The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love TV legend Carol Burnett is truly glad we’ve had this time together and will be feted on her 90th birthday with a star-studded tribute. Highlights from her career, with an emphasis on her groundbreaking variety show, will be woven with musical performances from Bernadette Peters, Kristen Chenoweth, Katy Perry, and others. Among her many other admirers making appearances will be Julie Andrews, Lily Tomlin, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Bill Hader. Wednesday, April 26, at 8 p.m., NBC
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning The Swedes practice a custom of discarding their unnecessary junk well before they die to save their loved ones the trouble of having to deal with it. In this new series inspired by a recent best-seller about the practice, a trio of Swedish experts—an organizer, an interior designer, and a psychologist—visit Americans who are choking on clutter to help liberate them while there’s much living left to do. Amy Poehler narrates and produces. Available Thursday, April 27, Peacock
Love & Death
Prestige television can’t get enough of Candy Montgomery. Four decades after the churchgoing Texas housewife was tried for the axe murder of her neighbor Betty Gore, a second drama series revisits the story that Hulu’s Candy dramatized last year. In this David E. Kelley production, Elizabeth Olsen plays Candy, who was having an affair with Betty’s husband, Allan, when the murder occurred. Lily Rabe co-stars as Betty, while Jessie Plemons plays Allan. Debuts Thursday, April 27, HBO Max
Citadel
Who doesn’t enjoy an old-fashioned big-budget spy thriller? Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo are overseeing this new six-part $250 million series in which Citadel, an independent global spy agency, has been decimated by a rival organization, Manticore. Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas co-star as former Citadel agents who had their memories wiped clean, but with the encouragement of a peer played by Stanley Tucci, unite to try to block the establishment of a new world order. Debuts Friday, April 28, Amazon Prime
Fatal Attraction
Holy boiling bunnies! The classic Glenn Close– Michael Douglas erotic thriller about an affair that turns deadly has been adapted into a series that shifts the affair’s outcome. Lizzy Caplan is the reason to watch, stepping into Close’s role as Alex Forrest, a woman who after a brief affair with a married lawyer begins stalking him. We know from the start that Alex ends up dead and the object of her obsession convicted of murder—but not how the drama unfolded. With Joshua Jackson and Amanda Peet. Debuts Sunday, April 30, Paramount+
Other highlights
Saint X
A young woman travels to a Caribbean resort to investigate the death of her sister years before in this series based on a recent best-seller. Available Wednesday, April 26, Hulu
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens
The comedy series based on Awkwafina’s coming up returns for a third season. Wednesday, April 26, at 10:30 p.m., Comedy Central
2023 NFL Draft
Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, and Florida’s Anthony Richardson are expected to lead a quarterback-heavy first round as the NFL draft is broadcast live from Kansas City. Thursday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m., ABC