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Sunday, Aug. 11
2024 Paris Olympics
NBC, beginning at 7am Live
The final day of the 2024 Paris Olympics includes live coverage of the women’s basketball tournament final this morning on NBC. This afternoon, the closing ceremony will bring an end to the Games with the extinguishing of the Olympic cauldron and the passing of the Olympic flame to the Los Angeles 2028 representatives. An encore presentation of the ceremony airs in primetime tonight on NBC.
SEAL Team
Paramount+
Season Premiere!
After a long hiatus, the beloved series about an elite military unit led by David Boreanaz’s Jason Hayes returns for a seventh and final season to wrap up storylines and say goodbye to the Bravo Team. In the final season, Hayes struggles to balance his career with single fatherhood, and his second-in-command Ray Perry (Neil Brown Jr.) questions whether he will be able to leave the battlefield behind him as his retirement nears.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Cary Grant
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Actor Archibald Alec Leach — who, working professionally as Cary Grant, was the quintessential example of a suave, witty, charming, handsome and debonair silver screen star — is celebrated today during Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars with 12 of his films. Have some laughs with titles such as Topper (1937), My Favorite Wife (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), and Father Goose (1964), while thrills can be had with films like the action classic Gunga Din (1939) and Alfred Hitchco*ck’s Notorious (1946). Some Grant-led dramas are also among today’s lineup, including Penny Serenade (1941), for which the star received a Best Actor Oscar nomination.
NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400
USA Network, 6pm Live
Richmond Raceway in Virginia brings Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin and other top NASCAR Cup Series drivers to battle for 400 laps around the 0.75-mile oval.
Tulsa King: “Token Joe”
CBS, 8pm
The Paramount+ crime drama continues its run on CBS with “Token Joe,” in which Dwight (Sylvester Stallone) returns to New York under unfortunate circ*mstances.
American Godfathers: The Five Families
History, 8pm
New Series!
Michael Imperioli executive produced and narrates this six-hour docuseries, with two-hour episodes airing over three consecutive nights beginning this evening, that explores the inception, rise and fall of New York City’s five Mafia families, who over a 50-plus-year period had a hand in every facet of organized crime in America, from bootlegging and drug trafficking to extortion and gambling.
Mysteries of the Deep: “Ancient Boat Artifacts and Infamous Giant Squid”
Travel Channel, 8pm
Host Jeremy Wade reveals how a mummy found itself on a mysterious abandoned boat. He then investigates new deep-sea discoveries that might offer definitive proof of the underwater monster known as the Kraken.
Snowpiercer: “North Star”
AMC, 9pm
Will it be an extraction or a revolution? Layton (Daveed Diggs) and Josie (Katie McGuinness) are going to need some momentum as they prepare to jump onto the moving Snowpiercer in an attempt to get Layton’s baby safely back. While Big Alice is away from New Eden, the weather turns and the power grid is threatened.
Industry
HBO, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In the eight-episode third season, Pierpoint looks to the future and takes a big bet on ethical investing with the splashy IPO of green tech energy company Lumi. Myha’la, Marisa Abela and Ken Leung star.
Blue Ridge: The Series: “Heels and Faces”
INSP, 9pm
When a regional pro wrestling tour alliance rents out the high school gymnasium, its mean-spirited promoter is found murdered under the ring. As Justin (Johnathon Schaech) and the team dig into his past, they find that almost everyone he knew had a motive to kill.
Orphan Black: Echoes: “The Paradox of Joyce”
AMC, 10pm
Kira meets with a conflicted ally while Lucy, Jules, Eleanor and Craig continue to search for answers.
Hollywood Black
MGM+, 10pm
New Series!
Director Justin Simien (Dear White People) chronicles the Black experience in cinema history with this four-part docuseries. The premiere episode, “Built on Our Backs,” goes from the contributions of Silent Era pioneers like Oscar Micheaux to the commanding performances of Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier in the 1950s and ’60s.
In the Eye of the Storm: “Snowmageddon”
Discovery Channel, 10:05pm
When a rare bomb-cyclone rocks Buffalo in December 2022, hundreds of eyewitness film unprecedented blizzard conditions. While unrelenting snowfall traps thousands, one woman braves arctic conditions to save a man freezing to death outside her home.
Gangland Chronicles
History, 10:05pm
New Series!
Following the premiere of History’s new American Godfathers: The Five Families series, this related show kicks off with back-to-back half-hour episodes that look at infamous crime organizations. The first episode is “The Gambino Family: The Gotti Years,” followed by “The Sinaloa Cartel: The El Chapo Years.”
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Monday, Aug. 12
Signora Volpe
Acorn TV; also airs on BBC America at 6pm
Season Finale!
In “Death of a Ghost,” the Season 2 finale, an old foe abducts Sylvia (Emilia Fox) and she must draw on her formidable reserves of physical and mental resilience to escape.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Anita Page
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Actress Anita Evelyn Pomares, better known by her professional name of Anita Page, is welcomed to her first Summer Under the Stars celebration today with 15 titles from her heyday during the late silent movie era and into the early days of “talkies.” Highlights include Our Dancing Daughters (1928); Our Modern Maidens (1929); The Broadway Melody (1929), the first sound film to win the Best Picture Oscar; Our Blushing Brides (1930); Sidewalks of New York (1931); and Night Court (1932).
All American: Homecoming: “New Normal”
The CW, 8pm
Simone (Geffri Maya) must choose between the most important things in her life; Nate’s (Rhoyle Ivy King) cousin reaches out.
Name That Tune: “Apple for the Teacher”
FOX, 8pm
In the new episode “Apple for the Teacher,” a middle school teacher from Charlotte, North Carolina, plays the musical guessing game against a flight attendant from Houston. In the second match, a barista from Memphis, Tennessee, takes on another teacher from Charlotte.
Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life
A&E, 9pm
New Series!
This new docuseries works to expose the dark side of sororities and fraternity life on college campuses. Each episode features firsthand accounts of how the cult-like dynamic of these long-standing institutions can allow dangerous and traumatizing behaviors to thrive with little consequence. Among tonight’s stories is that of University of Minnesota student Abby Honold, who was sexually assaulted during a tailgate party off campus and then shunned from Greek life after she pressed charges against her attacker.
61st Street: “Kamikaze”
The CW, 9pm
In the new episode “Kamikaze,” Franklin’s (Courtney B. Vance) decision to represent Officer Logan (Mark O’Brien) turns the community against him. Meanwhile, Joshua (Bentley Green) grows suspicious of Big Phil (Jerod Haynes).
The 1% Club: “A Lifetime Supply of Hotdogs”
FOX, 9pm
The new episode “A Lifetime Supply of Hotdogs” has a balloon artist, an astrologer and a software engineer playing in the quiz show for the chance to win up to $100,000. Patton Oswalt hosts.
Celebrity IOU
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
This Is Us star Mandy Moore is sending some love to Ce-Ce, a woman who has been deeply ingrained in her life for the past 15 years. Mandy gets Drew and Jonathan Scott to create the ultimate outdoor oasis for her.
The Great American Recipe
PBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
The top three cooks present their most treasured dishes in the final round of this cooking competition series.
Tuesday, Aug. 13
Matt Rife: Lucid — A Crowd Work Special
Netflix
In Netflix’s first ever crowd work special, popular comedian Matt Rife returns to the stage to deliver more good-humored laughter to an audience in Charlotte, North Carolina.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo makes his Summer Under the Stars debut with a 13-film lineup that includes three TCM premieres: the drama Seven Days … Seven Nights (1960), costarring Jeanne Moreau; the comedy/drama A Monkey in Winter (1962), also with Jean Gabin; and the gangster film Borsalino (1970), also featuring Alain Delon. Other highlights include director Jean-Luc Godard’s classic French New Wave crime thriller Breathless (1960); Two Women (1960), a war drama costarring Sophia Loren; the 1981 action thriller The Professional; and more.
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS, Check your local lineup
It’s a crossover event in the soap world as The Young and the Restless’ Danny (Michael Damian) and Christine, aka Cricket (Lauralee Bell), are invited to the Forrester estate (in The Bold and the Beautiful world) for a party celebrating the success of the relaunch of Brooke Logan’s (Katherine Kelly Lang) “Brooke’s Bedroom” fashion line … or so they think. Might a musical number from Danny be in the works?
100 Day Hotel Challenge
HGTV, 8pm
New Series!
It’s a husband-and-wife competition as HGTV’s winningest duo Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt set out to transform two dated hotels — the 1950s family-owned properties The Beacon Hotel (formerly known as the Salter Path Inn), and the William & Garland Motel, right next door — into charming waterside retreats in just 100 days. Judging their work will be Drew and Jonathan Scott.
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 8pm Live
Season 19 of this variety competition series kicks off its live Tuesday night competition episodes from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Live results shows will air Wednesdays starting tomorrow night.
A Boston (R)evolution
PBS, 10pm
This documentary special explores race and gender in politics, with a focus on Boston’s historic 2021 mayoral race.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
Bad Monkey
Apple TV+
New Series!
Vince Vaughn leads the cast of this witty crime comedy series based on a novel by Carl Hiaasen, playing suspended Miami police officer Andrew Yancy, who begins unofficially investigating the case of a human arm discovered by a local fisherman. How that arm came to be severed and floating in the ocean is a mystery that compels Yancy to risk it all, which he must do to untangle the web of lies and various crimes surrounding the arm’s origins. The unofficial case leads him to the Bahamas and down some unexpected avenues among a very eccentric group of characters, including medical examiner (and love interest) Rosa Campesino, played by Natalie Martinez.
Daughters
Netflix
A moving portrait of empathy and forgiveness, this film is the result of an eight-year documentary journey by filmmaker Natalie Rae and social change advocate Angela Patton. It intimately follows Aubrey, Santana, Raziah and Ja’Ana as they prepare for a momentous daddy-daughter dance with their incarcerated fathers. Speaking openly about their aspirations, dreams and the emotional toll of their fathers’ absence, compounded by the constraints of virtual visits, these girls reveal a profound wisdom and resilience beyond their years.
Worst Ex Ever
Netflix
New Series!
From the creators of Worst Roommate Ever comes this series that reveals the disturbing stories of monstrous past relationships, presented via compelling testimonials, bodycam footage and animated reenactments.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Anne Bancroft
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Actress Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, better known as Anne Bancroft, will be celebrated on today’s Summer Under the Stars lineup with 12 of her films. Included are four of her most acclaimed performances — her Best Actress Oscar-winning turn in The Miracle Worker (1962), and her Best Actress-nominated roles in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Graduate (1967) and Agnes of God (1985). Also featured are To Be or Not to Be (1983), costarring Bancroft’s husband, Mel Brooks; 84 Charing Cross Road (1987); Torch Song Trilogy (1988); and more.
MasterChef: Generations
FOX, 8pm
The culinary competition series continues with two new episodes tonight. In “Birthday Bakes,” the chefs turn to their baking skills when tasked with making a celebratory birthday cake. Then, in “Memory Lane — Mystery Box,” the chefs work in teams to create a dish using mystery box food items from their generation.
Bargain Mansions
Magnolia Network, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Kansas native Tamara Day returns for another season where she restores neglected large homes, bringing them back to life for new families to love.
The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras
MTV, 8pm
Season Premiere!
MTV’s reality competition series The Challenge embarks on its monumental 40th season, featuring 40 legendary competitors from the series’ 26-year history representing their “Challenge Era” in an epic battle for the ages. Legends collide as they strive to immortalize their names as The Challenge 40 champions and earn their share of the $1 million prize.
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
Nat Geo, 8pm
New Series!
This third installment in Nat Geo’s Emmy-winning One Day in America franchise is a harrowing, three-episode (all airing tonight) chronicle of the tragic events of Nov. 18, 1978, when Jonestown — the supposed “utopian” commune in Guyana led by the infamous Jim Jones — spiraled into a mass murder-suicide event, leaving 918 dead. Using accounts from survivors and eyewitnesses, as well as little-seen footage and rare recordings of Jones, the episodes offer an immersive look into the final chilling hours leading up to one of America’s darkest chapters.
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 8pm Live
The series’ Season 19 live results shows will air Wednesdays beginning this evening with the results from last night’s live performances.
The Real CSI: Miami: “Lady in the Lagoon”
CBS, 9pm
In 2000, the body of Misty Morse was found in a South Florida lagoon with her limbs bound together by nautical rope and duct tape covering her eyes and mouth. The new episode “Lady in the Lagoon” shows how investigators pieced together evidence and used pet DNA analysis to solve her murder.
Expedition X
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 8 of this paranormal investigation series, Heather Amaro joins Josh Gates, scientist Phil Torres and the rest of the team of adventurers as they seek the truth behind the world’s eeriest supernatural mysteries. Tonight’s premiere finds the group in West Virginia for a two-part investigation at one of the most haunted buildings in America: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a sprawling abandoned psychiatric hospital with a tragic history and countless reports of paranormal activity.
Good Bones
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
This season, mother-daughter home renovating duo Karen Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk are heading in new directions. Mina will stay closer to home turning a very dated but “groovy” lake house (just north of Indy) into a peaceful family getaway. Karen, however, risks her retirement nest egg on a bungalow in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she hopes to create a colorful beachy oasis.
Pawn Stars: “Pawns N’ Roses”
History, 9pm
Rick and Chum rack up points testing the merchandise at a pinball paradise. Then, Corey saddles up to an obscure piece of World War II history. Next, Chum sleuths out a sale on a rare set of Sherlock Holmes books, and later, Rick welcomes former Guns N’ Roses guitarist DJ Ashba to the jungle that is the shop, and they riff over some heavy metal.
Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience
ESPN & ESPN+, 9pm
Original Film!
Grammy award-winning artist and Kennedy Center honoree Mickey Hart, drummer of the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company, takes the viewer on a sonic journey as he creates an original score inspired by conversations with legendary and iconic voices from the world of sports. His breathtaking score combined with exclusive stories and insight from elite athletes helps show the depths of the universal rhythm found in music, sports and life. “Through the voices and stories of some of the greatest athletes, we uncover the profound connection that rhythm brings to their performance and passion,” Hart says. “This film is a journey into that shared human experience, a testament to the power of rhythm in uniting us all. We dedicate this film to Bill Walton, whose own rhythmic journey in sports and life has been a true inspiration.” The film features stories from legendary athletes like Joe Montana and Marshawn Lynch to Sheryl Swoopes and Jack Nicklaus, sharing their personal insights and experiences on how sports and music share a universal language. The film celebrates the artistry behind these two worlds, showcasing how they mutually inspire and elevate each other. The striking visuals and evocative soundtrack both work to illustrate the pulse and energy that music brings to sports and vice versa.
Expedition Bigfoot
Discovery Channel, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Season 5 again follows a team of researchers on a hunt for the legendary humanlike cryptid. Venturing back to the Lost Coast of Northern California, the epicenter of reported Bigfoot activity, the group embarks on their first ever expedition to unearth evidence of the creature’s breeding ground.
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
BET, 10:30pm
Season Premiere!
The comedy returns for Season 11, led by Allen Payne and Cassi Davis Patton.
Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
BET, 11pm
Season Premiere!
Season 5 of the comedy kicks off tonight. Alex Henderson, Courtney Nichole and David Mann star.
Thursday, Aug. 15
Emily in Paris
Netflix
Season Premiere!
American ex-pat Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) is headed for a few new European destinations besides the title city in the new season of this romantic comedy/drama, which will be released in two parts (the first five episodes drop today; the second five are coming Sept. 12). According to creator Darren Star, “Emily finds herself with a busy travel schedule [this season]. From the French Alps to the piazzas of Rome, viewers will vicariously experience amazing new locations through Emily’s eyes.”
Bel-Air
Peaco*ck
Season Premiere!
The reimagining of the hit 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air set in modern-day America and starring Jabari Banks as Will Smith returns for a third season. School is out for summer and Will makes an exciting pivot, while also finding a partner in his cousin Carlton (Olly Sholotan). Meanwhile, pressure at work and at home will pose challenges for Aunt Viv (Cassandra Freeman) and Uncle Phil (Adrian Holmes).
Jackpot!
Prime Video
Original Film!
Awkwafina stars in this action comedy as a wannabe actor in 2030 who wins a multibillion-dollar jackpot and has until sundown to collect her prize. However, there is a catch: Anyone who kills the winner and takes the ticket for themselves can lay claim to the fortune too.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Joseph Cotten
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Today, Summer Under the Stars celebrates actor Joseph Cotten with a 13-film lineup, including three of his memorable collaborations with Orson Welles: the iconic drama Citizen Kane (1941), led by Cotten and Welles, who also cowrote and directed; the period drama The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), written and directed by Welles and starring Cotten; and the spy film Journey Into Fear (1943), starring the pair, who teamed up on the screenplay. The lineup also features Alfred Hitchco*ck’s thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943), with a terrific and quietly disturbing performance by Cotten; the psychological Western Duel in the Sun (1946); the supernatural drama Portrait of Jennie (1948), also featuring Jennifer Jones; the sci-fi production From the Earth to the Moon (1958); and more.
MLB Baseball: Minnesota at Texas
FS1, 8pm Live
The Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers start a four-game series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
COBRA: Rebellion
PBS, 9pm
The government faces intense scrutiny for legislating an anti-protest bill deemed too aggressive.
Friday, Aug. 16
The Union
Netflix
Original Film!
Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, is quickly thrust into the world of superspies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne (Halle Berry), recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All-Stars
Paramount+
New Series!
Twelve fan favorites from across the world will each represent their own country to compete for the title of “Queen of the Mothertucking World,” a spot in the international pavilion at the Drag Race Hall of Fame and a grand prize of $200,000.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Jane Russell
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Actress Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell, better known simply as Jane Russell, will be highlighted today with a Summer Under the Stars lineup featuring 13 of her films. The day includes The Outlaw (1943), director Howard Hughes’ Western that was Russell’s film debut and helped turn her into one of the most popular pinup models during World War II; The Paleface (1948), a Western comedy costarring Bob Hope; Macao (1952), the film noir adventure that paired Russell with Robert Mitchum; another Western, Montana Belle (1952), featuring Russell as Belle Starr; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), the musical comedy also featuring Marilyn Monroe; Underwater! (1955), another adventure film; and more.
Gold Rush: Mine Rescue With Freddy & Juan
Discovery Channel, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Gold recovery experts Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra are back for a fourth season of helping struggling mine owners. With increased stress on small-scale miners from inflation, they will only take a cut if they can double a miner’s recovery, but the odds are tougher than ever.
Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog
Nat Geo, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Cesar Millan continues his mission to give pet parents the tools they need to teach good habits and shed bad behavior. Season 5 premieres tonight with back-to-back episodes. In “A First for Cesar,” Millan faces the most challenging rehab case of his career. In “Picking the Perfect Pooch,” Millan helps a fearful pet parent and aids a family in their search for a canine companion.
Bering Sea Gold
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 18 finds things turned upside down for the gold miners of Nome, Alaska. While gold prices have soared to an all-time high, chaotic El Niño conditions are making the grounds nearly impossible to access, creating a shifting ice field filled with dangerous pressure ridges. This treacherous terrain forces some miners off their claims and creates a funnel effect that pushes the fleet into fewer minable spots and in much closer proximity to each other. The miners must rethink their game plans and choose all-new strategies.
Antiques Roadshow Recut
PBS, 10pm
Season Finale!
The final two episodes of this bite-size Antiques Roadshow series air back-to-back featuring the Idaho Botanical Gardens.
Saturday, Aug. 17
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Jerry Lewis
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Somehow, comedy icon Joseph Levitch — better known as Jerry Lewis — has not yet been featured during TCM’s Summer Under the Stars event. That is rectified today when the star can be enjoyed in 12 films during his inaugural SUTS lineup. Included are a few of the movies Lewis made with Dean Martin, such as At War With the Army (1950), Sailor Beware (1952), Scared Stiff (1953) and The Caddy (1953), along with his solo roles in favorites like The Ladies Man (1961) and The Nutty Professor (1963), both of which he also directed, and The Disorderly Orderly (1964), among others.
NTT IndyCar Series: Bommarito Automotive Group 500
USA Network, 6pm Live
Alex Palou, Will Power, Pato O’Ward and Scott Dixon race for 260 laps around the 1.25-mile, egg-shaped oval at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis.
Chef Swap at the Beach
Cooking Channel, 7pm
Season Premiere!
Season 3 of this hit chef competition show returns to Myrtle Beach with host Mason Zeglen and judges Dylan Foster and Johanna Wilson Jones.
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
Viewers will see either the L.A. Dodgers at the St. Louis Cardinals or the Cleveland Guardians at the Milwaukee Brewers on FOX’s MLB Saturday regional game.
Mammals: “Forest”
BBC America, 8pm
From down in the undergrowth to high above the treetops, mammals have conquered every level of the forest with perfect camouflage, secret messages and even the power of flight. The new episode “Forest” demonstrates how many woodland mammals face new challenges as they are forced to adapt to a changing world.
A Costa Rican Wedding
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
A clumsy maid of honor (Rhiannon Fish) gets help from her handsome nemesis (Christopher Russell) when things go awry at her best friend’s wedding.
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Food and passion are at the forefront of this latest original that finds Ava (Garcelle Beauvais), a world-class chef living in Europe, rushing home to care for her elderly aunt (Donna Biscoe) after she suffers from a fall. She’s greeted at the airport by Luke (Vaughn W. Hebron), a handsome driver 20 years her junior, and the two start an unexpected, yet passionate, connection sharing their mutual interest in food, family and fun.
