Welcome to What’s On. Introducing recommended must-see programs each week. Here’s what to look out for from Sunday, October 8th through Thursday, October 12th. All times are Eastern Time. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
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frasier (Paramount+, Thursdays, 3:01 a.m.)
frasier It joins a long list of revivals trying to cash in on sitcom nostalgia. Kelsey Grammer reprises her award-winning role as Frasier Crane (her first role was in cheers). These 10 new episodes Follow Frazier’s next chapter in his life as he returns to Boston. The cast includes Nicholas Lyndhurst, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Anders Keith, and Tokus Olagundoye, with Bebe Neuwirth reprising her role as Lilith, the main character’s ex-girlfriend.search AV clubReviews and other additional coverage of this week’s shows.
Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)
Netflix’s fifth and final horror show by Mike Flanagan It is here. Fall of the House of Usher is a gothic drama inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe about Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood), a corrupt CEO who pays for his past sins with the lives of his spoiled children. The cast is made up of the usual mix of Flanagan’s favorite actors, including Kate Siegel, Carla Gugino, Rahul Kohli, Henry Thomas, Samantha Sloyan, and T’Nia Miller.search AV club‘s show reviews and an exploration of Flanagan’s various Netflix series this week.
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Big Vape: The rise and fall of Juul (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m.)
Director RJ Cutler, big vape is a four-part documentary that examines Juul, the e-cigarette device company that catapulted a toxic trend to unprecedented popularity and then slowly suffered its demise. This doc, based on the book of the same name by Jamie Ducharme, tells the story of Pax Labs’ nicotine-filled e-cigarette products and how their rapid use led to the company’s financial gains, and everything comes crashing down. Focused on the front.
Painkillers: Tylenol Murder Case (Paramount+, Tuesdays, 3:01 a.m.)
don’t confuse Recent Netflix dramas about the opioid crisisParamount+ Painkillers: Tylenol Murder Case The book chronicles the murder of seven people in Chicago in 1982 using cyanide-laced Tylenol pills. This incident caused mass panic across the country as no one knew exactly how widespread it could be. This documentary series uses archival footage and interviews to look at the incident through a modern-day lens and ask the biggest questions. So, can today’s DNA technology help identify a murderer?
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Messi meets America (Apple TV+, Wednesdays, 12:01 a.m.)
Apple TV+ Drops a 6-episode documentary that might help fill that gap ted lassoA shaped hollow inside my heart. Messi meets America Yes, it’s a story about Lionel Messi, a highly regarded Argentine player who prepares for his debut in the League Cup and Major League Soccer in Miami. In this series, we explore Messi’s life in America, how he helped transform his team, Inter Miami, and his impact on the sport around the world.
house of villains (Bravo/USA/SYFY/E!, Thursdays, 10 p.m.)
Bravo and E! It brought together so-called villains from various reality shows for one big catfight. (nice?) house of villains like a pit antagonist vanderpump rulesJax Taylor 90 day fianceAnfisa Arkhipchenko and even tiger king‘s Competing against Carole Baskin. The last villain to survive a series of random challenges, including sticking his hand into a cage full of snakes, wins a $200,000 prize.
You can’t miss the recap
the morning show (Apple TV+, Wednesdays, 12:01 a.m.)
our flag means death (Maximum, Thursday, 3:01am)
loki (Disney+, Thursdays, 9 p.m.)
5th generation (Prime Video, Fridays, 12:01 a.m.)
great british bake off (Netflix, Friday, 3:01 a.m.)
Arriving now
harry wilde (Acorn TV, Mondays, 12:01 a.m., Season 2 Premiere)
doom patrol (Max, Thursdays, 3:01 a.m., Season 4 Premiere)
transplant (NBC, Thursdays, 9 p.m., season 3 premiere)
Ending soon
Psycho: Ed Gein’s Lost Tapes (MGM+, Sunday, 10 p.m., Season 1 finale)
Mrs. Sidhu investigates. (Acorn TV, Mondays, 12:01 a.m., Season 1 Finale)
