The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
How I Met Your Father
Ted Mosby has passed the torch. In a new series spun off from How I Met Your Mother’s nine-season hit run, the old gang is gone but the comedy blueprint remains intact. This time, Hilary Duff stars as a young woman named Sophie who’s burned out on Tinder dates but surrounded by friends and still hopeful that she’ll find true love in contemporary New York City. Kim Cattrall narrates as the older Sophie, looking back on 2022 from the future. Available Tuesday, Jan. 18, Hulu
Servant
Not since Rosemary’s Baby has parenting been portrayed with such occult dread. M. Night Shyamalan’s hit horror series enters Season 3 with its young central couple having been reunited with their infant son. But normalcy isn’t so easy when that child has mysteriously returned from the dead, Mom is unstable, and the nanny who helped engineer the miracle is a former cult member. Available Friday, Jan. 21, Apple TV+
As We See It
Another watershed series about living with autism arrives, this time with three actors on the spectrum starring as roommates in their 20s who are each learning to find work, friends, and love as they move toward independence. Sue Ann Pien, Albert Rutecki, and Rick Glassman get supporting help from Joe Mantegna and Sosie Bacon. Available Friday, Jan. 21, Amazon Prime
Somebody Somewhere
If you don’t already know Bridget Everett, now is a good time to change that. The 49-year-old comedian and cabaret singer has been awarded her first lead role in a series, and she’s taking advantage of it, playing a version of herself who hasn’t yet left rural Kansas to unleash her wrecking-ball spirit on a big stage. Episode 2 should reveal if her character unlocks that spirit after stumbling into an undercover cabaret night held at a local church and populated by the town misfits. Sunday, Jan. 23, at 10:30 p.m., HBO
Cheer
With an Emmy now in its trophy case, the hit documentary series is returning to Texas’ Navarro College, where coach Monica Aldama, a drill sergeant in a Brazilian blowout, continues to push elite athletes to the breaking point and beyond in pursuit of its 15th national junior college championship. Her quest is complicated this season by child pornography charges against one of last year’s star male cheerleaders and by a strong challenge from rival Trinity Valley Community College. Available now on Netflix
Other highlights
Munich: The Edge of War
Jeremy Irons and George MacKay co-star in an adaptation of a Robert Harris espionage thriller set mostly in 1938 Germany. Available Friday, Jan. 21, Netflix
A Hero
A prison inmate on a two-day furlough has a chance to redeem himself in this acclaimed film from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi that made its U.S. theatrical debut earlier this month. Available Friday, Jan. 21, Amazon Prime
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
The music plays again for Jim Henson’s carefree Fraggles, the puppet stars of a beloved 1980s series that’s now getting a 13-episode reboot. Available Friday, Jan. 21, Apple TV+