Is this Netflix fantasy series the next Game of Thrones?

Stop browsing, start watching! The best TV shows and movies to watch on every screen slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r Hi! Sports are on TV, right? So I can talk about them here? Feel free to move to the recommendations below if you don’t care, because I’m going to suggest watching some baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres continue their four-game series this weekend, and it’s exactly the budding rivalry the sport needs. Already they’ve seen extra innings, late-game heroics, benches cleared, yelling, and all types of other things muscly men do when they’re angry at each other. It’s been riveting! The Friday and Saturday games will be on MLB Network, and Sunday’s will be ESPN’s primetime game, and I will watch all of them. Make baseball great again! Here are this weekend’s picks. -Tim [Your Watch This Now! newsletter is created by Senior Recommendations and Reviews Editor Tim Surette and more show-obsessed editors at TV Guide!](slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r) slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r SEASON 1 AVAILABLE FRIDAY ON NETFLIX [Did Netflix finally find a fantasy hit with Shadow and Bone?](slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r) Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s another fantasy show based on a beloved series of books about young, pretty people discovering dormant powers that can help save the kingdom from bad people and bad monsters, but this one might be different because [it’s actually good](slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r). I could go into the details here -- a young woman learns to summon light in a fight against the darkness, there’s a vast rift dividing the kingdom filled with flesh-eating creatures -- but the execution is key here, with impressive production values, a serious tone, and, of course, an epic love triangle. The world is so big that Shadow and Bone takes a few episodes to find its groove, but after that, it’s quite enjoyable. slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r SEASON 2 PREMIERES FRIDAY AT 11/10C ON HBO [It’s a *clap clap* Black Lady Sketch Show](slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r) Sketch comedy isn’t easy, but Robin Thede and the women of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show make it look like it is. The six half-hour episodes are packed with frenetic, absurd humor — fortune-telling games of M.A.S.H., post-apocalyptic survival stories — all filtered through the lens of being a Black woman in America, giving it the extra bite it needs to rise above its competition. The season includes guest appearances by Gabrielle Union, Jesse Williams, and a few others that I can’t spoil here. (The headline for this blurb will make a lot more sense once you’ve seen the premiere.) slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r SUNDAY AT 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT ON ABC [Remember movies? The Oscars do!](slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r) Movies, or, as I like to call them, short television shows, get their time in the sun with Hollywood’s most grandiose self-congratulatory night of the year: the somethingth Academy Awards! Bask in the beaming smiles of actors conveying a sense of happiness despite losing! Wonder at the winning costume designer’s weird speech! Feel the amazement of a red carpet host fully inserting their own foot in their mouth! It will be a magical evening. And if you’d like to cram for the Oscars, [here’s where to stream the nominees](slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r). slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r NOW AVAILABLE ON HBO MAX [Put on a poncho and let Mortal Kombat’s viscera rain down on you](slPHXudNV:m:1:2364960064:FD327E880B766E40CFEC35042163750E:r) Sometimes a punch to the face isn’t good enough. Sometimes you want to see that fist tunnel its way through a man’s skull. 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