A quick look at what’s on TV, VOD this week
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Desus & Mero: (11 p.m. Monday-Thursday on Viceland) This is a four-night a week show hosted by Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, who offer their unique and funny perspective of the news and culture of the day. The two Bronx buddies sit in cushioned chairs in front of a stuffed bear with a Yankees hat and crack jokes, which also offer smart commentary about issues of race and politics. The show has a disclaimer saying that it doesn’t reflect the opinions of Viceland, so you know they don’t pull punches. Episodes also available at viceland.com.
This week
Asylum: (Available Monday on Acorn TV) Miniseries is a satirical comedy about a government whistleblower and a millionaire internet entrepreneur trapped together in the London embassy of a fictional Latin American country. Jack Taylor: (Available Monday on Acorn TV) Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont on “Game of Thrones,” Sir Richard Carlisle on “Downton Abbey”) returns as Irish private investigator Jack Taylor in three new TV movies. Pocahontas — Beyond the Myth: (8 p.m. Monday on Smithsonian) Documentary revisits the life of a legendary woman whose story continues to gain new resonance over time, even now on the 400-year anniversary of her death in March 1617. Rock and a Hard Place: (10 p.m. Monday on HBO). Inspired by Dwayne Johnson’s own experiences with the law as a youth, the documentary follows young inmates at MiamiDade County Corrections & Rehabilitation Boot Camp Program in search of a second chance. Dead Reckoning — War, Crime and Justice From WW2 to the War on Terror: (8 p.m. Tuesday on PBS) The three-hour series follows war crimes investigators and prosecutors as they pursue some of the world’s most notorious war criminals — notably Adolf Eichmann, Saddam Hussein, Radovan Karadzic, Charles Taylor and Efraín Ríos Montt. Rebel: (9 p.m. Tuesday on BET) Drama series about a racially motivated police shooting is directed by John Singleton and stars Danielle Moné Truitt, Giancarlo Esposito, Mykelti Williamson, Method Man, and LaTanya Richardson. Nobodies: (10 p.m. Wednesday on TV Land) Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are among the producers for this comedy from Groundlings vets Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras, who play versions of themselves as they try to persuade their more famous friends to star in a movie they have written. The Amazing Race: (10 p.m. Thursday on CBS) Reality competition returns at this new day and time. 13 Reasons Why: (Available Friday on Netflix) An adaptation of the book by Jay Asher about the suicide of a teenage girl, this 13-episode young adult drama series is directed (in part) by “Spotlight’s” Tom McCarthy, written by Pulitzer-winning playwright Brian Yorkey (“Next to Normal”), and produced by Selena Gomez. The Discovery: (Available Friday on Netflix) Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, Robert Redford, and Jesse Plemmons star in a Netflix original film set in a world where the afterlife has been proven to exist (and people are literally dying to get there). Charlie McDowell (“The One I Love”) directs.