This Week in TV
Apple TV returns to Richmond, FX heads into a glossy nightmare, Netflix reopens the Walter family drama, and reality TV marks two major milestones.
Season 4 premieres Wednesday, August 5 on Apple TV, with Ted back at Richmond to coach a second-division women’s team. Three years after the previous season ended, the series is returning with a premise that gives its optimism a genuinely new test.
FX premieres the first two episodes Wednesday, August 5, with streaming on Hulu. Set among privileged high school seniors in 1980s Los Angeles, the Bret Easton Ellis adaptation is the week’s sharpest new scripted counterweight to Ted Lasso’s warmth.
Season 3 arrives Thursday, August 6 on Netflix. The new episodes pick up after George’s medical emergency and Jackie and Cole’s confession, giving one of Netflix’s established teen dramas two major cliffhangers to resolve.
The Challenge: Cutthroat begins Wednesday, August 5 on Paramount+. Season 42 sends 24 competitors to Thailand, divides them into three teams, and puts a share of a $500,000 prize behind a finish-together format.
Bravo celebrates 20 years of The Real Housewives on Sunday, August 9 with a franchise-spanning event led by Vicki Gunvalson, Luann de Lesseps, Porsha Williams, Teresa Giudice, Kyle Richards, Gizelle Bryant, and Lisa Barlow. It streams the next day on Peacock.
The six-part drama arrived on Netflix in the U.S. on Thursday, July 30, after last week’s edition went live. Built around testimony from people involved in the Lockerbie investigation, it follows the Scottish police, the FBI, and the families seeking justice after the 1988 bombing.