What's on TV this week—Batman: Caped Crusader and A Good Girl's Guide To Murder

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here’s what happening from Sunday, July 28 to Thursday, August 1. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]

The biggies

Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video, Thursday, 12:01 a.m.)

A ton of actors have voiced Gotham’s wealthy vigilante in the past, from Kevin Conroy to Harley Quinn‘s Diedrich Bader. Hamish Linklater takes up the challenge next in Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated series from Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams. Prime Video’s project also promises Christina Ricci as Catwoman, Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn, and Bader as Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face. The Prime series drops all 10 episodes of its first season at once. Look out for The A.V. Club‘s review on Monday.

A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)

Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder book series gets the TV treatment thanks to BBC Three and Netflix. In the show, Wednesday‘s Emma Myers portrays Pippa Fitz-Amobi, a British teen obsessed with solving the murder of a local student. To do so, she teams up with the accused’s brother, Ravi Singh (Zain Iqbal). Check out The A.V. Club‘s review of the six-episode season on Tuesday.

Hidden gems

Women In Blue (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)

The ’70s-set series Women In Blue is based on the true story of Mexico’s first four female police officers, who realize their squad is a publicity stunt to draw media attention away from a notorious serial killer’s crimes. Follow along as María (Bárbara Mori), Gabina (Amorita Rasgado), Ángeles (Ximena Sariñana), and Valentina (Natalia Téllez) band together to find the murderer—and accomplish what their male colleagues couldn’t.

Love Is Blind: Mexico (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)

If you’re having Love Is Blind withdrawals, Netflix saves the day with a Mexico-based version. As per the usual format, 30 singles participate in this 10-episode season, dating from behind a wall without seeing each other as a way to prioritize personality over looks (because every reality series needs a gimmick), this time with hosts Omar and Lucy Chaparro.

More good stuff

Influenced (Prime Video, Thursday, 12:01 a.m.)

Prime Video lures Gen Z into the talk-show world with Influenced, in which social-media content creators like Achieng Agutu, Eyal Booker, Tefi Pessoa, Taryn Delanie Smith, and Cyrus Veyssi team up with celebrity guests to unpack timely topics.

2024 Summer Olympics (NBC, Peacock)

In its first full week, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games features competitions like badminton, baseball, rowing, fencing, archery soccer, water polo, golf, table tennis, shooting, and wrestling, to name only a few. It’s a jam-packed schedule, and NBC plans to air 5,000 hours of coverage across its broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms from 3 a.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET every day. Brace yourselves for a long haul, though, because the Games continue through August 11.

Can’t miss recaps

House Of The Dragon (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)

Time Bandits (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)

Arriving now

Hotel Portofino (PBS, Sunday, 8 p.m., season three premiere)

Futurama (Hulu, Monday, 12:01 a.m., season 12 premiere)

Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m., season four premiere)

Ending soon

The Boyfriend (Netflix, Tuesday, 3:01 a.m., season one finale)

Criminal Minds: Evolution (Paramount+, Thursday, 3:01 a.m., season two finale)