What's on TV this week—Lucky Hank, All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, The Night Agent
Plus, Andy Samberg's animated comedy, a Waco docuseries, a global cooking competition, and more
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, March 19, to Thursday, March 23. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
Lucky Hank (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m.)
AMC and Bob Odenkirk can’t stay away from each other. After Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, the actor leads Lucky Hank. Based on a Richard Russo novel, the show follows Odenkirk’s Hank Devereux Jr., an English professor at Railton College who loves to poke fun at his fellow academics. Hank suffers a midlife crisis that makes him question his life. Similarly, his wife Lily (Mireille Enos) faces a career crisis, making them reevaluate their longtime relationship. Diedrich Bader, Suzanne Cryer, and Cedric Yarborough co-star. You can read our interview with Odenkirk about why he chose Lucky Hank after Saul and The A.V. Club’s review of the show.
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)
If you missed the Oscar-nominated documentary All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, now is your chance to stream it. The film delves into the fall of Purdue Pharma’s Sackler family, the opioid epidemic, and the work of activist and photographer Nan Goldin. Here’s an excerpt from The A.V. Club’s review:
Laura Poitras’ film about photographer Nan Goldin is interesting because it is essentially two films in one that, at the end, combine to create a full picture of its subject. It is extremely clever and deeply moving, and winningly gets at the essence of Goldin’s current and past work, without straining too hard to ape her style. The movie, which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival (extremely rare for a documentary) is among the best of the year in any category.
The Night Agent (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)