Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are airing or streaming this week, June 2-8. Details and times are subject to change.
From yachts to villas.
“Below Deck Down Under” just wrapped, and luckily for those of us who can’t get enough of life and drama at sea, the new season of “Below Deck” is setting sail with Capt. Kerry Titheradge at the helm this week. Fraser Olender is also back as chief stew on the show that follows the crew of a luxury charter yacht. In a preview released by Bravo, we already saw a crew member calling the maritime police and, well, everyone making out with everyone. Monday at 8 p.m. on Bravo.
Toooonight (said in Iain Stirling’s voice): “Love Island USA” is back for its seventh season. Though there may be some flawed logic in sending a group of hotties to a remote island villa in an attempt to form long-lasting relationships, it does make for ridiculously fun TV. New episodes arrive every day of the week except Wednesdays, with Ariana Madix back as the host. Things are sure to be messy. Streaming starting on Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Peacock.
Warning: If you watched the original seasons of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” this new show might make you feel a little old. Teresa Giudice’s daughter, Gia, who was 8 years old when she first appeared on that series, will be in “Next Gen NYC,” alongside adult children of other “Real Housewives” franchise stars, with some New York City influencers mixed in. As the cast members of other Bravo shows like “Summer House” and “Vanderpump Rules” age out of their hard-core partying days, maybe this new cast will fill those roles. Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
A big week for theater.
From Tom Francis’s “Sunset Boulevard” walk to Cole Escola’s Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” and Audra McDonald’s return to the stage in “Gypsy,” there has been a lot of theater to celebrate this season. And that is exactly what will happen at the Tony Awards. Alongside the usual performances from this year’s biggest shows, it was announced last week that original “Hamilton” cast will reunite for a performance during the broadcast. The New York Times theater critic Jesse Green saw all of the 42 eligible Broadway productions and ran through his predictions for the show. Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBS.
This week CNN will show more than the news — it will air a live Broadway show. The currently running “Good Night, and Good Luck,” an adaptation of the 2005 movie of the same name, stars George Clooney as the veteran CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow and chronicles his tensions with the Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy during the Red Scare in the 1950s. As Clooney performs in the penultimate show at Winter Garden Theater in New York, the performance will be simultaneously aired on small screens. Saturday at 7 p.m. on CNN.
On the court.
The N.B.A. Eastern Conference Finals have brought a lot of hometown pride to New York City as the Knicks squared off against the Indiana Pacers — which ultimately ended in defeat on Saturday night for the home team. The Pacers are advancing to the first game of the N.B.A. finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the hope of taking home the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy (and a cash prize). Game 1 airing Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on ABC.
Two two-handers.
In the new series “Stick,” Pryce Cahill (Owen Wilson) is a washed-up golfer who stepped away from the sport after an on-course meltdown. To keep a semblance of a career alive, he decides to mentor the teenage golf prodigy Santi (Peter Dager). Marc Maron, Judy Greer and Timothy Olyphant round out the cast. Streaming Wednesday on Apple TV+.
For dramedies about mother-daughter relationships, the 2000s had “Gilmore Girls,” and the 2020s have “Ginny & Georgia,” which is coming back for its third season this week. The teenage Ginny (Antonia Gentry) has complicated feelings about often being more mature than her mother, Georgia (Brianne Howey), who is only 15 years her senior. That may have been most evident in the Season 2 finale, with Georgia being taken away in handcuffs in the back of a cop car. The third season will focus on the fallout of Georgia’s arrest, as Ginny and her brother, Austin (Diesel La Torraca), try to prepare themselves for their mother’s murder trial. Streaming Thursday on Netflix.
Shivani Gonzalez is a news assistant at The Times who writes a weekly TV column and contributes to a variety of sections.
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