What's on TV this week—Flatbush Misdemeanors and The Umbrella Academy are back
Plus, a must-see comedy special, a devastating HBO documentary, an Adult Swim fave, and more
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, June 19 to Thursday, June 23. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
Flatbush Misdemeanors (Sunday, Showtime, 11 p.m., season two premiere)
In this excellent, irreverent comedy, rising comedians Dan Perlman and Kevin Iso play fictionalized versions of themselves, neighborhood best friends who are hilariously climbing the ladder to nowhere. In season two, Dan tries to get reinstated as a teacher while Kevin mostly ignores his calls, only to eventually return home.
The Umbrella Academy (Wednesday, Netflix, 3:01 a.m.)
Created by Steve Blackman, this time-travel superhero comedy follows the adventures of the Hargreeves family, who reunite to solve the mystery of their adoptive father’s death and battle a potential apocalypse. In season three, the Umbrella and Sparrow academies must work together to stop something called a “kugelblitz” from happening, but only if they ever figure out how to work together as a team. The cast includes Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, Robert Sheehan, and David Castañeda. In her review, Jenna Scherer writes:
The Umbrella Academy, vitally, reserves the greatest care for the story of Vanya, played by Oscar nominee Elliot Page. The writers map the actor’s real-life transition onto his character, as the queer awakening he experienced back in the 1960s leads Vanya to becoming Viktor.
Hidden gems
The Bear (Thursday, FX on Hulu, 12:01 a.m.)