What to Watch on TV: The Wonder Years, Conversations with Friends, Atlanta

Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of May 15th! 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 the Conversations with Friends’ debut, we say goodbye to Atlanta, and more.

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

Conversations with Friends – Sunday, May 15

Sally Rooney’s second novel adaptation finds a pair of college students’ lives beginning to intertwine with a married couple, and things quickly escalate and get complicated when feelings become involved. Conversations with Friends debuts Sunday, May 15 on Hulu.

Series Description: Two Dublin college students, Frances and Bobbi, and the strange and unexpected connection they forge with married couple, Melissa and Nick.

The Wonder Years – Wednesday, May 18

As the school year comes to an end, Dean takes a chance while Bill and Lillian make some big career and household decisions. The Wonder Years’s finale airs Wednesday, May 18 at 8:30/7:30c on ABC.

Episode Description: It’s the end of the school year, and summer excitement is all around. When Bill and Lillian each receive major career opportunities, tension builds as they decide who will handle more of the household responsibilities. Meanwhile, Dean and Keisa take shelter together as a tornado tears through Montgomery, providing the perfect moment for Dean to tell her how he really feels.

The Deep End – Wednesday, May 18

Freeform is taking on unscripted programming with their latest docuseries follows cult leader Teal Swan and her teachings. The Deep End debuts airs Wednesday, May 18 at 10/9cc on Freeform.

Episode Description: “The Deep End,” a four-part docu-series, is an arresting and provocative exploration inside the world of one of today’s most controversial spiritual teachers and her dedicated followers. Filmed over three years with unprecedented access, it is an unflinching portrayal of the incredible lengths people will go to in their search for connection.

Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror – Wednesday, May 18

The latest documentary that exposes the dark, sinister sexual exploitation ring in Korea. Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror debuts Wednesday, May 18 on Netflix.

Documentary Description: In this feature-length documentary, Director Choi Jin-seong tells the story of two female college students, a group of journalists and the cybercrime police officers who chased down the “Nth Room”, an online criminal network of sexual exploitation. Crafted from interviews, archives, animation and reenactments, the film reveals how women and girls were coerced into uploading explicit materials of themselves to Telegram chat rooms, which ringleaders charged fees in cryptocurrency for tens of thousands of users to access. This is the story of one of the most devastating digital crimes that gripped the region, the age of digital anonymity that allowed it to thrive, and the victims who spoke out to help bring it down.

Lovestruck High – Wednesday, May 18

Prime Video’s latest reality series takes the dating show and adds a potentially fun twist, by taking all of the contestants back to high school, the kind of high school life you see in movies. Lovestruck High debuts Wednesday, May 18 on Prime Video.

Series Description: Lovestruck High is a brand-new, immersive reality dating show that transports 15 UK singles to a very special American High School setting for a second chance at finding love. In Lovestruck High, an eclectic and diverse class of students won’t be going back to just any ordinary High School; they’ll be fulfilling their teenage fantasies by entering the nostalgic picture-perfect world of an American High School. The students’ ultimate assignment is to secure a date for Prom. Just who will be crowned Prom Royalty and win the $100,000 prize? The series will be narrated by none other than iconic ‘teenage drama queen,’ y2k icon, Lindsay Lohan. 

Big Sky – Thursday, May 19

There’s a new sheriff is in town as Cassie and Jenny deal with new information, dangerous decisions, and more. Big Sky’s finale airs Thursday, May 19 at 10/9c on ABC.

Episode Description: In a struggle between head and heart, final resolutions are made as Jenny works to find Travis before he reaches a dangerous point of no return; meanwhile, Ren and Jag find a new familial bond and decide together how to handle their father now that he’s crossed a serious line. After receiving a startling surprise from Scarlett, Cassie changes the course of her quest for justice forever. Later, with Tubb out of commission for the time being, a new sheriff comes to town; and after getting fully acquainted with Cassie and Jenny, it seems like he may just stick around for a while.

Atlanta – Thursday, May 19

It’s time to say bye to Earn, Van, Paper Boi, and Darius in a way that will no doubt be uniquely Atlanta, hilarious and bizarre. Atlanta’s final episode airs Thursday, May 19 at 10/9c on FX.

Episode Description: Yo Tarrare was a real person. Wild. They gotta stop biting these better shows tho. Written by Stefani Robinson; directed by Donald Glover.

Angelyne – Thursday, May 19

The iconic and mysterious Hollywood icon gets the limited series treatment as Emmy Rossum embodies the lead, bigger-than-life personality. Angelyne debuts Friday, May 20 on Peacock.

Series Description: Peacock’s limited series about fame, identity, survival, billboards, Corvettes, lingerie, men, women, women teasing men, men obsessed with women, West Hollywood, crystals, UFOs, and most importantly of all, the self-proclaimed Rorschach test in pink, glow-in-the-dark queen of the universe, Angelyne

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Those are our picks for the week! What are you planning to watch? Share in the comments below!

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