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.

I'm Loving 'Angelyne,' Instead

Based on the article by Gary Baum and set partially in the former The Hollywood Reporter offices, Peacock's Angelyne isn't especially consistent in its tone or pacing, but when the five-part series about the Los Angeles billboard queen (played in much latex by Emmy Rossum) is locked in, it's funny and playful and a bit surreal. Earth Girls Are Easy, which features in Angelyne , is streaming on Amazon, incidentally. And it's never a bad time to watch the first few seasons of Showtime's Shameless on Netflix to scratch your head at Emmy Rossum never receiving an Emmy nomination.

A Murmuration of Carlin

Iconoclastic comic George Carlin is the focus of Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio's George Carlin's American Dream, which premieres on HBO on Friday. The comprehensive two-part documentary will then move over to HBO Max, which is already the home of at least six Carlin stand-up specials, including You Are All Diseased, Jammin' in New York and It's Bad for Ya. Several additional Carlin specials can be found on Amazon and Tubi, while you can watch his character work in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (Amazon) and Jersey Girl (HBO Max).

Amazon's Extended Hole Universe

Love Amazon's Outer Range? Want more dramas about ordinary people and holes? Well, in Amazon's Night Sky, it's less of a "hole" and more of a "covered portal to another galaxy," but it's still deeply mysterious to the couple (Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons) living next to it. Want more new entertainment, but fewer holes? Angie Han called Apple TV+'s bilingual thriller  Now & Then "easy to consume, easy to forget," and her review makes no mention of either holes or voids. Apple TV+'s Now & Then is not, incidentally, to be confused with the beloved coming of age movie directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, but that film isn't available to stream.

Crime After Crime

None of this week's new releases are based on true crime documentaries or podcasts, which makes it the perfect time to reflect on the highlights (The Staircase) and lowlights (Joe vs. Carole) of the genre and how the spring came to be so desperately glutted with these star-studded, murder-and-fraud-filled limited series, as Angie and I did in our Spring TV back-and-forth. And for more entertainment industry overview coverage, check out the new TV's Top 5 podcast, where we break down all of the news and confusion of upfronts week.

Honoring Vangelis

Vangelis, Oscar-winning Greek composer for Chariots of Fire, died this week at 79. The synth pioneer wrote some of the most indelible scores of the '80s, and his sound was wildly inspirational for the filmic music of the decade. Sadly, Chariots of Fire isn't available for easy streaming, but his work on Blade Runner —somehow not Oscar-nominated — is perhaps equally good, and that movie is on HBO Max. You can also hear Vangelis' work in The Bounty, streaming on Tubi.

This Week's THR Staff Pick

Managing editor Jennifer Levin raves, "David Simon’s We Own This City returns us to Baltimore, and while the new HBO drama isn't The Wire  (but what is?), it’s a compelling look at the police corruption leading up to and after the killing of Freddie Gray. Talky scenes between FBI agents, attorneys and law enforcement higher-ups are balanced out by action via flashbacks of car stops, investigations and raids. Jon Bernthal is amazing as a cop doing what he can to survive and thrive amid the force — his evolution from fresh-faced newbie to jaded, scheming plainclothes sergeant is fascinating. Plus, his Baltimore accent is on point."