By The Associated Press
Hereâs a collection curated by The Associated Pressâ entertainment journalists of whatâs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
â Eight months after first debuting in theaters, Christopher Nolanâs âTenetâ is finally streaming. Whereas many other releases during the pandemic have quickly detoured to streaming services, âTenetâ stuck to the traditional route. The film, the first big studio movie released in theaters during the pandemic, last August attempted to lead a return to moviegoing. For Nolan, a champion of the big screen, it was a defining moment. But the filmâs release struggled with many theaters still closed. With âTenetâ now streaming on HBO Max, fans who missed it earlier can catch Nolanâs follow-up to âDunkirk,â a time-bending sci-fi thriller that in an earlier review I praised as âa cool, brutalist refresher of the movie
Ziwe (Photo: Barbara Nitke/Showtime),
Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. (Image: Hulu)
Graphic: Natalie Peeples
As the world begins to open up once more to social activities (for those who have been fully vaccinated, that is), TV is making a few big plays to keep everyone indoors this May. A new
Star Wars animated
Ziwe’s hotly anticipated Showtime debut, Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of
The Underground Railroad, and more true-crime docs and superhero shows await those who are prepared to wait a little longer before going outside again. Camping out in your living room for another month also means catching the exciting returns of
The premise of “Girls5eva” is so good and its cast so impressive you can’t help but wish the show itself were better.
Or at least more consistent. There are some laugh-out-loud moments here, at least a couple in every episode. But given all the elements involved the cast includes Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Paula Pell there should be more. Too often it seems like an idea searching for a show. At least it’s a good idea.
Created by Meredith Scardino with Tina Fey as one of the executive producers, the show is about the members of Girls5eva, a one-hit girl group from the 90s that gets an out-of-the-blue shot at a little more fame when a rapper samples their song. They’ve drifted apart, but when Jimmy Fallon brings them together for a one-time reunion on “The Tonight Show” corporate synergy at its finest; the show streams on Peacock they decide to give the group one more shot.
…even if you’re in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s…etc.
About ‘Girls5eva’
Girls5eva tells the story of a former 90s girl group who have settled into far less glamorous lives since their music career crashed and burned after a particularly severe sophomore slump. When their long forgotten hit, ironically titled “Famous 5eva,” is sampled by rising star “Lil Stinker,” the group sees an opportunity to reclaim the fame of their youth.
Meredith Scardino is the creator and showrunner of
Girls5eva, and Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond, David Miner, and Eric Gurian serve as executive producers. All of these people were also a huge part of the creative team behind
5/6/2021
Sara Bareilles and Busy Philipps headline a Peacock comedy executive-produced by Tina Fey about a girl group mounting a comeback two decades after their last hit.
The brief and undistinguished career of the girl group Girls5eva ran aground when the quintet’s new album was released with the single “Quit Flying Planes in My Heart” on September 10, 2001. It was just as well: Girls5eva proclaimed they’d be young, famous and friends “five-ever,” but it was clear to all but its members that the group had a faster expiration date than the bandana top one of them wears on MTV’s