Sick of the sticky summer heat? Yes, sometimes all that seasonal warmth can be too much of a good thing, so when you need a reprieve from the sun and the swelter, thankfully, modern-day air conditioning and a fresh slate of streaming titles will be there to keep you company indoors.
As for the latter, Netflix — one of the best streaming services around — always has new TV shows breezing in as part of its regular cycle of film and television additions joining its already sprawling selection.
And this weekend is no exception—the streamer is giving subscribers plenty of reasons to spend a summer day inside with a crop of new arrivals that will keep you clicking "Play" with every new episode. From a Will Ferrell-led sports comedy series to a supernatural rom-com out of South Korea, here are three new-on-Netflix series you need to have on your watchlist this weekend. Consider your Saturday plans sorted!
'The Hawk'
Comedy fans know him as the legend himself, Will Ferrell, but in this new golf-focused comedy series, he's Lonnie "The Hawk" Hawkins, an aging former golf champion who is desperate to win one final major and officially complete his Grand Slam, despite the fact that he's physically well past his prime and even his family is dubious of such an athletic feat. (Fellow "Saturday Night Live" icon Molly Shannon stars as Lonnie's ex-wife Stacy, with "American Vandal" star Jimmy Tatro as his son Lance.) Can Lonnie stage the greatest (and most unlikely) comeback in golf history?
The ten-episode series, which was created by Ferrell, Harper Steele and Chris Henchy, features a whole back nine of funny folks, including Fortune Feimster, Chris Parnell, Katelyn Tarver, David Hornsby, Aida Osman and Luke Wilson.
Watch "The Hawk" on Netflix now
‘Little House on the Prairie'
You can revisit Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved "Little House on the Prairie" tales — her series of classic children's novels was based on her own upbringing in the American Midwest in the late 19th-century — via Rebecca Sonnenshine’s fresh Netflix adaptation, which joined the streamer on July 9. If you haven't yet caught up with the Ingalls, including Pa (Luke Bracey), Ma (Crosby Fitzgerald), Mary (Skywalker Hughes) and Laura herself (played by spirited youngster Alice Halsey), now's the time.
As with the enduring source material, the television drama follows the close-knit Ingalls clan as they build a new life together on the Western frontier across eight warm, wholesome episodes. The Netflix series has been praised for bringing the classic story into "a new era of conscious creation and adaptation, striking the right balance between nostalgia and inspiration to craft a new and enlivened path for itself," per the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes.
Watch "Little House on the Prairie" on Netflix now
'Spooky in Love'
If you want your rom-coms with a side of "things that go bump in the night," this South Korean supernatural-horror series will be right up your alley. Based on the 2011 film "Spellbound," the unlikely romance is between Chion Yoi (Park Eun-bin), a chaebol heiress and hotel CEO who can secretly see ghosts and is visited every night by the spirits of people who died unjustly, and Maang Wuk (Yang Se-jong), a top prosecutor who investigates unsolved murder cases.
Together, the duo works together to crack these impossible cases and bring some relief to the spirits involved, all while navigating their own growing feelings for each other. Written by Choi Jung-mi ("Shoot My Heart") and directed by Lee Min-soo ("Resident Playbook") the 12-episode K-drama also features Ong Seong-wu, Jo Hye-joo, Ye Soo-jung and Baek Ji-won, among others.
Watch "Spooky Love" on Netflix beginning July 18.
