Amazon Prime Video to premiere Hefner docuseries "American Playboy" on April 7

Amazon Prime Video is showcasing more original content with the addition of "American Playboy" a docuseries focused on Playboy founder Hugh Hefner starting on April 7th. Hefner, a former illustrator and writer for Esquire, published Playboy in the 50's and went on to define a lifestyle with Playboy Clubs and other properties.

The Amazon Original Series American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story will premiere on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories on Friday, April 7. The docuseries combines archival footage, pulling from thousands of hours from Hefner’s personal archives; interviews with notable figures including Jesse Jackson, Gene Simmons and Bill Maher; and cinematic reenactments.

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Amazon announces new Original Series coming to Prime Video Canada next month

Crisis in Six Scenes

Looking for new things to binge watch this coming month? Amazon Canada is bringing in six new original shows in March, including Woody Allen’s first-ever TV show. The six Amazon Original Series coming include Hand of God, Red Oaks, You Are Wanted, One Mississippi, Crisis in Six Scenes, and Good Girls Revolt.

Hand of God will be bringing its second season on March 10 along with the second season of Red Oaks. Coming on March 17 are You Are Wanted and One Mississippi—the former is the first German Amazon Original Series while the latter is the first season of the “traumedy” by comedian Tig Notaro. The Woody Allen show Crisis in Six Scenes is coming on March 24^th, while Good Girls Revolt will land on the service at the end of the month. If you’re looking for something to watch now, the latest seasons of Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle are up now. They’re also joined by popular new series Fleabag, Goliath, and Z: The Beginning of Everything.

Bryan Cranston’s ‘Sneaky Pete’ finally gets entire season streamed on Amazon Prime Video starting January 27

Following the news that the Amazon Original Series Sneaky Pete is getting a second season and roughly a year and a half since the pilot episode aired on Amazon Prime Video, the show’s first season will finally start streaming tomorrow. Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston is an executive producer on the show alongside Graham Yost. The 10-episode show stars Giovanni Ribisi as con man Marius, who tries to live a new life outside of prison by impersonating his cellmate Pete. He tries to pass off as Pete to the man’s estranged family as Marius tries to run away from the vicious gangster he once robbed. How long he’ll be able to pull off the con? Well, you have to watch the series yourself.

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Amazon Prime Video streaming now showing in Canada

It took a while but the Amazon Prime Video streaming service is available in Canada to Amazon Prime subscribers. This means they are able to watch such acclaimed shows as The Grand Tour (only the most pirated TV show in recent history), Mozart in the Jungle and Transparent as well as a wide variety of other programs. The range of movies and TV shows is limited right now, certainly looks very sparse compared to Netflix, here's hoping for more parity to the US version of Prime Video.

Exisiting Amazon Prime Canada subscribers get the video streaming with their $79 yearly subscription. And, just like with Netflix, subscribers can download episodes for offline viewing.

Source: The Toronto Star