What's on TV this week—Squid Game, Doctor Who's Christmas special
Plus, the season finales of Shrinking and Dune: Prophecy, a new hour from Nate Bargatze, and more.
Doctor Who (Photo: Disney/BBC), Squid Game (Photo: No-ju Han/Netflix)
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening from Sunday, December 22 to Thursday, December 26. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
Doctor Who: Joy To The World (Disney+, Wednesday, 12:10 p.m.)
Ncuti Gatwa resumes his duties as the Fifteenth Doctor in this holiday episode, in which he teams up with the titular Joy (Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan) at The Time Hotel (and meets his future self). Check out The A.V. Club‘s review.
Squid Game (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)
It took more than three years but Squid Game‘s next round is upon us like some sort of a dystopian Christmas present. In season two, lone survivor Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) seeks revenge on The First Man and everyone involved in creating the bloody games he participated in and won at the cost of 455 lives. His quest takes him right back into the battle zone, where he’ll face off against new competitors. The A.V. Club‘s episode recaps publish daily starting Thursday morning.
More newbies
Your Friend, Nate Bargatze (Netflix, Tuesday, 3:01 a.m.)