What’s on TV this week—Class Of ’09 and The Muppets Mayhem premiere
Plus, Hannah Gadsby's latest standup special, a new true-crime docuseries, and more
TV Lists Mayhem
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, May 7, to Thursday, May 11. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
Class Of ’09 (FX on Hulu, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)
Class Of ‘09 is an eight-part limited series starring Brian Tyree Henry, Kate Mara, Brian J. Smith, Sepideh Moafi, Jake McDorman, and Raúl Castillo. Set in three timelines, they all play rookie FBI agents in the past. In the present, they’re caught up in different missions across the country, and in the future, a set of shady circumstances bring them back together. Class Of ’09 premieres with two episodes, with the remaining installments dropping weekly. Look for The A.V. Club’s review on Monday.
The Muppets Mayhem (Disney+, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m.)
The Muppets Mayhem follows the Electric Mayhem Band as they embark on an epic journey to record their first-ever studio album. With the help of a driven executive, Nora Singh (Lilly Singh), the old-school band comes face-to-face with the modern music scene. Tahj Mowry, Matt Vogel, Saara Chaudry, and Anders Holm also star. Check out The A.V. Club’s review of the show Monday.
Hidden gems
Hannah Gadsby: Something Special (Netflix, Tuesday, 3:01 a.m.)
Nanette and Douglas breakout star Hannah Gadsby is back. The stand-up comedian returns with their third special on Netflix, titled Something Special. Taped in 2022 in Sydney, Australia, Gadsby will discuss everything from their wedding to multiple traumatic encounters with a bunny.
Becoming Ian Brady (Prime Video, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)
Directed by Andy Robinson, Becoming Ian Brady is a three-part docuseries charting the story of one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. Along with his partner Myra Hindley, Brady murdered five children between 1963 to 1965. The project examines Brady’s twisted path, the impact of his actions, and how they were allowed to happen in the first place.
More good stuff
Missing: Dead Or Alive? (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m.)
It’s not a week on Netflix if a true-crime docuseries isn’t added to the lineup. Missing: Dead Or Alive? is a four-part series following officers from a South Carolina sheriff’s department searching for multiple individuals who’ve disappeared under troubling circumstances.
Intelligence: A Special Agent Special (Peacock, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)
If you want a break from deciding whether to root for Ted Lasso’s Coach Nate, here’s your chance. Nick Mohammed returns in a special episode of his British comedy, Intelligence, in which he plays Joseph, a computer analyst at the NSA who teams up with Jerry Bernstein (David Schwimmer), an agent who antagonizes the crew with his brash style. Special Agent Special follows their fights against a rival who wants to destroy their business.
Can’t miss recaps
Succession (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)
Barry (HBO, Sunday, 10 p.m.)
Somebody Somewhere (HBO, Sunday, 10:30 p.m.)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m.)
Top Chef (Bravo, Thursday, 9 p.m.)
Yellowjackets (Showtime app, Friday, 3:01 a.m.)
Arriving now
The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (Sunday, Bravo, 8 p.m., season 15 premiere)
African Queens (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m., season two premiere)
Fear The Walking Dead (AMC+, Thursday, 3:01 a.m., season eight premiere)
Ending soon
Rabbit Hole (Paramount+, Sunday, 3:01 a.m., season one finale)
Call The Midwife (PBS, Sunday, 8 p.m., season 12 finale)
Family Guy (FOX, Sunday, 9 p.m., season 21 finale)
Lucky Hank (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m., season one finale)
The Company You Keep (ABC, Sunday, 10 p.m., season one finale)
Fantasy Island (FOX, Monday, 9 p.m., season two finale)
Night Court, Lopez Vs. Lopez (NBC, Tuesday, 8-9 p.m., season finales)
Accused (FOX, Tuesday, 9 p.m., season one finale)
Single Drunk Female (Freeform, Wednesday, 10:30 p.m., season two finale)
Slasher (Shudder, Thursday, 3:01 a.m., season five finale)
Titans (HBO Max, Thursday, 3:01 a.m., season four finale)
Walker (The CW, Thursday, 8 p.m., season three finale)
Ghosts (CBS, Thursday, 8:30 p.m., season two finale)
5 Comments
What’s up with the lack of coverage of Mrs Davis? Weird.
Ugh, Myra Hindley and Ian Brady… I had to write a capstone paper on female serial killers for my first degree and she was one of the killers I had to study. The loathing I have for her and him is near endless, wish they were long dead, buried, and forgotten unlike the victims. Christ the transcript for the 4th victim is among the most miserable things I’ve ever read.
I hate shows like this, it’s exploitative and will only make people suffer, especially if they’ve had any kind of traumatic loss in their life time. And the line about “how they were allowed to happen” is ridiculous, no one allowed them to happen, but tragically human beings are sometimes foul, horrific things that murder children, and given how many school shootings are taking place to this day it’s a situation which is getting worse because no one knows how to stop it. (And I know, changing gun laws sure would help a lot, but being based in England they’re not to blame when something like Brady and Hindley happen).
How this was allowed to happen is a bizarre phrasing. The funny thing is that they aren’t hard to figure out. She was a bad apple since school, always manipulating others and rarely caring about anyone but herself, he a diagnosed psychopath that believed he was smarter then anyone else and enjoyed subverting what he felt was British culture. It was just excuses to murder and rape children. They both liked nazis, Myra went by Hessie which was short for Rudolph Hess but liked to say it was for Myra Hess the pianist. She liked Irma Gerese the female concentration camp guard. They weren’t born like this, what made them become this I don’t know it doesn’t really matter. Its unfortunate this was the first big crime trial after the death penalty was abolished, the shadow of the rope hangs heavy over both of them. They sure made the world just a little bit worse and they loved the attention.
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