What to Watch on TV this week: Emily In Paris, Fallout, Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Networks and Born To Be Wild

Emily In Paris

Thursday, streaming on Netflix

Emily’s in Paris. Except she’s not — this season she’s back in Rome, heading up the Italian offices of Agence Grateau. But we’ll allow it: we watch this for the exotic locations “on the continent”, so France or Italy, it matters not — we’re along for the ride regardless.

“This season is a tale of two cities: Rome and Paris,” creator Darren Star recently told Netflix.

“Straddling both, Emily takes love and life to the next level.”

Squeal!

Last time we saw our petite cherie, she was settling into her apartment in Rome, living the life we all wish we were living, and falling into the arms of handsome Italian scion, Marcello Muratori (Eugenio Franceschini).

There will be more of all that, but we’ve not left behind Emily’s Parisian peeps just yet — they’ll all pay a visit this season, with both Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) and Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) making an appearance in Rome to keep our heroine on her toes.

Lily Collins, who plays Emily, says she’s pleased her character is off exploring new horizons and new romantic connections in season five.

“Marcello is a whole other adventure that we want for Emily, because we ultimately want Emily to be able to have a better work-life balance,” she said.

“We want to have Emily be able to smile without condition. We want to see her beyond her vacay mode. And he comes at that perfect time.”

This show is the perfect “second screen” series and producers know this, which is why they go light on the plot, heavy on the fizz. Not that we’re complaining: I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve done a 180 on this show and am now looking forward to this next season.

Wherever Emily goes, it appears I will follow — love this adventure for us both.

Fallout

Wednesday, streaming on Prime Video

If you’ve played the video game, you’ll have an idea of what’s ahead this season, but for those not in the know, Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) are off through the Mojave Wasteland to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas in their hunt for Hank (Kyle MacLachlan).

The world-building in this series, which is based off the popular video game, is incredible and worth the price of admission even if you’ve no interest in the gaming IP it’s based off. Worth discovering.

Hard Quiz: Battle of the Networks

Wednesday, 8pm, ABC

I get an unexpected thrill seeing stars pop up on networks that aren’t their own. I know, I need to get out more.

So imagine how chuffed I was to see Larry Emdur, Leigh Sales, Angela Bishop and Karl Stefanovic battling it out on Hard Quiz? What’s not to love about listening to Leigh talk about 80s TV, or Angela Bishop wax lyrical about Phil Collins? Tom Gleeson sledging Karl Stefanovic about drugs was also an unexpected delight. This is absolutely hilarious — seek it out.

Born To Be Wild

Friday, streaming on Apple TV Plus

Sometimes you just want to sit back and immerse yourself in a beautifully-shot nature documentary. And this one, narrated by Hugh Bonneville, is an absolute delight.

It follows six rare animals across three continents over several years as they make the transition from hand-reared babies to a life in the world. Either orphaned or born via conservation programs, they’re destined for a life back in nature, and this tracks their progress.

A (Very) Musical Christmas

Friday, 7.30pm, ABC

Filmed at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre in support of Beyond Blue and hosted by Take Five’s Zan Rowe, this razzle-dazzle festive special features performances from some of Australian entertainment’s finest musical talents.

We’re talking Casey Donovan, Rob Mills and Caroline O’Connor — there are also musical performances from the casts of MJ The Musical and Beetlejuice. This one’s for anyone who loves belting out a show tune (guilty!). Get your sequins ready.