‘Étoile,’ Plus 8 Things to Watch on TV This Week

Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that air or stream this week, April 21-26. Details and times are subject to change.

On point.

First with “Gilmore Girls,” then “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino has given us hyper-verbal heroines and their on-again-off-again love interests. Her new show, “Étoile,” is going back to one of her favorite topics, ballet, which she briefly touched on in her show “Bunheads,” before it was canceled in 2013 after the first season. This new show stars Luke Kirby and Charlotte Gainsbourg as the directors of two ballet companies, one in Paris, the other New York, who must work together to restore their beloved art form to world-renowned stature. “My whole life, I’ve known [that] without ballet, the world is a lesser place. And a place that I don’t think a lot of people want to be in, even if they don’t realize it,” Sherman-Palladino said in an interview with Vanity Fair. Streaming on Thursday on Prime Video.

On a track, a courtor a battlefield.

I grew up going to Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York, so I understood at a young age the seriousness that comes with horseracing. The new documentary series “Race for the Crown” delves into that world, following horses, jockeys, trainers and owners as they make their way through the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes — better known as the Triple Crown circuit. Just because horses are cute doesn’t mean that the sport is all fun and games. Streaming Tuesday on Netflix.

At just 19 years old, the tennis player Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest man and first male teenager in the Open Era to top the single rankings, after he took home the 2022 US Open title. The next year, he defeated Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, then took home the silver medal during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Now the documentary series “Carlos Alcaraz: My Way” follows the Spanish champion throughout his 2024 season as he focuses on keeping up his winning ways while trying to let loose like a normal 20-something. Streaming on Wednesday on Netflix.

If there’s one thing Netflix loves to do, it’s to take cast members of various reality shows and have them mix and mingle in different scenarios. That is the premise for “Battle Camp,” which puts personalities from “Love is Blind,” “Too Hot to Handle,” “Cheer” and many more into physical and mental competitions with the ultimate goal of winning the $250,000 prize pot. If you’re a young millennial, you’ll probably agree it sounds a lot like “Disney Channel Games.” Streaming on Wednesday on Netflix.