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Friday, June 30
Killjoys
Syfy, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 3, after sustaining serious personal losses, the bounty hunters must come together and prepare themselves for what lies ahead. Tension and tragedy loom over the J Star System as they struggle to assemble an army and prepare for battle.
The RAC is BACK!
Don't miss the Season 3 premiere of #Killjoys TONIGHT at 8/7c on @SYFY. pic.twitter.com/5w9KFVOypM
— Killjoys (@Killjoys) June 30, 2017
Masters of Illusion
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Dean Cain hosts back-to-back episodes of the series that showcases astonishing feats of magic performed by cutting-edge illusionists and escape artists. Each episode features world-class acts displaying skills ranging from interactive mind magic to hilarious comedy routines.
Dark Matter: “Give It Up, Princess”
Syfy, 9pm
The crew must rescue kidnapped royalty to retrieve a file that could halt intergalactic war.
Wynonna Earp: “She Ain’t Right”
Syfy, 10pm
It’s Earp vs. Earp as Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) fights for her sister Waverly’s (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) soul.
Saturday, July 1
My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Movie Magic
Discovery Family Channel, 11:30am
The Equestria Girls have been specially invited by A.K. Yearling to visit the set of the upcoming Daring Do movie! For Rainbow Dash, watching behind the scenes as her favorite heroine comes to life is a dream come true. However, when a rare prop from the set goes missing, Rainbow Dash’s dream becomes a nightmare. The girls decide to track down the missing prop and find themselves in a real-life Daring Do adventure!
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Coke Zero 400
NBC, 7pm Live
Monster Energy Cup stars Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott and others return to famed Daytona International Speedway for a race under the lights at the Coke Zero 400. It’s the final race at Daytona for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will retire at season’s end.
The Essentials: “The Lady Eve”
TCM, 8pm
Tina Fey brings her unique perspective as host to this month’s “Essentials” films, including tonight’s movie. This screwball comedy stars Henry Fonda as naive Charles Pike and Barbara Stanwyck as the beautiful con artist Jean Harrington. Harrington, along with her father (Charles Coburn) and his partner (Melville Cooper), are out to fleece the rich Mr. Pike, who is woman-shy and surrounded by ladies desperate for his attention. This film was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Sunday, July 2
Soccer: FIFA Confederations Cup, Final
FS1, 2pm Live
FS1 has live coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup soccer tournament final match from St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Patriot
BBC America, 6pm
BBC America shows there’s no hard feelings about that whole war for independence business with this airing of 2000’s Revolutionary War drama The Patriot. Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs and Chris Cooper star in this tale of revenge set amid the birth of a nation.
Masterpiece: My Mother and Other Strangers
PBS, 8pm
Nurse Tillie comes to the rescue, but is she in time? Stolen paint provokes a theological crisis and Capt. Dreyfuss gives Rose a heads-up.
Fear the Walking Dead: “Red Dirt”
AMC, 9pm
News of incoming danger spreads throughout the community as Madison struggles to keep everyone together. Nick grapples with a hard truth.
American Grit: “Secrets Are Revealed”
FOX, 9pm
The contestants face a challenge that tests their teamwork: a footrace in the muck, roped waist-to-waist. It’s crucial for teammates to work together as a unit if they want to prove their grit and stay in the running for the $250,000 prize, with members of the losing teams facing double elimination.
Good Witch: “Not Getting Married Today, Part 2”
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
Season Finale!
After learning that Sam doesn’t plan on getting married again, Cassie goes to Chicago to clear her head and meet with an old friend; Michael and Vanessa get fed up with their mothers while planning the wedding; and Sam and Cassie come face-to-face with their future.
Masterpiece: Grantchester
PBS, 9pm
When several villagers become ill at the local cricket match, Geordie and Sidney must determine if it was an accident or something more sinister. Sidney and Amanda learn that their secret isn’t so secret after all.
Monday, July 3
Janet King, Series 3
Acorn TV
Season Premiere!
Marta Dusseldorp is back as brilliant lawyer Janet King in eight new episodes of the Australian drama that has been hailed as an “astutely realized mystery” (The Australian) and “one of the best legal procedurals … in years” (Slate). In the third season, Janet’s investigation into the mysterious death of a young cricketer uncovers a web of lies and corruption.
Tennis: 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Early Rounds
ESPN, 7am Live
The third and most prestigious tournament in tennis’ Grand Slam starts today with early-round action at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. Seven-time Wimbledon ladies’ singles champion Serena Williams won’t defend her title, as she’s expecting her first child. Reigning men’s singles champion Andy Murray looks for his third win on home soil. ESPN and ESPN2 air the tournament through July 16.
Designing Women
getTV, 11am
One of television’s iconic series, Designing Women stars Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart and Meshach Taylor as the team behind Sugarbaker & Associates, a design firm in Atlanta. The series ran for seven seasons between 1986-93 and was known for addressing social causes through caustic and political humor.
(airs weekly, Monday-Thursday)
American Ninja Warrior: “Kansas City Qualifiers”
NBC, 8pm
Competitors face six challenging obstacles in this qualifier, including three new obstacles: Hang Glider, Broken Pipes and Crank It Up. Veterans Lance Pekus, Brandon Mears and Dan Polizzi return, while Olympic decathlete Jeremy Taiwo takes on the course for the first time.
Preacher: “Damsels”
AMC, 9pm
Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy get a tip that God might be in New Orleans. Will their trip to the Big Easy expose Tulip’s secret?
Cake Boss: Epic Patriotic Cakes
Discovery Family Channel, 9pm
In this 60-minute special, celebrate the Fourth of July and all things red, white and blue by revisiting Buddy’s most patriotic cakes. Pledge allegiance to crowd-pleasing cakes with designs that pay homage to the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Fleet Week and more.
Survival Science
Outdoor Channel, 9pm
New Series!
In the new version of Fight to Survive, Nick Mundt and Laura Schara explore the reasons and science behind living outdoors.
Reno, Set, Go!: “Insta-Family”
Discovery Family Channel, 10pm
After adopting their 7-year-old daughter Eryka last year, Nicole and Cort were delighted to find out they were pregnant. But when baby Jack was born four months early, nursery preparations were pushed aside. While Nicole spends 12 to 14 hours a day in the neonatal intensive care unit with Jack, Cort wants to surprise his wife with a custom-designed nursery for their son.
POV: “The War Show”
PBS, 10pm
Obaidah Zytoon captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a circle of friends. Beginning with peaceful Arab Spring protests in 2011, take a four-year, ground-level look at how the country spiraled into bloody civil war.
July 4th “Twilight Zone” Marathon
Syfy, 12am (late-night)
Syfy’s annual holiday marathon of episodes from Rod Serling’s classic anthology series airs all day today and through early morning July 5.
Tuesday, July 4
In the Heat of the Night
getTV, 7pm
Carroll O’Connor (of All in the Family fame) plays white police chief William Gillespie and Howard Rollins is police detective Virgil Tibbs, a black man who returns home to Mississippi for his mother’s funeral and is asked by Gillespie to stay on as chief of the detective unit, hoping his presence will overcome the squad’s reputation as being underskilled and racist. The show dealt with a variety of issues, including police brutality, hate crime, poverty, drug abuse and more. It ran from 1988-92 on NBC, and then on CBS until 1995.
(airs weekly, Tuesday-Thursday)
The Words That Built America
HBO, 7pm
Directed by filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, this timely documentary features A-list celebrities, all living U.S. presidents and vice presidents, and media titans reading the documents that founded our democracy — the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights — to give viewers a better understanding of what they truly say and mean.
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
Bloomberg Television, 8pm
This perennial has a new TV home! Pop star Andy Grammer, singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge and Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr. headline the show, which will also stream online at Bloomberg.com. The Boston Pops Orchestra will perform new work by composer Alan Menken and Tony-winning lyricist Jack Feldman, plus music by composer John Williams.
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular
NBC, 8pm Live
NBC celebrates America’s birthday with this annual event held in New York City, featuring entertainment and, of course, fireworks.
A Capitol Fourth
PBS, 8pm Live
Celebrate our country’s 241st birthday with an all-star musical extravaganza broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. With cameras positioned around the city, viewers are front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere.
Independence Day Movie Marathon
TCM, 8pm
Turner Classic Movies celebrates America’s birthday with a night of patriotic films, kicking off with 1942’s Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Wednesday, July 5
MasterChef: “Shell-Shocked & Scrambled”
FOX, 8pm
The top 18 contestants face a mystery box challenge featuring some of the world’s finest shellfish. Then, in the elimination challenge, the chefs must recreate a Gordon Ramsay classic.
Little Big Shots: Forever Young: “103 Years Young”
NBC, 8pm
Four-time Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Simone Biles guest-stars on this episode, surprising Johanna from Germany — the world’s oldest gymnast, who is still an active gymnast at the age of 91. Host Steve Harvey also visits with the world’s oldest living showgirl, who is 93 and still performing with her longtime dance partner. We also meet a gospel singing quartet from Detroit whose oldest member is 103.
Big Pacific: “Voracious”
PBS, 8pm
See how all life in the Pacific is driven by the challenge of finding food. Meet a destructive army of mouths, a killer with a hundred mouths and the biggest mouth in the ocean. For creatures large and small, every mouthful counts.
TCM Spotlight: 50 Years of Hitchcock
TCM, 8pm
Tonight, TCM looks at the distinguished career of Alfred Hitchcock with a marathon of movies, which includes The Ring (which he wrote and directed), Blackmail, The Skin Game, Rich and Strange (also known as East of Shanghai), plus others.
American Pickers: “Ain’t That Americana”
History, 9pm
Mike and Frank head across the country searching for iconic items that are as American as apple pie and baseball.
The Carmichael Show: “Morris”
NBC, 9pm
When Bobby (Lil Rel Howery) shares news with Jerrod (Jerrod Carmichael) about a mysterious Facebook message he received, a decades-old family secret is revealed.
Great Yellowstone Thaw
PBS, 9pm
See how the soaring summer temperatures affect the Yellowstone ecosystem. When a major fire breaks out in the Beartooths, a team scrambles to see if the great gray owl family has survived. How is one particular wolf pack feeding its 11 pups?
To Tell the Truth
ABC, 10pm
Tonight’s panelists — Jalen Rose, Sherri Shepherd, Chris Kattan and Kelly Osbourne — are presented with a variety of participants with interesting traits, from a scout who holds the all-time record for selling Girl Scout cookies to Jennifer Lopez’s stunt double to the six-time world champion “lumberjill.”
Snowfall
FX, 10pm
New Series!
In this new drama series, director John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood) explores the effect of the early 1980s crack cocaine epidemic on the neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles. The intertwined stories involve an enterprising young drug dealer (Damson Idris), the daughter of a Mexican drug lord (Emily Rios), a gang enforcer (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Contra rebel (Juan Javier Cárdenas) and a CIA officer (Carter Hudson).
Thursday, July 6
Boy Band: “Sweet Sixteen”
ABC, 8pm
In the third week of competition, the remaining six vocalists come together as a band, rehearse and perform onstage for architects Emma Bunton, Nick Carter and Timbaland. The architects decide which member of the band will go home, while the remaining five continue on their journey to stardom and prepare to perform for America’s vote.
Surrogates
BBC America, 8pm
In a world where humans are isolated, interacting only through robots, a cop (Bruce Willis) is forced to leave his home to investigate a series of murders in this 2009 sci-fi mystery.
The Simpsons
FXX, beginning at 8pm
Odd pairings are featured in tonight’s eight-episode stunt of The Simpsons on FXX. Among the highlights: Homer gets Apu fired (sing “Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart?”) and then helps him get his job back in “Homer and Apu,” and Flanders finds Homer’s friendship a little overbearing in “Homer Loves Flanders.”
Hollywood Game Night: “Super Duper Store Night”
NBC, 8pm
Celebrities Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash and Nico Santos of NBC’s Superstore, and Cheri Oteri, Natalie Morales and Ne-Yo, compete in this episode.
Mosquito
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Over 750,000 people are killed by mosquitoes every year. Discovery sounds the alarm on the risks of mosquitoes as the next potential worldwide pandemic in this compelling documentary. Featuring interviews with leaders in the global health community, a rare one-on-one with Bill Gates and intimate interviews with families impacted by these killer insects, the story charts the rising outbreaks of Zika, malaria, West Nile virus, yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue, and links it all to the accelerating expansion of the mosquito around the globe.
The Tunnel: Sabotage
PBS, 9pm
Listen in on DC Borowski’s interview with an intriguing, cheroot-smoking witness. Laura receives a disturbing package, and in Calais, a double-bluff has the police racing to catch Defence in the act. Has a mole infiltrated the investigation?
The Gong Show
ABC, 10pm
Tonight’s acts include a contortionist who can artistically impersonate a tree, a girl who performs a handstand while chasing Tommy around the stage, a crazy cat lady performing a cat song and bug exterminators playing “Toxic” on violins while spraying human cockroaches with CO2 guns.
At the end of the show, the act with the highest judges’ scores receives the fabulous The Gong Show trophy and a check for $2,000 and 17 cents.
Zoo: “Diaspora”
CBS, 10pm
Jackson (James Wolk) and Logan (Josh Salatin) find a link between the hybrid attacks in Portland and New York. Mitch (Billy Burke) is interrogated by a woman claiming to be his daughter. Abraham’s (Nonso Anozie) research into the sterility crisis puts his family in danger.
Alone: “The Last Mile”
History, 10pm
Desperation sinks in as the hikers struggle to make the final push to their teammates. Exhaustion leads one participant straight into the path of a predator, and into a dangerous confrontation.
Sin City Justice: “Blood Brothers”
Investigation Discovery, 10pm
When the Sullivans are killed by a drunk driver and the bodies burned beyond recognition, their adult sons are beyond grief. But their grief turns to anger when the driver, Matthew Dalrymple, flees while his bail is being posted. The brothers use social media to track him down and with him in custody, will they finally get some justice? In a different murder case that ended in a mistrial, two prosecutors must retry the defendant, this time seeking the death penalty, when brother turns against brother in court.
The Night Shift: “Do No Harm”
NBC, 10pm
Jordan (Jill Flint) and Cain (Mark Consuelos) figure out their professional dynamic as they work on a patient with extreme injuries from an oil field explosion. Drew (Brendan Fehr) and Paul (Robert Bailey Jr.) receive a patient from the same accident, and must figure out a solution to save the patient’s severed hand.
Friday, July 7
Castlevania
Netflix
New Series!
Inspired by the classic video game franchise, this animated series is a dark, medieval fantasy that follows the last surviving member of a disgraced clan, who is trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hands of Dracula himself.
Killjoys: “A Skinner, Darkly”
Syfy, 8pm
As Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) and D’avin (Luke Macfarlane) attempt to train a replacement nerd, John (Aaron Ashmore) finds his search for Clara is getting under some people’s skin.
TCM Spotlight: 50 Years of Hitchcock
TCM, 8pm
TCM’s monthlong Hitchcock salute continues tonight with some of his better-known films, beginning with Number 17 and including The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes, plus Jamaica Inn, and concluding with the war shorts Aventure Malgache and Bon Voyage.
The Great British Baking Show: “Pastry”
PBS, 9pm
See how eight bakers handle three types of pastry. For the signature, it’s breakfast time, Danish-style. Then, the technical is a classic British tart. The bite-size showstopper is a pastry notoriously difficult to make and even trickier to bake.
Dark Matter: “One More Card to Play”
Syfy, 9pm
Familiar faces from the past return, causing havoc and forcing the crew to scramble to save their already damaged reputations.
Wynonna Earp: “Let’s Pretend We’re Strangers”
Syfy, 10pm
A furious thunder snowstorm makes landfall while Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) and Waverly (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) are forced to confront their demons … and each other.
Saturday, July 8
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Mirror Magic
Discovery Family Channel, 11:30am
When Sunset Shimmer returns to Equestria as a pony, she agrees to bring another pony back through the mirror portal to experience life as a human girl at Canterlot High. But while Sunset Shimmer is away, Juniper Montage discovers an enchanted mirror with the ability to trap things between two realms. When Sunset Shimmer finds the Mane 6 missing and Juniper Montage acting extremely suspicious, she and her new friend try to release her friends from limbo.
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Quaker State 400
NBCSN, 7:30pm Live
The 1.5-mile tri-oval at Kentucky Speedway is the site of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 as top drivers Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott and others race for points and playoff spots.
Doubt
CBS, 8pm
Tonight, CBS airs back-to-back episodes of the canceled series. First, in “Clean Burn,” Sadie (Katherine Heigl) interviews Billy’s (Steven Pasquale) ex-classmates in hopes of finding info on a key piece of evidence. Then, in “Not a Word,” the DNA results from Billy’s case come in, and Sadie avoids the gag order placed on revealing them by making a scene in court.
The Essentials: “Bride of Frankenstein”
TCM, 8pm
Tina Fey returns as host tonight to discuss one of her favorite classic movies. Directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as The Monster, the Frankenstein sequel features Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of Mary Shelley and the Monster’s mate. The bride’s conical hairdo, with its white lightning-trace streaks on each side, is an iconic symbol of both the character and the film. This film is scheduled to be remade as part of Universal’s Dark Universe series. It will be directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon.
Turn: Washington’s Spies: “Private Woodhull”
AMC, 9pm
Seeking revenge against Simcoe, Abe travels to New York and meets Benedict Arnold. A visitor from Anna’s past comes to the continental camp.
Tour de Pharmacy
HBO, 10pm
The second sports mockumentary special from Andy Samberg and Murray Miller (7 Days in Hell) under their Legends of Sport banner, this film tells the tale of an unforgettable, entirely fictional race that turns into a no-holds-barred melee following a doping scandal. The star-packed cast includes Samberg, Jeff Goldblum, Daveed Diggs, Danny Glover, Freddie Highmore, Julia Ormond, Orlando Bloom, John Cena, Dolph Lundgren, James Marsden, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fielder, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte, Phylicia Rashad, Joe Buck, Mike Tyson, Chris Webber and J.J. Abrams.
