What's on TV this week—Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and Mating Season

Plus, The Yogurt Shop Murders’ long-awaited conclusion

What's on TV this week—Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and Mating Season

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows and streaming films. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, May 17 to Saturday, May 23. All times are Eastern. 

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (Apple TV, Wednesday, 3 a.m., two-episode series premiere) Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany leads this  dark comedy-thriller as Paula, a newly divorced mom juggling an identity crisis, a brutal custody battle (Jake Johnson plays her ex-husband Karl) and general everyday malaise. She finds a much-welcome outlet via her connection with a hunky camboy (Brandon Flynn)—however, their digital dalliances soon have Paula questioning whether or not she’s witnessed a real-life crime, drawing her into a greater conspiracy of blackmail, murder and, weirdly, suburban youth soccer. Dolly de Leon, Murray Bartlett, Charlie Hall, and Jon Michael Hill also star. Look out for The A.V. Club’s review on Wednesday. 

The Boroughs (Netflix, Thursday, 3 a.m., series premiere) The Duffer Brothers trade a plucky band of preteens for a ragtag crew of retirement-home residents in their latest Netflix production. In this eight-part supernatural mystery created by Jeffrey Addis and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance), a star-studded ensemble—including Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Bill Pullman, Clarke Peters, and Denis O’Hare— band together to stop a dark, otherworldly threat. (It’s giving… The Golden Girls Go To Hawkins?) The A.V. Club’s review drops on Thursday. 

Mating Season (Netflix, Friday, 3 a.m., series premiere) From the creators of Big Mouth comes the new adult animated comedy series Mating Season, which finds horned-up humor in the sexual and romantic exploits of a lovable herd of woodland creatures—including Zach Woods as a bear named Josh, Nick Kroll as a raccoon named Ray, June Diane Raphael as a deer named Fawn, and Sabrina Jalees as a fox named Penelope—as they search to find a partner and further their species. As it was with Big Mouth, Titmouse is the animation studio behind the Netflix newcomer. 

The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO and HBO Max, Friday, 9 p.m., series finale) If you’re experiencing television déjà vu, yes, this HBO true-crime doc did come out last August, but after a long nine-month wait, the Margaret Brown-directed series is getting its much-awaited conclusion with a 90-minute finale special. Entitled “The End of Wondering,” the final installment will document the forensic breakthrough that connected serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers to the killing of four Austin teens back in 1991—a real-life reveal that came less than a month after the original series concluded. With participation from lead investigators, genetic  genealogist CeCe Moore, falsely accused suspect Forrest Welborn and the families of the victims, the 34-year-old cold case finally comes to a close.


Can’t miss recaps

The Audacity (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m.)
Euphoria (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)
Hacks (HBO Max, Thursday, 9 p.m.)
Half Man (HBO, Thursday, 9 p.m.)


Also arriving

Academy of Country Music Awards (Prime Video, Sunday, 8 p.m., standalone special)
Game Changer (Dropout, Monday, season eight premiere)

In the City (Bravo, Tuesday, 9 p.m., series premiere)
SkyMed (Paramount+, Thursday, 3 a.m., season four premiere)
The Chi (Paramount+, Friday, 3 a.m.; Showtime, Sunday, 9 p.m.—season eight premiere)


Ending soon

Saturday Night Live UK (Peacock, Sunday, 9 p.m., season one finale)
Summer House (Bravo, Tuesday, 8 p.m., season 10 finale)
Survivor (CBS, Wednesday, 8 p.m., season 50 finale)
The Boys (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3 a.m., series finale)
Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV, Wednesday, 3 a.m., season one finale)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS, Thursday, 11:35 p.m., series finale)

 
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