What to Watch This Week with Kate Casey
February 16 - 24, 2025
Can I tell you how weird I am? I was at a lacrosse tournament this weekend, and my son was asked to play with a team from Minnesota. It took everything in me not to ask the others parents if they knew anyone from Love is Blind this season. By the way, Chris DeRosa and I am recording an episode tomorrow about the first few episodes.
Also, I thought I saw Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees at the dance championships yesterday, and it turns out I was right. He commented on my Instagram post.
Here’s what to watch this week:
Documentaries/Specials:
SNL 50: The Anniversary Special (Peacock) is about the award-winning sketch show, which celebrates its groundbreaking 50th anniversary live from New York, featuring musical performances, former cast members, special guests and all-time favorite sketches. (February 16 and 17)
Court of Gold (Netflix) is a six-part documentary series that follows the men's basketball teams of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Court of Gold provides behind-the-scenes access to the teams from the United States, France, Serbia, and Canada. The series follows the teams as they prepare for the games and compete for gold.
Court of Gold features interviews with players, coaches, and fans, including: Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, Victor Wembanyama, Dwyane Wade, Tony Parker, Carmelo Anthony, and Steve Kerr.
How I Escaped My Cult (Freeform/Hulu) follows the unique and harrowing journey of a survivor from their earliest cult experiences and revelations all the way up to their heart-pounding escapes in each episode. (February 20)
Onside: Major League Soccer (Apple TV+) goes beyond the pitch with the personalities that power Major League Soccer. With unprecedented access to players, coaches and clubs, “Onside: Major League Soccer” explores the electrifying moments and captivating stories that make the 2024 season unforgettable, and goes beyond the pitch with the personalities that power MLS. (February 21)
Who Is Luigi Mangione? (Investigation Discovery) aims to unpack Mangione’s background and track his trajectory to understand what led him to land behind bars. Through narration of his digital archives, including his own online posts and Reddit discussions, those close to Mangione bring comprehensive insight into his personality, health struggles and chronic pain, offering a deeper understanding of his mental state leading up to the alleged crime. (February 17)
We Beat the Dream Team (HBO and Max) reveals the little-known story of a group of college basketball players who were tasked with preparing Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan and the rest of the legendary ‘Dream Team’ for their Olympic debut in 1992. In an unexpected twist, the college team, which featured Grant Hill, Chris Webber, Penny Hardaway, Bobby Hurley, Jamal Mashburn, Allan Houston, Rodney Rogers, and Eric Montross, shocked the NBA superstars by defeating them in a scrimmage – an outcome that ultimately helped propel the Dream Team to gold. (February 18)
American Murder: Gabby Petito (Netflix) is about what happened in the final days of Gabby Petito’s life. In this gripping true-crime series, her loved ones reveal the untold story of her tragic murder. (February 17)
Nova: Pompeii’s Secret Underworld (PBS) is a series of new excavations painting a much more complex picture of the city tragically buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79. (February 19)
Secrets of the Dead: Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (PBS) is about secret networks of curators and dealers – many of them Nazis like Bruno Lohse (the ‘Plunderer’) who made fortunes on the back of Nazi-looted art, perpetuating a decades-long war crime that has never been fully exposed or resolved. Through interviews with gallery owners, curators, art investigators, Lohse’s close friends, and the descendants of the victims of Nazi art theft, along with a tour through breathtaking masterpieces and an extensive archive of personal letters, ‘The Plunderer’ will reveal the dark underbelly of the international art world, much of it built upon wartime tragedy and organized crime. (February 19)
Reality Television:
Offline Love (Netflix) features young singles spending ten days in a foreign country, relying on fate alone to fall in love. Without any digital devices, will they be able to find the one?”
The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo TV) has a season nine reunion. (February 16)
Also, make sure to watch the new episodes of Love is Blind on Netflix.
Enjoy!
