Catch-22 S01E01, Fridays in the US. Summer on Channel 4.
Based on the acclaimed Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II. Catch-22 premieres May 17.
Christopher Abbott is Yossarian, a bombardier, whose frantic obsession every time he goes up on a mission is “to come down alive”. His odds of success at such a simple aim keep getting worse, because Colonel Cathcart (Kyle Chandler) keeps raising the number of missions the men have to fly. More than the retreating Germans, the real enemy for Yossarian and his rag-tag bunch of friends is the bureaucracy of the military, inverting logic at every turn. The pinnacle of this is Catch-22, a military by-law which states that if you fly your missions, you’re crazy, and don’t have to fly them; all you have to do is ask. But if you as not to, then you’re sane, and so you have to fly them. George Clooney stars as the barking mad, parade-obsessed Scheisskopf. Hugh Laurie is the mellow, slightly checked-out Major de Coverley. Clooney directs the six-episode series, along with Grant Heslov and Ellen Kuras.
https://www.hulu.com/press/show/catch-22/75% on metacritic -
https://www.metacritic.com/tv/catch-22-2019/season-1L.A.’s Finest S01E01, Mondays in the US.
L.A.'s Finest is an upcoming American drama television series based on the Bad Boys film series created by George Gallo.
http://www.spectrumoriginals.com/lasfinest3 reviews of 85%, 42% & 25% on metacritic -
https://www.metacritic.com/tv/las-finest/season-1Returning Shows this weekOur Cartoon President 12th May (New)
Unraveling The Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell 16th May (New)
The Rain 17th May (New) - all episodes that day on Netflix UK
Nailed It 17th May (New) - all episodes that day on Netflix UK
Finales this week (UK Days) Monday - Series finale of Veep. Season finales of Family Guy & The Simpsons.
Tuesday - Season finales of Arrow, Bull & 911.
Wednesday - Season finales of The Flash, FBI, NCIS: New Orleans & New Amsterdam.
Thursday - Season finales of Survivor & Riverdale.
Friday - Series finale of The Big Bang Theory. Season finales of The Good Fight, Young Sheldon, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Greys Anatomy, Superstore, Station 19, SWAT, & For The People.
Saturday - Season finales of The Blacklist & Hawaii Five-O.