What to Watch on TV: Kung Fu, Turning Red, Upload

Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of March 6^th! 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 Outlander’s return, Turning Red’s debut, and more.

Here are our recommendations for what to watch on TV this week:

The Courtship – Sunday, March 6

For all of the period drama fans out there that loved the premise of something along the lines of Austenland and always wanted to know what a Regency era dating show would look like, then you’re in luck! NBC’s latest reality series follows a young woman looking for love and decides to look for it in Regency style. The Courtship debuts Sunday, March 6 at 8/7c on NBC.

Episode Description: A heroine looking for her duke will sign up for the ultimate social experiment in romance. Transported to a Regency-style England, a group of eligible hopeful suitors will have to win the heart of our heroine, and her court. Housed in a castle on the countryside, set on a beautiful backdrop of rolling hills, the heroine and suitors will experience that with which dreams are made. From carriage rides and boat rides on the lake to archery and handwritten letters to communicate, they will be immersed in a time-traveling quest for love. In the end, our heroine and her suitors will discover if the ultimate romantic experience will find them true love.

Outlander – Sunday, March 6

The Revolution is looming upon Fraser’s Ridge as the season opens, leaving the family in a precarious position that may put their survival and way of life at risk. How will things turn out for the family? Outlander returns Sunday, March 6 at 9/8c on Starz.

Season Description: The sixth season of “Outlander” sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie’s fight  to  protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina — and perhaps most significantly — during a period of dramatic  political  upheaval. The Frasers strive to maintain peace and flourish within a society,  which — as Claire knows all too well — is unwittingly marching towards Revolution. Against this backdrop, which heralds the birth of the new American  nation, Claire  and Jamie have built a home together at  Fraser’s  Ridge. They must now defend this home — established on land granted to them by the  Crown — not only from external forces, but also from the increasing strife and conflict in the community within their care. For the Frasers and their immediate family, then, “home” is more than simply a site in which they live, it is the place where they are laying the foundations for the rest of their lives. If Season 4 asked, “What is home?” and Season 5 asked, “What are you willing to do to protect your home?” then Season 6 explores what happens when there isdisharmony and division among the inhabitants of the home you’ve created: when you become an outsider, or an ‘outlander,’ so to speak, marginalized and rejected in your own home.

Shining Vale – Sunday, March 6

Shining Vale is a new horror-comedy with a stacked cast including Courtney Cox and Greg Kinnear; the series follows a woman whose supernatural experience changes her. Shining Vale debuts Sunday, March 6 at 10/9c on Starz.

Series Description: “Shining Vale” is a horror comedy about a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Pat, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed – turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same. Patricia “Pat” Phelps (Courteney Cox) is a former “wild child” who rose to fame by writing a raunchy, drug-and-alcohol-soaked women’s empowerment novel (a.k.a. lady porn). Fast forward 17 years later, Pat is clean and sober but totally unfulfilled. She still hasn’t written her second novel, she can’t remember the last time she had sex with her husband (Greg Kinnear), and her teenage kids are at that stage where they want you dead. She was a faithful wife until her one slip-up: she had a torrid affair with the hot, young handyman who came over to fix the sink while Terry was at work. In a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, she and Terry cash in all their savings and move the family from the “crazy” of the city to a large, old house in the suburbs that has a storied past of its own. Everyone has their demons, but for Pat Phelps, they may be real.

Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall – Tuesday, March 8

The story behind Kim Wall’s murder is told through trial testimony, interviews of the people who knew her, and more in this new two-part documentary. Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall debuts Tuesday, March 8

Documentary Description:  UNDERCURRENT: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIM WALL tells the story of accomplished journalist Kim Wall, who tragically went missing in 2017. She was last seen just prior to interviewing the eccentric entrepreneur Peter Madsen aboard his self-made submarine in Danish waters. Madsen changes his story multiple times during the course of a police investigation that ultimately uncovers the truth: Wall was murdered on the submarine. Madsen is soon put on trial, and a judge is tasked with determining what actually happened on the vessel.

Kung Fu – Wednesday, March 9

The critically acclaimed action drama is back and ready to kick things off as the Lunar New Year finds Nicky and company dealing with a break-in and a surprise dinner guest as the new season begins. Kung Fu returns Wednesday, March 9 at 8/7c on The CW.

Episode Description:  With the Lunar New Year around the corner, a more confident and grounded Nicky (Olivia Liang) finds herself in a great place in her relationship with Henry (Eddie Liu) and with her family. However, when a break-in at the Shen residence leaves her shaken, Nicky, with the help of Evan (Gavin Stenhouse), begins to suspect that Russell Tan (guest star Kee Chan) may be involved. Elsewhere, as Mei-Li (Kheng Hua Tan) and Jin (Tzi Ma) prepare for the New Year at Harmony Dumplings, Althea (Shannon Dang) begins to question whether she made the right decision re-entering the workforce. Finally, an unexpected visitor at the Shen’s New Year’s Eve dinner rocks the family to their core.

Good Trouble – Wednesday, March 9

The residents of the Coterie are back and ready to deal with the fallout from decisions made last season while everyone is grappling with the best ways to move forward. Good Trouble returns Wednesday, March 9 at 10/9c on Freeform.

Episode Description:  The Coterie Crew deals with the fallout of the season three finale. Tommy Sung’s trial comes to a close, and Callie needs to keep Kathleen from legal trouble. Malika processes Isaac’s surprise return. Gael tries to keep Isabella in town. With the approval of the Fight Club Girls, Mariana meets with Evan. Alice is on the road, leaving Sumi as acting manager. Someone new moves into the Coterie.

Astrid & Lilly Save the World – Wednesday, March 9

As Christine and the mysterious basement monster continues to plot their portal opening, Astrid & Lilly are faced with a monster that will kick up the heat. Will they be able to fight it? Astrid & Lilly Save the World airs Wednesday, March 9 at 10/9c on Syfy.

Episode Description: When a sexy new monster comes to town, passion runs high…and deadly.

The Adam Project – Friday, March 11

Ryan Reynolds leads the cast of impressive names as a man goes back in time to try to save the future while coming to terms with everything that’s happened to him. The Adam Project debuts Friday, March 11 on Netflix.

Movie Description: A time-traveling pilot teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future.

Turning Red – Friday, March 11

Pixar’s latest film follows Mei Lee who is being torn between embracing being a teenager and being the perfect daughter for her mother. Things get a touch more complicated when she finds herself turning into a giant Red Panda when she over excites herself. Turning Red debuts Friday, March 11 on Disney+.

Movie Description: Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda!

Upload – Friday, March 11

After last season’s ending with Nathan stuck and out of data, he finds himself dealing with Ingrid’s surprise appearance at Lakeview. Meanwhile, Nora goes off the grid as she joins a rebel group. Upload returns Friday, March 11 on Prime Video.

Season Description: In Upload Season Two, Nathan is at a crossroads in his (after) life… his ex-girlfriend Ingrid has unexpectedly arrived to Lakeview hoping to strengthen their relationship, but his heart still secretly yearns for his customer service angel Nora. Meanwhile Nora is off the grid and involved with the anti-tech rebel group “The Ludds.” Season Two is packed with new near-future concepts, including Lakeview’s newest in-app digital baby program called, “prototykes,” and other satirical glimpses of the technological advances and headaches to come.

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – Friday, March 11

Samuel L. Jackson and Dominique Fishback star in the latest AppleTV+ limited series that follows a dementia-adled man whose friends and loved have all but forgotten him and traverses down a road of memories and hard, painful truths about his past. The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey debuts Friday, March 11 on AppleTV+.

Series Description: “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” stars Samuel L. Jackson as Ptolemy Grey, an ailing man forgotten by his family, by his friends, and by even himself. Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker and on the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager Robyn, played by Dominique Fishback. When they learn about a treatment that can restore Ptolemy’s dementia-addled memories, it begins a journey toward shocking truths about the past, present and future.

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