clarke Peters, Bill Pullman, Jena Malone, Rafael Casal, Dee Wallace, Ed Begley Jr. and Jane Kaczmarek are part of the show&#8217;s expansive ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Is this Stranger Things for boomers? Read on to find out more info about how to watch The Boroughs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When does The Boroughs premiere?<\/p>\n<p>The first season of The Boroughs drops all eight episodes on Netflix on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can watch The Boroughs with a Netflix subscription. The Standard with Ads plan costs $9 per month. If you want to watch ad-free, the Standard plan is $20 and the Premium plan is $27 per\u00a0month.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" section=\"listicle|image\" data-cy=\"listicleImageBuyButton\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"c-shortcodeListicleImage_buyButton\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> James Martin\/CNET       <\/p>\n<p>You may be interested in saving some money, and if you are a Comcast customer, you can do just that. Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/netflix-peacock-apple-tv-plus-bundle-here-what-to-know-streamsaver\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">StreamSaver bundle<\/a>\u00a0from Comcast. The package bundles Netflix, Peacock and Apple TV for $15 a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boroughs is the next big supernatural series coming to Netflix. The show, which hails from Jeffrey Addiss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-458543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}