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T8 WHATS UP! February 19 - 25, 2023 BY RAYE SMITH TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" - Season 5 Gear up and take your places for the Season 5 premiere of the smash-hit Netflix docuseries "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" when it launches on the stream- er Friday, Feb. 24. Offering un- precedented access to the tal- ented drivers and the hard- working teams that bring the races to life, "Drive to Survive" follows them through their rac- ing season as they compete for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 world championship. With all-new rules that prove to be a game- changing challenge for both teams and drivers, this season will prove to be anything but predictable. Featuring never-be- fore-seen footage and exclusive interviews, the series features Formula 1's 2022 lineup of 22 ath- letes from around the world, in- cluding Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez for Red Bull Rac- ing; Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz for Ferrari; George Russell and Lewis Hamilton for Mer- cedes; Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo for McLaren Mer- cedes; Esteban Ocon and Fer- nando Alonso for Alpine Re- nault; Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu for Alfa Romeo Ferrari; Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll and Nico Hulkenberg for Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes; Kev- in Magnussen and Mick Schum- acher for Haas Ferrari; Pierre Gasley and Yuki Tsunoda for Al- phatori; and Alexander Albon, Nicholas Latifi and Nyck De Vries for Williams Mercedes. The series is executive pro- duced by James Gay-Rees ("Amy," 2015) and Paul Martin ("Break Point") for Box to Box Films. WHAT'S NEW ON PRIME "The Consultant" - Season 1 This Friday, Feb. 24, Prime pre- mieres its twisted new series, "The Consultant," a darkly co- medic workplace thriller based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Bentley Little. The se- ries stars Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained," 2012) as Regus Patoff, a new consultant who is hired to improve the business at a mobile gaming company in Los Angeles. Ex- ploring the sinister relationship between boss and employee, the series follows along as the em- ployees on CompWare experi- ence a new host of demands and challenges that put everything — including their lives — into question. Created and executive produced by showrunner Tony Basgallop ("Servant"), "The Consultant" is directed by Matt Shakman ("WandaVision"), Daniel Attias ("Homeland"), Charlotte Brändström ("The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"), Alexis Ostrander ("Su- pergirl"), Karyn Kusama ("In Treatment"). Nat Wolff ("The Stand"), Brittany O'Grady ("Star"), Aimee Carrero ("The Menu," 2022), Sydney Mae Diaz ("Ghostbusters: Afterlife," 2021), Sloane Avery ("Purity Falls," 2019), Michael Charles Vaccaro ("For All Mankind") and Erin Ruth Walker ("Leverage: Re- demption"). WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "Snowfall" - Season 6 The sixth and final season of the FX crime drama "Snowfall" pre- mieres Thursday, Feb. 23, on Hulu. Over the course of the se- ries' previous five seasons, "Snowfall" has chronicled the story of how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction that rock co- caine leveled upon the vibrant community of South Central L.A. in the 1980s. Now, Season 6 catches back up with the cast in October 1986, as civil war threat- ens to destroy the Saint family. A desperate Franklin (Damson Id- ris, "Megan Leavey," 2017) is forced to rob his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis, "Top Five," 2014) and Uncle Jerome (Amin Jo- seph, "To Live and Die and Live," 2023) after being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy Mc- Donald (Carter Hudson, "The Wilds"). Meanwhile, Louie has taken over Franklin's role as Teddy's sole buyer, undercutting her nephew and creating a com- peting empire in the process. As Franklin faces losing everyone he loves and everything he's built for himself, he faces down the KGB, DEA, CIA and the cor- rupt, fully militarized LAPD C.R.A.S.H. units. Created for television by Eric Amadio ("Stuntmen," 2009), John Single- ton ("Boyz n the Hood," 1991) and Dave Andron ("Justified"), "Snowfall" also stars Isaiah John ("All Day and a Night," 2020), Sergio Peris-Mencheta ("Ram- bo: Last Blood," 2019), Michael Hyatt ("True Detective"), Gail Bean ("P-Valley"), DeRay Davis ("21 Jump Street," 2012), Evan Al- len-Gessesse ("Raise Your Hand," 2021), De'aundre Bonds ("Dope," 2015), Christine Horn ("BMF") and Taylor Polidore ("All American: Homecoming"). WHAT'S NEW ON APPLE TV+ "Liason" - Season 1 Explore the endless possibilities of space and time with the new, contemporary thriller series "Li- ason," when it premieres its first episode on Apple TV+ Friday, Feb. 24. Episodes air weekly on Fridays thereafter. Across the se- ries' six-episode premiere sea- son, the story explores how the mistakes of our past have the po- tential to destroy our future. In a high-stakes, multilayered plot, "Liason" sees "espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love" (per Apple TV+). The first French and English- language Apple Original series, "Liason" comes from creator Virginie Brac ("Cheyenne & Lola"), with direction by Ste- phen Hopkins ("The Fugitive"). Vincent Cassel ("Black Swan," 2010), Eva Green ("Miss Pere- grine's Home for Peculiar Chil- dren," 2016), Peter Mullan ("Ozark"), Gérard Lanvin ("Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1," 2008), Daniel Francis ("Stay Close"), Stanislas Merhar ("The Count of Monte Cristo"), Laeti- tia Eido (Fauda"), Eriq Ebouaney ("Rogue City," 2020), Bukky Bakray ("Rocks," 2019) and Thi- erry Frémont ("Das Boot"). WHAT'S NEW ON DISNEY+ "The Low Tone Club" - Season 1 Pick up the tune and join in with the first season of the Colombi- an youth comedy-drama series "The Low Tone Club," premier- ing Wednesday, Feb. 22, on Dis- ney+. Amaranto Molina (played by Colombian singer-songwrit- er Carlos Vives, "Robarte Un Beso") is an unconventional mu- sic teacher who takes up a job at a school that specializes in musi- cal education. But much to Moli- na's dismay, the school's only priority is commercial success, rather than true musical educa- tion, passion or talent. Each year, the school's principal, Eduardo Kramer (Julián Arango, "Me- tástasis"), chooses five students, nicknamed The High Tones, to be part of the school's presti- gious Teen Band. Molina, on the other hand, is put in charge of The Low Tones, a group of stu- dents whose talents do not meet the school's standards. Using his own unique methods, Molina takes an eccentric approach to bring out the best of each stu- dent's unique talents, allowing them to heal and bring out the best in themselves. Alongside Vives, the cast of "The Low Tone Club" is made up of a cast of tal- ented young artists, including Catalina Polo ("Primate"), Kevin Bury ("The Queen of Flow"), Sa- lomé Camargo Fadul ("Diomed- es, el Cacique de La Junta"), Luis Fernando Salas ("Luna, la he- redera"), Juan Manuel Lenis ("El Barón"), Juanse Díez ("Deci- sions: Some Win and Others Lose"), Tim Janssen ("El Barón") and new talents Pitizion, Elena Vives, Maria Fernanda Marin, Brainer Gamboa, Juan Diego Panadero, Manuela Duque, Mel- anie Dell'Olmo, Gregorio Uma- na, Zoila Mariano, Sharik Abu- said, Giseth Mariano, Deisy Mariano and Juan Camilo Gon- zalez. Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Pérez in "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" Still thriving: 'Drive to Survive' rolls in for Season 5 STREAMING Brittany O'Gray and Nat Wolff star in "The Consultant" Damson Idris stars in "Snowfall"