What to watch
FRIDAY
April 5, 2024
All times Pacific. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Netflix
From the rise of Qanon to the Jan. 6 riots, this documentary explores how a group of bored teenagers built an online community out of their shared loneliness but accidentally shattered consensus reality in the process.
Scoop
Netflix Original Film
Inspired by real events, this dramatization offers an inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earth-shattering interview with Prince Andrew (Rufus Sewell) about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. From the tension of producer Sam Mcalister’s (Billie Piper) highstakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace all the way to reporter Emily Maitilis’ (Gillian Anderson) jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the prince, the film goes inside the story with the women who would stop at nothing to get it.
First Time Fixer Magnolia Network, beginning at 5 p.m. Season Premiere
Jane and Josh live in Austin, Texas, but their dream is to have a vacation getaway in Palm Springs, California. For their first renovation project, they’ve purchased a drab and dated desert house in hopes of turning it into their ideal “funsie” retreat. This is followed by another half-hour episode in which a couple wants to turn an antiquated California cottage into a stylish home, but they have only 10 weeks and a tiny budget.
S.W.A.T.
CBS, 8 p.m.
After the shocking shooting of a member of 20-Squad, Hondo (Shemar Moore) and the team launch a citywide manhunt for the robbery crew responsible in the new episode “Last Call.”
Fire Country
CBS, 9 p.m.
The Station 42 crew must protect Edgewater and take cover when an extremely rare and dangerous fire tornado threatens lives in the new episode “This Storm Will Pass.”
American Masters
PBS, 9 p.m.
The life of American conservative writer and political commentator William F. Buckley Jr. is the focus of tonight’s episode, “The Incomparable Mr. Buckley.”
One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Hallmark Mystery, 9 p.m. Original Film Hannah Swensen (Alison Sweeney) has been asked to teach a baking class at a nearby college, but her equipment is tampered with and causes an explosion. The Fire Department rules it an accident, but soon a colleague ends up dead, and Hannah begins to investigate what is going on, meeting a prosecuting attorney named Chad (Victor Webster) in the process.
Mary & George
Starz, 9 p.m. New Series
The seven-part limited series stars Julianne Moore as Mary Villiers, who in 17th-century England molded her beautiful son, George (Nicholas Galitzine), to seduce King James I (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover. Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become some of the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen.