Dexter returns to Sunday nights with some New Blood
Plus, Doctor Who: Flux, Succession, Insecure, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and a few wild cards
TV Lists Dexter
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, November 7. All times are Eastern.
Top picks
Dexter: New Blood (Showtime, 9:00 p.m.): After killing off most of his friends and family—even accidentally or being obliquely at fault—Dexter is hiding away in a small town, where he is dating the local sheriff (of course). But this time, he’s surrounded by ghosts: Debra, the Trinity Killer, and more return to haunt and guide Dexter in his new life. Maybe he’ll finally die at the end of this series. Joshua Alston is recapping.
Doctor Who: Flux (BBC America, 8 p.m.): In last week’s recap, Caroline Siede was hopeful that the latest season doesn’t get caught in a Chris Chibnall trap: “But amidst the chaos, there are things about ‘The Halloween Apocalypse’ that have me feeling optimistic about the season. For one thing, this episode does a nice job fleshing out the Doctor and Yaz’s status quo without relying on the kind of ‘stand and monologue’ scenes that are often a Chibnall weakness.” Let’s pray it continues!
Regular coverage
Succession (HBO, 9 p.m.)
Insecure (HBO, 10:00 p.m)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, 10:30 p.m.)
Wild cards
Weather Gone Viral (Weather Channel, 10:00 p.m.): The seventh season of this increasingly relevant show is back to discuss freezing cold weather in Texas. Covering tornadoes, intense rains, hurricanes, and more, this series might as well be called “Climate Change: The Show!” Hopefully, there is also information on how to survive some of these natural disasters among all those dramatic clips.
Father Christmas Is Back (Netflix, 3:01 a.m.): Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese, and Kelsey Grammer lead the cast of this holiday movie about a father coming back on Christmas after years away. A real-life soapy Dear Prudence letter!
It’s A Wonderful Lifetime Holiday Preview (Lifetime, 10:00 a.m.): Remember how fun it was to watch spooky Halloween movies? Well, Christmas movies are less deep in general, but they’re still nice to have on when it’s cold out and you’d rather stay home and drink tea. Lifetime’s preview will whet your appetite for these seasonal offerings this year.
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TUAYPCWI’m glad Stargirl: Summer School wasn’t a sophomore slump. Season two stuck the landing.https://mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2021/11/03/is-stargirls-summer-school-a-sophomore-slump/
While Eternals didn’t always reach its lofty ambitions, I was impressed by how much actually did work. Going in with low expectations turned out to be the right strategy, as it allowed me to enjoy it.
https://mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2021/11/06/hope-springs-for-marvels-eternals/
Going in with low expectations turned out to be the right strategy After Iron Man 2 this is pretty much how I watch any Marvel movie.
Then again, after Superman 3 this is pretty much how I watch any superhero movie.
Tell us about your Pop Culture Weekend? Sure.I worked late Friday and most of Saturday, and didn’t watch any college football. I might have enjoyed parts of this week’s games, had I been able to, apparently. I started and finished Netflix’s conspiracy theory cartoon “Inside Job” and generic sitcom that definitely isn’t the Big Bang Theory “Pretty Smart” in thr last week, because they are short and lightweight. Even though I watched the last episode of Inside Job yesterday I couldn’t tell you what the show was about. My smallest human doesn’t believe in daylight savings time, so it’s 7 am and we’re watching Sesame Street. The parodies and allusions are thematically impressive even when the original work is too mature for kids. I’m also pleased with the reports that Big Bird has gotten vaccinated.
I’ll say it, there’s too much TV.