ON THE SMALL SCREEN

REBOOTS WITH A TWIST
DOOGIE KAMEALOHA, M.D.
Disney+
It seems there are always child geniuses among us, which explains this reboot of the classic TV series Doogie Hauser, M.D. That one from 1985 starred Neil Patrick Harris as an L.A.-based teenage physician; this new version has a Hawaiian teenage girl in the role. She’s still known as Doogie and is still a genius, but the rest is all fresh, created by Kourtney Kang, the executive producer of Fresh Off the Boat.

THE WONDER YEARS
ABC
Another much-beloved ‘80s sitcom returns to prime time as The Wonder Years returns, this time following a Black kid through the trials and tribulations of growing up in the 1960s and ’70s. Elisha Williams stars as the awkward 12-year-old boy whose life is remembered by his older self, played as the show’s narrator this time by Don Cheadle. The show is produced by Lee Daniels and, ironically, by Fred Savage as well, who starred in the original.

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
AMERICAN RUST
Showtime
Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney lead the cast of this Pennsylvania “Rust Belt” drama that centers on a small-town police chief who finds a dead body in the community’s abandoned steel mill. Twists and turns and emotional moments follow in this series based on Phillip Meyer’s award-winning novel of the same name.

FBI: INTERNATIONAL
CBS
Producer Dick Wolf adds another FBI show to his prolific TV presence; this one follows the U.S. agency overseas. Set in Prague and starring Luke Kleintank and Heida Reed as the boss agents, you can expect to see lots of exotic locales and bad guys from across the world in this one.

IMPEACHMENT:
AMERICAN CRIME STORY
FX
Producer Ryan Murphy brings back has award-winning true-crime anthology series with Impeachment, a look at the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal. With his usual fine cast—Clive Owen as Clinton and Beanie Feldstein as Lewinsky, along with Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton and Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp—this one’s sure to keep political junkies riveted to the small screen.

NCIS: HAWAII
CBS
The U.S. Navy has always been a part of the Hawaiian landscape since 1898, when America annexed the country. So why not bring an NCIS TV team to the beautiful shores of Oahu? This latest spinoff of the hugely successful series has a twist, as the special agent in charge here is a woman, played by Vanessa Lachey. Great scenery and more stories of murder and mayhem are on the agenda here.

Q-FORCE
Netflix
This adult animation series stars Sean Hayes as Agent Mary, a gay secret agent for the “American Intelligence Agency,” whose life changed the moment he came out. Now, in this comical action cartoon tale, Agent Mary and his merry band of LGBTQ operatives do everything they can to prove to the powers that be that they can catch just as many criminals as the straight guys. Gary Cole, David Harbour, and Wanda Sykes also lend voices to the mayhem.

WORTH
Netflix
As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 happens this September, this film’s release couldn’t be timelier. Worth explores the true story of Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney tasked by Congress with placing a monetary value (a “worth”) on the lives lost in those terrorist attacks. Michael Keaton stars in this emotional movie, along with Stanley Tucci and Amy Ryan as the people who must address the true cost of that still-unbelievable day’s tragedies.