This weeks TV: Corporate humor, dating on the spectrum, and dogs seeking forever homes – The Boston Globe

Your TV GPS, Globe TV critic Matthew Gilberts look at the week ahead in television, appears every Monday morning on BostonGlobe.com. Todays column covers July 20-26.

WHAT IM WATCHING THIS WEEK

1. The corporate setting can be soul-crushing, as Dilbert, The Office, and Better Off Ted have noted. But Comedy Centrals cheeky Corporate, one of my pet favorites, takes that idea to new blackly comic heights. Matt and Jake (played by co-creators Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman) are junior execs in training at the nefarious Hampton DeVille company, a kind of Amazon whose slogan is We make everything. The guys know theyre buying into evil, but their cynicism and passivity keep them in the race. Its nihilism at its most entertaining. The third and final season is starts Wednesday on Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m.

2. COVIDs Hidden Toll, the latest installment of PBSs Frontline, looks into the immigrants and undocumented workers who help maintain Americas food supply during the pandemic. Workers talk about having to choose between their health and their jobs, as well as what they say is a lack of protection from their employers. Its on WGBH 2 on Tuesday at 10 p.m.

3. Exploitation? Explication? Revelation? Love on the Spectrum is a new reality show about the world of dating for young adults on the autism spectrum. It joins Born This Way, The Good Doctor, The A Word, Parenthood, Atypical, and Speechless in bringing special needs into the mainstream. Netflix will make the five hour-long episodes available on Wednesday.

4. Get ready for tears. The Dog House sets up dogs with humans to see if theyre compatible. Each episode shows the arrivals of pets at a rural British rescue organization, tells their stories of abandonment, and looks into the lives of the people who might adopt them. Cameras in the pen record the first meetings between the dogs and their prospective new owners. Its on HBO Max on Thursday.

5. Rage ritual, anyone? Nine strangers, each undergoing stress, attend a wellness retreat in Costa Rica in a new unscripted series called Lost Resort. They work with a team of alternative healers who push them to their limits, with rage rituals and vulnerability circles. Premiering on TBS at 10 p.m. on Thursday, the reality show is from the producers of The Real Housewives of New Jersey and will of course feature hookups and breakups along with all the healing.

CHANNEL SURFING

Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia A limited series about Mafia families in New York in the 1970s and 80s and the feds trying to take them down. Netflix, Wednesday

The Pale Tourist Jim Gaffigan delivers a new stand-up set. Amazon, Friday

Rogue Trip Bob Woodruff and his 27-year-old son, Mack, travel to overlooked destinations. Disney+, Friday

RECENT REVIEWS

I May Destroy You An intense, intricate series about sexual trauma. HBO

Father Soldier Son A complex documentary portrait of a wounded warrior and his young boys. Netflix

P-Valley A compelling drama series about the workers at a Mississippi Delta strip club. Starz

Little Voice A musical rom-com series featuring songs by Sara Bareilles. Apple TV+

Stateless A six-part drama about life in the dirty, bureaucratically impacted limbo of an Australian refugee camp, featuring Cate Blanchett. Netflix

Ill Be Gone in the Dark A docu-series about true-crime author Michelle McNamara and her search for the Golden State Killer. HBO

Perry Mason The legendary attorney, played by Matthew Rhys, gets a backstory in this series, to mixed effect. HBO

Love, Victor A sweet, somewhat simplistic coming-out series aimed at young adults. Hulu

Laurel Canyon A two-part docu-series about the vibrant L.A. music scene in the 60s and 70s. Epix

Matthew Gilbert can be reached at matthew.gilbert@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewGilbert.

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