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John Stamos stars in this sports dramedy that hits all the right — and expected — notes. At the center is a basketball coach — exceptionally named Marvyn Korn — whose bad temper sees him fired from the highest level of college basketball. His next gig takes him to a team at a private girls high school. The transition isn’t the smoothest nor the most original, but it’s the performances and wholesome spirit that make Big Shot sweet viewing.

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Yes, the Mighty Ducks are back. But thankfully not as a remake. A follow-up to the ’90s flick, Game Changers stars Emilio Estevez as the original Ducks coach Gordon Bombay, who now runs a low-level ice rink. The Mighty Ducks junior hockey team have become so good they can be selective about who joins. The David to their Goliath, a new team of underdogs brings together the rejects, including 12-year-old Evan Morrow. Who do they enlist as their coach? You get one guess. With Lauren Graham helping provide some of the laughs, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers is surprisingly layered, packed with earnestness and nostalgia.

This new Star Wars series is a spinoff of the lauded The Clone Wars. Using the same CGI-animated style, The Bad Batch follows a squad of elite clone troopers who all have genetic defects, which may or may not give them special abilities. From The Mandalorian producer Dave Filoni, The Bad Batch even features Fennec Shand (voiced by Ming-Na Wen), from the live-action show. More than a solid diversion that should particularly satisfy those partial to delving deeper into Star Wars lore.

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If you’re not into the High School Musical film series, then this mockumentary might be a little more your thing. Especially since it’s a tongue-in-cheek look at a group of musical theater students putting on a musical inspired by the films in the exact same school the films were shot. Still, it doesn’t veer too far from its source material, featuring a romance between its two leads — Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett. Fans of Glee will find much to get on board with.