6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend
LaKeith Stanfield's horror series premieres, Norman Reedus hits the road with Keanu Reeves, and more
Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, September 8 to Sunday, September 10. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly What’s On will be published on Sundays.]
1. The Changeling brings on the scares
Apple TV+, Friday, 12:01 a.m.: The Changeling, based on Victor LaValle’s novel of the same name, follows Apollo Kagwa (LaKeith Stanfield), a book dealer who goes in search of his missing wife, Lillian (Adina Porter), after she does something horrific once their first child is born. It leads him on a death-defying odyssey through a New York City he didn’t know existed. Here’s an excerpt from The A.V. Club’s review:
Lakeith Stanfield, a father himself and an actor whose body of work resonates with Lavalle’s style of storytelling, so beautifully portrays our hero (and seeming LaValle stand-in) Apollo Kagwa. It’s perfect casting. He’s understated, mostly, but can burst into gleeful moments of theatricality when moved by joy, doing voices and putting his whole body into his bits. He’s also genuinely funny for a lead in a scary show, a credit to the writing as well as his own comedic sensibility. And he can translate Apollo’s pain so palpably that we feel it in our viscera.
2. Yara Shahidi leads Sitting In Bars With Cake
Prime Video, Friday, 12:01 a.m.: In Sitting In Bars With Cake, Yara Shahidi plays a quiet baker named Jane whose best friend, Corinne (Odessa Z’ion), convinces her to bring a cake to 50 different watering holes in the hope of making friends and forming relationships. Corinne falls ill with an unfortunate diagnosis, but she’s determined to make their plans come true while Jane takes on the duties of her BFF’s caretaker. Ron Livingston and Bette Midler co-star.
