What's on TV this week—Time Bandits and The Decameron

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here’s what happening from Sunday, July 21 to Thursday, July 25. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]

The biggies

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

Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement love to take their spin on beloved films to television. After bringing What We Do In The Shadows to the small screen, the duo now teams up with Iain Morris to reboot the 1981 film Time Bandits. The 10 episodes follow a ragtag group of thieves as they travel through time and space along with a new recruit, an eight-year-old boy named Kevin (Kal-el Tuck). Lisa Kudrow, Charlyne Yi, and Matt King also star (as do Waititi and Clement). The A.V. Club will recap each episode of the show.

The Decameron (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.)

The Decameron goes well with Time Bandit‘s history-adjacent genre. Set in the Italian countryside in 1348 during the bubonic plague, it looks at—of course—the theme of class issues, taking place in a castle where the rich and poor mingle and try to survive the pandemic with the help of wine and sex. The dramedy features Tony Hale, Saoirse Monica-Jackson, Zosia Mamet, Tanya Reynolds, Amar Chadha-Patel, Karan Gill, and Leila Farzad. The A.V. Club‘s review publishes Thursday.

Hidden gems

Dress My Tour (Hulu, Tuesday, 12:01 a.m.)

Look like Hulu wants its own Project Runway, huh? Kate Upton hosts the new reality series Dress My Tour, in which 11 aspiring fashion designers face daunting challenges and create outfits for musical artists like Toni Braxton, Paula Abdul, JoJo Siwa, and Ty Dolla $ign in the hopes of nabbing the show’s $100,000 prize.

Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m.)

Lou Pearlman, the talent manager who put together memorable boy bands like Backstreet Boys and N’Sync in the ’90s, was also allegedly a big-time fraud. Dirty Pop digs into his long-running Ponzi Scheme and how he created a web of lies and made money off the dreams of young artists.

More good stuff

Resurrected Rides (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m.)

Pimp My Ride is the obvious inspiration for Resurrected Rides, a Chris Redd-hosted motor makeover series. (Even the producers of that MTV show are back for this.) The Netflix newbie follows mechanics as they turn beaten-down cars into “masterpieces.” Since former SNL star Redd is on board, expect a fair bit of comedy too.

Wayne Brady: The Family Remix (Freeform, Wednesday, 10 p.m.)

Actor, comedian, and host Wayne Brady pulls the curtains back for an insight into his personal life in Wayne Brady: The Family Remix. In the Freeform docuseries, the personality deals with coming out as a pansexual as he and his blended fam navigate fame, social media, and other issues.

Can’t miss recaps

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

Arriving now

Snowpiercer (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m., season four premiere)

61st Street (The CW, Monday, 9 p.m., season two premiere)

Ending soon

My Adventures With Superman (Adult Swim, Sunday, 12:01 a.m., season two finale)

Love Island (Peacock, Sunday, 9 p.m., season six finale)

My Life Is Murder (Acorn TV, Monday, 3:01 a.m., season four finale)

Land Of Women (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m., season one finale)

Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m., season one finale)