What's on TV this week—Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Creature Commandos, Black Doves
Plus, Pop Culture Jeopardy! begins, Superman & Lois ends, and Ali Wong leads an animated series.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd.), Creature Commandos (Image: Max), Black Doves (Photo: Stefania Rosini/Netflix)
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening from Sunday, December 1 to Thursday, December 5. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Disney+, Monday, 9:00 p.m.)
The Star Wars saga on Disney+ continues with Skeleton Crew, in which four teens get lost in the galaxy and go on a dangerous adventure to return to their home planet. The promising ensemble features Jude Law, Kerry Condon, Nick Frost, Jaleel White, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Fred Tatasciore, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Tunde Adebimpe. The A.V. Club will recap the show weekly.
Creature Commandos (Max, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)
In James Gunn’s animated show Creature Commandos, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) assembles yet another ragtag team to help save the world from a crisis. The key players this time include DC characters like Nina Mazursky (Zoë Chao), G.I. Robot (Sean Gunn), Eric Frankenstein (David Harbour), The Bride (Indira Varma), Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo), Doctor Phosphorous (Alan Tudyk), and Circe (Anya Chalotra). Check out The A.V. Club‘s review on Monday.
Black Doves (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)