Netflix’s The Circle, Conan O’Brien’s new show, and more new TV this week

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The (unofficial) theme of new TV this week: reality.

You’re not really getting it unmediated; even in a literal “reality” show like Netflix’s The Circle, it’s still pretty edited (as anyone who watches reality shows can tell you). But it’s not the lone show looking to “real life” for a story this week. It’s joined by Conan O’Brien’s travelogue return to TV and the long-awaited follow-up to The Jinx with a look at Robert Durst’s jail life. Even many of the fiction offerings this week adapt true stories, with Manhunt wrapping up and the Lily Gladstone-led Under the Bridge debuting.

If you need to escape the present day — or just find a different way to refract it — remember that Shōgun has its penultimate episode tomorrow ( ) and Fallout only just came out.

Here’s all the best new TV premieres and finales this week.

Genre: Reality show competition
Release date: April 17, with four episodes
Host: Michelle Buteau
Cast: A bunch of isolated chatters

You know the drill: A host of isolated competitors try to win a major cash prize while bonding, hating, and potentially even catfishing each other in little chatrooms.

Genre: Twisty murder mystery
Release date: April 17, with two episodes
Director: Geeta Pastel
Cast: Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, and more

Based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey, Under the Bridge follows the investigation of a 14-year-old girl’s murder through the eyes of Godfrey (Riley Keough) and the local police officer (Lily Gladstone) set on uncovering the truth. With seven teenage girls and a boy accused of a savage murder, the stakes are high, and the twists — hopefully — even more consequential.

Genre: Celebrity docuseries (travelogue version)
Release date: April 18, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Conan O’Brien
Cast: Conan O’Brien and some fans

Conan O’Brien is setting out to meet some of the more notable fans he’s connected with on his podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Fan. And that’s taking him all over the globe, with four