A New ‘Carrie,’ School Daze at ‘Abbott,’ Return to Chicago, Apple TV Finales (‘Last Seen,’ ‘Ted Lasso’)

Carrie

If you thought the shower scene in Carrie (in any version) was rough, wait until you see it amplified on social media. Mike Flanagan’s up-to-the-minute remake of the Stephen King classic that put the horrormeister on the map thrusts the once-sheltered, overwhelmed, and bullied title character (sensitively played by Summer H. Howell) into a modern high-school setting of toxic meme sites and alarming active-shooter lockdown drills. Flanagan regular Samantha Sloyan co-stars as Carrie’s militantly pious mother, Margaret White, losing control of her psychically superpowered daughter as the eight-part series (which is being conceived as a trilogy) builds to the climactic prom-pocalypse. (See the full review.)

Abbott Elementary

The Emmy-winning comedy brings change to the Philadelphia teachers for Season 6, with Gregory (Tyler James Williams) promoted to Assistant Principal and figuring out what it means to work alongside the ever-unpredictable Ava (Janelle James). Elsewhere, Janine (Quinta Brunson) causes a stir with her “ultimate classroom makeover,” while Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter) butts heads with a new second-grade teacher (Katy Mixon Greer) who’s moved into her old classroom.

Chicago Med

We’re back in the hospital, the firehouse and the precinct as the popular Dick Wolf procedurals return for new seasons. On Chicago Med, Season 12 opens with Gaffney administrator Sharon Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson) fighting for her job while the E.D. copes with the fallout from gunfire at a wedding, and Dr. Hannah Asher (Jessy Schram) debates returning to the grind after her maternity leave. Followed by Chicago Fire (9/8c), which welcomes a group of new probies to Firehouse 51 in Season 15 after a time jump reveals who survived the cliffhanger fire. Prepare to say goodbye to ex-battalion chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney). The night ends with the Season 14 premiere of Chicago P.D. (10/9c), where Voight (Jason Beghe) reluctantly brings an outsider into the Intelligence fold after the shooting of a parole officer, and Officer Eva Amani (Arienne Mandi) faces a critical turning point with her long-missing sister.

Last Seen

An anguished and wounded Ian (Patrick Brammall) pursues the man who abducted his daughter 11 years ago in the Australian thriller’s emotionally wrenching finale. Born as Maggie but raised as Sarah (Chloe Jean Lourdes), the confused girl caught in the middle of this tragic situation doesn’t know who to trust or which way to turn when her “dad” Henry (Brendan Cowell) takes refuge in his father’s cult compound. Also ending: the fourth season of Ted Lasso (not available for preview), with the AFC Richmond women’s team celebrating their promotion while grieving the loss of their ardent fan and pub proprietor, Mae (Annette Badland).

Small Prophets

As quietly eccentric as it is droll, this acclaimed British comedy from writer-director Mackenzie Crook (Detectorists) stars Pearce Quigley as Michael Sleep, a melancholy loner who gets his jollies confounding customers at the Home Depot-like store where he loafs under the gaze of his annoying boss, Gordon (Crook). Alone at home, behind an overgrown garden that’s the bane of his nosy neighbor (Jon Pointing), Michael grieves for his soulmate Clea, who left him without a trace seven years ago. When his retiree father (Monty Python alum Michael Palin) turns Michael on to the magical notion of creating tiny homunculi through alchemy, in hopes that their prophecies will reveal the truth about Clea’s vanishing act, our hero gets to work in his shed, with surreal results. The series opens with two episodes.

INSIDE WEDNESDAY TV:

• Scrubs (8/7c, ABC): Relationships are all the rage on the hospital sitcom with the return of Elliot’s (Sarah Chalke) ex, marine biologist Sean Kelly (Scott Foley), while J.D.’s (Zach Braff) romance with Charlie (Rachel Bilson) heats up, inspiring Turk (Donald Faison) to rekindle the spark with his wife, Carla (Judy Reyes).
• Survivor (8/7c, CBS): The latest twist in the game arrives courtesy of a mysterious Tree Mail.
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (9/8c, ABC): Oscar winner Michael Keaton shares the hot seat with political humorist Jon Lovett, succeeded by the tag team of Saturday Night Live veterans Will Forte and Taran Killam. Followed by a new episode of Shark Tank (10/9c) featuring the debut of Steven Bartlett from the show’s British counterpart, Dragons’ Den.
• NOVA: Space Wars (9/8c, PBS): The science program explores the global weaponization of space and how it endangers the satellites the world depends on.
• The Serial Killer Connection (9/8c, Investigation Discovery): A three-part docuseries, airing weekly, depicts the unlikely bond that forms between the ex-wife and a survivor of serial killer Richard “Marc” Evonitz.
• ER: Caught on Camera (9/8c, TLC): The first-person docuseries ends its first season with cases involving a surfing accident, a sunburn victim and a widow-maker heart attack.
• Sin City Rehab (9/8c, HGTV): Designer Alison Victoria returns for a second season of Las Vegas renovations, opening with the makeover of a kitchen for a real-estate agent with five Great Danes.
• Tyler Perry’s Sistas (9/8c, BET): The sisterhood returns for the second half of its 10th season.
• The Amazing Race (9:30/8:30c, CBS): The race moves on to the Moroccan desert, where the teams go bananas during a fruit-stacking challenge.
• Secrets of the Dead (10/9c, PBS): The history series delves into the history of the Statue of Liberty.
• Ghost Adventures (10/9c, Discovery Channel): Zak Bagans and his paranormal team investigate demonic forces within a rural Oregon home.

ON THE STREAM:

• Who Is Martin Mull? (streaming on Netflix): The late Bob Saget is co-director and executive producer of an admiring documentary profile of the Renaissance man (1943-2024) celebrated for his comedic performances on TV (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Fernwood 2 Night, Roseanne) and as a renowned painter.
• Slow Horses (streaming on Apple TV): While a pair of assassins continues to pursue River (Jack Lowden), Sid (Olivia Cooke), and Coe (Tom Brooke), their slovenly boss Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) contrives a meeting to learn who’s behind the slaughter of the past and present Slow Horses.
• Brothers (streaming on Apple TV): Matthew (McConaughey) and Woody (Harrelson) go incognito as coffee-house musicians to show little Clara (Ella Grace Helton) that they don’t have to trade on their celebrity and fame to get ahead. But as Matthew’s campaign manager (Lisa Gilroy) notes, “That would be like Sydney Sweeney telling her agents she only wants to do voice work.”
• Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself (streaming on Hulu): The Oscar-winning actor-comedian-game show host reflects on life, getting older, and maybe wiser in a new stand-up special.