The new “Harlem” (Amazon Prime, streaming) looks like a New York version of “Insecure,” but despite all the talk of empowerment among its four stars, it has more of a second-hand feel of “Sex and the City,” except raunchier. From the maker of “Girls Trip.”
Kiera Knightley and Matthew Good play a couple trying to keep up Christmas traditions despite impending worldwide doom in the dark comedy “Silent Night” (AMC+, streaming).
Still cruising on the lengthening success of her holiday perennial “All I Want for Christmas is You,” Mariah Carey comes up with a second holiday special “Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues” (Apple TV+, streaming), a sequel to last year’s “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special” in which she introduces a new Yuletide single, “Fall in Love at Christmas” with Kirk Franklin and Khalid.
“You’re Watching Video Music Box” (Showtime, 8 p.m.) is a new documentary on the influential New York City show — the longest running music video show in the world — hosted by Ralph McDaniel that introduced a generation to early hip-hop.
The former “Bachelor” Colton Underwood addresses his coming out as a gay man on the six-part series “Coming Out Colton” (Netflix, streaming).
The three-part true crime documentary “The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler” (Discovery+, streaming) looks into the strangulation deaths of more than 50 women that remain unsolved.