What's on TV this week—Stranger Things' final season, Blossoms Shanghai
Plus, the remastered Beatles Anthology hits Disney+.
Stranger Things (Photo: Andrew Cooper/Netflix)
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, November 23 to Saturday, November 29. All times are Eastern.
New this week
Stranger Things (Netflix, Wednesday, 3 a.m., season five premiere)
Back in the Upside Down we go as Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Hopper (David Harbor), Mike (Finn Wolffhard), and the rest of the Hawkins crew kick off their quest to find and kill big baddie Vecna. As has become Netflix custom, Stranger Things’ fifth and final season is split into three parts, with four episodes dropping on November 26, three on December 25, and the final showdown on New Year’s Eve. Look for The A.V. Club‘s recaps of the new installments on Wednesday and Thursday.
Blossoms Shanghai (The Criterion Channel, Monday, 8 p.m., season one premiere)
After premiering in China in 2023, American Wong Kar-wai fans are getting their chance to experience the visionary director’s first TV series. Adapted from Jin Yucheng’s 2013 novel Blossoms, the 30-episode drama follows the ascent of Ah Bao (Hu Ge), a Gatsby-esque self-made millionaire in 1990s Shanghai. The A.V. Club’s review of the show publishes Monday.
The Beatles Anthology (Disney+, Wednesday, 3 a.m.)
