What To Watch: Jamie Foxx Is A Vampire Slayer, Loot And For All Mankind Wrap, 13: The Musical Adaptation And More
On TV this Friday: Jamie Foxx plays a vampire slayer, Owen Wilson plays a superhero and Abbi Jacobson steps up to the plate in the new League of Their Own. Here are 15 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for August 12, 2022
13: The Musical
Movie premiere: The Broadway adaptation focuses on a clever middle schooler (played by Eli Golden) who is determined to throw the best bar mitzvah ever; Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Rhea Perlman (Cheers), Peter Hermann (Younger) and Josh Peck (HIMYF) co-star.
A League of Their Own
Series premiere (all eight episodes): Series co-creator Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) stars in this reinterpretation of the beloved baseball film, which takes a deeper look at race and sexuality; D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place), Chanté Adams (A Journal for Jordan) and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) co-star. (Read review.)
Cosmic Love
Series premiere (all 10 episodes): Four individuals, each representing one of the four elements of astrology (Air, Fire, Water, Earth), attempt to find their soulmate.
Day Shift
Movie premiere: Jamie Foxx plays a blue-collar dad who just so happens to be a vampire hunter; Dave Franco (The Afterparty), Karla Souza (Home Economics), Meagan Good (Harlem), Steve Howey (Shameless) and Snoop Dogg co-star.
Five Days at Memorial
Limited series premiere (first three episodes): The Hurricane Katrina drama centers on the doctors and nurses inside the intensive care unit at a New Orleans hospital; Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Cornelius Smith Jr. (Scandal) and Cherry Jones (24) star.
For All Mankind
Season 3 finale: The Martian crew contemplates how to save the life of one of their own. (Check renewal status.)
Loot
Season 1 finale: Molly must choose between her past and her future. (Check renewal status.)
Lucy's School
The latest Peanuts special, which serves as a celebration of our nation's educators, drops in tandem with six all new episodes of The Snoopy Show Season 2.
Never Have I Ever
Season 3 premiere (all 10 episodes): Devi and her friends learn that relationships come with a lot of self-discovery. (Watch trailer.)
Post Malone: Runaway
The 65-minute documentary features live performances and backstage access from Post Malone's 2019 tour.
Secret Headquarters
Movie premiere: A group of kids (including Percy Jackson's Walker Scobell) discover the headquarters of a powerful superhero (played by Owen Wilson); Jesse Williams (Grey's Anatomy) and Michael Peña (Narcos: Mexico) co-star.
This Fool
Series premiere (all 10 episodes): The half-hour comedy centers on a thirtysomething (played by comedian Chris Estrada) in South Central Los Angeles who works at a gang rehabilitation non-profit; Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) co-stars.
Also streaming Friday: New episodes of Surface and Trying (Apple TV+), Love Island: UK (Hulu) and USA (Peacock).
Children of the Underground
The five-part docuseries (airing until 1:30 am and streaming next day on Hulu) focuses on charismatic vigilante Faye Yager, who built an underground network that hid hundreds of mothers and children, saving them from the alleged abuse of husbands and fathers.
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
Season 2 premiere: Nine celebrity contestants perform in front of a live studio audience, as they attempt to keep their identities concealed. (Watch trailer.)
Dynasty
In the cancelled series' preantepenultimate episode, Fallon organizes a fundraiser to help save her horse charity.