What to Watch on TV: Good Trouble, Black Bird, Moonhaven
Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of July 3rd! We’ll share our picks for what to watch this week, from marathons to big guest spots, and significant TV episodes to watch.
This week’s picks include America Outdoors‘ debut, Good Trouble‘s return, plenty of rom coms and rom drams, and more.
Here are our recommendations for what to watch on TV this week:
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston – Tuesday, July 5
Viewers join Baratunde Thurston as he explores all of the nature America has to offer. America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston debuts Tuesday, July 5 at 9/8c on PBS.
Episode Description: Baratunde explores the hottest place on Earth and finds it is remarkably full of life. Meet an ultra-marathoner who runs in the brutal heat of summer, the mayor of a town of one, and an elder of the Timbisha Shoshone tribe.
The Great Muslim American Road Trip – Tuesday, July 5
Tuesdays will be all about the open road on PBS this summer as this series follows Mona Haydar and her husband Sebastian Robins as they head out on a road trip. The pair’s stops will give them insight into Muslim life in America through the centuries and reckon with some of that history. The Great Muslim American Road Trip debuts on PBS on Tuesday, July 5 at 10/9c.
Episode Description: Join Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins as they drive the first leg of Route 66 and discover America’s Muslim roots, a history that goes back to the1800s. Along the way, the young couple experience some tests in their relationship.
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between – Wednesday, July 6
Talia Ryder and Jordan Fisher star in a new rom-com that tells the story of a couple that now faces the tail end of a pact they made to break up before college. When the pair commemorate the end of their relationship with one last wild and epic stroll down relationship memory lane, will their pact stay intact? Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between debuts Wednesday, July 6, on Netflix.
Movie Description: After making a pact to break up before college, Clare (Talia Ryder) and Aidan (Jordan Fisher) spend their last evening as a couple on one final epic date. As they retrace the steps of their relationship, from their first hello and kiss to their first argument, they edge towards a turning point in the search for answers — should they stay together or say goodbye forever?
Maggie – Wednesday, July 6
A psychic stumbles upon a vision of her own future in this single-camera comedy as she must now decide to be more present in her own life so that it doesn’t pass her by. Starring Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Del Rio, Angelique Cabral, and more, Maggie debuts Wednesday, July 6, on Hulu.
Series Description: As a psychic, Maggie regularly sees the fate of her friends, parents, clients, and random strangers on the street, but when she suddenly sees a glimpse of her own future, she must start living in her own present.
Good Trouble – Thursday, July 7
The brief hiatus is over, and we are ready to pick up where things left off as Davia finds the courage to tell Dennis about her feelings. A launch is a cause for celebration, and adjustments are made. Good Trouble returns Thursday, July 7 at 10/9c on Freeform.
Episode Description: Davia musters the courage to tell Dennis how she feels. Malika deals with Angelica seeing other people. Alice hires a new manager. The FCG throw a party to celebrate the launch of their app. Luca considers accepting Davia’s offer of a home.
Moonhaven – Thursday, July 7
This sci-fi series follows a cargo pilot who finds herself trapped in an idyllic community on the Moon, but soon she is faced with a new mission to help stop the forces threatening Earth’s last hope of survival. Moonhaven debuts Thursday, July 7, on AMC+.
Series Description: Moonhaven focuses on Bella Sway, a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500-square-mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven’s miracles and teams with a local detective to stop the forces that want to destroy Earth’s last hope before they are destroyed themselves.
Black Bird – Friday, July 8
In this drama, a former local high school football hero is convicted and begins a 10-year prison sentence in a minimum-security facility. He’s approached with a unique opportunity in the form of playing prison house informant in a maximum security facility for the criminally insane in an attempt to get a serial killer’s confession. With a cast that includes Taron Egerton and one of the final performances from the late Ray Liotta, Black Bird debuts Friday, July 8, on Apple TV+.
Series Description: Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before Hall’s appeal goes through. But is this suspected killer telling the truth? Or is it just another tale from a serial liar? This dramatic and captivating story subverts the crime genre by enlisting the help of the very people put behind bars to solve its mysteries.
Dangerous Liaisons – Friday, July 8
A new generation means another iteration of a tale as old as time, as a young, naïve woman finds herself in the middle of a wicked between two of the most popular students at her new school. Dangerous Liaisons drops Friday, July 8, on Netflix.
Movie Description: Célène, at 17, is idealistic. She believes in absolute love, and is more interested in reading than in social networks. She is preparing to live apart from her partner, Pierre, for a while, leaving Paris for Biarritz. Very quickly, she has to face the evil elite of her new school, ruled over by the former big-screen star, Instagram queen Vanessa, and celebrity surfer Tristan, who’s both dangerous and seductive. Célène falls in love with him but is a long way from suspecting that she is at the centre of a cruel bet between Tristan and Vanessa. Just how far will they go?
The Sea Beast – Friday, July 8
A young girl stows away on her idol’s ship as he sails away on his next big beast-hunting quest, and the pair soon find themselves embarking on a grand quest together. The Sea Beast debuts Friday, July 8, on Netflix.
Movie Description: In an era when terrifying beasts roamed the seas, monster hunters were celebrated heroes – and none were more beloved than the great Jacob Holland. But when young Maisie Brumble stows away on his fabled ship, he’s saddled with an unexpected ally. Together they embark on an epic journey into uncharted waters and make history.
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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.