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The best of TV and streaming this week

Ten years on, ‘Futurama’ is rebooted with more silliness, savviness and nostalgia; ‘Wolf’ is a dark-hearted thriller starring Juliet Stevenson; Michael Sheen and David Tennant return in season 2 of ‘Good Omens’; season 2 of Chicago kitchen drama ‘The Bear’; the Bafta-winning ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’ — reviews by Dan Einav

Futurama returns — Matt Groening’s cartoon comedy gets a reboot
The series is back after 10 years with more silliness, savviness and nostalgia
Wolf review — BBC1 dark-hearted thriller is filled with tenuous twists
New six-part series starring Juliet Stevenson meanders clumsily between plots and genres
Good Omens Season 2 — Michael Sheen and David Tennant deepen their cosmic bond
Neil Gaiman expands his heaven-and-hell story but the lead duo’s chemistry remains the main draw
The Bear season 2 — the best show on TV gets even better
The Chicago-based drama goes beyond the kitchen with guest roles for Olivia Colman, Bob Odenkirk and Jamie Lee Curtis
Dreaming Whilst Black TV review — whimsical comedy tackles film industry’s relationship with race
BBC and A24 join forces for Bafta-winning series about a struggling British-Jamaican film-maker
Timothy Spall and Anne Reid star in compassionate true crime drama The Sixth Commandment on BBC1
The factual series paints a horrible story of gaslighting, abuse and murder in a Buckinghamshire village