New to Neon in February

A Nick Hornby adaptation about ’60s TV will launch February 9 on Sky’s Neon streaming service.

Funny Woman (February 9) stars Gemma Arterton as a Blackpool beauty queen who becomes TV’s comedy queen in a chauvinistic industry.

It premiered last week on Sky Max in the UK, where London’s Evening Standard praised Arterton’s warmth but called the comic drama “implausible” and “jarring”:

There are joyous moments celebrating television comedy, which give a glimpse at what the series might have been.

The Guardian summed it up as “a British remix of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel … a perky period piece … David Threlfall and Rupert Everett provide sterling support to Arterton, who’s clearly having a hoot.”

Helter Skelter: An American Myth (February 20) is an acclaimed 2020 series about the Charles Manson murders.

The trite-crime documentary series averaged a 73% critics’ approval on Rotten Tomatoes, which concluded: “Helter Skelter doesn’t shine any new light on one of America’s most scrutinised crimes, but exhaustive research makes this series a comprehensive chronicle of the Manson Family.”

Returning for their latest seasons will be:

• Teen Mom OG (S9, February 1)
• A Million Little Things (S5, February 10)
• The Flash (S9, February 10)
• Miss Scarlett and the Duke (S2b, February 14)
• Last Week Tonight (S10, February 20)
• Snowfall (S6, February 24)

With the closure of the E! channel, Sky is switching a raft of its signature shows to Neon, which means they should screen here in HD for the first time.

They will include:

• Keeping Up with the Kardashian (S12-20, February 2)
• Flip it Like Disick (February 3)
• Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry (S3-4, February 4)
• Reunion Road Trip (February 7)
• Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump  (February 8)
• Botched (S2-7, February 9)
• Dr 90210 (February 10)
• E! True Hollywood Story (S1-2, February 11)
• For Real: The Store of Reality TV (February 12)

Back catalogue blasts-from-the-past will include Reno 911! (S1-6, February 24) and Lethal Weapon (S1-3, February 22) while new for kids will be:

• The Loud House S5 (February 1)
• The Penguins of Madagascar S2 (February 1)
• Ben 10 Ultimate Alien (February 3)
• The Powerpuff Girls S2 (February 8)
• Steven Universe S4-5 (February 15)
• Over the Garden Wall (February 26)

Here’s the movie line-up for February: