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Welcome to Friday, and with that, we’d like to bring you TELEVISION. Now, some of you might be watching “the Olympics” or plan to watch “the Super Bowl” but for those of you cool non-jocks who want REAL entertainment, check out what we have in store for you.
Actually, it’s not that much of a TV haul, probably because networks didn’t want to compete with “the Olympics” or “the Super Bowl” and air a bunch of things that would be missed. But here we go, anyway.
Rob (Jack Whitehall) and Samira (Keke Palmer) appear on The Burbs Season 1 Episode 2. Photo: Elizabeth Morris/Peacock
The Burbs: Season 1
Well, well, well… they turned The Burbs into a TV show. Normally I don’t like remakes, but I do like this idea, since I think the original Burbs movie could have done more with its amusing premise. Plus Keke Palmer is the lead in this, and I’ll watch her do pretty much anything.
Where to Stream: Peacock
Father Brown: Season 13
I love the endurance of Father Brown! Go Father Brown! I will say that the charming Cotswolds town of Kembleford is starting to feel a little like Cabot Cove, in terms of the large numbers of murders per capita, but whatever.
Where to Stream: Britbox
Grace: Season 5
Unconventional detective Roy Grace is back in another season of nail-biting, twisty mysteries that put him, and DI Glenn Branson, to the test.
Where to Stream: Britbox
Highlights from January and February:
Photo Credit: Katie Yu/Paramount+
School Spirits: Season 3
The last two seasons of School Spirits were tight and very compelling. The series is a mystery about a young girl who dies in her high school and finds that her spirit has stayed behind—and she meets several other ghosts from the last 70 years who are also former students, waiting around. Except her situation is someone what different (was she murdered?). Anyway, I’m looking forward to season three.
Where to Stream: Paramount+
Vanished: Season 1
I’m very excited for this new series starring thriller-genre-fan Kaley Cuoco, about a woman whose French vacation goes awry when her boyfriend vanishes on a train. And it seems like he’s a spy? Or something? Can’t wait. The first episode comes out on Sunday.
Where to Stream: MGM+
Steal: Season 1
I admit, I’m intrigued by this Sophie Turner-led show, in which an ordinary office worker at a pension fund investment company winds up embroiled in a heist.
Where to Stream: Prime
The Nowhere Man: Season 1
In this gripping new thriller set in Johannesburg, Bonko Khoza plays an ex-soldier with PTSD who is drawn back into a high-octane world when he witnesses a home invasion and can’t help but intervene and try to help.
Where to Stream: Starz
His & Hers: Season 1
Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson star in this new Netflix series based on the book by Alice Feeney, as two estranged spouses (a cop and a reporter), who wind up investigating a murder they both think the other committed. What fun!
Where to Stream: Netflix
Photo credit: Peacock via The Hollywood Reporter
Ponies: Season 1
P-O-N-I-E-S means “persons of no interest.” And that’s who our protagonists are (ostensibly) in this new buddy espionage comedy starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson.
Where to Stream: Peacock
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials: Season 1
A new Agatha Christie mystery!! And I thought Christmas already came and went! Helena Bonham Carter’s in this one, too, so that’s an extra treat.
Where to Stream: Netflix
