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The Best TV Series to Stream This Week
We may earn a commission from links on this page.If you're looking for a new show to watch this week, I got your back. I've scoured the schedules of Netflix, Prime, Max, Hulu, and other streaming platforms to bring you the best and most notable shows streaming this week. While there's a slew of high-profile, scripted series premiering this week, my gotta-see-it pick is Sons of Ecstasy, a documentary series about raves and organized crime in 1990s Arizona. There's something so regressive about a medical drama (The Pitt), a Tim Allen sitcom (Shifting Gears), a police procedural (On Call ) and a western (American Primeval) all premiering in the same week that it makes me want to see something, anything, different. What year is it, anyway?Sons of Ecstasy This documentary examines the rivalry between English stockbroker Shaun Attwood and Gerard Gravano, son of notorious New York mobster Salvatore Sammy the Bull'' Gravano. The conflict played out in the 1990s against the backdrop of the ecstasy boom in Arizona, with both men fighting for control of a desert drug empire built on the rave scene's insatiable appetite for Molly. That's what I call a good subject for a documentary series!Where to stream: MaxThe Pitt HBO Originals medical series The Pitt was created by ER producer R. Scott Gemmill. The tense, realistic drama takes viewers into the charged emergency room of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital. Each of The Pitt's 15 episodes is presented in real time: One episode is one hour of the same shift at the E.R. Noah Wyle stars as Dr. Michael Robby Robinavitch, chief attending physician, who's having trouble dealing with the stress and trauma of his position. He's not alone: The Pitt delves into its characters' personal lives as well as the life-or-death decisions and day-to-day drama of the emergency room. Where to stream: MaxShifting Gears Tim Allen returns to TV with Shifting Gears, a throwback sitcom that's rife with snappy wisecracks and a laugh track from a live studio audience. I didn't think they made shows like this anymore. Allen plays Matt, the wisecracking owner of a classic car restoration shop. Kat Dennings plays his wisecracking, estranged daughter who moves back to Matt's home with her wisecracking children in tow. Where to stream: HuluOn Call Police procedural series have been a staple of television since Dragnet premiered in 1951 for good reason: What's more dramatic than good guys chasing bad guys? On Call makes a classic cop show set-up (a veteran Long Beach, Calif. police officer teams up with an idealistic, wet-behind-the-ears rookie) more visceral and immediate by presenting the action through footage shot on dashcams, bodycams, smartphones, and security cameras. Joe Friday probably wouldn't approve of On Call's vrit style, but it's an interesting new wrinkle in the genre.Where to stream: PrimeDoc The "doc" at the center of this medical series is Dr. Amy Larsen. Played by Molly Parker, Larsen is the chief of internal medicine at Minneapolis's Westside Hospital. The twist that separates Doc from other doctor shows is that Larsen was in a traumatic car accident that wiped her memory of the last eight years. She's still a good doctor, though, and continues treating patients while trying to piece her lost years back together. It's an intriguing concept, and medical shows are TV staples for a reason, so this one deserves a watch. Where to stream: HuluAmerican Primeval This limited series takes viewers back to an 1857, and explores the explosive collision of culture, religion, and community that gave birth the American West. American Primeval doesn't shy away from the darkness and despair of history as its characters fight for survival and control in a lawless, brutal frontier. The cast includes Taylor Kitsch as Isaac Reed, a broken man intent on self-destruction, and Kim Coates as Mormon leader Brigham Young, who uses his personal army, the Nauvoo Legion, to keep his followers alive at any cost. Where to stream: NetflixLast week's picksGoing Dutch In this clash-of-military-cultures comedy series from Fox, Denis Leary stars as Patrick Quinn, an outspoken, by-the-books colonel banished to a chaotic, unimportant military base in the Netherlands and asked to bring discipline back to the installation. The show also stars Danny Pudi as Quinn's righthand man and Taylor Misiak as his estranged daughter. If you're looking for an update of Gomer Pyle, USMC, this might be the show for you. Where to stream: HuluMissing You Missing You is a mystery/thriller from novelist Harlan Coben, so expect plot twists that will leave you saying "whoa." Rosalind Eleazar plays detective Kat Donovan whose fianc Josh, played by Ashley Walters, disappeared years before. When she sees his face on a dating app, Donovan tries to get to the bottom of a mystery that spins in wildly unexpected directions. If you're looking for a potboiler-mystery series, check out Missing You. Where to stream: NetflixLockerbie: A Search for Truth Based on real events surrounding the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, Peacock's original limited series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth tells the story of Dr. Jim Swire (Colin Firth) whose daughter was among the 259 dead on the flight. After being nominated spokesperson for the UK victims families, Swire sets off on a quest for truth and justice, but his journey upends his family and leads to a quagmire of political issues that shake Swire's faith in the justice system.Where to stream: Peacock
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