After a short hiatus, the fourth season of stranger things ends this week on Netflix. The next seven days also bring a spy thriller starring Chris Pratt, several Fourth of July specials, and the season finale of a long-running DC Comics show.
Below is The Hollywood Reporter‘s overview of premieres, returns and specials for June 29 – July 5. It would be almost impossible to watch everything, but let THR point the way to worthy options for the week ahead. All times are ET/PT unless otherwise noted.
The big show
Netflix isn’t one to split seasons of its series, especially in scripts. But given the scale of Stranger Things 4 and the interest of both Netflix and the Duffer brothers in getting it to viewers made the streamer an exception. Seven episodes of the show’s fourth season debuted in late May, and the remaining two — nearly four hours in all — will arrive on Friday. The conclusion will likely resolve the remaining conflicts lingering after “volume one”, while also setting up the show’s fifth and final season.
Also streaming…
After several years battling comic book villains and taming dinosaurs, Chris Pratt returns to television to star in The terminal list (Friday, Prime Video), a thriller in which Pratt’s Navy SEAL uncovers a conspiracy. Disney+s Baymax! (Wednesday) follows the Great Hero 6 robot while trying to help people even if they don’t want to. Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps return for season two of The Upshaws (Wednesday, Netflix). Competition series bridge opens its second season on HBO Max on Thursday.
On broadcast…
Tree: The Fourth of July brings a few annual specials filled with music and fireworks. NBC has Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks spectacular from New York, and PBS will broadcast To Capitol Fourth from Washington. Both are set for 8 p.m.
Also: Flash winds its eighth season on The CW at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The USFL reborn will host its championship game at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT Sunday on Fox.
On wire…
New: A&E’s Two-Part Documentary Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution examines how comedians have used their work to both highlight the black experience in America and to push against injustice and for social change. It features interviews with Tiffany Haddish, W. Kamau Bell, Kevin Hart (who is also an executive producer), Steve Harvey, Amber Ruffin and a host of others, plus extensive archive footage, and airs Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_si4tVjSEmo
Also: Season two of British crime drama We hunt together premieres Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on Showtime. CMT broadcasts the annual Let freedom sing concert from Nashville at 10 p.m. Monday.