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What’s on this week? Whether it’s what’s on cable, streaming on Prime Video or Netflix, or opening at your local movie theater, we’ve got your must-watch list. Start with TV and scroll down for movies. It’s all right here.
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On TV this week …
The Old Man, Season 2 (FX)
An ex-CIA man (Oscar-winning Jeff Bridges, 74) and his long-ago colleague (double Oscar nominee John Lithgow, 78) race to rescue an FBI agent (Alia Shawkat) from an Afghan warlord who kidnapped her — and all three men claim she’s their daughter. “Think of it as Mamma Mia! but with a lot more murder,” wrote TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb. This season, at last Bridges and Lithgow get to play scenes together, instead of in parallel storylines. Lithgow told AARP that growing older has been great for his career: “I’ve had these just wonderful job opportunities — things have been better since I turned 70 than they ever were before.”
Watch it: The Old Man, Sept. 12, 10 p.m. ET on FX
76th Primetime Emmy Awards (ABC)
Who’s going to take the gold statuette in TV’s top entertainment competition? Will anyone beat Slow Horses’ Gary Oldman, 66, for best drama actor? Can anyone possibly beat Hacks’ Jean Smart, 72, for best comedy actress? Don’t bet on it. But don’t miss the TV event of the year.
Watch it: 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, Sept. 15, 8 p.m. ET on ABC
Tulsa King, Season 2 (Paramount+)
Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone, 78) is out of the hoosegow and back in the gambling and pot business, but now he’s got rivals muscling in on his turf: A-list tough guys Neal McDonough, 58 (who played an unforgettable psycho criminal in Justified), and Frank Grillo, 59 (Gangster Squad). In the new season by showrunner Terence Winter, 63 (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), Dwight faces an even tougher challenge: repairing his relationships with his daughter, sister and grandkids. Plus, rich horse ranch owner Margaret Devereaux (Dana Delany, 68, China Beach) just might want to lasso his heart.
Watch it: Tulsa King, Sept. 15 on Paramount+
Note: Paramount+ provides a discount to AARP members and pays AARP a royalty for the use of its intellectual property
Dancing With the Stars (ABC, Disney+, Hulu)
We know who we’ll be watching most intently among the many hoofers on the celebrity dance competition’s new season: Tori Spelling, 51; Julia Roberts’ brother, Eric Roberts, 68; and Anna Sorokin, who posed as Anna Delvey, got convicted of grand larceny, was immortalized in the marvelous 2022 Netflix series Inventing Anna, and will dance while wearing her court-ordered ankle bracelet.
Watch it: Dancing With the Stars, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. ET on ABC, Disney+; Sept. 18 on Hulu
The Golden Bachelorette (ABC)
Joan Vassos, 61, quit The Golden Bachelor to tend to her ailing daughter. Now she’s the first-ever Golden Bachelorette. The mother of four and grandmother of two who loves dancing, museums, Elton John and big, juicy burgers will choose one of 24 guys vying for her hand — and presumably smooch a lot more.
Watch it: The Golden Bachelorette, Sept. 18, 8 p.m. ET on ABC
Don’t miss this: Meet the 24 Men Who Will Court the Golden Bachelorette
Your Netflix Watch of the Week is here!
Kaos
Jeff Goldblum, 71, seldom loses his cool on camera, but as Zeus, the Greek god of thunder, he lets loose quite a temper. In a darkly wry romp through mythology, his bitter, scheming wife, Hera (Janet McTeer, 63), copes with his insecurity, rages and infidelity; David Thewlis, 61, plays Hades; and Debi Mazar, 60, is Medusa. Killian Scott is Orpheus, a singer-songwriter whose wife, Eurydice (Aurora Perrineau), wants to dump him, and Stephen Dillane, Game of Thrones’ Stannis Baratheon, is Zeus’ ex-best friend Prometheus, chained to a rock while an eagle gnaws his liver — and plotting to get even.
Watch it: Kaos on Netflix
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And don’t miss this: AARP’s Favorite Streaming Shows of 2024 (So Far), in AARP Members Edition
Your Prime Video Watch of the Week is here!
Colette
Keira Knightley stars in this underrated biopic of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, the French novelist who rose to fame in the early 20th century for her semi-autobiographical novels about a country girl who became a Paris socialite. This is one writer’s life that isn’t dull, as she battled a profligate husband who took credit for her work and embarked on an affair with a woman (that morphed into a ménage à trois with her jealous hubby). How very French!
Watch it: Colette, Sept. 12 on Prime Video
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