{"id":348636,"date":"2025-12-14T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/348636\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:07:07","slug":"what-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-december-14-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/348636\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch on TV this week (December 14-20, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows and films. Here is what\u2019s happening on TV from Sunday, December 14 to Saturday, December 20. All times are Eastern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New this week\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fallout (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3 a.m., season two premiere)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the Wasteland, folks. Season two of the sci-fi hit shifts the postapocalyptic action to \u201cNew Vegas\u201d as Lucy (Ella Purnell) seeks justice for her father (played by Kyle MacLachlan) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) hunts down answers about his own origins. Kumail Nanjiani, Macaulay Culkin, and Justin Theroux are brought into the dystopian fold as guest stars this season. The A.V. Club will recap the show weekly.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emily In Paris (Netflix, Thursday, 3.a.m., season five premiere)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Emily\u2019s not actually in Paris. She\u2019s in Rome, where she\u2019s been busy leading Agence Grateu\u2019s new Italian headquarters and canoodling with her cashmere-scion boyfriend Marcello. But la dolce vita starts to sour when a work choice backfires and, as has become custom for Ms. Cooper, both her professional career and personal life get thrown into charming European chaos. Look for The A.V. Club\u2019s review on Thursday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Human Specimens (Prime Video, Thursday, 3 a.m., miniseries\u00a0 premiere)<\/p>\n<p>Drive My Car star Hidetoshi Nishijima leads this five-chapter adaptation of the Kanae Minato novel, a psychological thriller centered on a butterfly researcher who confesses to turning six young boys, including his own son, into \u201chuman specimens.\u201d Ry\u00fbichi Hiroki,\u00a0 who previously brought Minato\u2019s bestseller Bosei to the screen in 2022\u2019s Motherhood, directs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queens Of The Dead (AMC+, Friday, midnight)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>When a zombie apocalypse breaks out during a giant Brooklyn warehouse party (as they\u2019re wont to do), a motley crew of drag queens, club kids, and feuding frenemies must put their personal beefs aside to battle the flesh-hungry undead. Tina Romero writes and directs, and the queer cast includes Love Lies Bleeding star Katy O\u2019Brian, theater fave Cheyenne Jackson, Drag Race alum Nina West, and comedy mainstay Margaret Cho.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t miss recaps<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/landman-season-2-premiere-recap-death-and-a-sunset\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Landman<\/a> (Paramount+, Sunday, 12 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/it-welcome-to-derry-recap-season-1-episode-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IT: Welcome To Derry<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m., season one finale) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/i-love-la-recap-season-1-episode-6-game-night\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Love LA<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 10:40 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/pluribus-recap-season-1-episode-7-the-gap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pluribus<\/a> (Apple TV, Friday, 12 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Night Live (NBC, Saturday, 11:30 p.m., midseason finale)<\/p>\n<p>Also arriving<\/p>\n<p>The Manny (Netflix, Wednesday, 3 a.m., season three premiere)<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s In The Box? (Netflix, Wednesday, 3 a.m., season one premiere)<\/p>\n<p>Born To Be Wild (Apple TV, Friday, 12 a.m., season one premiere)<\/p>\n<p>The Elephant (Adult Swim, Friday, 11 p.m., three-part special)<\/p>\n<p>Ending soon<\/p>\n<p>St. Denis Medical (NBC, Monday, 8 p.m., midseason finale)<\/p>\n<p>Survivor (CBS, Wednesday, 8 p.m., season 49 finale)<\/p>\n<p>The Seduction (HBO Max, Friday, 12 a.m., season one finale)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows and films. 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