What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (February 24–March 2)

New on TV this week

This week’s What To Watch picks include the third installment of the civil rights documentary series Eyes on the Prize, a bloody butt-kickin’ manga adaptation (Demon City), the fourth season of the Canadian hockey comedy Shoresy, a new Mindy Kaling joint (Running Point), the 97th Academy Awards, and more. Let’s hit the couch!

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977–2015 | HBO, Max | Documentary series

Series premiere, Tuesday, February 25, 9 p.m. ET: Thirty-eight years after the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954–1965, producer Asako Gladsjo continues the work of the late series creator Henry Hampton. This third part of the documentary series (following 1990’s Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985) focuses on another 38 years of the civil rights movement. Among the dozens of activists interviewed are former executive director of the NAACP, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., activist Reverend Al Sharpton, and Black Lives Matter co-founders Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors. The first two episodes premiere tonight live on HBO, followed by two on Wednesday and two more on Thursday. Or you can stream the entire series on Max today.

Shoresy | Hulu | Comedy

Season four premiere, Wednesday, February 26: Jared Keeso’s Letterkenny spinoff is reminiscent of George Roy Hill’s 1977 hockey comedy Slap Shot and a lot of other movies and shows about down-and-out sports teams. At the same time, Shoresy is uniquely funny and eminently binge-able—much like its predecessor, which originated Keeso’s titular punchy, wiseass character. Unlike Letterkenny, Shoresy has an overarching story that contributes to its binge-ability. Stream the entire fourth season on Hulu as of today. You’ll find all 12 seasons of Letterkenny there, too, but you don’t necessarily need to watch that before starting Shoresy.

Demon City | Netflix | Action, thriller

Movie, Thursday, February 27: Seiji Tanaka (2020’s acclaimed comedy-thriller Melancholic) directed and wrote this live-action adaption of Masamichi Kawabe’s uber-brutal manga, Oni Goroshi. The plot follows the dangerously killed “Immortal Hitman” Shuhei Sakata (Toma Ikuta) as he exacts bloody revenge on the Kimen-gumi, a group of four Oni-masked criminals who mercilessly killed Sakata’s wife and young daughter. For fans of Ichi the Killer, Kill Bill, Ninja Scroll, Oldboy, and badass, guitar-driven musical scores.

Running Point | Netflix | Comedy

Series premiere, Thursday, February 27: Created by Mindy Kaling (The Sex Lives of College Girls) along with Ike Barinholtz (MADtv, The Mindy Project), and David Stassen, Running Point stars Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon, who must take over her family’s pro basketball franchise (The Waves) when her brother gets caught up in a scandal. If it sounds familiar, it might be because of plot similarities to another Netflix show, Club de Cuervos, where a female executive with an equally scandalized brother must prove herself by running her family’s soccer team. The real inspiration, though, is Los Angeles Lakers exec Jeanie Buss, who co-produces along with Linda Rambis. The full 10-episode series streams on Netflix this week.

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue | MGM+ | Drama, mystery, thriller

Limited series, Sunday, March 2: In this MGM+ original mystery-thriller series, all nine passengers of a light aircraft survive crashing into the Mexican jungle. When they begin to die violently one by one and discover an extra passport among theirs, they realize someone wants them dead. This, while they also contend with the dangerous jungle and a supply shortage. Eric McCormack (Will & Grace, Travelers) leads the cast, which also includes David Ajala, Lydia Wilson, Peter Gadiot, Siobhán McSweeney, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Adam Long, and Jan Le.

97th Academy Awards | ABC, Hulu | Special

Awards show, Sunday, March 2: Two years after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 95th Academy Awards (aka The Oscars), do you still kinda hope somebody will get stung? I mean, I don’t wanna see my man—and this year’s host—Conan O’Brien get hurt. But that really spiced things up, didn’t it? Well, I suppose I’ll settle for Demi Moore winning Best Actress in a Leading Role for the freaky, gooey, squishy, wild The Substance. All hail Monstro Elisasue! (Seriously, though—Demi deserves it.)