If you're looking for a new show to watch this week, streaming has you covered. Some of them are even worth your time!
The best choices this week are heavy on family. While they're not my specific drug of choice, a lot of people like watching the Kardashian family, and season five has begun. If Kim K. and company are a little much, check out the new season of Trying, a gentle, British Apple TV+ dramedy that not enough people are talking about. For "work family" TV fans, watch Tires, a new comedy from Netflix that has definite possibilities.
The Kardashians, season 5
The members of the Kardashian-Jenner family continue documenting their glamorous, beige-tinted, opulent lives in the fifth season of The Kardashians. According to Hulu, the Kardashians will “punch it into overdrive” for season five, adding, “From the big screen to baby bliss, the family continues to defy expectations in all their endeavors.” That’s not a lot to go on, but a highlight of the season is likely to be the story of Kourtney Kardashian-Barker's first child with Travis Barker. It is reality TV, so you don’t know what will happen—maybe they’ll all be abducted by aliens or something.
Where to stream: Hulu
Trying, Season 4
Forget Ted Lasso; this gentle British family dramedy is Apple TV+'s real hidden gem. At the end of Trying's third season Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) were granted full custody of their foster children Princess and Tyler. Season 4 flashes forward six years, and digs into the drama and comedy of raising teenagers. It's well-walked ground for a TV show, but Trying gets the details right, so its blend of wit and realism makes the familiar seem fresh. There's a reason it earned 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Where to stream: AppleTV+
Tires
I love Netflix's strategy of releasing smaller, more personal comedy series. Last month, it was Baby Reindeer. This month, it's Tires. Stand-up comic Shane Gillis stars in this six-episode comedy series about the crazy goings-on inside an auto repair shop in Valley Forge, PA. Gillis is also Tires' executive producer and co-creator, so this has the potential to be one of those idiosyncratic, sleeper-hit shows that streaming is made for.
Where to stream: Netflix
Stax: Soulsville USA
Stax was the greatest record label in music history, and Stax: Soulsville USA examines how it came to be. Through archival performances footage and interviews with musicians, producers and others that made up Stax, this four-part HBO original music documentary series explores the history and impact of the legendary Memphis record label that brought us Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, The Staple Singers, and many more iconic artists.
Where to stream: Max
Last week's picks
Bridgerton, Season 3 — Part 1
Bridgerton, the romance series set among high-society ladies and gentlemen of Regency London, is going into its third season, and Netflix is dropping four episodes that tell the story of Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope's (Nicola Coughlan) friends-to-lovers romance. Series regulars Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton), Luke Thompson (Benedict Bridgerton), Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte), and Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury) are returning, and there will be new faces too, including Daniel Francis as dashing gentleman Marcus Anderson and James Phoon as the rakish Harry Dankwort.
Where to stream: Netflix
Doctor Who, Season 14
The first four episodes of season 14 of British science fiction institution Doctor Who are available to stream on Disney+. The series has been around since 1963(!), but this is the first season to appear on Disney+, so it's a good place to jump in. The first couple episodes see the 15th Doctor—played by Ncuti Gatwa, who digs into the role with lighthearted panache—and his new companion Ruby Road (Millie Gibson) battling goblins, then whipping through time and space, from the dinosaur era to Regency London, before landing on a space station run by babies 20,000 years in the future. Regular Doctor Who stuff, is what I'm saying.
Where to stream: Disney+
The Big Cigar
The early 1970s was a wild time in America, and The Big Cigar aims to bring it to life. Apple TV+'s new series tells the of-the-chain true story of Black Panthers founder Huey P. Newton's escape to Cuba in the early 1970s. Wanted by the FBI, Newton (André Holland) teams up with Bert Schneider (Alessandro Nivola), the producer of The Monkees and Easy Rider, and together they hatch an audacious plan to fake a movie as a smokescreen to smuggle Newton out of the country.
Where to stream: AppleTV+
Outer Range, Season 2
The set-up of Outer Range will seem familiar for fans of TV neo-Westerns: Josh Brolin plays Royal Abbot, a Wyoming rancher fighting to protect his land. But the series takes a wildly unexpected turn toward the supernatural when Abbot discovers a mysterious, perfectly round hole on the edge of his property, and otherworldly events begin occurring around the ranch. The first season of Outer Range left a lot of unanswered questions. Let's hope season two's answers live up to the promise of the premise.
Where to stream: Prime
The Killing Kind
The Killing Kind began its life at Paramount+, where audience responded favorably, but the series was pulled from the service. Paramount's loss is Hulu's gain: This rollercoaster ride of a series tells the story of defense attorney Ingrid Lewis (Emma Appleton) who successfully defends John Webster (Colin Morgan) from stalking charges. When Webster shows up in her life a year later, he's either trying to keep her safe or hiding a murderous secret.
Where to stream: Hulu
Royal Rules of Ohio
Hulu’s Freeform platform is home to this reality show documenting the adventures of a family of African royals in Ohio. Sisters Brenda, Thelma, and Nana Agyekum are the daughters of royal descendants of two of the most wealthy and powerful Ghanaian kingdoms, so life in Columbus, Ohio is going to take some getting used to, especially if they’re going to stay true to the rules of royalty.
Where to stream: Hulu
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