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 Like Big Putts and I Cannot Lie

"Timing" is to unscripted TV what "location" is to real estate, and Netflix's new documentary series Full Swing, a golf-centric follow-up from the team behind Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Break Point, has spectacular timing. A chronicle of the PGA Tour's fractious 2022 season, which saw several key players defect to the Saudi-sponsored LIV Tour, Full Swing  has far more simmering tension and burgeoning hostility (plus swearing) than you might expect from the oft-genteel sport. Featuring tremendous access to key figures including Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka, as well as many of the sport's most evocative venues, it's a far more focused and propulsive series than Break Point, but it still delivers big-hearted underdog stories and solid sports action. Expect to come away rooting for Joel Dahmen, Tony Finau, Sahith Theegala and, especially, McIlroy, if you weren't already. 

Crudup in the Air

In Apple TV+'s retro-futuristic dramedy Hello Tomorrow!, Billy Crudup plays a slick salesman whose lunar timeshares might not be on the up-and-up. I loved aspects of the show's world-building and thought Crudup's performance was often quite excellent, especially in later episodes when his almost mannequin-like veneer begins to crack, but I agree with our Angie Han that the series never lands on a consistent pace or structure or, especially, tone. You're the Worst creator Stephen Falk served as series showrunner along with creators Amit Bhalla and Lucas Jansen and he's this week's  TV's Top 5 guest, discussing how the show's style was halfway between Mad Men and The Jetsons. 

She's Your 'Queens'-to-Be

Angie was a bigger fan of Netflix's African Queens: Njinga, a documentary/scripted hybrid featuring Jada Pinkett Smith as executive producer and narrator. She — Angie, that is, not Jada Pinkett Smith — calls it "both an overdue corrective to the Eurocentric narratives that dominate Western understanding of world history and a much-needed injection of fresh subject matter for an entertainment industry that’s already retraced the stories of Elizabeth I or Anne Boleyn more times than it’s possible to count." The four-episode chronicle of a 17^th -century Southwest African ruler features Adesuwa Oni in the eponymous lead role. 

'King' For a Day

In what presumably isn't a total coincidence, African Queens arrives as Gina Prince-Bythewood's The Woman King is hitting Netflix as well. Our Lovia Gyarkye called The Woman King a "rousing action film" and a "lush, prime piece of entertainment." I strongly recommend Prince-Bythewood's recent THR guest column on the lessons she learned from this awards season, especially the part where she clearly explains the value of awards recognition when it comes to visibility and advancement in the industry for the crew and artisans on a film like hers. A good complement or counterpoint, when considering the various narratives associated with this awards season, can be found in Seth Abramovitch's interview with To Leslie star and semi-controversial Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough. We think of awards as frivolous. And usually they are. But these two features both explore the weight and meaning of being nominated or not being nominated.

Shine Bright Like a Diamond

It isn't a big weekend for new streaming movies, but there are options. If you have Showtime OnDemand (or the Paramount+ add-on), I strongly recommend Jason Kohn's documentary Nothing Lasts Forever, which smartly and amusingly picks apart the modern diamond industry, with all of its frauds and foibles. I liked it more than Lovia enjoyed Apple TV+'s star-studded — Julianne Moore! Sebastian Stan! John Lithgow! —Sharper , a twisty thriller that she says sets up interesting pieces, but never fully comes together. 

Honoring Raquel Welch

Movie star, Golden Globe winner and era-defining sex symbol Raquel Welch died this week at 82. As is so often the case with stars of her era, many of Welch's most memorable films, including Bedazzled, Myra Breckinridge and One Million Years B.C., aren't available on a major streaming platform. There are, however, some easy-to-find Welch favorites including Fantastic Voyage (HBO Max) and The Three Musketeers (Amazon), as well as the late-career Tortilla Soup (Peacock). Plus she guest-hosted an episode of The Muppet Show , streaming on Disney+, in its third season.