Welcome to Now See This, THR chief TV critic Daniel Fienberg’s weekly viewer guide newsletter dedicated to cutting through the daunting clutter of the broadcast, cable and streaming TV landscape! Comments and suggestions welcome at daniel.fienberg@thr.com.

Ryan Murphy's Law

Our Angie Han didn't love FX's Impeachment: American Crime Story, calling Ryan Murphy and company's chronicle of the relationship between Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson, layered in latex) and Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein, the best reason to watch), as well as the Clintons (Clive Owen and Edie Falco, both unnecessary), calling it "oddly static." I agree, though there are a lot of small performances, including from Billy Eichner, Cobie Smulders and Fred Melamed, that I enjoyed. Premiering Tuesday, it's watchable. And for background, I recommend Lacey Rose's great THR cover story featuring the whole gang, as well as the TV's Top 5 podcast interview with showrunner Sarah Burgess. Now why aren't the first two American Crime Story seasons available for easy streaming?

Dregs the Question

Look, maybe this is a good weekend to let your TV cool down and read a book? Perhaps get started on Foundation or The Wheel of Time ahead of their upcoming TV adaptations? Certainly the networks and streamers aren't trying hard to claim your Labor Day attentions. Netflix's  Q-Force  is stale and skippable. If you aren't already caught up on Billions, that show's long-delayed midseason return won't excite you. You could always watch a little Doogie Howser, M.D. as completely unnecessary preparation for next week's Disney+ premiere of Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.. Me, I'm probably watching entirely too much football.

Which Side Are You On?

Film fans may need to organize to get Norma Rae, Matewan, How Green Was My Valley and a dozen other pro-union classics back on easy-to-access streaming platforms, but there are still plenty of other cinematic ways to honor the true meaning of Labor Day. There's Barbara Kopple's indelible Harlan County U.S.A. on HBO Max. Amazon has Herbert Biberman's 1954 Salt of the Earth, about a 1951 strike at a zinc mine in New Mexico. If you were going to watch Newsies on Disney+, at least Labor Day is a good excuse. And it doesn't get much better than Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, available on HBO Max. Or maybe if you just want a reminder of why unions are so important, perhaps check out  Sorry to Bother You or Parasite on Hulu. They get the point across.

Merry 'Worth'

We're only a week from the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and you already could have watched the early episodes of Spike Lee's NYC Epicenters, as well as Nat Geo's involving-but-exhausting 9/11: One Day in America, which is all now available on Hulu. If you aren't saving some of your appetite for tragedy, this week's movies-on-streaming slate is led by Netflix's Worth , a star-studded — Michael Keaton! Stanley Tucci! Amy Ryan! — drama that premiered at Sundance back in 2020, when THR's review praised Keaton's performance. Or maybe your spirits would prefer that you watch Cinderella on Amazon. Our Lovia Gyarkye was a bit underwhelmed, especially in comparison to the 1997 telefilm, which is still on Disney+ so, like, maybe watch that instead?

Honoring Ed Asner

One of the most decorated actors in television history and one of the most important activists and advocates of Hollywood's past 50 years, Ed Asner died last weekend at the age of 91. While Lou Grant isn't currently available for streaming, Asner starred in so many things that you won't have any trouble tracking down other highlights. Mary Tyler Moore and Up  are two generation-spanning biggies, available on Hulu and Disney+, respectively. Roots , for which Asner won one of his record seven Emmys, is on HBO Max, and Asner's performance is in the first two episodes. And if you just want to listen to the voice-acting legend, Gargoyles is on Disney+.

This Week's THR Staff Pick 

Associate editor Abbey White raves, "Despite juggling a large ensemble and steady rotation of emotionally weighty storylines, Freeform’s The Fosters spinoff Good Trouble feels like it’s never been in finer form. A pandemic binge turned weekly must-watch, the show features emotional yet humorous and consistently inclusive storytelling — spanning race, body size and LGBTQ identity and relationships — and it never feels heavy-handed. A bonus: its ever-shifting love triangles still manage to keep me interested after three long seasons."