What's on TV this week—Palm Royale, 3 Body Problem, X-Men '97

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, March 17 to Thursday, March 21. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]

The biggies

Palm Royale (Apple TV+, Wednesday, 12:01 a.m.)

Apple TV+ is ready for another star-studded adventure thanks to Abe Sylvia’s Palm Royale, which boasts Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Alison Janney, Carol Burnett, and Ricky Martin as cast members. The ’60s-set dramedy centers on Maxine Simmons, a transplant to Palm Beach, Florida, who is desperate to join an elite community club. The show premieres with three episodes, with the remaining seven airing every Wednesday. Look out for The A.V. Club’s recaps after episodes drop.

Mutant hive, it’s your time to shine. Disney+ revives X-Men: The Animated Series with X-Men ’97, which follows up on how the group is surviving and battling foes without their leader, Professor X. Several cast members return to reprise their roles, and the show will feature characters like Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, Gambit, and Jubilee. The A.V. Club’s review publishes this week.

Here we go again: Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss adapt another complex book into a TV show. Along with Alexander Woo, they bring Liu Cixin’s novel The Three-Body Problem to life. The sci-fi drama follows astrophysicist Ye Wenjie (Rosalind Chao), who witnessed her father’s brutal murder. Years later, her fateful decision at a secret military base has catastrophic effects across space and time. Benedict Wong, Jovan Adepo, Eiza Gonzalez, Jess Hong, John Bradley, and Alex Sharp co-star. Look out for The A.V. Club’s review and additional coverage of the show this week.

Hidden gems

Homicide: New York (Netflix, Wednesday, 3:01 a.m.)

Network TV institution Dick Wolf jumps over to Netflix to executive produce the five-part docuseries Homicide: New York, in which detectives, officers, and other members of the NYPD unpack some of their grisliest cases. Homicide also features interviews with surviving victims and families of those affected.

Doug Liman’s reimagining of the 1989 film Road House is already on streaming, much to the director’s chagrin. The movie centers on Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal), a former UFC fighter whose new job at a Florida joint isn’t as neat and tidy as he thought it would be. The cast of this action thriller includes Conor McGregor, Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen, Lukas Gage, and Daniela Melchior. The A.V. Club’s review goes up this week.

British drama The Long Shadow arrives in the U.S. via AMC+ and Sundance Now, depicting the five-year cat-and-mouse chase between serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, a.k.a. the Yorkshire Ripper (Mark Stobbart), and police officers Dennis Hoban (Toby Jones) and George Oldfield (David Morrissey) in the 1980s.

More good stuff

Alice & Jack (PBS, Sunday, 10 p.m.)

In PBS Masterpiece’s Alice & Jack, Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson play a couple whose tumultuous love story spans 15 years, with plenty of dramatic bumps along the way. Check out The A.V. Club’s review of the six-part show.

Directed by Sarah Gibson, Stormy centers on Stormy Daniels, whose legal dispute with Donald Trump became—nay, is still—national news. In the film, the porn star reflects on the last five years, navigating life as a mother, and working to reinvent herself during trying times.

Top Chef is back, baby. And even though Padma Lakshmi has left the cooking competition, we’re still plenty pumped. Kristen Kish takes over her gig in the Wisconsin-set 21st season as 15 competitors vie for the title. The A.V. Club will recap the show weekly.

Can’t miss recaps

The Regime (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, Sunday, 10 p.m.)

Shōgun (FX on Hulu, Tuesday, 12:01 a.m.)

Arriving now

Call The Midwife (PBS, Sunday, 8 p.m., season 13 premiere)

Physical: 100 (Netflix, Tuesday, 3:01 a.m., season two premiere)

Ending soon

Young Royals (Netflix, Monday, 1 p.m., series finale)

Wild Cards (The CW, Wednesday, 9 p.m., season one finale)

Halo (Paramount+, Thursday, 3:01 a.m., season two finale)