Awards season rolls on.
8 TV Shows and Movies to Check Out This Week, Including the 2021 SAG Awards
This week's slate of new TV shows and movies includes the 2021 SAGs, the highly-anticipated premiere of Chad, and a horror anthology series from Amazon. Read the highlights, below.
Sunday, April 427th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: This year's show is pre-taped and only an hour long. “We’re looking at trying to do a unique award ceremony in an hour and leave people saying, which they very rarely do [with an awards show], ‘Man, I wish we had more,’” SAG executive producer Todd Milliner tells Variety. “It is a jam-packed hour, and we’re still trying to rob from one part to give to another part." 9 p.m. ET on TBS/TNT
Monday, April 5Family Reunion: Read the official description for this show, below. Streaming on Netflix
"When the McKellan family moves from Seattle to small-town Georgia, life down South—and traditional grandparents—challenge their big-city ways."
Chad: “Playing Chad was a battle I had to win,” Nasim Pedrad wrote for Glamour in 2019 about this show. “Having an actual teenager play him would have completely changed the tone and comedic sensibility, the whole DNA of the show. I thought we could push the comedy so much further if Chad was played by an adult who’s in on the joke.” 10:30 p.m. ET on TBS
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute: Per Netflix, “In a star-studded evening of music and memories, a community of iconic performers honor Dolly Parton as the MusiCares Person of the Year." Streaming on Netflix
The Wedding Coach: Read the official description for this show, below. Streaming on Netflix
“After barely making it down the aisle of her own wedding, comedian Jamie Lee is on a hilarious, heartwarming mission to help six engaged couples overcome the stressful real-life challenges that pop up before and on The Big Day.”
Rebel: Watch the trailer for this Erin Brockovich-inspired show, below. 10 p.m. ET on ABC
Them: A new horror anthology series of Amazon. This first season, per a description, “centers around a Black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period known as The Great Migration. The family’s idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces, next door and otherworldly, threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.” Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
As Luck Would Have It: Read Hallmark's official description for this series, below. 9 p.m. ET on Hallmark
“Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort. She decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment and win over a handsome local.”
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This story originally appeared on: Glamour - Author:Christopher Rosa
