Sirens, Nine Perfect Strangers, and more
What I'm watching this week.
Hello and welcome to this week’s TV Party roundup column, in which I pick the best new shows you need to be watching right now (I try to list both US and U.K. streamers where possible). It’s another busy one. For this week’s round-up, I’ve got:
A cult drama that picks at the growing divide between the super rich and working class
The return of Nicole Kidman as a spiritual guide with less than wholesome intentions
The end for one of Netflix’s filthiest animated series
There is also a recap of the week’s TV news + must-read links. If any of that sounds interesting and you want to stay in the know and up to date the please subscribe to TV Party below. Subscribers get access to these weekly emails and to a separate, weekly essay. Now, on with the round-up.
Sirens (Netflix)
Stars: Julianne Moore, Megann Fahy, Milly Alcock
Written by Maid creator Molly Smith Metzler, Sirens follows Devon (Fahy) who is concerned about her sister Simone (Alcock)'s creepy relationship with her new boss, billionaire Michaela (Moore), and decides it's time for an intervention.
Nine Perfect Strangers S2 (Hulu/Prime Video)
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Henry Golding, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, King Princess, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon
Nicole Kidman raids her endless wig box as she returns to play Masha, the highly suspicious wellness influencer/guru. The second season of the White Lotus dupe takes place over a a 10-day stay at a resort nestled in the Swiss Alps.
Big Mouth S8 (Netflix)
If, like me, you stepped away from Nick Kroll’s kids animation for adults a few years ago this final season might be a good time to catch up. The kids must be about 35 by now, right?
Jerrod Carmichael: Don’t Be Gay (HBO)
Jerrod Carmichael didn’t bathe himself in glory with last year’s brutally honest Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, but akward truths are his M.O. Stand up, where he gets to add a little varnish to his self-centred ways, is where he excels. Expect big laughs and some uncomfortable silences in his latest special when it debuts this weekend.
TV Party news
Detectorists creator Mackenzie Crook has announced Small Prophets, a vaguely psychedelic sounding show about a man’s search for his missing wife. Chortle
Milly Alcock says someone “very high up” told her to get an acting coach when she started on House of the Dragon. Variety
Bret Easton Ellis’s serial killer novel The Shards is being adapted by Ryan Murphy, with Kaia Gerber attached to star. Deadline
Having previously said it would be done in three, The Last of Us creator Craig Mazin now says the show will conclude with season 4. Collider
Mr. Scorsese, a documentary series on the Kool-Aid movie director Marty, is coming to Apple TV+. The Verge
Cursed news of the week - Zach Braff is returning to star in the Scrubs reboot. TVLine
George Coulam, the let’s say… eccentric star of last year’s great HBO doc series Ren Faire, has died at 87. The Hollywood Reporter
New trailer alert. The Bear returns for a fourth season on June 25. Let’s hope it’s better than the third one!
Something to read between episodes
What The Rehearsal Gets Right and Wrong About Autism. Slate (you might want to bookmark this one)
‘I’m from Glasgow – the swearing came naturally!’ The full uncensored history of The Thick of It. The Guardian
A nice tribute to George Wendt, a.k.a Norm from Cheers, who passed away this week. Rolling Stone
A little inside baseball action as Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg discuss The Studio with Matt Belloni, a co-star on their Hollywood sature that wrapped up its excellent first season this week. The Town
One last thing…
