What’s on TV This Week: ‘Atlanta’ and ‘Black Panther’

Between community, cable and streaming, the trendy tv panorama is an enormous one. Listed here are among the exhibits, specials and flicks coming to TV this week, Nov. 7-13. Particulars and instances are topic to vary.

Monday

PUSS IN BOOTS (2011) 6 p.m. on TOON. On this prequel spinoff of the “Shrek” franchise, Puss, the speaking cat voiced by Antonio Banderas, is framed for a financial institution theft and turns into an outlaw in his personal city. He seeks to revive his honor and pay the debt he owes to his hometown by becoming a member of forces with Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) and Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) to seek out the magic beans that result in worthwhile golden goose eggs. The movie is a “cheerfully chaotic jumble of fairy story and nursery rhyme characters,” Stephen Holden wrote in his assessment for The New York Occasions. A sequel is ready to be launched on in late December.

Tuesday

ELECTION NIGHT SPECIALS 8 p.m. on ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. Because the polls shut on Tuesday, a number of networks are airing the most recent election and voting information within the U.S. midterm elections. Discover out what’s at stake in our information to the midterms, together with how state races might have an enormous impact on points like abortion rights and voting.

SAY HEY, WILLIE MAYS! (2022) 9 p.m. on HBO. This documentary explores the lifetime of the Main League Baseball legend Willie Mays as he navigated the game throughout a time of segregation and racism. The director Nelson George tracks Mays’s expertise rising up in Alabama and getting his begin enjoying for the Birmingham Black Barons within the Negro Leagues, in addition to his profession within the large leagues. The movie options interviews with Mays, the baseball greats Barry Bonds and Reggie Jackson and the sports activities commentator Bob Costas.

THE CMA AWARDS 8 p.m. on ABC. Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning will take the stage stay in Nashville to host the 56th annual Nation Music Affiliation Awards. This yr, first-time nominee Lainey Wilson is up for six awards, together with new artist of the yr, and Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton and Shane McAnally are every nominated for 5. The night will function performances from Carrie Underwood and Katy Perry, amongst others.

HARD KNOCKS IN SEASON: THE ARIZONA CARDINALS 10 p.m. on HBO. This actuality sports activities sequence is predicated on the HBO franchise “Onerous Knocks,” which paperwork a distinct N.F.L. group’s coaching camp every year. This sequence as an alternative focuses on a group by way of its professional season. The second season follows the Arizona Cardinals, led by the quarterback Kyler Murray. The Cardinals have gotten off to a rocky begin this season, at present in final place within the N.F.C. West.

ICONS UNEARTHED 10 p.m. on VICE. Season 2 of this documentary sequence focuses on the long-running animated sequence “The Simpsons.” Within the closing episode, writers, administrators, actors and community executives share tales about how the tv present got here collectively and established its place in popular culture.

Thursday

BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956) 8 p.m. on TCM. Based mostly on a 1955 article in The New Yorker, the movie follows Ed Avery (James Mason), a trainer who’s identified with a deadly sickness. After his physician prescribes him cortisone, he’s at first believed to have made a restoration. However he then develops an dependancy to the drug that results in his downward spiral.

ATLANTA 10 p.m. on FX. This sequence wraps up with the present’s characters again in Atlanta after spending time in Europe in Season 3. Acclaimed for its performing, storytelling and depictions of contemporary day Black life, the sequence follows the rapper Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry), his supervisor and cousin, Earn (Donald Glover), and their pals Darius (LaKeith Stanfield) and Van (Zazie Beetz).

Friday

BLACK PANTHER (2018) 5 p.m. on FX. Want a refresher earlier than watching the sequel? Catch this blockbuster movie on the day of the premiere of “Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly.” On this film, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) turns into the king of Wakanda, the remoted, technologically superior African nation. As Black Panther, he rallies his allies and fights to maintain his individuals, and their tradition, protected. “In its emphasis on Black creativeness, creation and liberation, the film turns into an emblem of a previous that was denied and a future that feels very current,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her assessment for The Occasions. “And in doing so opens up its world, and yours, superbly.”

Saturday

THE SNAKE PIT (1948) 8:30 p.m. on TCM. Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) wakes up in a psychological hospital, with no recollection of how she ended up there and an lack of ability to acknowledge her husband, Robert (Mark Stevens). The movie follows Victoria as she makes an attempt to regain her reminiscence with the assistance of Dr. Mark Kik (Leo Genn).

Sunday

GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) 8:30 p.m. on Syfy. On this reboot of the science fiction comedy franchise, a transit employee (Leslie Jones) contacts three paranormal physicists (Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon) after she encountered a ghost in a subway terminal. The 4 ladies band collectively to struggle off the ghosts which have invaded New York Metropolis. It’s “a film that’s a whole lot of gratifying, disposable enjoyable,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her assessment for The Occasions. “It’s lots just like the previous ‘Ghostbusters,’ besides that it stars 4 humorous ladies as an alternative of, you recognize, 4 humorous males.”