The Best Anthology TV Shows Available for Netflix Instant Viewing with Your Roku

Netflix instant viewing choices are now available to watch on television sets thanks to the Roku device. The Roku costs just $99 and unlimited viewing is included as long as you have a Netflix subscription that grants you at least three movies out at the same time. With over 10,000 titles available you may find yourself totally abandoning your traditional television viewing habits. There are some naysayers who suggest that the Roku is not worth the investment because there isn't anything worth watching on the Netflix instant viewing list. Given the choice between watching reality TV shows, what passes for compelling fictional programming and the same fifteen movies that air every month and watching some classic anthology TV shows, the choice seems logical enough. They don't make anthology shows any more; at least not like they used to. Netflix viewers with a Roku have the choice of watching a truly amazing series of classic anthology shows, although as of this writing the most quintessential of them all is not included. That may be a good thing, however; there is much more to anthology TV than the Twilight Zone, after all.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
The master of the macabre presides as introductory host and even directed a handful of the episodes featured in this classic TV series. The first three seasons of Alfred Hitchcock Presents are available for instant viewing from Netflix and these thirty minute glimpses into the darkest regions of the human soul feature many recognizable actors who had some of their earliest roles on this much beloved series. Each episode begins and ends with the appearance of Alfred Hitchcock himself. These segments contain the usual mix of the humorous and the bizarre that mark his greatest films. Throughout these three seasons is a generous helping of some of the series most memorable episodes, although that infamous one where the murder weapon turns out to be a leg of lamb is unfortunately not available for instant viewing. There is enough creative murder and mayhem to keep you satisfied even without getting to dial that particular episode up on your Roku, however.