![]() ![]() ![]() When he finds out that the agent is none other than his own daughter, Emma (Monica Barbaro), shit hits the fan as they’re confronted with decades of lies (blaming one another for betraying each other’s trust and breaking up the family). Naturally, after his alleged last mission, he’s called back to the field when an undercover operative’s life is in great danger in Guyana, South America. Although as we know, for a skilled professional like him, there’s always another “final assignment” he has to do to keep the country safe. However, the job (which he kept secret for decades) cost him his marriage, and made him a little estranged from his son and daughter. A slight throwback to his beloved ’90s spy-comedy True Lies, the show’s plot follows Luke Brunner (Schwarzenegger), a CIA operative in his 60s, who is one last mission away from retiring and dedicating all of his time to his big, loving family. In defense of Schwarzenegger, FUBAR’s concept sounds very much like his shtick. And it makes one wonder how much of his famous competitiveness went into saying yes to this project after seeing the amount of success his good friend has found making the Paramount+ series. But while Sylvester Stallone was lucky enough to get a tailor-made (pun fully intended) show that emphasized his strengths with Taylor Sheridan’s Tulsa King, Arnold Schwarzenegger caught the wrong end of the deal with Netflix’s horrendous action-comedy FUBAR. There’s a sort of appealing finality in that both of the biggest action stars of ‘80s cinema eventually found their way into television (in their mid-70s!) to ride out the sunset days of the rest of their careers. Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Monica Barbaro, Milan Carter, Gabriel Luna, Jay Baruchel It’s not that Episodes 1 and 2 are outright failures, but they are always transparent the show wants to be regarded with a certain kind of prestige, to trigger specific, calculated provocations, with all the character work and visual language reverse-engineered to support this goal. ![]() But it also wants desperately to be liked, to be considered current, cutting, and empathetic. Levinson stepped in to write and direct the whole show after original director Amy Seimetz was ousted from the project after key creatives thought it was leaning too hard into “a female perspective.” From the two episodes made available to critics (given that they were willing to relocate to the south of France to get them), The Idol makes its intentions clear: It wants to shock, yes, to relish in the spectacle and traumas of a perilous, punishing, but always bewitching industry. The Idol, Sam Levinson’s six-episode collaboration with The Weeknd starring Abel Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp, could not have arrived with more noise-not just for its lurid and copious depictions of nudity, sex, and distresses both emotional and physical in LA’s music industry, but for the fact that, reportedly, the production was an unhinged nightmare. Most things that get touted as controversial end up being dull. Stars: Lily-Rose Depp, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, Suzanna Son, Troye Sivan, Jane Adams We’ll keep updating this guide to the latest TV as long as Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, Starz, Showtime, FX, AMC+, Freevee and all the networks keep churning out the content.Ĭreator: Sam Levinson, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye We thought it’d be helpful to keep a running list of all the latest TV series worth consideration-primarily new scripted TV shows with a couple notable documentaries included. Now, every week feels like Sweeps Week with a host of entertainment megacorporations battling for your precious couch time. Just when we’d thought we’d reached the crest of Peak TV, a half a dozen more streamers came along, each with their own new original series, making us realize we were still in the foothills. ![]() Keeping up with new TV shows can be daunting. ![]()
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