If you're looking for a new show to watch this week, the vast landscape of streaming networks will provide plenty of them. Some of them are even good! This week features a couple of potential-future-classics: Disclaimer, directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Cate Blanchett, and head-spinning boxing series La Máquina. Plus, there's Roller Jam, a roller skating reality show, a spy series called Citadel: Diana, and more.
Disclaimer
In Apple TV+'s Disclaimer, Cate Blanchett plays Catherine Ravenscroft, a journalist and documentarian known for uncovering hidden truths. Her perfect life is shattered when a mysterious novel arrives in the mail with a narrative based on tragic, hidden events from her past. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, nothing is as it seems in this taut, psychological puzzle of a TV show.
Where to stream: Apple TV+
La Máquina
La Máquina, Hulu's first Spanish-language original series is part underdog sports story, part comedy, and part conspiracy theory thriller—it's all over the place, but in a good way. Gael García Bernal plays Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna, a boxing legend coaxed into the ring for one last fight. Things spin so far out of control from there that reality itself is called into question.
Where to stream: Hulu
Teacup
Loosely based on Robert McCammon bestselling novel Stinger, Peacock original series Teacup tells the story of a group of strangers in rural Georgia who must work together if they hope to survive a supernatural threat. To reveal any more details would risk ruining the surprises of this twisty horror series, so I'll just say the early notices are solid.
Where to stream: Peacock
Citadel: Diana
In Citadel: Diana, Matilda De Angelis plays Diana Cavalieri, a secret agent without an agency. Citadel, a once-powerful international spy organization, has been taken over by evil Manticore, leaving Cavalieri out in the cold, trapped behind enemy lines and working as a mole in Manticore itself. To escape, she'll have to rely on unlikely allies and make dangerous moves. If you're into cloak and dagger, give Citadel: Diana a spin.
Where to stream: Max
Roller Jam
Did you know that, in 2024, there are people out there for whom high-level roller skating is a lifestyle? Roller Jam takes viewers into their hidden world. Singer/songwriter and actress Jordin Sparks hosts this reality competition in which 10 teams of roller skaters create a different number each week and perform it in front of a live audience and a judges panel that includes two-time U.S. Olympian and figure skating champion Johnny Weir and "roller-skating legend" Terrell Ferguson. The winning team gets $150,000.
Where to stream: Max
The Franchise
The Franchise takes superhero movies to another level by focusing on the cast and crew of flea-bitten superhero franchise that's falling out of public favor. While their movie counterparts are saving the world, the actors that play them are trying to save the movie series they star in. If you're into a workplace comedy that skewers Hollywood blockbusters, The Franchise might become your favorite show.
Where to stream: Max
Last week's picks
Where's Wanda?
This dark comedy series was imported from Germany. Where's Wanda? tells the story of Dedo and Carlotta Klatt, whose 17 year-old daughter disappears mysteriously. The local police are no help, so Dedo and Carlotta launch their own investigation by hiding high tech listening devices in their neighbor's homes. The couple's suburban surveillance reveals a hidden world where none of the neighbors are what they appear to be.
Where to stream: Apple TV+
The Legend of Vox Machina, season 3
The first and second seasons of animated series The Legend of Vox Machina earned perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores for their epic adventures and hilarious comedy, and season 3 aims to bring fans more of the same. Based on a D&D campaign from YouTube series Critical Role, this rowdy adventure show is the perfect treat for fans of comedy, adventure, and role-playing games, and I'm pretty sure that covers everyone.
Where to stream: Prime
Uzumaki
This animated horror series is based on the 1998 manga by Junji Ito. It tells the story of a town that is haunted by spirals. People being menaced by a shape didn't fully work in the 2000 live-action movie, where it comes off as a bit silly, but when you animate Ito's story with stark, evocative black and white drawings and present it over four episodes, it's not funny at all. Instead, Uzumaki is odd and haunting in a way that's hard to describe, but will have you wondering about all the spirals that surround you all the time.
Where to stream: Max
Social Studies
This docuseries follows diverse groups of teenagers from different high schools in Los Angeles, digging into a school year of their lives. The subjects have opened their phones as well as their lives, and Social Studies takes a look at the digital habits that are shaping the first generation of online natives as they grapple with beauty standards, sexuality, the future, and more.
Where to stream: Hulu
Unsolved Mysteries, Volume 5
We're on the fifth mini-season of Netflix's revamped version of this series about real-life conundrums, and the mysteries show no signs of stopping. This set of four episodes leans heavier on UFOs and the paranormal than previous volumes of Unsolved Mysteries—there's a Roswell episode, a cattle mutilation episode, and a psychic episode—so if you're into mysteries that are crimes instead of mysteries that are bullshit, this might not be the season for you.
Where to stream: Netflix
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