It’s another slow week, as far as TV and streaming premieres go, but there are a few things worth mentioning (and a Netflix show that finally has a confirmed launch date).
Sunday, March 5: The networks have a lot going on this Sunday evening. Two shows that started in the fall pick back up again this spring.
If fairy tale-driven drama Once Upon a Time is one of your guilty pleasures (because, really, it’s hard to like this show without feeling ashamed of yourself for it), the sixth season returns, and we’re back in the wish realm, where, after opening a porthole to Storybrooke, Regina and Emma were trapped when the former got distracted by the appearance of her old (maybe he’s dead forever, maybe not) flame, Robin Hood. (ABC, 8 pm)
There’s also the return of post-apocalyptic comedy The Last Man on Earth, a show that I don’t feel so guilty about liking (because it’s so goddamn funny, and I heart Will Forte). Did Gail shoot herself (again) in the elevator? Will Melissa regain her sanity? Will “Gail” the catfish survive all the stupidity? I’m not sure I care about any of it but it’ll be fun finding out where they take this thing. (Fox, 9:30 pm)
A few new shows premiere on this night, too: Time After Time, a sci fi series based on the 1979 novel and show of the same name, that follows famed genre writer H.G. Wells as he chases Jack the Ripper into modern day Manhattan using the ol’ time machine trick. Peep a preview below. (ABC, 9 pm)
There’s also the launch of a new FX original series, FEUD: Bette and Joan, though I’m most intrigued by it not because of the premise (about the behind-the-scenes feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford on set of 1962 film, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), but by the stars who’ve been tapped to play those two infamous type-A personalities—Jessica Lange takes on Crawford, while Susan Sarandon assumes the role of Davis. There’s also Alfred Molina as Robert Aldrich, Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper, and Stanley Tucci as Jack L. Warner, with recurring appearances by Catherine Zeta-Jones as Olivia de Havilland, Kathy Bates as Joan Blondell, and Sarah Paulson as Geraldine Page. (FX, 10 pm)
Coming Up Soon for Your Binging Pleasure: Love
The Netflix original series from Judd Apatow, Love—about modern dating dysfunction and two people who seem completely at odds but somehow manage to end up together—has finally gotten a season two premiere date: March 10. More on that next week, but in the meantime, here’s a preview trailer!
