Tom Cavanagh Returns to ‘Blue Bloods,’ Apple’s ‘Dear Edward,’ a Controversial ‘Stand,’ ‘Spoiler Alert’ on Peacock

Shortly earlier than he started his future on The Flash, Tom Cavanagh (Ed) appeared on this long-running police/household drama in a Season 4 episode again in 2013 as Mickey Patrick, Danny’s (Donnie Wahlberg) childhood good friend who was then entangled with a Florida crime household. Nearly a decade later, Mickey re-enters Danny’s life, asking for his outdated buddy’s assist in discovering his lacking fiancée. In different developments, Erin (Bridget Moynahan) is stunned by Anthony (Steven Schirripa) with one final stakeout earlier than her run for D.A., and Frank (Tom Selleck) encounters a lady who confesses she killed her husband.

Fans of tear-jerkers who’ve longed for a repair since This Is Us went off the air would possibly flock to Jason Katims’ (Friday Night Lights, Parenthood) adaptation of Ann Napolitano’s novel concerning the emotional aftershocks of a airplane crash the place the only survivor is 12-year-old Edward (the soulful Colin O’Brien). Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black) is great as his unhappily childless aunt Lacey, who takes within the “miracle boy” whereas becoming a member of a grief help group, whose tales (and uneven subplots) grow to be the main focus of a drama about forging new relationships and assessing paths not taken within the wake of tragedy.

A sports activities documentary profiles the life and professional basketball profession of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Jackson in Gulfport, Mississippi), who rose out of poverty and combated Tourette’s Syndrome to grow to be an NBA star. After changing to Islam and altering his title within the Nineties, Abdul-Rauf turned a lightning rod for controversy when he refused to face for “The Star-Spangled Banner” in protest for what he declared was America’s lengthy historical past of oppression. Among these recalling his legacy: Stephen Curry, Steve Kerr, Shaquille O’Neal, Ice Cube and Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.

While Dear Edward takes the method of grief very significantly, this dramedy finds humor in widowed therapist Jimmy (Jason Segel) channeling his angst by getting too concerned in his sufferers’ lives. His most ardent critic is his boss Paul (the terrific Harrison Ford), who’s doing a little off-the-books counseling himself with Jimmy’s daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell). In the therapists’ workplace, Gaby’s (Jessica Williams) newly single standing is elevating eyebrows. Or, as Paul places it: “Divorce is always hardest on the co-workers.”

Another emotional research of grief, couched within the rhythms of a fact-based romcom, adapts TV journalist Michael Ausiello’s memoir of his relationship along with his late associate, Kit. The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons is Michael, who falls for Kit (Ben Aldridge of the brand new function Knock on the Cabin) and vice versa, regardless of Michael’s intensive (and well-documented) Smurf assortment. Their typically rocky romance, with help from Sally Field and Bill Irwin as Kit’s dad and mom, is endlessly altered (spoiler alert) by Kit’s analysis with a uncommon cancerous tumor. Be positive to have tissues helpful earlier than beginning this heat, funny-sad movie.

ALSO ON THE STREAM:

• Harlem (streaming on Prime Video): The acclaimed comedy about 4 besties within the New York borough returns for a second season of relationship and friendship melodramedy for Camille (Meagan Good), Quinn (Grace Byers), Tye (Jerrie Johnson) and Angie (Shoniqua Shandai). Guest stars embody Whoopi Goldberg, Jasmine Guy, Sherri Shepherd and Lil Rel Howery.
• True Spirit (streaming on Netflix): An inspirational fact-based movie follows Jessica Watson (Teagan Croft), the youngest individual to sail the ocean solo, on a treacherous 210-day journey.
• Death in Paradise (streaming on BritBox): In Season 12 of the sunshine thriller, DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little) solves extra crimes within the superb Caribbean setting of Saint Marie, beginning with the loss of life of a celeb astronomer.
• Children Ruin Everything (streaming on The Roku Channel): “Are we in hell?” wonders Astrid (Meaghan Rath), who with husband James (Aaron Abrams) increase their youngsters in a hilariously hectic family in Season 2 of the hit Canadian comedy.
• Rowdy (streaming on Amazon Freevee): An up-close have a look at Kyle Busch, NASCAR’s greatest and most polarizing racer, focuses on his severe 2015 damage and unimaginable restoration.
• Killing County (streaming on Hulu): From ABC News Studios and government producer Colin Kaepernick, a three-part true-crime docuseries explores alleged corruption and cover-up throughout the Bakersfield (Ca.) police division within the wake of a shootout at a neighborhood lodge.

INSIDE FRIDAY TV:

• Young Rock (8:30/7:30c, NBC): Dwayne appears to be like again on the younger misadventures of wrestling colleagues Pat Patterson, Andre the Giant and Peter Maivia.
• True Crime Watch: On Dateline NBC (9/8c), Keith Morrison stories on how a high-speed automobile chase in Montana reveals the story of one of many state’s most heinous crimes. ABC’s 20/20 (9/8c) options Juju Chang’s interview with Nikki Addimando, a mom of two who confessed to the 2017 capturing of her associate, a gymnastics coach she alleges abused her bodily and sexually.
• Fire Country (9/8c, CBS): Following Sunday’s closely watched post-NFL episode, the crew turns to a forest hearth that endangers a bunch of environmental do-gooders protesting a housing improvement.
• Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars (9/8c, The CW): Figure skaters and Olympic commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir face their fears as they compete to tug off one in all Houdini’s scariest escape tips, the Upside-Down Straitjacket.