Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch reveals. Here’s what it is advisable watch from Sunday, May 5 to Thursday, May 9. All occasions are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
Dark Matter (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)
Odd sci-fi dramas would possibly simply be Apple TV+’s area of interest, with Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter (primarily based on his ebook) becoming a member of the lineup. Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton) is a physicist in Chicago who will get kidnapped into an alternate actuality. While exploring the multiverse of his personal life, he fights to return to normalcy earlier than extra evil variations of himself hurt his family members, together with his spouse, Daniela (Jennifer Connelly), and son, Charlie (Oakes Fegley). The solid of this eight-episode sequence additionally consists of Jimmi Simpon, Alice Braga, Amanda Brugel, and Dayo Okeniyi. Look out for The A.V. Club’s evaluation on Monday.
Bodkin (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)
Will Forte in a comedic thriller? Bodkin already sounds promising (and RIP, The Last Man On Earth). The sequence, whose producers embrace the Obamas, is ready in an idyllic Irish city the place podcasters descend to—what else?—clear up a homicide thriller. Once they go deep, they naturally notice how difficult the case really is. Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, and Chris Walley co-star. The A.V. Club’s evaluation publishes on Thursday.
Hidden gems
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (Peacock, Tuesday, 3:01 a.m.)
The Eurovision Song Contest has change into more and more widespread, particularly since Peacock’s been streaming it since 2021. This yr isn’t any completely different, so you possibly can tune in to look at 37 nations in Europe and the encircling areas compete to topple final yr’s winner, Swedish singer Loreen’s “Tattoo.”
Hollywood Con Queen (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)
Tiger King and Fyre director Chris Smith takes on a significant Hollywood rip-off for his subsequent docuseries. Hollywood Con Queen peels again on how a swindler posed as highly effective business ladies like Kathleen Kennedy, Sherry Lansing, Amy Pascal, Wendi Deng Murdoc, and Stacey Snider to trick numerous manufacturing employees members to ship him cash.
Maxton Hall (Prime Video, Thursday, 12:01 a.m.)
Based on Mona Kasten’s novel Save Me, Maxton Hall is a German-language YA drama set in a prestigious non-public college. It’s a story as outdated as time: A rich inheritor, James Beaufort, falls for a scholarship scholar, Ruby Bell. How will their surprising romance ever survive?
More good things
Super Rich In Korea (Netflix, Tuesday, 3:01 a.m.)
As the title spells out, actuality present Super Rich In Korea appears into the lives of a few of Asia’s wealthiest households and folks, from an Arab social media sensation to Pakistani royalty to Singapore businessman David Yong, a billionaire participant within the Ok-Pop business.
Black Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu, Thursday, 12:01 a.m.)
Insecure’s Prentice Penny directs the docuseries Black Twitter: A People’s History to have a good time a uncommon social-media win: offering an area for the Black group on-line to speak, joke round, and type connections. The three episodes function interviews with W. Kamau Bell, Jemele Hill, Raquel Willis, April Reign, Roxane Gay, and a number of other different influential web personalities.
Can’t miss recaps
Saturday Night Live (NBC, Saturday, 11:30 p.m.)
The Sympathizer (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m., season one finale)
Top Chef (Bravo, Wednesday, 9 p.m.)
Hacks (Max, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)
Arriving now
Reginald The Vampire (SYFY, Wednesday, 10 p.m., season two premiere)
Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (Max, Thursday, 3:01 a.m., season two premiere)
Ending quickly
Parish (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m., season one finale)
Call The Midwife (PBS, Sunday, 8 p.m., season 13 finale)
The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS, NCIS: Hawai’i (CBS, Monday, 8-11 p.m., season finales)
The Circle (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m., season six finale)
Animal Control (FOX, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., season two finale)
The Girls On The Bus (Max, Thursday, 3:01 a.m., season one finale)
