What to Watch on TV: Cursed, P-Valley, Brave New World
Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of July 12th! We’ll be sharing our picks for what to watch this week, from marathons to big guest spots, and significant episodes of TV to look forward to while stuck inside.
This week’s picks include P-Valley‘s debut, Brave New World is introduced on Peacock, a new twist on a classic story on Cursed, and more.
Here are our recommendations for what to watch on TV this week:
P-Valley — Sunday, July 12
Starz’s latest drama takes viewers behind the stage to tell the lives of the dancers and patrons of Pynk, a strip club located in the Mississippi Delta. P-Valley debuts Sunday, July 12 at 9/8c on Starz.
Episode Description: Down deep in the Mississippi Delta lies an oasis of grit and glitter in a rough patch of human existence where beauty can be hard to find. This southern-fried, hour-long drama tells the kaleidoscopic story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the big characters who come through its doors—the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned. Trap music meets film noir in this lyrical and atmospheric series that dares to ask what happens when small-town folk dream beyond the boundaries of the Piggly Wiggly and the pawnshop.
The Chi — Sunday, July 12
Lies and insecurities take over for Kevin and Emmett while the race for mayor continues. The Chi airs Sunday, July 12 at 9/8c on Showtime.
Episode Description: Ronnie finds a new calling in his bid for redemption; Emmett lets his dad, Darnell, and his insecurities get the best of him; Kevin is weighed down by a lie; the mayoral race heats up when candidates Douda and Camille Halloway face off.
The Nest — Monday, July 13
From BBC One, comes a story of a couple living in Glasgow and their journey to have a child when they meet a young woman willing to be their surrogate. The Nest debuts Monday, July 13 on AcornTV.
Series Description: Dan and Emily are crazy about each other. They live in a huge house in the nicest part of Glasgow and want for nothing. But they’ve been trying to have a baby for years with no success.
Showbiz Kids — Tuesday, July 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLuoIesqz9g
HBO’s latest documentary takes a raw look at the lives and stories the children who grew up in the spotlight, featuring actors from Mara Wilson and Todd Bridges to Evan Rachel Wood and the late Cameron Boyce. Showbiz Kids debuts Tuesday, July 14 at 9/8c on HBO.
Description: Showbiz Kids offers an unvarnished look at the high-risk, high-reward business of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry. Written and directed by former child actor Alex Winter (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Panama Papers), the film chronicles the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child. The film features a wealth of intimate, revealing interviews with successful child actors such as Henry Thomas, who starred in E.T. at the age of 11; Mara Wilson, who first appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire at the age of 6; Todd Bridges, who was on TV’s Diff’rent Strokes beginning at age 13; the late Cameron Boyce, star of Disney TV’s Jessie at age 12; Milla Jovovich; Evan Rachel Wood; Jada Pinkett Smith; Wil Wheaton and more. The film also follows two aspiring, young hopefuls and their parents as they unpack their own complicated experiences and reconcile the sacrifices they’ve made on their way to finding success in show business while maintaining a healthy childhood with friends and family.
Brave New World — Wednesday, July 15
Aldous Huxley’s novel is being adapted as the dystopian world comes to the small screen. Brave New World debuts Wednesday, July 15 on Peacock.
Series Description: In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home — Wednesday, July 15
Shawn and Gus are back, and they are on a mission to help Lassie solve the mystery of who attacked him. Psych 2: Lassie Come Home debuts Wednesday, July 15 on Peacock.
Movie Description: After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional — and even the supernatural.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Wednesday, July 15
With the time stream in the hands of a Malick and the malfunctioning time drive on the Zephyr, the team finds themselves looking for a familiar face. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs Wednesday, July 15 at 10/9c on ABC.
Episode Description: With the Zephyr’s time drive malfunctioning, the team is quite literally hurling toward disaster and Yo-Yo may be their only hope. The only problem? To get her powers back, she’ll need to enlist the help of an old adversary and revisit part of her past long hidden away.
Killer Camp — Thursday, July 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzZ5trgWjxg
A new kind of reality show is coming to viewers, and this one is for the horror fans out there. The contestants head to a summer camp that has them tracking down a serial killer. Killer Camp debuts Thursday, July 16 at 8/7c on The CW.
Episode Description: In this British reality competition series, eleven strangers arrive at Camp Pleasant eager to enjoy some peace and quiet when they are stunned by the news from Camp Counselor Bobby (Bobby Mair) that they have actually arrived at KILLER CAMP. Each night, one camper will be killed by a bloody, bandaged handyman who is given the orders by — one of their fellow campers! On day one, the crew settles into life at Camp Pleasant, tackling slippery slopes, facing electrocution, and battling for immunity, all the while wondering who will become the killer’s first victim.
Cursed Season 1 — Friday, July 17
A new re-imagining of the legend of Arthur is coming and ready to tell the story through the eyes of Nimue, a young woman with a mysterious gift. Cursed Season 1 debuts Friday, July 17 on Netflix.
Series Description: Based on the upcoming book of the same name, Cursed is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother’s death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther.
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Brianna Martinez
Brianna spends her time away from briefs, legal research, and pleadings, watching TV and writing about it. She generally has a lot of feelings about TV, which you can read about here and on Twitter.