What to watch
WEDNESDAY
June 22, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Disney+ Feature Film Exclusive Following its blockbuster theatrical release in May, this latest big-screen Marvel Cinematic Universe movie begins streaming exclusively on Disney+ today. Directed by Sam Raimi, the film journeys into the unknown as Master of the Mystic Arts Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), with the help of allies old and new, travels the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. Also reprising their Marvel roles here are Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/ Scarlet Witch, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo, Benedict Wong as Wong and Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer. Xochitl Gomez is introduced as America Chavez, a teen with the ability to travel between dimensions.
Love & Gelato
Netflix Original Film
This adaptation of Jenna Evans Welch’s romance novel of the same name was filmed in Italy and stars Susanna Skaggs as Lina, an American high school graduate. Lina would rather spend her summer preparing for her first semester at MIT than fly to Rome to fulfill her mother’s last wish. Once abroad, however, she is caught in a whirlwind of new experiences: searching for her long-lost father, learning how to make gelato and maybe falling in love. Anjelika Washington and Owen McDonnell co-star.
The Umbrella Academy
Netflix Season Premiere
In Season 3 of the superhero series, after having put a stop to 1963’s doomsday, the Umbrella Academy return home to the present, convinced they prevented the initial apocalypse and fixed the timeline once and for all. But after a brief moment of celebration, they realize things aren’t the way they left them. Enter the Sparrow Academy, who immediately clash with the Umbrellas in a violent face-off that turns out to be the least of everyone’s concerns. Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castaneda and Emmy Raver-Lampman lead the cast.
MasterChef: Back to Win FOX, 7 p.m.
The chefs face their first mystery-box challenge of the season in the new episode “Winners Mystery Box — Spirit of Vegas.” They have 60 minutes to cook three identical dishes using the spirits they receive in their mystery box.
Into the Wild New Zealand Smithsonian Channel, 7 p.m.
Watch two different breeding seasons unfold on New Zealand’s east coast. Follow the northern royal albatross and the New Zealand fur seal, and witness the immense challenges they face during breeding season.
So You Think You Can Dance
FOX, 8 p.m.
The journey of a lifetime continues as Group B competes in the studio rounds in the new episode “Girls Night Out.”
Wellington Paranormal
The CW, 8 p.m. Season Premiere
For Round 3, this hilariously spooky mockumentary about a New Zealand police squad tasked with taking down supernatural threats finds Officers O’Leary and Minogue (Karen O’Leary and Mike Minogue) facing “some of their most dangerous cases yet,” says co-creator Paul Yates. “First, there’s an invisible entity that’s a little bit ‘handsy’ — at least we thought they were hands!” Future calls include a hairy forest-dwelling beast, a sentient blob of sewage grease, ghosts dressed ala Where’s Waldo? and a meteorite crash. Per Yates: “Just a normal week on patrol for New Zealand’s favorite paranormal cops.”
Bargain Block HGTV, 8 p.m.
Lucky enough to get two houses next to each other on a new block, Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas are stoked to work on their next projects. After an unexpected wall tear-down sets their budgets back, Keith refines his design skills with a 1950s-inspired home with a modern twist and gets funky in the second with a big, bold statement design. And Shea surprises Keith and Evan with some exciting news of her own.
Planet California
PBS, 9 p.m., WTTW Chicago, 10 p.m.
New Series
This two-part docuseries, concluding next Wednesday, celebrates California’s wildlife and wild places, and their coexistence with the 40 million people who call the state home. The premiere episode, “Rivers of Gold,” shows how California is a land of extremes and how creatures from whales to cougars adjust to a changing world connected by rivers on land, sea and sky.