ON THIS WEEK

Break out the stretchy pants and fire up the DVR!

FRIDAY 10/18 LOOKING FOR ALASKA

Based on John Green’s 2005 novel, the eight-episode limited series stars Charlie

Plummer as “Pudge,” a high school student who falls in love with Kristine Froseth’s

Alaska. After a tragedy occurs, he must come together with his friends to figure out how to move forward. (Hulu)

FRIDAY 10/18 MODERN LOVE

Inspired by the New York

Times column, each episode of this romantic comedy explores different aspects of love. Cristin Milioti, Anne Hathaway, Dev Patel and Julia Garner star. (Amazon)

SATURDAY 10/19 PATSY & LORETTA

Patsy Cline (Megan Hilty) was already a huge star when she met and began to mentor Loretta Lynn (Jessie Mueller), and this TV movie explores their unbelievable bond.

When Cline died in a plane crash in 1963, rising country queen Lynn had known her for only two years. However, their bond was so strong, she later named one of her twins Patsy. (Lifetime, 8 p.m.)

SUNDAY 10/20 WATCHMEN

Though it’s based on the DC comic, Damon Lindelof’s take on the superhero drama is set in an alternate contemporary reality in which masked vigilantes have been outlawed. The limited series takes place 34 years after the comic ends, in a 2019 without cellphones or internet. Regina King,

Don Johnson and Tim Blake Nelson star. (HBO, 9 p.m.)

TUESDAY 10/22 TREADSTONE

In this action-packed thriller, J. Randolf Bentley (Jeremy

Irvine) returns to the CIA while Tara (Tracy Ifeachor) decides to travel abroad. (USA, 10 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY 10/23 CASTLE ROCK

In season 2 of the chilling horror anthology set in Stephen King’s multiverse, Lizzy Caplan leads as Annie Wilkes, the “nurse from hell” introduced in Misery, and

Paul Sparks is infamous local bully John “Ace” Merrill. Tim Robbins and Elsie Fisher also star. (Hulu)