14 Things to Watch Aug. 19 - Aug. 25
Wondering what to watch next week? Here's the scoop on what you'll want to be watching as you head into the weekend of Aug. 19 on network and cable television, streaming and on-demand. Whatever your platform—HBO, Showtime, Acorn, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu—we've got you covered with what to watch. Plus, check out what's new on Blu-ray and DVD, and hot new movies opening next week. Let’s get watching!
FRIDAY, Aug. 19
Spin Me Round
Alison Brie stars in this streaming flick from the Duplass Brothers as the manager of an Italian restaurant chain who attends her franchise’s immersion program in Italy, only to find that what she hoped would be a romantic getaway dissolves into chaos and comedic catastrophe. With SNL alums Molly Shannon and Fred Armisen, Lil Rey Howery and Zach Woods, plus Aubrey Plaza, Alessandro Nivola and Ayden Mayeri (AMC+)
Good Sex
The love doctor is in! In this provocative new streaming series, “sex coach” Caitin V. dishes out relationship and intimacy advice to five couples seeking to spice things up in the bedroom (Discovery+).
SATURDAY, Aug. 20
Temptation Under the Sun
A female detective (Annika Foster) vacationing on an exotic island begins a torrid affair with a charming expat (Mike Markoff)…who ends up a suspect when his girlfriend turns up dead. What up??? (8 p.m., Lifetime).
Claim to Fame
Tonight’s episode of the reality series (which puts relatives of famous people together in a house, Big Brother-style) features a team challenge of the old party game “Telephone,” which puts their memory and communication skills to the test (8 p.m., ABC).
SUNDAY, Aug. 21
House of the Dragon
New 10-episode drama based on author George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood is set two centuries before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen. With Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Rhys Ifans and Paddy Considine. (HBO Max).
The Killer Nanny
True-crime fans can dig into three-part look into the trial of British au pair Louise Woodward, who was convicted in 1997 of murdering the 8-month old baby in her care (9 p.m., ID and streaming on Discovery+)
MONDAY, Aug. 22
Welcome to Wrexham
Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney document their experiences as the new owners of a struggling U.K. soccer (football) club in this reality series, a real-world tale with a Ted Lasso spin (FX).
Bobby and Sophie on the Coast
Hit the road with chef Bobby Flay and his daughter, Sophie, as they set off on a food tour of the California coastline, kicking off in Los Angeles (9 p.m., Food).
TUESDAY, Aug. 23
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
Eddie Marsan stars in this four-part original British series adapting the real-life story of John Darwin, a former teacher who fakes his death in 2002 to fraudulently collect life insurance and avoid bankruptcy (BritBox).
The World of the Witcher
Spinoff of the action-fantasy role-playing game and subsequent TV series—with this one based thousands of years before events of the other Witcher properties—stars Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown and Laurence O’Fuarian as part of a small group of outcasts in the elven world who unite in a blood quest (Netflix).
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24
Lost Ollie
Mary J. Blige, Tim Blake Nelson and Gina Rodriguez are part of the voice cast of this heart-tugging, family-friendly tale of a toy who becomes separated from his “boy” (Netflix).
Food Paradise
Hungry for a hot dog? Tonight’s episode sniffs out the best, and most interesting, in cities across America (10 p.m., Cooking).
THURSDAY, Aug. 25
The End is Nye
The “science guy,” Bill Nye, scours the world for the most epic global disasters—natural as well as unnatural—in this new series, demystifying them with science and suggesting how we can survive, mitigate and even prevent them (Peacock).
Little Demon
New comedy series about a reluctant mother (Aubery Plaza) and her Antichrist daughter (Lucy Devito, real-life daughter of actors Danny Devito and Rhea Pearlman) as they attempt to live a normal life in Delaware (FXX).
AT THE MOVIES
A dad (Idris Elba) and his two daughters finds are stalked by a man-eating lion on a safari in South Africa, in Beast, a thrill ride with some serious teeth.
