What's on TV this week—The Regime and The Gentlemen premiere
Plus, live tennis on Netflix, new episodes of Curb and Shōgun, and more
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, March 3 to Thursday, March 7. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]
The biggies
The Regime (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)
Kate Winslet is back on HBO with The Regime, a political satire from Succession writer Will Tracy. She plays Elena Vernham, a physician-turned-chancellor of a fictional European country. Her paranoid, selfish personality means she isn’t a very good ruler, and it gets worse once she becomes fixated on Cpl Herbert Zubak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a soldier hired to protect her. Andrea Riseborough and Guillaume Gallienne co-star, with Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant appearing. The A.V. Club will recap the show weekly. Check out what Winslet had to say about preparing for the role.
The Gentlemen (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)
Guy Ritchie has helmed a spin-off of his 2019 film, The Gentlemen. This one follows Eddie Horniman (Theo James), who inherits a large estate from his father only to realize it’s part of a weed-growing empire belonging to drug kingpin Mickey Pearson. As various criminals from the British underworld try to claim a piece of the action, Eddie attempts to save his family by turning to a life of crime himself. The cast includes Giancarlo Esposito, Kaya Scodelario, and Daniel Ings. The A.V. Club’s review publishes on Wednesday.
Hidden gems
Queens (Hulu/Disney+, Tuesday, 3:01 a.m.)
