September 2-8: Crave Weekly Streaming Overview

SEPTEMBER 3– PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN *Movie Premiere*

• Starring Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby) and Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade), the Academy Award winning film PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN streams Friday, September 3. Written, directed, and co-produced by Emerald Fennell (KILLING EVE), PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN follows a suspiciously unambitious Cassie (Mulligan) who leads a quiet existence as a barista and lives at her parents’ house since dropping out of medical school. The way she spends her evenings; however, reveals a boiling vendetta. Men who cross her path are in danger, as beautiful and brutal Cassie seeks to heal from past trauma by doling out harsh lessons. Additional cast includes Laverne Cox (Can You Keep a Secret), Alison Brie (CINEMA TOAST), Jennifer Coolidge (THE WHITE LOTUS), Clancy Brown (CARNIVALE), Adam Brody (THE O.C.), Connie Britton (THE WHITE LOTUS), Chistopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad), Chris Lowell (VERONICA MARS), Molly Shannon (THE WHITE LOTUS), and Max Greenfield (NEW GIRL)

SEPTEMBER 3 – WELLINGTON PARANORMAL *Seasons 1-3*

• All three seasons of the New Zealand mockumentary series WELLINGTON PARANORMAL drop on Friday, September 3. Created and produced by Jemaine Clement (FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDS) and Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) as a spinoff of their critically-acclaimed cult film What We Do in the Shadows, WELLINGTON PARANORMAL follows the adventures of Officers O’Leary (Karen O’Leary, What We Do in the Shadows) and Minogue (Mike Minogue, What We Do in the Shadows), hard-working members of the Wellington constabulary’s paranormal unit. Under the supervision of Sergeant Maaka (Maaka Pohatu, Savage), the officers investigate supernatural occurrences that arise in the capital of New Zealand on a surprisingly regular basis.

SEPTEMBER 3 – SHOWTIME’s BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES *Documentary Premiere*

• Streaming Friday, September 3 at 9 p.m. ET is the new SHOWTIME documentary BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES. From Emmy^®-nominee Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN), the documentary is a raw and intimate look at one of R&B’s most legendary and controversial figures, charting his soaring artistic success and eventual personal decline. Blazing new trails in American music and global culture in the ’70s and ’80s as a songwriter, performer, and producer, James collaborated with Canadian luminaries such as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, who he would later collaborate with on the R&B band The Mynah Birds. The documentary features rare footage of James’ incredible live shows, never-before-seen home videos, original interviews with legendary artists, collaborators, and friends, and a treasure trove of recorded interviews with James (who died in 2004).

SEPTEMBER 5 – SHOWTIME’s BILLIONS *Mid-season Premiere*

• The fifth season of SHOWTIME’s hit drama series BILLIONS continues Sunday, September 5 at 9 p.m. ET. The second half of Season 5 sees the presence of powerful billionaire Mike Prince (Corey Stoll, House of Cards) send ripples through Axe Capital and gives Chuck Rhodes (Paul Giamatti, JOHN ADAMS) a potential new weapon in his fight against Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis, BAND OF BROTHERS). In the midseason premiere, Axe (Lewis) dispatches Wags (David Constabile, SUITS) to dig up dirt on Prince (Stoll), discovering a weakness that could wreck Prince’s ambitions. A visit to Axe Capital puts Wendy (Maggie Siff, SONS OF ANARCHY) and Tanner (Frank Grillo, KINGDOM) at odds. Chuck (Giamatti) looks for alternative methods to save his father, but a college-aged mistake threatens to sidetrack him. BILLIONS follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes dropping Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.

SEPTEMBER 6 – CANADA’S DRAG RACE ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA *Canadian Special*

• Hosted by Priyanka, Canada’s first drag superstar and winner of CANADA’S DRAG RACE Season 1, CANADA’S DRAG RACE ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA premieres Monday, September 6 at 9 p.m. ET. In anticipation of the second season of Crave’s five-time, Canadian Screen Award-Winning smash-hit original series CANADA’S DRAG RACE, the all new, 90-minute special looks back at the series’ history making first season. All 12 Queens from Season 1 reunite to discuss their most memorable experiences on the show. In addition, Priyanka sits down with Season 2 judges Amanda Brugel, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor, as they spill the tea on what they’re looking for from the new competitors, and give viewers the opportunity to learn more about what they bring to the judges table.

**Media Note: Assets for Crave programming are available at the Bell Media press site, The Lede, here Complete listings for the week of September 2-8 *All Programming Subject to Change HBO and HBO Max Programming HBO Series NYC EPICENTERS 9/11 -> 2021 ½, Season 1, Episode 3 (September 3) Movies ALIENS STOLE MY BODY (September 3) CRISIS *Canadian Film* (September 3) CURIOUS GEORGE 5: GOES WEST, GOES WILD (September 3) PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (September 3) SHOWTIME Programming AMERICAN RUST, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (September 3) BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES (September 3 at 9 p.m. ET) BILLIONS, Season 5, Episode 8 *Mid-season Premiere* (September 5 at 9 p.m. ET) THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, Season 2, Episode 5 (September 5 at 10 p.m. ET) WORK IN PROGRESS, Season 2, Episode 5 (September 5 at 11 p.m. ET) STARZ Programming DETROIT (September 3) NOW AND THEN (September 3) OCEAN’S 11 (1960) (September 3) OCEAN’S ELEVEN (2001) (September 3) WONDER (September 3) THE CROODS (September 3) DESPICABLE ME 2 (September 3) NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS (September 3) SCHOOL OF ROCK (September 3) THE VIRTUOSO (September 4) HEELS, Season 1, Episode 4 (September 5) POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN, Season 1, Episode 7 (September 5) HEAVEN ON EARTH *Canadian Film* (September 8) More Riveting TV to Watch RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: ALL STARS, Season 6, Episode 12 *Season Finale* (September 2) STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, Season 2, Episode 4 (September 2) WELLINGTON PARANORMAL, Season 1-3 (September 3) MTV Series CATFISH, Season 8E (September 3) THE GOLDBERGS, Season 8 (September 3) CANADA’S DRAG RACE ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA *Canadian Special* (September 6 at 9 p.m. ET) THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 34, Episode 233-237 (September 7)