HBO opens The White Lotus
Plus: The CW gets in on that sweet, sweet What We Do In The Shadows spinoff action, Run The World signs off for the season, and CNN digs into sitcom history
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, July 11. All times are Eastern.
Top picks
The White Lotus (HBO, 9 p.m., limited series premiere): Here’s Saloni Gajjar on this buzzy new series from the creator of Enlightened: “Created by Mike White, The White Lotus is set in an exclusive Hawaiian resort… The stacked cast includes Connie Britton, Steve Zahn, and Insecure’s Natasha Rothwell, who plays the resort spa’s massage therapist and forms a possibly unhealthy bond with one of her clients, played by the one and only Jennifer Coolidge. With each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in the lives of these seemingly picture-perfect travelers and cheerful employees.”
Read more about The White Lotus and other new shows coming to your TV this month in our July TV preview. Roxana Hadadi’s recaps will run weekly.
Wellington Paranormal (The CW, 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., U.S. premiere): Grab yourself some normal human alcohols and settle in to once again slip into the absurd world of camera-ready vampires and whatnot.
The CW, rightly eager to get into the Jemaine Clement/Taika Waititi business, snapped up this spinoff of their 2014 film What We Do In The Shadows, which as you might have heard already spawned another corker. Look for Danette Chavez’s review soon on the site.
Regular coverage
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.)
Kevin Can F**k Himself (AMC, 9 p.m.): A reminder that our coverage is following the AMC release schedule, rather than that of AMC+, so tonight’s recap will be for episode five, “New Patty.”
Rick And Morty (Adult Swim, 11 p.m.)
Wild cards
Run The World (Starz, 8:30 p.m., first-season finale): “A great deal of Run The World’s premise centers on the towering burdens placed upon Black women by society, within the Black community, and of course, the expectations they place upon themselves. Though the characters are imperfect, they continue to push back against society’s desire to humble Black women or make them feel grateful for positions and roles they’ve painstakingly earned… Run The World offers a lovely window into the lives of four Black women. It’s honest, witty, and at times heartbreaking. As in real life, the women at the center of the series know that they can hold on to one another when all else fails.” Read the rest of Aramide Tinubu’s pre-air review.
Shark Week (discovery+ and Discovery, running throughout the week): Shark Week is starting, and NatGeo’s Sharkfest hasn’t stopped swimming either, so this is a fine time to be a person who likes watching shark stuff on TV. Today’s highlights include Song Of The Shark (discovery+, 3:01 a.m.), the series premiere of Shark Academy (discovery+, 3:01 a.m.), and Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week (Discovery, 9 p.m.).
History Of The Sitcom (CNN, 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., series premiere): This eight-part docuseries “reunites audiences with the television friends, families, and co-workers they grew up with while introducing cutting-edge comedies that are sure to be your next binge-watch.” Expect interviews with Norman Lear, Tina Fey, Lisa Kudrow, Kim Fields, Dick Van Dyke, Jason Alexander, Mel Brooks, and Ted Danson, among (many) others.
Professor T (PBS, 10 p.m., series premiere): Sound the cozy mystery klaxon, a British eccentric is solving crimes on the telly!
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So Black Widow is not one of the upper echelon MCU movies. That said, I enjoyed watching it. The comedic camaraderie of the Widow family elevates it above its basic plot.
https://mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/black-widows-belated-big-screen-bonanza/I’ve begun watching Lovecraft Country. It’s my cup of tea.
CNN’s docuseries have all been hits with me. Can’t wait to check this one out.
I saw some ad for it the other day and was intrigued; I totally would have forgotten though had I not seen this article right now.
I’m definitely interested in Wellington Paranormal. I wonder if my small humans will go to bed on time so I can actually experience it.
I think Wellington Paranormal’s first six episode series is a little patchy, fine but nothing that special – but I’m so glad I stuck with it as I loved the second and third series a huge amount. And if you find yourself in a similar boat, to be honest you could watch the first episode and then skip forward to series 2 episode 1 and not really miss out on anything that important.
The first episode wasn’t that great for me, but I loved the second one.
I liked the first episode a bit better but I’m not sure an hour block is the best way to do it.“Stop that. It’s a bit weird.”(Where is that review BTW? Maybe you didn’t get screeners but, like, the show is out there.)
It’s not great, sadly.But at least we have What We Do In The Shadows.
I’m super behind on anything recent, and my small humans have summer colds (better than the alternative, but still miserable), so I couldn’t see Black Widow yet.Friday, we reached the penultimate episode of Bridgerton, which features so much of the delightful “romantic comedy couples can’t talk to each other for narrative reasons.” I’m no longer interested in any of the mysteries the show thinks I should care about, and really only wonder about how this is going to feel different than season one of Gossip Girl (OG).Speaking of GG, I opened HBO max and considered seeing the new flavor, but instead watched half the Two Towers extended edition while my small human pinned me down during a nap. I’ve apparently never seen the extended edition before. I would have been annoyed to sit through this much movie in the theater.I played a bunch of Slay the Spire and started Paper Mario before my kid stole the Switch for Pokemon.
Just finished watching the Branson/Virgin Galactic space flight & thought of this:… and also that.