What To Watch This Weekend: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (August 11–17)

Alien: Earth | FX, Hulu | Drama, sci-fi, horror

Series premiere, Tuesday, August 12: In space, no one can hear you scream. Well, it’s about to get loud down on Earth, when one of the Weyland-Yutani Corp’s megaships lands here after cruising around deep space picking up facehuggers, chestbursters, Xenomorphs, and other intergalactic riffraff. The series, created by Noah Hawley (Fargo TV series), stars Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Alex Lawther, and more. Two episodes air live on FX today, and new episodes arrive weekly on Tuesdays. All episodes will hit Hulu the day after broadcast.

Butterfly | Prime Video | Drama, thriller

Series premiere, Wednesday, August 13: Arash Amel’s graphic novels form the basis for this international spy thriller set in South Korea. Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Avatar: The Last Airbender) stars as a loose-cannon spy whose past comes back to haunt him while he’s dodging an assassin (Reina Hardesty, Brockmire) from another spy agency. You can stream the entire six-episode series today on Prime Video.

Fixed | Netflix | Adult animation, comedy

Movie, Wednesday, August 13: This sounds straight out of Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation. From Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Primal) comes this raunchy animated film about a dog (Adam Devine) who has 24 hours to enjoy his junk before he loses it to a veterinarian’s blade. Considering the topic and the star, the jokes will be easy but well-told. And, with Tartakovsky in charge, the animation and story oughta be on point. Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Idris Elba, and Bobby Moynihan also star.

Night Always Comes | Netflix | Drama, thriller

Movie, Friday, August 15: If you haven’t read or heard author/songwriter Willy Vlautin yet, you should. Benjamin Caron (Andor) adapts Vlautin’s novel The Night Always Comes, where a Portland woman who has one night to raise money to save her home—and nothing’s going her way. Vanessa Kirby, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Randall Park, and Eli Roth star. Bonus viewing: Check out The Motel Life, an adaptation of Vlautin’s debut novel, on Tubi—after you read the book, of course.

Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical | Apple TV+ | Animation, family

Special, Friday, August 15: The Peanuts gang’s brand of wholesomeness is hard to beat. With all of the holidays already having Peanuts specials, they’re now devoting specials to seasons—in this case, the magic of summer. In this musical special, Charlie Brown wants to make his final year of summer camp memorable, while also helping his kid sister/noob camper Sally through her first year. Simultaneously, Charlie Brown’s beagle Snoopy goes on a treasure hunt with his faithful pal, Woodstock.

Women Wearing Shoulder Pads | Adult Swim, HBO Max | Adult animation, comedy

Special, Sunday, August 17, midnight ET: If you’re a fan of Adult Swim stop-motion shows like Moral Orel, Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole, and The Shivering Truth, this all-female Spanish-language (with English subtitles) import from Gonzalo Cordova (Tuca & Bertie) might be for you. The series follows Marioneta, an affluent Spaniard living in Ecuador, “pursuing business and pleasure” as she “journeys through the complicated world of love, family, commercials, and [South American guinea pigs called] cuyes.” All episodes stream on Max the day after airing live.