Charlie Sheen Speaks Out, Saluting ‘Downton Abbey,’ Olivia Cooke Is ‘The Girlfriend,’ Huge Cats on PBS

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One in all Hollywood’s most infamous figures is now seven years sober, and because the centerpiece of a publicity blitz surrounding his new memoir (The E book of Sheen, out this week), Charlie Sheen at 60 consents to an exhaustive interview for a two-part documentary from director Andrew Renzi. He displays on his meteoric rise, his private lows (drug and alcohol abuse, a careless predilection for intercourse staff, getting fired from Two and a Half Males) and the way he someway survived all of it. Among the many colourful personalities additionally weighing in: ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller, Males costar Jon Cryer, former Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss and even his former drug supplier. Anticipate eyes to open and jaws to drop.

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

They left TV and Masterpiece practically a decade in the past, however the Crawleys of Downton Abbey and their devoted employees of servants have by no means completely gone away. With a 3rd and ultimate movie within the beloved interval franchise opening this weekend, the celebs collect at London’s posh Savoy Resort to reminisce about Downton Abbey‘s previous and current, sharing the fondest of recollections. this is the reason you’ve been saving that bottle of bubbly.

The Girlfriend

What may very well be extra welcome at midweek than a streaming responsible pleasure? This glossy, attractive melodrama depicts a battle of wills between two femmes fatales: Laura, an icily controlling and fabulously rich mom (Home of Playing cards‘ gorgeous Robin Wright) and the working-class looker named, of all issues, Cherry (Home of the Dragon‘s scintillating Olivia Cooke), who has captured the flowery of Laura’s adored physician son Daniel (Laurie Davidson). “This one is … completely different,” Daniel tells his extraordinarily clingy mother earlier than she meets Cherry, sparking an nearly speedy mutual mistrust. The story unfolds from each Laura’s and Cherry’s alternating views, displaying occasions from completely different angles that go away you questioning what actually occurred. One factor’s for sure: It’s not going to finish effectively. All six episodes can be found for a juicy binge-watch.

Huge Cats 24/7

Utilizing thermal cameras and drone expertise, nature filmmakers take an around-the-clock immersive strategy to capturing life among the many massive cats of Botswana — lions, leopards and cheetahs, oh my — within the second season of the enthralling docuseries. The primary two episodes of the four-part collection deal with the females of the species, tending to their lion, leopard and cheetah cubs and defending them from intruders and different predators.

Platonic

Three is turning into a crowd when Will’s (Seth Rogen) friskiness within the visitor home turns into a priority for his greatest bud Sylvia (Rose Byrne) and too-accommodating husband Charlie (Luke Macfarlane), whose time in remedy has made him extra assertive about demanding change. Whereas Will goes home-hunting, he additionally makes time to assist Sylvia with the vacation retirement celebration she’s planning for Charlie’s regulation agency, nobody anticipating the bombshell that’s about to drop. Visitor stars embrace The Workplace‘s Paul Lieberstein as Charlie’s therapist, whose very identify is a joke, and Saturday Evening Stay alum Aidy Bryant as Sylvia’s potential new shopper.

INSIDE WEDNESDAY TV:

• Match Recreation (8/7c, ABC): The sport present’s season finale gathers a panel together with Adam Pally, Randall Park, Kal Penn, Ana Gasteyer and, from the present season of host Martin Brief‘s Solely Murders within the Constructing, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph and Beanie Feldstein.
• Household Regulation (8/7c, The CW): AI is on the docket when Abby (Jewel Staite) represents a mom in mourning who needs to delete an AI reproduction of her late daughter that her ex made, whereas Daniel (Zach Smadu) tries to persuade the courtroom that his shopper is in an actual relationship with an AI doll.
• The Harlem Globetrotters: Secrets and techniques of the Metropolis (8/7c, AspireTV): A journey collection follows the famed basketball crew on a world tour with stops together with Cairo, London, Stuttgart and Sydney.
• Seen & Heard: The Historical past of Black Tv (9/8c, HBO): The conclusion of the cultural documentary focuses on Black creators and content material homeowners opening doorways for others, together with Shonda Rhimes, Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae (an government producer of the collection) and Lena Waithe.
• Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service (9/8c, Fox): Following a recap episode of MasterChef: Dynamic Duos (8/7c) prematurely of subsequent week’s season finale, Gordon Ramsay closes out the primary season of Secret Service by infiltrating an historic Rhode Island burger joint that has seen higher days.
• Sacred Planet with Gulnaz Khan (10/9c, PBS): Environmental journalist Gulnaz Khan travels to sacred websites world wide to mirror on our ever-changing planet. First cease: the mountain vary of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, the place the Indigenous Arhuasco folks preserve a religious connection to their ancestral lands.
• The Hospital (11/10c, BET): Comic Kevin Fredericks leads an improv troupe in a sketch comedy (airing back-to-back episodes) set at a dysfunctional hospital that makes Denis Medical look regular.

ON THE STREAM:

• The Hardacres (streaming on BritBox): A rags-to-riches interval household drama from the U.Okay. follows the fortunes of a working-class Yorkshire clan from the fish docks who unexpectedly come into cash and take over a rustic property to the chagrin of their new neighbors.
• Eli’s Locations (streaming on ESPN+): Eli Manning travels to Stanford to debate the influence of Title, Picture and Likeness rulings with former Colts QB Andrew Luck, who’s now Common Supervisor of his alma mater Cardinal crew. Whereas there, Manning helps walk-on lengthy snapper Alejandro Chavez negotiate his first endorsement deal.
• Helluva Boss (streaming on Prime Video): Plucked from YouTube, the irreverent grownup animated comedy about an assassination bureau from Hell presents its first two seasons, totally uncensored for the primary time, together with an authentic episode.