What to watch this weekend
1. From Dreams to Tragedy: The Fire That Shook Brazilian Football
It seemed like a dream come true: training to play with one of Brazil’s famed soccer teams? This docuseries unravels how pure negligence led 10 kids to lose their lives. Netflix
2. The Girls on the Bus
Journalist Amy Chozick adapted her own book about working the Hillary Clinton campaign trail.
Crave 3. Girls5eva
“Girls5eva” gets a second chance with Netflix after Peacock cancelled it. Catch up on the first two seasons documenting the comeback attempt of a ’90s girl group then binge the new season. Netflix
4. True Crime Story: Smugshot
There’s something extra satisfying about a snob being brought to justice, isn’t there? This new docuseries features all kinds of entitled yahoos.
Sundance Now or AMC Plus
5. Chicken Nugget
South Korea continues to bring next-level concepts to our small screen. This week, it’s a LOL-filled comedy in which a woman (Kim Yoo-jung) steps into a machine that turns her into the titular meat product. Hijinks, of course, ensue.
Netflix 6. Manhunt
“How does a well-known actor commit murder in front of an audience of 1,500 people and escape?” So wonders secretary of war Edwin Stanton (Tobias Menzies) — and the rest of us, given the truly weird circumstances around the murder of his friend, Abraham Lincoln (Hamish Linklater).
Apple TV Plus 7. Alice & Jack
Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson play a feisty finance gal and sensitive scientist who start with a one-night stand, but then keep pining for each other over the years. Based on reviews, it sounds more cautionary tale than cute coupling.
Sunday at 10 p.m. on PBS and the PBS app
8. Nolly
Russell T. Davies drafts a love letter to British national treasure Noele Gordon, a popular soap opera star in the ’60s and ’70s, whose sacking infuriated a nation and led to an inspiring final act.
Sunday at 9 p.m. on PBS, and the PBS app
9. Physical: 100
The real-life “Squid Game” returns to Netflix as the South Korean reality show sets out once again to find the perfect human specimen. Balance. Endurance. Strength. Agility. Strategy. Willpower. All will be tested.
Netflix 10. Palm Royale
Mmmm, all the tans and bright pastels and crystal-blue pools and Ricky Martin make us want to go on a sunny vacation, stat. Kristen Wiig stars as Maxine Simmons, a social climber who will stop at nothing to wiggle her way into Palm Beach high society and a coveted membership at its most exclusive club. This cast is as stacked as Dolly Parton, with Allison Janney heading up the ladies who lunch, and Laura Dern, Kaia Gerber, Bruce Dern and Carol Burnett pop up as well. Apple TV Plus
11. Homicide: New York
Dick Wolf’s empire grows more massive with the debut of a truecrime spin on his trusty formula of grizzled New York detectives solving tough cases. Five episodes cover five murders, as recounted by the cops haunted by them. Netflix