What To Watch: Good Times Premiere, Michael Douglas Is Ben Franklin And More
On TV this Friday: Good Times gets an animated reboot, Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin and Eugene Levy wraps Season 2 of The Reluctant Traveler. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales and monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for April 12, 2024
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Count receives some devastating news, which prompts him to concoct a dangerous plan.
Bob Marley: One Love
Streaming premiere: The biopic shares Marley’s (Secret Invasion's Kingsley Ben-Adir) powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music; Lashana Lynch (The Marvels) and Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark) co-star.
Franklin
Series premiere (first three episodes): A 70-year-old Benjamin Franklin (Michael Douglas) heads to France in 1776 with his teen grandson (The Undoing’s Noah Jupe) on a mission to secure France’s support for America’s fight for independence. (Watch trailer and sneak peek.)
Good Times
Series premiere (all 10 episodes): The animated reboot follows the grandson (voiced by Curb Your Enthusiasm's J.B. Smoove) of John Amos' character from Norman Lear's classic '70s sitcom, and his wife (Community's Yvette Nicole Brown), as they attempt to survive in one of Chicago's last remaining housing projects; Jay Pharoah (SNL), Marsai Martin (black-ish) and Gerald “Slink” Johnson (White Men Can't Jump) also voice. (Watch trailer; read Brown's defense.) 
The Reluctant Traveler
Season 2 finale: Eugene heads to Spain, where he meets soccer icon Héctor Bellerín and takes in the showdown between Real Betis and Sevilla FC. (Not yet renewed.)
BMF
Meech finds a new love interest.
RuPaul's Drag Race
The eliminated queens compete in a Lipsync Lalaparuza Smackdown where the winner will take home $50,000.
S.W.A.T.
When the team faces off against a family of doomsday preppers, Tan clashes with a reporter covering the situation. (Get surprise renewal news!)
Fire Country
When a Three Rock fire camp inmate escapes, Morena Baccarin (Gotham) guest-stars as deputy sheriff Mickey Fox aka the lead of a potential spinoff (watch video).
Mary & George
Mary takes drastic measures to earn George an chance to impress the King; George goes head-to-head with Earl Somerset. (Premiere earned reader grade of "A.")
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
When his childhood best friend moves to New York City, Jerrod tries to make up for years of being a terrible friend.