Matthew Gilbert

An overview for the month.

There are no new shows to highlight this week – which is a line I never thought I’d ever have to write. But I’ve got recommendations for you to fill the void. (Plus a few thoughts about how “The Bear” breaks the rules.)

Sydney remains the sane ying to Carmy’s emotionally chaotic yang. And let’s just say the characters haven’t been magically healed between seasons.

How do seemingly sane people wind up in a cult? Let’s ponder the question from over here on our moral high horse.

One of the hallmarks of this miniseries adaptation of the 1987 Scott Turow novel is that the characters have more dimension and ambiguity. That includes Jake Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich, a liar and a cheat we may find ourselves rooting for.

When season one of “House of the Dragon” ended, it felt like it was just getting started, so we’re looking forward to getting back to it. But first, Jake Gyllenhaal plays an intensely flawed man in “Presumed Innocent.”

Join me, won’t you, in this movement to save time and add enjoyment to your life? This isn’t about loyalty or commitment or endurance; it’s about time on Earth.

Dionne Brown carries the Hulu show, based on a book the media dubbed a Black “Bridget Jones’s Diary.”

He released an interesting episode of “Conan O’Brien Need a Friend” with Ron Howard this week.

Laurence Fishburne stars as Doc Rivers in “Clipped,” and we get another live-action “Star Wars” series with “The Acolyte,” set about a century before “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.” Here’s what else to watch this week.

Hero Fiennes Tiffin, 26, is set to play the 19-year-old Holmes in “Young Sherlock,” whose first season will have eight episodes.

Starting on Sunday at 10 p.m., the first season of the Emmy-winning series is going to marathon on FX across four nights.

You could do worse than this seven-episode show while cruising around streaming offerings, but then, these days, you could certainly do a lot better.

Too many shows say it again even though they have nothing to say.

The AMC series is as good as it was in season 1, as it continues to capture the despair, the anarchy, and the raw power of being immortal.

Premiering Monday on HBO, “Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.” includes rare archival material as it looks into artists connected to the label, including Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, and Sam & Dave.

Globe readers can choose their favorite in an online competition that starts Wednesday at BostonGlobe.com.

The six-part miniseries, which premieres Thursday on Netflix, isn’t boring so much as it’s overblown, even cartoonish, while it treads some overtrodden turf.

As it lays out the story of Jewish prisoners Lali Sokolov and Gita Furman, the six-part drama, which premieres Thursday on Peacock, wisely doesn’t gloss over any of the pain and torture in the camp.

In the Netflix miniseries, Richard Gadd’s character, a comic named Donny, stumbles into his conflict with Martha while working as a bartender.