‘Jim Benson: Idea Man,’ ‘Eric,’ ‘Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse’ & more: Week’s best streaming TV and movies

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‘Jim Benson: Idea Man,’ ‘Eric,’ ‘Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse’ & more: Week’s best streaming TV and movies
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Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in 'Eric' on Netflix and home improvement gurus Chip and Joanna Gaines fix up a mid-century modern lake house on HGTV. There's also a documentary about Muppet creator Jim Henson, and the British musical comedy 'We Are Lady Parts' returns for a second season.

This combination of of photos shows promotional art for "Fixer Upper: The Lake House" debuting June 2 on Magnolia Network, left, "The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson" two-night event airs June 1 and 2 on Lifetime, center, and "We Are Lady Parts" premiering May 30 on Peacock. Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in “Eric” on Netflix and home improvement gurus Chip and Joanna Gaines fix up a mid-century modern lake house on HGTV.

It’s 1980s New York in the new Netflix series “Eric” and Benedict Cumberbatch plays a curmudgeon puppeteer named Vincent with a crumbling marriage. When Vincent’s son Edgar goes missing, he becomes obsessed with finishing a puppet that the boy was drawing, convinced its key to bringing him home. “Eric” premieres Thursday on Netflix.

Peacock’s acclaimed British musical comedy “We Are Lady Parts” returns for a second season on Thursday. It follows the members of a female all-Muslim rock band in London. The new episodes pick up after a time jump. Lady Parts now has fans, a rival music group to compete with, and they’re gearing up to release a full album. Activist Malala Yousafzai makes a guest appearance in the new episodes.

George Clooney’s “The Boys in the Boat,” premiering this week on Prime Video, is an almost daringly old-fashioned sports drama that makes “Seabiscuit” look comparatively cutting edge. It tells the true-life tale of the University of Washington rowing team who in 1936 reached the Olympics in Berlin. In her review, AP National Writer Jocelyn Noveck wrote that “Clooney has gone for stirring and a bit stodgy, pleasing and a bit predictable.

— In the Nordic Western “The Promised Land,” premiering Thursday on Hulu, the frontier is Denmark’s remote Jutland heath, where a retired army captain travels with royal permission to cultivate a farm in 1755. His adventures, a loosely true history adapted from Ida Jessen’s 2020 bestseller “The Captain and Ann Barbara,” give Mikkelsen a sweeping backdrop for his magnetic presence.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

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