What to Watch on TV: Power Book III, Ted Lasso, Sexy Beasts
Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of July 18th! 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.
This week’s picks include a new season of Ted Lasso, a new book of Power begins, and more.
Here are our recommendations for what to watch on TV this week:
Dead Pixels – Sunday, July 18
The game-based British import is back for a new season as a new expansion pack debuts that has Meg, Nicky, and Usman eagerly waiting for its drop. Dead Pixels returns Sunday, July 18 at 9:30/8:30c on The CW.
Episode Description: Finally, the “new” Kingdom Scrolls expansion pack is here — yay — and Meg (Alexa Davies), Nicky (Will Merrick) and Usman (Sargon Yelda) couldn’t be more thrilled. But–will it live up to the brouhaha?
Power Book III: Raising Kanan – Sunday, July 18
The next book is upon us as Power takes viewers back to Jamaica, Queens in 1991 as we see the origins of Kanan Stark’s rise to where we see him in the original series, as Stark joins the family business. Power Book III debuts Sunday, July 18 at 9/8c on Starz.
Series Description: In 1991 in South Jamaica, Queens,15-year-old Kanan Stark is eager to join his family’s growing drug business that is led by his mother, Raquel Raq Thomas.
The Movies That Made Us Season 2 – Wednesday, July 21
The nostalgic series comes back for another season to take fans behind the scenes look at a few more of the movies that so many grew up loving. The Movies That Made Us Season 2 debuts Wednesday, July 21 on Netflix.
Sexy Beasts Season 1 – Wednesday, July 21
The reality dating show that has set social media a buzz is premiering. All of the singles on the show put on heavy make-up and masks and go on dates to find the one. Sexy Beasts Season 1 debuts Wednesday, July 21 on Netflix.
Series Description: Ready to say goodbye to superficial dating? SEXY BEASTS is the dating show that takes looks completely out of the equation using fantastical, cutting edge prosthetics to transform the daters – giving them a chance to find love purely based on personality!
Ted Lasso Season 2 – Friday, July 23
The world’s favorite fictional football team and optimistic coach is back for a new season with new challenges for Ted and the team, big developments, and more. Ted Lasso Season 2 returns Friday, July 23 on Apple TV+.
Series Description: Jason Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.
The Last Letter From Your Lover – Friday, July 23
This romance follows Ellie Haworth, a young journalist, as she uncovers a series of love letters from 1965. As she sets out to uncover the mystery behind the writer, she discovers much more about the trio of people involved in the love triangle. The Last Letter From Your Lover premieres Friday, July 23 on Netflix.
Movie Description: A pair of interwoven stories set in the present and past, The Last Letter From Your Lover follows Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones), an ambitious journalist who discovers a trove of secret love letters from 1965 and becomes determined to solve the mystery of the forbidden affair at their center. As she uncovers the story behind Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley), the wife of a wealthy industrialist, and Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner) the financial journalist assigned to cover him, a love story of Ellie’s own begins to unfold with the assistance of an earnest and endearing archivist (Nabhaan Rizwan) who helps her track down more letters.
Blood Red Sky – Friday, July 23
It’s vampires on a plane for the latest high-flying action horror movie from Netflix. As a group of terrorists hijack the plane a woman and her son are on, she must embrace her true self to protect him and everyone on the plane. Blood Red Sky premieres Friday, July 23 on Netflix.
Movie Description: A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash the vampire within that she fought to hide.
Stuntman – Friday, July 23
Disney’s latest film tells the story of Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun and his larger-than-life career leading up to a big recreation. Stuntman debuts Friday, July 23 on Disney+.
Movie Description: Millions have seen his work, but nobody has seen his face. From Director Kurt Mattila comes the visceral and inspirational film “Stuntman.” It follows professional Hollywood Stuntman Eddie Braun as he prepares and attempts the most dangerous stunt of his career. Contemplating retirement and having survived over three decades of hellacious car crashes, explosions, high falls, and death-defying leaps, Eddie Braun decides to finish out his career by recreating the infamous Snake River Canyon rocket jump, an audacious televised event that almost killed the man who inspired Eddie to become a professional stuntman: Evel Knievel. Eddie teams up with Scott Truax, the son of the NASA rocket scientist who built Evel’s original doomed rocket and together they hope to clear the canyon along with the Truax family name.
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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.