March 15 – March 21
All times Eastern.
Kristen Wiig resorts to comedy, Lindsay Lohan gets her ‘Wish’ & all about a porn star, hush money and a president
Kristen Wiig stars in Palm Royale.
FRIDAY, March 15
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Calling all Swifties! The mega-hit theatrical treatment of Taylor Swift’s record-setting tour had fans literally dancing in the aisles. Now you can watch it at home—and experience songs that weren’t included in the theater! (Disney+)
Manhunt
Tobias Menzie (from The Crown, Game of Thrones and Outlander) stars in this new conspiracy thriller series about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the hunt for his killer, John Wilkes Booth (Apple TV+).
Irish Wish
Lindsay Lohan (yep, that Lindsay Lohan, from Mean Girls and The Love Bug) stars in this romcom (above) about a bridesmaid who travels Ireland and makes a wish for her own true love after a painful breakup. And guess what happens? With Jane Seymour and Ayesha Curry (Netflix).
SATURDAY, March 16
Friday Night Sext Scandal
This lurid telemovie was inspired by real stories of teenage boys “hunting” for nude pics of female classmates (8 p.m., Lifetime).
SUNDAY, March 17
Nolly on Masterpiece
Helena Bonham Carter stars in this new series as a real-life soap opera actress of the 1960s and ‘70s, Noele Gordon, whose firing at the height of her career created fan outrage and front-page news (9 p.m., PBS).
Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Two-night docuseries reveals the insidious environment of children’s TV programming in the late 1990s, where allegations of cover-up, abuse, sexism and inappropriate conduct with underage stars swirled around shows including All That, Zoey 101 and The Amanda Show (9 p.m., ID).
MONDAY, March 18
Stormy
Documentary about the former porn actress and stripper (above) brought into the public spotlight when she was paid hush money to cover up her dalliances with then-president Donald Trump (Peacock).
Photographer
In this highly visual new series, award-winning filmmakers chronicle the impressive work of nine different photographers covering everything from fashion to warfare (National Geographic).
TUESDAY, March 19
The Valley
Vanderpump Rules spinoff follows a group of close-couple friends as they relocate from West Hollywood to San Fernando Valley while navigating bustling businesses, rocky relationships and feisty friendships (9 p.m., Bravo).
WEDNESDAY, March 20
Top Chef
The kitchen is open for season 21, heating up the culinary scenes of Milwaukee and Madison, Wisc., with a new batch of rising-star chefs competing for the coveted title (9 p.m., Bravo).
Palm Royale
New all-star comedy series, set in the tony high-society circles of Palm Beach, stars Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern and Allison Janney, along with Ricky Martin, Mindy Cohn, Julia Duffy and Leslie Bibb (Apple TV+).
THURSDAY, March 21
Road House
Remake of the ‘80s classic about an ex-UFC fighter named Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys nightclub (below). Rest in peace, Patrick Swayze (Prime).
The Long Shadow
After a woman is murdered in England, local police struggle to catch her killer while a desperate mother makes a difficult decision to keep her family financially afloat in this new British series based on a real-life case (Sundance Now and AMC+).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Rock fans will flip for Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984 (Trouser Press), a new 440-page collection of the iconic rock ‘zine’s coverage of seminal classic rock, glam rock, prog rock, art rock and reggae music and its makers of the time, including Todd Rundgren, R.E.M., Peter Tosh, T. Rex, New York Dolls, the Go-Gos and hundreds of others. Dig it, dig it, dig it!
BRING IT HOME
One of the year’s top movie romcoms is Anyone But You (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), about a couple (Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell) who have to pretend—after a disastrous first date—they’re still lovey dovey to not ruin a destination wedding in Australia. It’s sexy fun, and you can now own it on Blu-ray.
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