What's on TV this week—Chad Powers and The Gentlemen return for season 2

Plus, Furious’ first season comes to a fiery end on Hulu.

What's on TV this week—Chad Powers and The Gentlemen return for season 2

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, August 30 to Saturday, September 5. All times are Eastern.

New this week 

Furious (Hulu, Monday, season one finale) The neo-noir moodiness and dark humor of this Liz Meriwether-created psychological thriller have been a surprise treat of the summer streaming season. Its tense cat-and-mouse chase between traumatized FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) and calculating serial killer Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew) comes to an end in this week’s eighth and final episode—or does it? Hulu has renewed the hit crime thriller for a second season, so there’s even more murderous territory to come. Look out for The A.V. Club’s finale recap on Monday. 

Chad Powers (Hulu, Thursday, season two premiere) No matter how tightly those prosthetics are glued on, Russ Holliday’s secret identity is slipping up in season two of the Glen Powell-led sports comedy. Across six episodes (which all drop on Hulu on September 3), “Chad” will have to navigate increasing suspicions from the likes of Coach Hudson (Steve Zahn) and rival quarterback Gerry (Colton Ryan), all while leading the South Georgia Catfish toward the College Football Playoff. He’ll find help both on and off the field from an unlikely source: Ricky (Perry Mattfield), the coach’s daughter. 

The Gentlemen (Netflix, Thursday, season two premiere) Season two of this Guy Ritchie action-comedy picks up with Theo James’s Eddie Horniman  expanding the weed empire he inherited at the end of season one. He’s no longer a cog in the criminal machine, instead working overseas alongside Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) and dealing with Bobby’s (Ray Winstone) increasingly erratic business choices. While bringing their groovy enterprise from the English countryside to northern Italy, Eddie is pulled into the ruthless orbit of Italian crime boss Marco Moretti (Sergio Castellitto) and his savvy fixer Cico Maldini (Michele Morrone), and soon he’ll really see the dangers of his ambition. The A.V. Club’s season two review arrives on Thursday.

Scary Movie (2026)  (Paramount+, Thursday, streaming premiere) It’s been 13 years since the last Scary Movie installment, and even longer since the best part of the franchise—that would be Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell and Regina Hall as Brenda Meeks—took part in the horror-comedy fun. But the daffy duo are back in this year’s Scary Movie (no number, just like the Scream legacyquel from 2022), tackling masked killers and other deathless horror clichés alongside fellow O.G. stars Marlon and Shawn Wayans, returning supporting players Cheri Oteri and Chris Elliott and franchise newcomers Kenan Thompson and Heidi Gardner.

Also arriving

The Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special (Adult Swim, Sunday, 11:59pm, standalone special)
The Varnell Hill Show (Paramount+, Tuesday, series premiere)
Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Disney+, Wednesday, standalone special)
Austin City Limits (PBS, Friday, 8 p.m., season fifty-two premiere)
The Grand Tour (Prime Video, Friday, season seven premiere)
Earle Meets World (Netflix, Friday, series premiere)

Ending soon

Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro (ABC, Monday, 8 p.m., season one finale)
House Of Stassi (Freeform, Wednesday, 10 p.m., season one finale)
Jersey Shore Family Vacation (MTV, Thursday, 8 p.m., series finale)
Monsters Of God (HBO, Thursday, 9 p.m., docuseries finale)
Silo (Apple TV, Friday, season 3 finale)

 
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