The Bad Batch finale, Hacks season 3, and more new TV this week
There’s plenty of good TV — even plenty of great TV on right now (see, for example, the myriad series newly on Polygon’s own list of the best TV of 2024 so far). And lo, there’s even some new great TV coming to screens this week, as there always is.
Hacks is back, ready to carve up screens and punchlines with equal wicked glee. There’s also the end of Chucky season 3, which continues to be having more fun being a show than almost anything else alive right now. Or if The Tortured Poets Department got you in the mood to parse small moments for big character work, you get to choose from either The Veil or My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, both of which should give plenty of fodder to those inclined to plumb tiny affectations for deeper meanings.
Either way: Can’t say there’s nothing on anymore. Only that maybe there’s a lot of it. Here’s the best new TV premieres and finales coming to TV this week.
Genre: Mockumentary
Release date: April 30, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Igor Gotesman and Pierre Niney
Cast: Pierre Niney, Géraldine Nakache, Pascal Demolon, and more
A limited series where everything goes wrong — you gotta love it. Fiasco follows a first-time director on the set of a film as a behind-the-scenes crew captures all the various problems (including random accidents, blackmail, and even sabotage).
Genre: Interview talk show
Release date: April 30
Showrunner/creator: David Letterman
David Letterman is back talking to celebrities! This season he’ll be chatting with a wide array of famous folks, but (relevant to this clip) most notably John Mulaney, who the internet has a totally normal relationship with. Watch if you want to see what the next cycle of “parasocial relationship” discussions is all about!
Genre: Horror (evil doll)
Release date: May 1
Showrunner/creator: Don Mancini
Cast: Brad Dourif, Zackary Arthur, Jennifer Tilly, and more
Death awaits in the finale of Chucky’s explosive third season. Sure, the North Pole has been nuked (“It was
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