My TV picks for this weekend include Lindsay Lohan’s latest Netflix film Irish Wish, “Taylor’s Version” of the Eras Tour, Paramount+’s new original Canadian doc 500 Days in the Wild, and the new HBO Max series The Girls on the Bus.
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor Swift’s concert film is now streaming on Disney+ and includes “cardigan” for the first time. Click here for more info.
The Girls on the Bus
Melissa Benoist stars as Sadie McCarthy, a journalist who romanticizes a bygone era of campaign reporting and scraps her whole life for a shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record. Sadie joins the bus and eventually bonds with three female competitors: Grace (Carla Gugino), Lola (Natasha Behnam), and Kimberlyn (Christina Elmore). Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: the battle for the White House.
HBO Max’s The Girls on the Bus premiered on Thursday, March 14 with two episodes on Crave in Canada. New episodes will premiere each Thursday.
Irish Wish
In Lindsay Lohan’s latest Netflix film, Maddie’s dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate. Star Trek: Picard’s Ed Speelers also stars.
Irish Wish begins streaming Friday, March 15 on Netflix.
Manhunt
Based on the bestseller “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” the new true crime drama stars Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison, Brandon Flynn, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh, and Hamish Linklater.
The conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least-understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Manhunt begins streaming on Friday, March 15 on Apple TV+.
500 Days in the Wild
Chronically filmmaker Dianne Whelan’s 24,000 km journey across the Trans Canada Trail, which is the longest in the world, began streaming on Friday, March 15 on Paramount+ in Canada. Click here for more info!
Also New This Weekend
- New episodes of HBO’s The Regime and Curb Your Enthusiasm also air and stream this Sunday, March 17.
- A new season of Girls5Eva is also streaming on Netflix.
Aired Earlier This Week
- New episodes of Shōgun (on FX and Disney+) and Law & Order Toronto: Special Victims Unit (Citytv and Citytv+).
- This season’s first houseguest was sent packing on Big Brother Canada. Click here for the exit interview!
- Bradley Cooper guest starred on a “surprise” episode of Abbott Elementary that aired after the Oscars on Sunday. That episode is now streaming on the Global TV app and STACKTV.
Coming Up
- Vanderpump Rules spin-off The Valley premieres this Tuesday, March 19 on Slice and Hayu.
- X-Men ’97 premieres on Wednesday, March 20 on Disney+.
- Palm Royale, starring Kirsten Wiig also premieres on Wednesday, March 20 on Apple TV+.
- Dream Scenario hits Paramount+ on Friday, March 22.