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Your GPS TV, Globe reviewer Matthew Gilbert's guide to what's on TV appears at the beginning of every week on BostonGlobe.com. This column covers March 25th and 31st.
APPLE STREAMING
On Monday morning at 10 am on the west coast, Apple will announce a new multimedia project that will likely include the company's plans for streaming original content.
It will be interesting to follow the evolution of Apple in the era of subscription surcharges, while the viewers were already overwhelmed by add-ons: Amazon, Hulu, HBO Now, Netflix , DirecTV Now, DC Universe, Acorn TV, CBS All Access Shudder, as well as two other famous streamers coming soon from Disney and WarnerMedia. Will people be willing to pay for another streamer? Some Apple content may be free for Apple device owners, but there will likely be a paid subscription component.
We are aware of some of Apple's upcoming shows. Here are the highlights:
• The limited "Defending Jacob" series, based on William Landay's novel, will feature Chris Evans as a man accused of murder by his 14-year-old son.
• A comedy titled "Dickinson" will feature Hailee Steinfeld as the poet Emily Dickinson and her mother Jane Krakowski.
• Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell will play in a television series that has not yet been titled.
• Steven Spielberg will reinvent his series of anthologies of the 1980s entitled "Amazing Stories".
• Octavia Spencer, Lizzy Caplan, Paul Aaron, Ron Cephas Jones and Annabella Sciorra will perform in a thriller on a podcast entitled "Are You Sleeping".
• "Central Park", a lively musical about the guardians of the titular venue, will feature the voices of Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Tituss Burgess, Kristen Bell, Stanley Tucci, Daveed Diggs and Kathryn Hahn.
• Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon of "The Big Sick" will present a series of anthologies on immigrant life entitled "Little America".
• "For all mankind", a space drama by Ronald D. Moore of "Battlestar Galactica", will play the lead role of Joel Kinnaman.
• J.J. Abram's half-hour drama drama, "Little Voice", about the musical world of New York, will include music by Sara Bareilles.
• Jennifer Garner will play in "My Glory Did I Have Such Friends," based on Amy Silverstein's memoir on heart transplantation and friendship.
• "See" will be an epic drama set in the future with Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard.
• "Swagger", inspired by the youth of NBA star Kevin Durant, will address the world of AAU basketball.
• The original director, Terry Gilliam, will participate in the series adaptation of the 1981 film "Time Bandits".
• Brie Larson will play in an untitled series based on Amaryllis Fox's memoir "Undercover: The Age of the CIA".
• There will also be series of Mr. Night Shyamalan, Kristen Wiig, Damien Chazelle and Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day.
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"Veep" is back on Sunday for his last season, with Tony Hale, Sam Richardson, Reid Scott, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Gary Cole.
WHAT I WATCH THIS WEEK
1. NOOO, Qween. "Wide city" will broadcast its finale of the series Thursday at 22h. It's been one of my favorite shows for five seasons, especially with its endless songs, shit jokes, and drugstore adventures. It's about being in your twenties, having a best friend and living without money in New York. It is also the story of finding oneself. The episodes that preceded the end have moved, as friends start to separate, and are full of Easter eggs. Extra: Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are on "The daily show with Trevor Noah" Monday evening
2. The gods of television, they give and they take away. Goodbye to Ilana and Abbi, hello to the seventh (and last) season of "Veep."The big HBO satire of American politics starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, which foresaw the Trump presidency, returns Sunday night at 10:30. In my ""Political Television Hall of Fame", I named it # 1 (with "West Wing" in # 2). Is the first season timely? It's called Iowa.
3. Also back with a new season this week: "Barry" the bittersweet story of a hit man who takes acting classes. Bill Hader is the veteran who is trying to change, and Henry Winkler the kick, his acting coach. Hader promotes the show on ABC "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Monday. "Barry" returns Sunday at 22h. on HBO.
4. Will Ruth Wilson ever be as seductive and slippery as in the first season of "Luther"? I still wait, even after her seasons on 'The Affair' (for which I still feel that she has been misinterpreted as a local of Montauk). It is part of the new PBS Masterpiece series titled "Mrs. Wilson," which is based on the story of Wilson's true grandmother, who discovered that her late husband was leading a double life. Episodes one and two will be broadcast Sunday at 21h and 22h.
5. Oh yes. This week on "Saturday Night Live," Sandra Oh will make her first appearance as a guest. She is so nice that I bet the episode will have a good atmosphere. She promotes the return of "Killing Eve" from BBC America (April 7) and the musical guest is the Australian Tame Impala.
6. Here is another movie propelled by a star who will arrive on Netflix Friday after a very brief theatrical appearance (where the critics were mediocre). Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson play the former Texas Rangers in the footsteps of Bonnie and Clyde in the new set of the 1930s"The bandits of the road."
7. FX "What we do in the shadow" Wednesday at 10 pm, a fun documentary about three vampire roommates from Staten Island. Based on the 2014 film, he parodies all the tropes of vampires while telling us a story to follow. With nuances of influences ranging from "Young Frankenstein" to "The Office" and an "energy vampire" that feeds people falling asleep in amazement, it's a lot of fun.
8. Amazon shot the 2011 movie "Hanna,"On a 15-year-old girl raised in the desert, in a series. The draw for me is the meeting of Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos, who co-starred in "The Killing". Esme Creed-Miles plays the main character, played by Saoirse Ronan in the film. The first season is on Amazon Friday.
9. At first I was disappointed with "Miracle Workers, " Simon Rich's TBS series featuring Steve Buscemi as a neglected god and Daniel Radcliffe as one of his angels. But while the angels tried to bring down a loving couple in order to save the world, thus deconstructing the meaning of romance, the writing became smarter. Anyway, it will have a final of one hour on Tuesday at 22:30. "The two others," The fame and envy of Comedy Central are also filled, and its first season also ends Thursday at 22:30.
THE ZAPPING
"Traitors"
A British spy thriller composed of six episodes and taking place in 1945 in London, with Keeley Hawes and Michael Stuhlbarg. Netflix, Friday
"The children are fine"
It's a "Partridge Family" themed episode with Danny Bonaduce. ABC, Tuesday, 8:30 pm
"A nation under stress"
Sanjay Gupta is trying to find out why life expectancy in the United States is decreasing, and I think the title has something to do with it. HBO, Monday, 9pm
"Million Dollar Mile"
A new reality TV series hosted by Tim Tebow finds candidates trying to win $ 1,000,000 by organizing a challenging course. CBS, Wednesday, 9pm
"Call the midwife"
The eighth season of the premiere of the play of the PBS period. WGBH-2, Sunday, 8 pm
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Greg Barnett in "Jesus: His life" of history.
"Jesus: his life"
This series of eight episodes mixes scripted scenes and interviews with experts to look at Jesus through the eyes of his relatives. History, Monday, 8 pm.
"Abby's"
An sitcom set up in a bar where everyone knows your name. NBC, Thursday, 9:30 pm
DRAMATIC TURNING OF 'SNL'
Comedy is considered difficult, though, at its best, it seems easy. But many beautiful comics aspire to the drama. This gives them the feeling of being taken seriously, which makes sense to the extent that even though comedy can attract a wide audience, it is the agonizing roles that tend to gain recognition for rewards.
Watching Aidy Bryant As Annie in "Shrill", I had the impression of watching the usual "Saturday Night Live" take a solid step in a dramatic territory and not sketched out. What is unusual in her role as a heavy woman too used to being badly treated by women and, in particular, by men, is that she plays some of the most painful scenes with a smirk. This is the default face of Annie's character. And as she begins to drop her submission, as she begins to defend herself and give up her internalized hatred, her smiles become less common.
From time to time, a regular "Saturday Night Live" will launch into a dramatic context and will succeed. Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order:
• Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader in "The Skeleton Twins"
• Will Forte in "Nebraska"
• MAya Rudolph in "Away We Go"
• Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation"
• Andy Samberg in "Celeste and Jesse Forever"
• Jenny Slate in "Obvious Child"
• ASandler Dam in "Funny People"
• Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls"
• Molly Shannon in "Other people"
• Will Ferrell in "Stranger Than Fiction"
Matthew Gilbert can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @ MatthewGilbert.
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