Nathan Fielder’s The Curse, Loki season 2 finale, and more new TV to watch this week
Spooky season is “over,” but spooky season is also a state of mind. Which is all to say that there are still horror TV offerings for those who seek them and want to keep the spirit alive. Like Netflix’s latest horror anime, Akuma Kun, or Showtime’s The Curse, starring Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone. It’s hard to tell if either of these will be playing their horrors particularly straight, but it’s the thought (and the appropriate amount of dread) that counts.
Otherwise, the offerings of this week’s new TV run the gamut: There’s a spy-tinged reality show competition, the end of season 2 of Loki and all its MCU timeline shenanigans, Australian rom-coms, and more. And we’d be remiss to not mention some of the ongoing shows, like Invincible.
Here’s all the new and notable TV premieres and finales this week:
Genre: Supernatural
Release date: Nov. 9, with all episodes
Based on the original comic by Shigeru Mizuki, Akuma Kun follows a boy working as a paranormal investigator to solve mysteries (and even murders!). Oh, also, he was raised by a demon, and his partner is only half-human. Neat!
Genre: MCU timey-wimey mischief
Release date: Nov. 9
Showrunner/creator: Eric Martin
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jonathan Majors, Ke Huy Quan
Loki season 2 is ending, and boy howdy are they in it now, folks! The Time Loom is all F-ed up, Victor Timely got spaghetti’d, and Loki — well, he’s still the god of mischief, so maybe that will be of some advantage here?
Genre: Comedy
Release date: Nov. 9, with two episodes
Showrunner/creator: Syreeta Singleton
Cast: Aida Osman, KaMillion, and more
After being delayed as a result of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Rap Sh!t is finally back. And while it’d be nice if it
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