Pick Tonight's Show From Your Services: AI Prompt

Help me pick something to watch tonight. Only suggest titles that are originals or exclusives of services I already pay for, so I don't hit a paywall: {services}.

- Who's watching: {who}
- Mood: {mood}
- Time I have: {time}
- Recent things we loved: {loved}
- Hard no: {avoid}

Give me exactly 4 picks. For each: title, which of my services it's on, roughly how long an episode or the film runs, and one sentence on why it matches *us* specifically. If you're not sure a title is still exclusive to that service, say so instead of guessing.

◆ Tested on Claude Opus 5.5 · October 5, 2026. The example below is that model's actual output for the sample details shown. AI answers vary between runs, so check anything important.

Example input

• services: Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu
• who: me and my partner
• mood: tense and clever, not gory
• time: about an hour
• loved: Succession, The Night Agent
• avoid: horror, anything with a laugh track

Example output

1. Severance, Apple TV+ original. Episodes run about 45–55 minutes. You liked Succession’s office power games; this is office politics turned into a paranoid mystery, and every episode ends on a hook.
2. Slow Horses, Apple TV+ original. About 45 minutes. A British spy thriller, as twisty as The Night Agent but funnier and sharper, with no gore.
3. Beef, Netflix original. About 30–35 minutes, so you could watch two. A road-rage feud that escalates into dark, tense comedy. Good if you want “clever” more than “action.”
4. The Bear, FX series streaming on Hulu in the US. About 30 minutes. Not a thriller, but the most stressful half-hour on TV. It suits Succession fans who liked watching people under pressure.

Where it streams changes by country and over time, so check The Bear in particular if you’re outside the US.

Tips

• On a Google TV Streamer or a Fire TV with Alexa+, you can say a short version of this prompt to the TV’s assistant and it can open the title for you.
• “Hard no” saves the most time. The AI is much better at avoiding things than guessing your taste from one line.
• Paying for services you rarely use? Run the subscription audit prompt.