{"id":559883,"date":"2026-08-05T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559883\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:42:11","slug":"tvs-best-new-show-has-a-93-rotten-tomatoes-score-and-is-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559883\/","title":{"rendered":"TV\u2019s Best New Show Has A 93% Rotten Tomatoes Score And Is Out Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0x0.png\" alt=\"Sterling Point 993\" data-height=\"388\" data-width=\"689\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sterling Point<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Prime<\/p>\n<p>Great shows come and go, and I\u2019ve either made my way through a number of highly scored ones, or I\u2019m already in the middle of them (Silo season 3, currently). But now there\u2019s a brand new series that has amassed a great Rotten Tomatoes score from critics.<\/p>\n<p>The show is <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/detail\/0K94N2UBORZCLPIC46VTJQ093E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/detail\/0K94N2UBORZCLPIC46VTJQ093E\" aria-label=\"Sterling Point\">Sterling Point <\/a>on Amazon Prime Video, which just released today, August 5, on the service. It has a <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/sterling_point\/s01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/sterling_point\/s01\" aria-label=\"93% Rotten Tomatoes score\">93% Rotten Tomatoes score <\/a>from critics and a very interesting creator.<\/p>\n<p>That would be Megan Park, who may be best known for her 121-episode run starring in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which ran from 2008 to 2013. She\u2019s been in two dozen projects since, however, she\u2019s found success recently in directing. Park directed the comedy My Old Ass with Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella, and the harrowing school shooter drama The Fallout with Maddie Ziegler and a pre-Wednesday Jenna Ortega. Now, she\u2019s branching into another different genre, where Sterling Point is a mystery blended with romance. Here\u2019s the synopsis:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollow 17-year-old Annie Jacobson, raised in New York City with her twin brother and loving adoptive father; Annie&#8217;s life takes a turn when she inherits her mysterious grandfather&#8217;s island in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jacobson is played by Ella Rubin, who is not 17, but 24, as often happens with these sorts of castings. She\u2019s been in a few high-profile projects like Fear Street: Prom Queen, Masters of the Air and even the Oscar-winning Anora, which is quite the achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling Point<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Prime<\/p>\n<p>Sterling Point hasn\u2019t ranked on Amazon\u2019s Top 10 list yet, given that it was just released today, but if audiences agree with critics here, it could rise quickly. #1 right now is Ride or Die, a 98% Rotten Tomatoes-scored comedy, one of the best of that genre the entire year. I believe that makes it tied with Widow\u2019s Bay, in fact.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon, as it sometimes does with first-season, lower-profile shows, has dropped all of Sterling Point as a binge release today. More proven shows may get a double-episode premiere and a weekly release from there, but this is what they did with Off Campus and Ride or Die too, and both of those worked out swimmingly.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019re looking for a new mystery series mixed with a bit of romance from a proven director, it seems like Sterling Point should be your next watch. I\u2019ll be checking it out this week and will report back with my thoughts soon.<\/p>\n<p>Follow me <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulTassi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulTassi\" aria-label=\"on Twitter\">on Twitter<\/a>, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg6K8i6OGobyZNoPIsCW9uQ?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg6K8i6OGobyZNoPIsCW9uQ?sub_confirmation=1\" aria-label=\"YouTube\">YouTube<\/a><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg6K8i6OGobyZNoPIsCW9uQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg6K8i6OGobyZNoPIsCW9uQ\" aria-label=\",\">,<\/a> and <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paul.tassi\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paul.tassi\/?hl=en\" aria-label=\"Instagram\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pick up my sci-fi novels the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08G1MRFTM?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&amp;binding=kindle_edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08G1MRFTM?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&amp;binding=kindle_edition\" aria-label=\"Herokiller series\">Herokiller series<\/a> and <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08KYDGG73?binding=paperback&amp;ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08KYDGG73?binding=paperback&amp;ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk\" aria-label=\"The Earthborn Trilogy\">The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sterling Point Courtesy of Prime Great shows come and go, and I\u2019ve either made my way through a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[275546,156,17632,111,139,69,4980,275547,437],"class_list":["post-559883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-annie-jacobson","tag-entertainment","tag-jenna-ortega","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rotten-tomatoes","tag-sterling-point","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}