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, Aug. 11-17. Details and times are subject to change.
One show ends as another begins.
In just three brief seasons of “And Just Like That …,” Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) became a widow, got back together with her ex-boyfriend from nearly 20 years ago and then broke up with him after flirting with the idea of moving to Virginia. And that’s not even touching on the divorce and sexual exploration of Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and the campaign by Charlotte (Kristin Davis) to defend the honor of her dog and, lest we forget, the start Hot Fellas bakery by Anthony (Mario Cantone). Last month, Michael Patrick King, the series’ showrunner, writer and director, took to social media to announce that the show’s third season would be its last. But in the 27 years since “Sex and the City” premiered fans have gotten two movies and a reboot, so I have a feeling that Carrie won’t be gone for good. Streaming Thursday at 9 p.m. on HBO Max.
Noah Hawley, the creator of Fargo, is steering away from the Midwest and into the future with his new series “Alien: Earth.” The show acts as a prequel to the 1979 film “Alien,” specifically set two years before the crew of the starship Nostromo awoke to a distressed alien signal. In this iteration, it is 2120 and the earth is controlled not by a government but by five megacorporations. One of the companies, Weyland-Yutani (mentioned in the films), commissions the crew from the spaceship Maginot to collect alien samples to research back on Earth. It ends up crashing in Southeast Asia, where the rival corporation Prodigy is making synthetic humans. Tuesday at 8 p.m. on FX and streaming on Hulu.
The peaks and pitfalls of reality television.
There are so many dating shows these days that it can be easy to get them mixed up. So let me break down “Love Is Blind U.K.” for you: Thirty men and women from the United Kingdom and Ireland who are looking for love enter pods where they can talk to one another without seeing what the other looks like. The goal is to get engaged while still in the pods, then meet face-to-face and decide if you want to get married. Last season, two out of the six couples who made it to the end of the aisle decided to say “I do.” Both couples are still together, and one couple has a baby on the way. These stats aren’t bad. Streaming Wednesday on Netflix.
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