What's on TV this week—new shows from Jon Hamm and best buds Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson
Plus: Line Of Fire and a different A Different World premiere.
Jon Hamm in American Hostage (Photo: Steven Ackerman/MGM+/Sony Pictures Television) and Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in Brothers (Photo: Apple TV)
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, September 20 to Saturday, September 26. All times are Eastern.
American Hostage (MGM+, Sunday, 9 p.m., series premiere) Based on the podcast of the same name, this 1970s-set true-crime thriller stars Jon Hamm as Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who finds himself in the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis (Giovanni Ribisi) demands to be interviewed live on his radio program. The eight-episode story, which also stars Mireille Enos, Kristoffer Polaha, and William Jackson Harper, is just the first installment of a planned anthology exploring different real-life hostage crises in American history.
Youth (HBO and HBO Max, Sunday, 10 p.m., series premiere) Irish actress-writer Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Bad Sisters) continues her TV-comedy hot streak with this HBO romantic comedy. The multi-hyphenate stars as Alex, a London literary agent and 50-year-old divorcee who is navigating dating (she’s looking for “fun, lightly degrading sex”), and the existential dread of aging while caring for a pair of ailing parents (Brid Brennan and David Hargreaves) and a growing son (Aran Murphy, of Cillian stock). The cast also includes Sharlene Whyte, Rupert Friend, and Robbie Gee. Find The A.V. Club’s review on Sunday.
Line Of Fire (NBC, Monday, 10 p.m., series premiere) Peter Krause and Hope Davis lead this family-focused crime drama, which centers on the Hollingsworth clan, whose members work across various law-enforcement branches including the FBI, Secret Service, and the Department of Justice. (Thanksgiving at their house sounds like a blast.) After a standard case turns into a spiraling conspiracy, the gun-toting gang must use their expertise to protect one another and bring the perpetrator to justice, while trying not to kill each other in the process. Created by Josh Safran (Quantico, Gossip Girl), the NBC thriller also features Kat Cunning, Charlie Barnett, Campbell Scott, and Sam Waterston.
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