{
  "id": 1360171,
  "title": "What's on TV this week—Lanterns burns bright on HBO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/whats-on-tv-this-week-lanterns-burns-bright-on-hbo",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-16T11:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/what-to-watch-on-tv-august-16-22-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This week's television lineup features a variety of new and returning shows across different networks and platforms. On Sunday, the HBO series Lanterns premieres, offering an HBO and HBO Max eight-episode DC Comics drama starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. The A.V. Club will provide a pre-air analysis.\n\nOn Monday, FXX and Hulu premiere the eighth season of the long-running anti-sitcom, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The series, featuring Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito, returns with more chaos and morally questionable schemes, including the Renaissance Faire and the McPoyle family's return.\n\nThe fifth and final season of the treasure-hunting teen drama, Outer Banks, airs on Netflix on Thursday. The fifth season will see the Pogues, led by John B. (Chase Stokes) and Sarah (Madelyn Cline), deal with grief, face the Kooks, and embark on a final revenge mission.\n\nHBO Max premieres Mother Mary on Friday, a psychological drama starring Anne Hathaway as pop icon Mother Mary and her strained relationship with estranged friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel). The film explores deep resentments and dormant codependency that surface as they collaborate professionally.\n\nOn Wednesday, Netflix brings back Average Joe for its third season, followed by the UK premiere of Love is Blind: UK, season three. Conan O'Brien delivers a new comedy special, Conan O'Brien Must Go, on HBO and HBO Max on Friday.\n\nApple TV+ premieres its second season of Stillwater on Friday, while Hulu premieres the series premiere of The Girls: A Khloe Kardashian Project on Friday. The limited series finale of Lucky will air on Wednesday on Apple TV+.",
  "summary": "Here is what's happening on TV from Sunday, August 16 through Saturday, August 22.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}