What's on TV this week—it’s the beginning of the end for Yellowjackets and the end of the end of The Traitors: New Blood
Plus, The Altruists arrives on Netflix and Percy Jackson returns to Disney+
Photo: Eric Milner/Paramount+
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, November 15 to Saturday, November 21. All times are Eastern.
New this week
The Altruists (Netflix, Thursday, series premiere) It’s a romance drama wrapped up in a real-life fraud. In this brainy true-crime tale, Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner star as Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, the tumultuous power couple and business partners behind the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Across eight episodes, the Graham Moore-created limited series charts the duo’s idealistic rise and catastrophic fall as they try to remake the global financial system, with billions lost and federal charges gained. The starry ensemble also includes Alex Lawther, Madison Hu, Matt Rife, Karan Soni, Hudson Williams, Jennifer Grey, and Paul Reiser. Don’t miss The A.V. Club’s series review on Thursday.
The Traitors: New Blood (NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m., season one finale) Sure, our latest stay in the Scottish Highlands has featured far fewer Real Housewives stars than usual, but this all-civilian edition of the psychological reality competition has still managed to bring the drama, even with a castle full of normos. With a second Traitor officially banished and a Faithful recruited to the dark side, the remaining contestants have their sleuthing work cut out for them heading into the two-part season finale. Look out for The A.V. Club’s finale recap on Thursday following the episode.
Yellowjackets (Paramount+, Friday, season four premiere) Are we out of the woods yet? Soon enough, girls. It’s been half a decade—in our world, at least—since a team of high-school soccer players survived a plane crash deep in the remote Canadian wilderness. The teens’ fight for survival through brutal winters, tribe dynamics, gory cannibalism, and jump-the-shark mysticism has admittedly suffered diminishing returns over the last few years, but we’re still invested in how things wrap up for Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown), Misty (Samantha Hanratty), Nat (Sophie Thatcher), and the rest of the gang. However, as we’ve seen in the present day, the kiddos may be going home, but they’ll never truly be free. The A.V. Club’s season review drops on Thursday, with the premiere recap to follow on Friday.