This week’s TV: The return of Philomena Cunk, and a new drama starring Meghann Fahy

By Google News TV · 2026-11-09T08:01:01+01:00

Your TV GPS, a look at the week ahead in television, appears every Monday morning on BostonGlobe.com. Today’s column covers Nov. 9-15.

Longmeadow native Meghann Fahy, fresh off of her work in the drama “Sirens,” in which her sister, played by Milly Alcock, seemed to be slightly brainwashed by her boss, now turns to … a show about sisters called “The Good Daughter,” out Thursday on Peacock.

This time, she stars opposite Rose Byrne in a drama about two sisters still trying to piece together the facts about a single night of violence in their youth. According to a Teen Vogue piece I found after Googling “Does Meghann Fahy have a sister,” she does not. Perhaps that’s why she’s so drawn to these stories! If she does a third sister drama, we’ll have our answer.

Apple TV tries out a quirky TV format in “12 12 12,” out Friday and starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. The numbers of the title refer to the structure of the show, which unfolds across three timelines: the 12-month planning of a heist, the 12 hours it took to commit the heist, and the 12 days after it’s committed. Dornan plays a career criminal, and Mackie is the FBI agent trying to track him down.

The heist involves a vault underneath Zurich. Although doesn’t it seem like most heists these days are just a person in a room typing on a computer? That’s also what I do all day, but usually the things I type are more like, “Hello, can you tell me if your story is ready for me to edit?” and, “Here is a new picture of my cat I took.” No heists, I swear.

Singer Alex Warren hosts the annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, airing Saturday at 8 p.m. on CBS and Nickelodeon. Kids vote for a series of categories, including the types of things you’ll see at any movie awards show — best movie, best actress — and some less common categories, like best villain and best animated voice.

If you’re not a kid yourself, you can make yourself feel hopelessly old by reading through the nominees for best “creator,” male and female, who are all online personalities.

I have a deep love of Philomena Cunk, the hilariously confused documentary host played by comedian Diane Morgan. In a run of previous specials, the indomitable Cunk has interviewed a series of solemn academics about life on earth and human history.

In “Cunk on Cinema,” out Sunday on Netflix, she asks the big questions about film, including why Marilyn Monroe is supposed to be the ultimate male fantasy when it’s clear the ultimate male fantasy is hosting a podcast.

She also interviews figures including actor Benedict Cumberbatch and director Michael Bay, who struggles to answer one of her more off-the-wall questions before finally saying, “These are odd questions.”

Lisa Weidenfeld can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on X @LisaWeidenfeld and Instagram @lisaweidenfeld.

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