Feb. 23 – Feb. 29
‘Priscilla’ streams, George Jones gets the all-star treatment & Timothy Chalamet is young Willy Wonka
All times Eastern.
FRIDAY, Feb. 23
Priscilla
Director Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed fem-centric drama based on Elvis Presley’s former wife and her life with the King comes to streaming today. Starring Callee Spaeny as the child who became a bride, and Jacob Eldori as Elvis (Max).
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Animated sci-fi comedy sitcom follows a group of deep-space docs battling illegal time loops and cosmic STIs as they try to keep their personal lives from falling apart under the zero-gravity stress. It’s like a far-far far out ER, with voices by Keke Palmer, Maya Rudolph, Stephanie Hsu, Natasha Lyonne and Kieran Culkin (Prime).
SATURDAY, Feb. 24
George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum
The late, great county icon (above) is celebrated on the 10th anniversary of his death in a special concert by Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker, Brad Paisley, Jelly Roll, Wynonna and others, and their renditions of “Golden Ring,” “She Thinks I Still Care,” “Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” “The Race is On” and many other George Jones hits (9 p.m., PBS).
Sense and Sensibility
Part of the network’s Jane Austen “Loveuary” programming, this original movie takes a page or two from the late romance novelist with its tale of sisters torn between lovers when they move into a modest cottage in the British countryside (8 p.m., Hallmark).
SUNDAY, Feb. 25
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
How many ways can those dead people walk??? This newest spinoff of the franchise stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira as two fan-favorite characters from the show, lovebirds who find themselves in yet another war with—you guessed it—the walking dead (AMC).
Vegas: The Story of Sin City
Cruise deep into the history of the iconic place that became the HQ for Elvis and the Rat Pack, sprouting from the desert like an oasis of vice and spicy, spectacular diversion from the seeds of visionary developers and infamous mobsters (10 p.m., CNN).
MONDAY, Feb. 26
The Voice
Limber up the vocal chords for season 25 of the hit singing competition, which kicks off tonight with host Carson Daly and returning judges Reba McEntire, Chance the Rapper, John Legend, joined by first-timers Dan + Shay (8 p.m., NBC).
TUESDAY, Feb. 27
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
Documentary follows rap artist Kemba as he explores the growing “weaponization” of rap lyrics by law enforcement and how they been used as evidence in criminal trials for decades (Paramount+).
Shōgun
Global event series (above), a new adaptation of the bestselling novel by James Clavell, is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining war and features an acclaimed Japanese cast (Hulu).
God Save Texas
Trilogy of documentary films by Richard Linklater and other Texas filmmakers spotlight some of hot topics in one of the most controversial states in the country—a superprison in Huntsville, where one quarter of the town’s population is incarcerated; the downside of Houston’s oil boom; and a town on the border with Mexico where immigration issues really hit home (Max).
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28
Code 8 Part II
(Below). An ex-con janitor’s attempts at staying out of trouble run aground when he helps a young teen escape from corrupt police officers. Maybe his telekinetic powers can help! With Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell, who created and starred in the 2016 short scifi film on which the new series is based (Netflix).
Iwájú
New highly visual animated saga about a young Nigerian girl in the future who learns the dangers hidden in her world and that of her best friend (Disney+).
THURSDAY, Feb. 29
Elsbeth
Terry Preston (from The Good Wife, True Blood, The Good Fight and Claws) returns in this new drama series (below) as an unconventional attorney who helps the NYPD corner criminals (10 p.m., CBS).
Me, Hereafter
New true-crime docudrama innovatively takes you inside gripping murder investigations, as if they were voiced “from beyond” from the deceased victims (Hulu).
BRING IT HOME
Enter the wonderful world of Wonka (Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment), the delightful, candy-coated musical story of how a young chocolate maker (Timothee Chalamet) became the confectionary impresario we all know as Willie Wonka. The supporting cast includes Keegan-Michael Key, Sally Hawkins and Olivia Colman.
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