Ed Helms and Randall Park enlist their famous friends to help reenact stories told to them by ordinary Americans in Peacock’s True Story with Ed and Randall. Also today: Freeform debuts its new dramedy Single Drunk Female, a New York hairdresser falls for a prince in Netflix’s The Royal Treatment, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee returns for its seventh season. Here’s what’s new and noteworthy on TV this Thursday:
True Story with Ed and Randall: Complete first season. After everyday Americans tell their funny, amazing true stories to Ed Helms and Randall Park, the two enlist a cast of notable guest stars to re-enact them in this hybrid scripted/unscripted comedy. Watch trailer. Streaming on Peacock
Single Drunk Female: Series premiere. Following a public flame-out, Samantha Fink (Sofia Black-D’Elia) is forced to move back home with her overbearing mother, Carol (Ally Sheedy). The 20-something alcoholic slowly works to rebuild her life while managing the many triggers that made her drink in the first place. Two episodes air back-to-back. Read our review. 10:00 PM ET on Freeform
The Royal Treatment: Original film. New York hairdresser Izzy (Laura Marano) seizes the chance to work at the royal wedding of Prince Thomas (Mena Massoud), but when sparks fly between them, the prince must choose between love and duty. Watch trailer. Streaming on Netflix
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Season premiere. Bee’s critically-acclaimed late night show returns for its seventh season, now airing on Thursday nights. 10:00 PM ET on TBS
Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer: New episode. A movie night goes awry when the ladies find themselves in the hot seat, the men’s emotions get the best of them, and motives are questioned. Watch preview. 8:00 PM ET on FOX
And Just Like That: New episode. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) becomes the crabby older neighbor when a group of 20-somethings move into her building, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) attempts to come clean to Steve (David Eigenberg), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) works to keep the spark alive with Harry (Evan Handler). Watch preview. Streaming on HBO Max
Selling the Hamptons: Complete first season. Discovery+ gets in on the Selling Sunset action in this series that follows the young brokers of the Nest Seekers Team as they work to find success in the country’s most exclusive housing market. Watch trailer. Streaming on Discovery+
Warped!: Series premiere. Two employees of a popular comic book shop (Anton Starkman and Kate Godfrey) learn to embrace their differences and set out to create the world’s greatest graphic novel in Nick’s new series. Watch preview. 7:30 PM ET on Nickelodeon
Women of the Movement: Limited series finale. The two mothers at the center of the Emmett Till murder, Carolyn Bryant (Julia McDermott) and Mamie Till-Mobley (Adrienne Warren), testify about his character in front of a packed courtroom. After the verdict is reached, an international movement begins, and Mamie fights to defend her son’s legacy. The two-episode finale is followed by a 30-minute installment of ABC’s companion docuseries Let the World See. 8:00 PM ET on ABC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: New episode. When a popular fighter doesn’t show up for the biggest bout of the year, Rollins (Kelli Giddish) and Velasco (Octavio Pisano) are drawn into a complicated web of secrets. Followed by a new episode of Law & Order Organized Crime. Watch preview. 9:00 PM ET on NBC
NHL Hockey: Hockey dominates both cable and streaming tonight:
NBA Basketball: TNT broadcasts back-to-back matchups, one Eastern Conference and one Western:
Claire Spellberg Lustig is the Senior Editor at Primetimer and a scholar of The View. Follow her on Twitter at @c_spellberg.
TOPICS: True Story with Ed and Randall, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer, Single Drunk Female