What's on TV this week—The Oscars, Invincible season 2, Apples Never Fall
Plus, a beloved musical comedy moves to Netflix, HBO premieres a political drama, and more
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, March 10 to Thursday, March 14. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
The 2024 Academy Awards (ABC, Sunday, 7 p.m.)
Alright, fellow movie nerds: It’s our time to geek out at the 96th annual Academy Awards. Some of the Best Picture contenders (check out the full list of nominees) include Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Killers Of The Flower Moon, The Holdovers, and American Fiction. A potentially fun part of this year’s ceremony? Multiple former nominees team up onstage to present the big acting awards, as they did in 2009. Also expect performances from Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, Finneas, and Jon Batiste. Look out for The A.V. Club’s coverage of the night this week.
Invincible (Prime Video, Thursday, 12:01 a.m.)
After dropping the first part of season two in November, Prime Video’s Invincible returns with four more outings. (That months-long break feels… unnecessary). In the new installments of Robert Kirkman’s animated superhero drama, Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) is still on the planet Thraxa to begrudgingly help his villainous dad, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons), with his new family. Meanwhile, in his absence, Earth suffers at the hands of an evil Angstrom Levy (Sterling K. Brown). The voice cast also includes Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz, Mark Hamill, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, and Walton Goggins. The A.V. Club’s review of the new batch publishes on Tuesday.
Apples Never Fall (Peacock, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)