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What to Watch: June

6/1/2025

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by Julian Spivey
Picture: Jeremy Allen White in The Bear (top left), Alan Tudyk in Resident Alien (top right), NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (bottom left) and Bruce the Shark in Jaws (bottom right)
Photos: FX/Hulu, Universal/Syfy & Universal Pictures
Jaws (Tubi) – Sunday, June 1
Steven Spielberg’s horror-drama “Jaws,” which helped bring the summer blockbuster into the modern era of cinema in the summer of 1975, celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. “Jaws” originally premiered in the U.S. on June 20, 1975, and instantly made a star of the young director and became the highest-grossing film of all time (a feat it would only hold for two years until 1977’s “Star Wars” came along). Hopefully, you’ve already seen the film and want to celebrate its half-century anniversary with a re-watch, which you can do for free (though with commercial interruption) on Tubi, starting today, but if you haven’t, the tale of a giant great white shark that terrorizes a New England summer resort town featuring fantastic performances from Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and, especially, Robert Shaw should be a “can’t miss” for any film buff. 

Stick (AppleTV+) – Wednesday, June 4
AppleTV+ did wonders for the sport of soccer with the excellent “Ted Lasso,” which aired on the streamer for three award-winning seasons, and there’s hope for a fourth. “Stick” is hoping to do the same for golf when it premieres on Wednesday, June 4, on the streamer. “Stick” stars Owen Wilson as a washed-up pro golfer named Pryce Cahill who turns to a young star in hopes of turning his game and life around. The comedy, created by Jason Keller, co-stars Peter Dager, Marc Maron and Judy Greer. 

NBA Finals (ABC) – Thursday, June 5
There’s going to be some new blood in the NBA championship this series with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Western Conference champions, hosting the Indiana Pacers, the Eastern Conference champions, in the 2025 NBA Finals, beginning Thursday, June 5 on ABC with broadcasters Mike Breen, Doris Burke and Richard Jefferson on the call. The best-of-seven series will feature the young Thunder squad, led by league M.V.P. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, attempting to make their mark on the league and win the first title since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City from Seattle in 2008. The Pacers are looking for their first title in franchise history. 

Resident Alien: Season 4 (USA/Syfy) – Friday, June 6
It feels like “Resident Alien,” the sci-comedy that began on Syfy in 2021, has aired more than just three seasons already, but that’s probably because season two wound up being split into two eight-episode parts. The series features the wonderful Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle, an alien who crash-landed on Earth and assumed the identity of a small-town doctor in Colorado. His initial job was to destroy Earth and the human race, but after becoming friends with his nurse, Asta, played by Sara Tomko, that mission has undergone a slight change in the show’s three seasons. Season four, premiering on Friday, June 6, will be broadcast simultaneously on Syfy and USA Network, with Universal Productions aiming to capitalize on the series' growing popularity following its appearance on Netflix, which has helped build a larger audience. 

​The Bear: Season 4 (Hulu) – Wednesday, June 25
“The Bear” was the hippest (and best) series on television for its first two seasons. Then it started winning all of these awards and became a bit of a pariah, especially for those upset that it was nominated in comedy categories, despite being perceived by many as a half-hour drama (I get what people are saying, but I also find a lot of dark humor in the series, so I don’t personally mind). The third season, which aired in 2024, also didn’t match up to the greatness of the first two seasons, though I think it was still better than most shows on TV – it probably didn’t miss this site’s top 10 by all that much. For some reason, I thought season four would be the last for the show – and that may turn out to be true – but I haven’t seen anything official regarding it. The season will find Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) in the aftermath of a bad review being written about their recently opened restaurant. At least parts of the 10-episode fourth season were filmed in unison with the third season, so it’ll be interesting to see if it has the incredibly manic personality of season three. The fourth season of the show drops in its entirety (which I think is a mistake and has always been) on Hulu on Wednesday, June 25, and I wonder how viewers will react to it. Will “The Bear” return to best show on TV status, will it just be another good, but somewhat disappointing season or will it crash and burn? 
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