Between streaming and cable, viewers have a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are airing or streaming this week, Feb. 2-8. Details and times are subject to change.
Romance on campus
Relationships (toxic and otherwise) within the world of academia have recently been well documented across TV: “Tell Me Lies” and “How to Get Away With Murder” are just a two examples, and now the limited series “Vladimir” is joining the list. The show follows a middle-aged professor (Rachel Weisz) who develops an infatuation with a younger colleague (Leo Woodall). The story, adapted from Julia May Jonas’s book, is narrated by Weisz’s character who’s gripped in a shifting internal dialogue, so viewers are never sure what’s real and what’s simply her perception. All eight episodes will drop at once. Begins streaming Thursday on Netflix.
That’s not the only new show taking place on a college campus. “Rooster” veers more into comedy territory, with Steve Carell starring as an author (loosely based on Carl Hiaasen, who wrote “Hoot” and “Bad Monkey”) who visits a liberal arts college and gets swept into the on-campus antics of students and professors. The show is written by Bill Lawrence, a creator of “Ted Lasso,” “Shrinking” and “Scrubs,” and also stars Scott MacArthur, Annie Mumolo, Connie Britton and John C. McGinley. Sunday at 10 p.m. on HBO and available to stream on HBO Max.
A Florida man and an unhinged hunter
With Hiaasen top of mind, another new show is based on one of his novels, this time “Double Whammy.” The series, titled “RJ Decker,” stars Scott Speedman as a disgraced former photographer who, after finishing his stint in jail, becomes a private investigator in South Florida to help his ex-wife, a journalist, look into odd cases in the area. Tuesday at 10 p.m. on ABC.
If the French drama “The Hunt” sounds familiar, it might be because it was originally set to air in December 2025, but it was postponed after its production company investigated claims that the work had been plagiarized. Now that it’s received authorization to move forward, we’re finally seeing the series, which follows Franck (Benoît Magimel) and his friends on a hunting trip, where they themselves end up being hunted. After barely managing to escape, they attempt to go back to regular life, but the trauma they endured starts to haunt them. Begins streaming Wednesday on Apple TV.
A look at London’s elite
“Ladies of London” premiered on Bravo in 2014 and, for three seasons, tracked the comings and goings of British socialites. Now it’s getting a revamp à la “The Real Housewives of New York” and “Vanderpump Rules.” In this iteration, named “The New Reign,” the cast features a mix of both British natives and American expats, including Mark-Francis Vandelli, an alum from the British reality show “Made in Chelsea.” So clutch your pearls and pour yourself a cup of tea because drama is sure to ensue. Thursday at 9 p.m. on Bravo and available to stream the next day on Peacock.
A slew of documentaries
In 2012, Skylar Neese, a 16-year-old high school student, went missing after sneaking out of her house to hang out with friends. When her body was found roughly six months later, an investigation determined that she had been stabbed to death; two of her close friends, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf, were arrested and eventually both charged in various aspects of her kidnapping and murder. The three-part documentary series “Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese” follows the disappearance, the investigation and the trial. Begins streaming Friday on Hulu.
Esther Estepa, a 42-year-old woman, went missing in Spain in 2023 after crossing paths with the TikTok personality José Jurado Montilla (who went by “el Titi” or “Dinamita”). The two-part documentary series “The TikTok Killer,” which features archival footage and interviews with people close to Estepa, shows how investigators tracked her last movements through both of her and Montilla’s digital footprints. Begins streaming Friday on Netflix.
Produced by Steven Spielberg and narrated by Morgan Freeman, the new four-part documentary series “The Dinosaurs” combines C.G.I. with recent paleontological research to imagine what the planet looked like during the 165 million years dinosaurs lived on it, with a specific focus on the Mesozoic Era. All episodes will drop at once. Begins streaming Friday 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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