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.

'Winning Time,' One Last Call for Alcohol

Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht's HBO dramedy Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty isn't necessarily for people who can't tell a Tarkanian from a Targaryen. But if you're deeply invested in the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, or can chart the pre-Pat Riley coaching carousel in Los Angeles, your new obsession premieres on Sunday night. Even if that isn't you, Winning Time boasts a spectacular cast and many stylistic quirks to keep you watching. Check out this week's  TV's Top 5 podcast to hear Borenstein discuss how much basketball was too much and how difficult it was to cast actors who can believably look like NBA legends.

Hybrid Vehicles

The sheer volume of programming hitting the small screen between Thursday and Sunday is bonkers, representing both mixed genres and mixed quality. Want a pirate comedy that Angie Han deems "cute"? There's HBO Max's Our Flag Means Death. Want a horror-comedy that I deem not particularly funny or scary? Starz's Shining Vale debuts Sunday. If you want ripped-from-the-headlines true crime storytelling, definitely watch Hulu's  The Dropout over Peacock's Joe vs. Carole. And if you want to watch Jamie Dornan as a hunk with amnesia in the Australian Outback, HBO Max's The Tourist is your best bet.

Desi-ed and Confused

Remember how last weekend was light on new movies debuting on the small screen? Ah, nostalgia! This weekend offers a veritable film festival. Showtime has the premiere of Kogonada's After Yang, featuring Colin Farrell's "affecting, internalized" performance in a film of "transporting grace and compassion," according to our David Rooney. Our Angie Han was a fan of Mimi Cave's feature debut, Fresh, at Sundance this year, and the horror rom-com starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones is new on Hulu. Finally, Amazon has Amy Poehler's documentary debut,  Lucy and Desi, which our Sheri Linden dubbed "a bright and piercing take" on the creative partnership at the center of Aaron Sorkin's Oscar-nominated Being the Ricardos.

Tonight, Tonight, We'll Stream Again Tonight

But wait! There's more! Two of the most acclaimed films of 2021 are new to streaming and, if box office is to be believed, most viewers haven't seen them yet. Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car, a critically adored Haruki Murakami adaptation, recently became a semi-surprising best picture Oscar nominee. It's new on HBO Max, which is also one of two places (Disney+ is the other) where you can now stream Steven Spielberg's West Side Story , another best picture nominee. I need to watch Drive My Car, but West Side Story is a joyfully tragic and vital take on the landmark musical featuring stunning cinematography, lovely set pieces and great performances from everybody in the cast who isn't Ansel Elgort.

Campbell's Soup for the Soul.

After I finish Drive My Car, I'm spending most of my weekend watching screeners for the Ryan Murphy-produced The Andy Warhol Diaries, which premieres on Netflix on Wednesday. You can spend your weekend prepping for the six-part documentary. Very few of Warhol's bizarre films as director and producer are easily available for streaming, though Paul Morrissey's Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula , both produced by the pop art auteur, are on AMC+. A fun game, though, is to track down as many actors playing Andy Warhol as streaming will allow (which is to say no I Shot Andy Warhol, sadly). You can watch Factory Girl featuring Guy Pearce (Amazon) or The Doors with Crispin Glover (Hulu). Or maybe you want to dig up Andy Warhol-as-himself cameos ranging from Tootsie (Tubi) to the "Picture From the Past, Hidden Treasure, Ace's Salary" 1985 episode of The Love Boat (Paramount+).

This Week's THR Staff Pick 

Happy to plug this one again, because digital media writer J. Clara Chan raves, "Freeform's Single Drunk Female takes aim at millennial drinking culture and treats its protagonist Sam Fink, played by a charming Sofia Black D'Elia, like an adult — even if she doesn't always act like one. Though AA meetings and alcoholism aren't new subject matter for TV and film, it's been refreshing to watch Sam embark on her recovery in a show that understands the gravity of its subject matter without ever taking itself too seriously."