What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (Nov. 2–8)

This week’s “What To Watch” picks include the second seasons of four shows: three comedies — “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC, Peacock), “Stick” (Apple TV), and “North of North” (Netflix) — and one drama/horror/sci-fi series, “The Institute” (MGM+)

I’m also pluggin’ the series premieres of the adult animation steampunk western “Bass x Machina” (Netflix) and the British comedy “It Gets Worse” (Paramount+).

And finally, if you feel like renting a movie this week, I suggest “The Last Train to Fortune,” which comes to video-on-demand retailers this Friday. Let’s hit the couch!

“The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” | NBC, Peacock | Comedy

Season 2 premiere, Monday, Nov. 2, 8:30 p.m. ET: Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe return as, respectively, the disgraced ex-football star and the likewise reputationally-challenged documentarian hired to rehab the former’s image. NBC press materials say this second season finds the pair “both still chasing redemption and still making a mess of it. With the help of his family, Reggie will continue his quest to recapture his past glory.” New episodes air live on NBC and stream on Peacock the following day.

“Bass x Machina” | Netflix | Adult animation, science fiction, western

Limited series premiere, Tuesday, Nov. 3: An adult animated steampunk western starring Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”) and jack/jill-of-all-trades Janelle Monae? I’m in. Then I watched the trailer. There’s gunplay, magic, giant robots, ass kicking, and drama in this story of a father trying to protect his family — and possibly endangering them in the process. For fans of quality animation (from Studio Mir) and all of the things listed above. You can binge-watch all six episodes starting today.

“Stick” | Apple TV | Comedy

Series premiere, Wednesday, Nov. 4: Owen Wilson’s feel-good comedy about a washed-up ex-golfer mentoring teen prodigy Santi (Peter Dager) — while also trying to redeem himself — returns for a second season. This time they’re joined by Rhea Seehorn (“Pluribus,” “Better Call Saul”) as a new coach in Santi’s crew. Two episodes drop today, with the rest coming weekly through the end of December.

“North of North” | Netflix | Comedy

Series premiere, Monday, Oct. 26: Following its breakout debut, this charming “Reservation Dogs”-like comedy returns for a second season, where we’ll catch up with Siaja (Anna Lambe), the fiercely independent young Inuk mother continuing to reinvent herself after divorce in an isolated Nunavut hamlet. This, while also contending with meddling elders and eccentric, gossiping neighbors — and scoping out fresh romantic waters. Netflix is dropping the entire season at once, so you can binge every freezing, hilarious misadventure in one sitting.

“It Gets Worse” | Paramount+ | Comedy

Series premiere, Friday, Nov. 6: From across the pond in the UK comes this A24-produced sitcom. “It Gets Worse” follows a trio of college besties who, according to Paramount+ press materials, “are starting to look around themselves — at their humiliating jobs, their non-existent love lives and their rapidly dwindling will to live — and think: “Wait. Wait WAIT. Surely it gets better than this? It has to get better than this. Right? Spoiler alert! It doesn’t.” Leo Reich, Emily Fairn, and Olive Gray star. All six episodes are available to stream starting today.

“The Institute” | MGM+| Drama, horror, science fiction

Season 2 premiere, Sunday, Nov. 8, 9 pm ET: Ready for another season of this chilling psychic thriller adapted from Stephen King’s best-selling novel? After escaping the titular prison/hospital/research facility for gifted children, telekinetic prodigy Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman) and former cop Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes) aren’t yet safe. The shadowy global cabal behind The Institute is desperate to silence the pair, and they have to stay a step ahead. MGM+ drops two episodes tonight, followed by new chapters weekly.

Wanna watch the second season of “Stick”? You’ll need an Apple TV subscription ($14.99/mo.).

To watch “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” live on NBC, you’ll need a live TV streaming service like Hulu + Live TV ($98.99/mo.).

Stephen King fans will need an MGM+ subscription ($7.99/mo.) to watch the second season of “The Institute,” adapted from his bestselling novel.

Watching “Bass x Machina” and “North of North” will require a subscription to Netflix ($8.99–$26.99/mo.).

In the US, the only way to watch the new comedy “It Gets Worse” is on Paramount+ ($8.99–$13.99/mo.).

To stream “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” you’ll need to subscribe to Peacock ($7.99–$16.99/mo.).

A YouTube TV subscription ($82.99/mo.) is another way to watch “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” live on NBC.