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What to watch this week

- BRIONY SMITH CONTRIBUTI­NG COLUMNIST

1. Hacks

“Hacks” is one of the best shows on TV right now, period. Jean Smart as acidic veteran standup comic Deborah Vance and Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels, a surly writer who blew up her career, reunite in the long-awaited new season, which unfolds in the wake of the pair’s latest triumphs and eternal personal drama. Crave

2. A Man in Full

Jeff Daniels is back in prestige-TV mode as Charlie Croker, the shady real estate mogul from Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel. Bill Camp and Tom Pelphrey play the lawmen who want to end his empire, while Diane Lane and Lucy Liu are at their steely best in supporting roles.

Netflix

3. Scrublands

Father Byron was beloved by the denizens of his small Australian town, then he loaded a rifle and shot five of his parishione­rs. A year later, journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold) delves deeper for reasons why. Sundance Now

4. Welcome to Wrexham

Eternally tanned Hollywood bros Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney return to Wales for a third season of their Emmy-winning reality show documentin­g the ups and downs of their plucky soccer team. In Season 1, they lost; in Season 2, they won. What will Season 3 bring? Star players carted off to the ER, heartwarmi­ng tots and celeb cameos, for starters.

Friday on Disney Plus

5. John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA

All the funniest folks descend on the City of Angels during the Netflix Is a Joke festival, so they decided to make a little show in which comedian of the moment John Mulaney wanders the streets with fellow famous comedians.

Friday at 10 p.m. on Netflix

6. The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Auschwitz prisoner Lali (Jonah Hauer-King) is pressed into the horrifying task of tattooing fellow prisoners. But then he falls for Gita (Anna Próchniak). This miniseries, inspired by a true story and novel by Heather Morris, shares how the power of love can inspire hope and survival. Sunday at 9 p.m. on Showcase and StackTV

7. MaryLand

What if your mother had a secret life you knew nothing about? This is the quandary for estranged sisters Becca and Rosaline (Suranne Jones and Eve Best) when their mom turns up dead on the Isle of Man. Sunday at 9 p.m. on PBS and the PBS app

8. Under the Bridge

The 1997 killing of Reena Virk remains one of Canada’s darkest truecrime chapters. This adaptation is based on journalist Rebecca Godfrey’s acclaimed book “Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk.” Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone and Archie Punjabi star.

Wednesday on Disney Plus

9. Dark Matter

The only thing worse than being kidnapped is discoverin­g that you’ve been kidnapped by … yourself. This twisty adaptation of Blake Crouch’s novel stars Joel Edgerton as a physicist who built an alternate-universe device in another timeline, only to have it used against him in this one.

Wednesday on Apple TV Plus

10. Hollywood Con Queen

Creatives are so starved for money and validation they’re often willing to do anything for a great gig, even fly thousands of miles into the Asian tropics. Unfortunat­ely, all that awaits them is the draining of their bank accounts and sexual harassment in this creepy docuseries.

Wednesday on Apple TV Plus

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