Between streaming and cable, viewers have a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are airing or streaming this week, July 27-Aug. 2. Details and times are subject to change.
Spunky and spirited women.
Elizabeth Meriwether, the creator of “New Girl” and “The Dropout,” has a psychological thriller coming out this week, “Furious.” It is loosely inspired by the 1987 film “Black Widow,” about the investigation of a woman believed to be killing her husbands for money. “Furious” stars Emmy Rossum as Alice Black, an F.B.I. agent searching for an elusive serial killer played by Lola Petticrew. Meriwether noted in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that she was excited about “the possibility of exploring the psychology of a female serial killer.” The first three episodes will air together. Begins streaming Monday on Hulu.
Though Mary Beth Barone has been sharing her comedic timing and her one-liners in the comedy series “Overcompensating” and on her podcast, “Ride” (with her friend and fellow comedian Benito Skinner), she hasn’t had a TV stand-up special until now. In “Galaxy Brain” — which was filmed at the Skirball Center at New York University — she touches on dating apps, reproductive rights and even the movie “Oppenheimer.” Begins streaming Tuesday on Netflix.
Stassi Schroeder made a name for herself on “Vanderpump Rules” by creating drama and then coasting through it with one-liners like, “I’m not sure what I’ve done to you, but I’ll take a pinot grigio,” and, “I am the devil, and don’t you forget it.” Now she’s coming back to small screens with her new show “House of Stassi,” which follows her and her inner circle of friends. They have grown up a bit and include the “Vanderpump” alums Katie Maloney and Beau Clark, Schroeder’s husband. The first two episodes will air Wednesday on Freeform, and then the entire season will be available to stream on Thursday on Hulu and Disney+.
A music festival and a fictional retelling of a real event.
On Dec. 21, 1988, a flight from London to New York City exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, and all 259 people onboard died, along with 11 on the ground. After years of investigation, the American authorities said they believed that operatives with Libyan intelligence services were responsible, and that the attack seemed to be in retaliation for the 1986 U.S. airstrikes on Tripoli and Benghazi. Now a fictionalized series, “The Bombing of Pan Am 103,” produced in partnership with the BBC, tells the story from the lens of investigators, residents of Lockerbie and family members of those who died. The six-part series stars Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams, and Merritt Wever. Begins streaming Thursday on Netflix.
If you can’t make it to Chicago, or if going to music festivals isn’t your thing, this year, you can watch the four-day Lollapalooza festival’s livestream. Charli XCX, Tate McRae, Lorde, Olivia Dean, John Summit, the Smashing Pumpkins and others are set to perform. The stream will only be available live. No replays. Thursday starting at 5 p.m. on Hulu and Disney+.
A missing doghouse and a marathon to complete.
Snoopy and the Peanuts gang do a little bit of spring cleaning, but things go wrong when Snoopy’s doghouse is accidentally sold. He then has to grapple with what home means to him and how to track down the famed red house in “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy.” Begins streaming Friday on Apple TV.
The second season of “Adults” is coming on Aug. 27, but if that seems too far away, the series is dropping a prequel episode to tide you over. The stand-alone “Marathon Day” tracks the origin story of Paul Baker (Jack Innanen) and the evolution of the friend group the series follows. Begins streaming Friday on Hulu.
Unpacking a devastating night.
In November 2022, three college students called 911 to report someone unconscious in their home. What police found inside was a gruesome crime scene. Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle were all found killed in their beds. A new three-part documentary series, “The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare,” features police camera footage and interviews with the victims’ families. Begins streaming Wednesday on Netflix.
