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One of Eddie Murphy’s films gets a badly needed revival, black-ish takes on another sensitive topic, and a documentary tries to solve the needs of the rich. Hello! For every wonderful gift TV gives us, like Starz’s [Counterpart]( it also takes something wonderful away, like Starz’s Counterpart. The thriller about multiple universes at war with each other, which was [one of our 25 favorite shows of 2018]( [was officially canceled yesterday]( just days before its Season 2 finale is due to air (Sunday, 8/7c on Starz). While that news will certainly cast a pall over the final episode, it’s time to do that thing where we hold out hope that another network will save it (Counterpart’s production company is reportedly shopping it around to other networks). Can someone plop the Season 1 DVD set on Jeff Bezos’ desk? At this point, a nerdy billionaire with a penchant for saving sci-fi shows from cancellation might be our only chance. Here are tonight’s TV picks: [Your Watch This Now! newsletter is created by Senior Recommendations and Reviews Editor Tim Surette and more show-obsessed editors at TV Guide!]( WATCH THIS NOW [The Expanse]( [Fact: The Expanse is the best sci-fi series on TV]( Season 3 is now streaming on Amazon Alert! Alert! Amazon finally started streaming the third season of The Expanse over the weekend, and [we know we’ve told you this before]( but it’s the best sci-fi show on television. The basic premise sees Earth and a recently colonized Mars battling for resources while an unknown alien discovery could mean the end of everything as we know it, but the story is a lot more rich and complex than that. For you drama fiends, there are few shows out there that have built a better world loaded with this much political intrigue, and on the sci-fi front, the series is doing wonders to redefine the space opera. Plus, with Amazon footing the bill for the upcoming fourth season, the already great action sequences could jump to a whole new level. Now’s your chance to get lost in it. TIMES HAVE CHANGED [Boomerang]( [Boomerang comes flying back more than 25 years later]( Series premieres Tuesday at 10/9c on BET The 1992 film [Boomerang]( gets a badly needed update (though beloved when it was released, its overt chauvinism hasn’t aged well, even if it did have a happy ending) thanks to Emmy-winner [Lena Waithe]( in a drama-comedy hybrid that shows what it’s like to be young, black and professional today. It’s actually a continuation of the film, as the two leads are [Eddie Murphy]( character’s daughter and [Robin Givens]( character’s son, but despite the flirting between the two, the revival strays from the rom-com of the original by focusing more on friendship, the workplace and generational differences, at least in the first two episodes. And for you fans of the O.G. Boomerang, there’s even a “steel vagina” reference! Along with American Soul, Boomerang is ushering in an exciting new era for BET. WATCH THIS NOW [Black-ish]( [black-ish takes on another powder keg of a topic]( Tuesday at 9/8c on ABC ABC’s family comedy — [which is mulling a second spin-off]( — has set itself apart from its brethren by running full-steam into social issues with plenty of success, and tonight the Johnsons take on identity politics and gender neutrality. We figure Dre will take an old-school approach to the matter while his kids try to enlighten him after Diane lands the male lead in a school play. Elsewhere, Dre and Pops try to educate Junior on chivalry for Valentine’s Day, which sounds like a million disasters in the making. No one in that group has the chops to give relationship advice. Most comedies are happy to get you to laugh, but black-ish is also trying to get you to think. WATCH THIS NOW [Generation Wealth]( [Generation Wealth is a sickening look at the root of all evil]( Now on Amazon Take a break from lighting Cuban cigars with burning hundred-dollar bills and watch this documentary that explores why the rich want to be richer so badly. It’s filmmaker Lauren Greenfield’s full-length follow-up to [The Queen of Versailles]( and continues that film’s examination of opulence, but expands it to the overall concept of extreme wealth, growing up with money and the psychology of wanting what others have. Greenfield puzzlingly veers way too far into her own personal life and work — almost bragging at points — but the interviews with those who only want to accumulate money are eye-opening, especially in our current political and societal climate. It ends on a positive note, thankfully, but that doesn’t change its message that greed hurts everyone. [Unsubscribe]( | [View online]( ©2019 CBS Interactive | All Rights Reserved. CBS Interactive - [235 2nd St., San Francisco, CA 94105](#) [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions](