'Walking Dead' and 'Mrs. Maisel' Return This Week
by EG
No longer a TV ratings monster, The Walking Dead begins the second part of its final season this week, and the show's remaining fans have been waiting a long time for the upcoming final episodes. Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is also returning this week for a similarly long-awaited fourth season. Read on for details.
One of the most important cable shows of the last decade continues its final run when The Walking Dead begins the second part of its last season this week. The Feb. 16-22 frame also brings a new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a documentary about Kanye West and a few post-Olympics premieres on the broadcast networks.
Below is The Hollywood Reporter‘s rundown of premieres, returns and specials over the next seven days. It would be next to impossible to watch everything, but let THR point the way to worthy options for the coming week. All times are ET/PT unless noted.
The Big Show
The final season of The Walking Dead is, like a lot of the undead in the series, a bit of a slow-moving affair. After eight episodes in the late summer and fall of 2021, the second part (of three) of season 11 debuts at 9 p.m. Sunday on AMC, with the final batch of episodes expected later this year.
Part two will, however, introduce the final major arc in the show’s comics source material: The Commonwealth, a large group of survivors attempting to reimpose pre-apocalypse society. How the survivors fit into (or don’t) the new world will drive much of the tension as the show heads toward its endgame. Talking Dead follows the episode a few minutes after 10 p.m.
Also on cable …
Season two of HBO’s Painting With John premieres at 11 p.m. Friday. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is behind the three-night documentary miniseries Abraham Lincoln (8 p.m. Sunday, History). Horror series From (10 p.m. Sunday, Epix) is set in a town nobody can leave. John Oliver returns from hiatus with Last Week Tonight (11 p.m. Sunday, HBO).
On streaming …
Returning: Season four of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Friday, Prime Video) moves Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) and Co. into the dawn of the 1960s, and after she lost a sweet gig opening for a pop star on tour. Vowing not to let anyone dictate the content of her act again, she finds a place to perform that gives her full creative freedom — although of course it won’t be that easy. Gilmore Girls alums Kelly Bishop and Milo Ventimiglia and filmmaker John Waters guest star in the new season.
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