The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
The Night Agent
In the basement of the White House, a low-level FBI agent sits by a phone that never rings. Until the day it does, with the caller reporting that her uncle and aunt have just been assassinated. In this new roller-coaster political-thriller series, the agent and the caller, played by Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan, are soon bound together in a bid to thwart a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of the U.S. government. Available Thursday, March 23, Netflix
Up Here
Musical rom-com fans, it’s go time. The director of Hamilton, the screenwriter of Tick, Tick... Boom!, and the songwriters of “Let It Go” have a new show for you, and it’s a love story set in 1999 New York City. Mae Whitman stars as an aspiring writer and new arrival who falls for a rookie investment banker, played by Carlos Valdes. Both are constantly fighting the competing voices in their heads, played by Katie Finneran, Emilia Suárez, John Hodgman, and others, creating a courtship that runs in the vein of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Available Friday, March 24, Hulu
Great Expectations
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham in a six-part series? Yes, please. The versatile British actress headlines this delightfully dark and spirited adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic comingof-age tale. Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight provides the guiding vision, while Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead plays Pip, the orphan whose adventures up and down the British class system, after Miss Havisham takes an interest in him, afford rich targets for satire. With Shalom BruneFranklin as Estella, the object of Pip’s affections. Debuts Sunday, March 26, Hulu
Rabbit Hole
KieferSut her land has been going down political conspiracy rabbit holes for years. So the former star of 24 and Designated Survivor is on familiar turf in this new series, playing a corporate spy and master of deceit who finds himself searching for the truth after he’s framed for the murder of a Treasury Department official. His quest just might save American democracy. Debuts Sunday, March 26, Paramount+
Yellowjackets
It’s winter in the Canadian wild, and the Yellowjackets are about to get hungry. The highly anticipated second season of this creepy-fun hit picks up its two timelines and foreshadowing that both stories are heading deeper into darkness.
For the girls on the high school soccer team who are trying to survive after a plane crash, supplies are dwindling and the allure of occultism growing. For the survivors who are two decades into normal life, including Juliette Lewis’ Natalie and Christina Ricci’s Misty, the past can’t yet be put to bed. Sunday, March 26, at 9 p.m., Showtime
Other highlights
Love Is Blind
A new group of singles arrives for Season 4, each looking for love among potential mates they never see. Debuts Friday, March 24, Netflix
Reggie
Baseball legend Reggie Jackson reflects on his career and more. Available Friday, March 24, Amazon Prime
Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico
The Desperate Housewives star follows Stanley Tucci’s Italy blueprint, touring Mexico to explore each region’s unique cuisine. Up first: Mexico City. Sunday, March 26, at 10 p.m., CNN