What's on TV this week—Last Seen and A Tale Of Two Cities premiere

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, September 6 to Saturday, September 12. All times are Eastern.

A Tale Of Two Cities (MGM+, Sunday, 9 p.m., series premiere) Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington tackles another literary favorite: Charles Dickens’s famed 1859 novel, starring as the brilliant-but-lazy lawyer Sydney Carton. As on the page, this four-part Tale Of Two Cities sees Harington’s character being pulled into a powerful love triangle with Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) and Charles Darnay (François Civil), the latter a French émigré imprisoned for alleged treason against the British crown at a time when the vibes between France and the U.K. weren’t all that cute. That romantic entanglement binds the trio through social upheaval, personal heartbreak, and lookalike switcheroos. 

The Drop: A Snowfall Saga (FX and Hulu, Tuesday, 9 p.m., series premiere)
A spinoff of the six-season crime drama Snowfall, this FX newcomer follows Wanda Bell (Gail Bean) and Leon Simmons (Isaiah John) as they try to reinvent themselves in 1990s Los Angeles. Now clean and off drugs, Wanda is determined to make it in the  world of West Coast rap, pulling in help from her cousins Lamar (Asante Blackk) and James Kinsey (Peyton Alex Smith), as well as local rapper Artillery (Simmie “Buddy” Sims III). But realizing her musical dreams means navigating not only ambition and loyalty but also survival as street politics bleed into the creative process. 

The Paper (Peacock, Wednesday, season two premiere) Editor-in-chief Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson) and the Toledo Truth Teller gang are back for another round of sweet—and slightly less cringe-inducing—Office-style workplace shenanigans. The 10-episode second season picks up shortly after the first-season finale, in which the team picked up some prestigious awards. Now, Ned is searching for his next journalistic crusade, all the while trying to keep his relationship with his star reporter Mare Pritti (Chelsea Frei) on the down low. Meanwhile, managing editor Esmeralda Grand (Sabrina Impacciatore) is still trying to figure out where she fits in with the staff/take Ned down. You can read The A.V. Club’s review of season two here.