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Tuesday, Aug. 28
Greenleaf
OWN, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 3 of the hit megachurch drama, all the turbulent forces that Grace’s (Merle Dandridge) return to Memphis unleashed threaten to destroy not just the church her family built, but also the family itself. Fallout from last season’s shocking revelation of Bishop’s (Keith David) infidelities with Lady Mae’s (Lynn Whitfield) sister Mavis (Oprah Winfrey), as well as reverberations from his current dalliance with Rochelle Cross (LeToya Luckett), leads to all-out war in the Greenleaf home, setting the bishop and Lady Mae on a collision course that, unless God or Grace intervenes, can only end one way: divorce. Guest stars this season include Beau Bridges, Iyanla Vanzant and Patti LaBelle.
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WNBA Playoffs: Semifinals
ESPN2, beginning at 8pm Live
ESPN2 airs a pair of WNBA playoff semifinal-round games tonight.
“The Simpsons” Marathon
FXX, beginning at 8pm
Rodney Dangerfield guest-stars in “Burns, Baby Burns,” Johnny Cash voices a “Space Coyote” in “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer)” and Jack Lemmon voices Pretzel Wagon owner Frank Ormand in “The Twisted World of Marge Simpson” as part of FXX’s marathon of The Simpsons episodes from Season 8.
Castaways: “Three’s a Crowd”
ABC, 10pm
Matt’s resources are quickly diminishing, while Tim and Krichelle’s bond is starting to grow. Sawyer and Richard question whether meeting any others would lessen their chances of survival. Meanwhile, the harsh reality of life on the islands cuts one castaway’s journey short.
Ink Master: Grudge Match
Paramount Network, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Feuding Ink Master veterans Christian Buckingham and Cleen Rock One return, and each fosters a new group of professional tattoo artists on this cutthroat competition hosted by former Red Hot Chili Peppers rocker Dave Navarro. The eventual winner snags $100,000 … and so does the winner’s mentor. Talk about having skin in the game.
Miz & Mrs
USA Network, 10pm
Season Finale!
Season 1 of the reality series following the lives of married WWE stars Mike “The Miz” and Maryse Mizanin ends tonight.
Chrisley Knows Best
USA Network, 10:30pm
Season Finale!
Say so long to the Chrisley clan for a little while as Season 6 of their reality series comes to a close tonight.
The Shop
HBO, 11pm
New Series!
Settle in for a haircut and some candid conversation. NBA star LeBron James pops by barbershops around the country and brings famous friends along to join him for no-holds-barred chats about sports, pop culture and current events. Tonight’s guests: Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart, Snoop Dogg, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Castle Rock: “Past Perfect”
Hulu
That hamlet of horror, Castle Rock, Maine, welcomes some newcomers unafraid to set up shop in the creepy town. At the same time, lawyer and native son Henry Deaver (André Holland) gets a clue in the mystery he’s been chasing.
Tennis: US Open: Second Round
ESPN, 12pm Live
Second-round action from the US Open begins today at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y.
MasterChef: “American Heroes/Waste Not Want Not”
FOX, 8pm
Gordon Ramsay is best known for his big potty mouth, but this week, his big heart is on the front burner. Ramsay and his fellow judges direct the remaining home cooks to prepare dishes for the heroic first responders who battled Southern California’s devastating Thomas Fire.
Furious 7
FX, 8pm
This 2015 entry in The Fast and the Furious action films is the final appearance in the series for star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013. In Furious 7, Dom (Vin Diesel), Brian (Walker) and the rest of the “family” must deal with Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), who won’t rest until he exacts revenge from Dom and his family.
Spy
FXX, 8pm
Melissa McCarthy stars in this 2015 comedy as Susan Cooper, an unassuming team player at the CIA. For years, she has been the voice behind agents and their successes. When top agents are compromised, she steps up to go deep undercover in a world of arms dealers in an attempt to prevent a global crisis.
World of Dance: “The Cut 2”
NBC, 9pm
The acts face the deepest and most intense cut of the season with judges Jennifer Lopez, Derek Hough, Ne-Yo and host/mentor Jenna Dewan. The judges will score each act’s performance based on their artistry, precision and athleticism. Only the top three highest-scoring acts from each division will move on to the divisional final.
Ancient Invisible Cities
PBS, 9pm
New Series!
Professor Darius Arya explores the hidden secrets of three of the most fascinating cities of the ancient world: Cairo, Athens and Istanbul. 3D scans allow us to view the architectural jewels of these cities as they’ve never been seen before.
Suits: “Sour Grapes”
USA Network, 9pm
Donna’s (Sarah Rafferty) agreement forces Harvey (Gabriel Macht) to help David Fox (David Alpay). Alex (Dulé Hill) comes to Zane’s (Wendell Pierce) aid on a personal venture.
Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda
Investigation Discovery, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Retired detective Joe Kenda is back to recount more true murder cases from his personal investigative experience. In each case, Kenda offers details beginning from when he got the homicide call to when the case was closed.
The Sinner: “Part V”
USA Network, 10pm
As Ambrose (Bill Pullman) zeroes in on a new suspect, a rift develops between him and Heather (Natalie Paul).
Thursday, Aug. 30
One Dollar
CBS All Access
New Series!
The 10-episode first season of this mystery drama is set in a small Rust Belt town in post-recession America, where a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a group of characters involved in a shocking multiple murder. The path of the bill and point of view in each episode paint a picture of a modern American town with deep class and cultural divides that spill out into the open as secrets get revealed. John Carroll Lynch and Nathaniel Martello-White are among the cast members.
Straight Outta Compton
FX, 7pm
From the streets of Compton, Calif., came a rap group that revolutionized music and pop culture as a whole. In the mid 1980s, N.W.A. became the world’s most dangerous group in the eyes of many and ignited a social revolution. O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell star in this 2015 movie chronicling N.W.A.’s rise.
College Football
ESPN & FS1, 8pm Live
Big Ten foes clash tonight at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind., as the Northwestern Wildcats visit the Purdue Boilermakers on ESPN. On FS1, the Missouri State Bears take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla.
“The Simpsons” Marathon
FXX, beginning at 8pm
Worst episodes ever! FXX airs The Simpsons episodes featuring Jeff Albertson, better known as Comic Book Guy, including “Three Men and a Comic Book” (1991), “Radioactive Man” (1995), “My Big Fat Geek Wedding” (2004), “Husbands and Knives” (2007) and “Homer the Whopper” (2009).
Take Two: “Stillwater/Family Ties”
ABC, 9pm
In the first of back-to-back episodes, Sam (Rachel Bilson) and Eddie (Eddie Cibrian) travel to wine country to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a wheelchair-bound woman, but soon discover that this is no ordinary case. Then, when Detective Christine Rollins (Aliyah O’Brien) gets a frantic call from her younger brother asking for help, she assumes he’s in legal trouble, but when he doesn’t meet her as planned, she turns to Sam and Eddie to find him.
MTV’s Pretty Little Mamas
MTV, 9pm
New Series!
This new docuseries follows a 20-something group of San Diego friends as they juggle luxurious lives and young motherhood.
Queen of the South: “Diez de Copas”
USA Network, 9pm
Upstart “queenpin” Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga) may be destined to become la reina del sur, but Camila Vargas (Veronica Falcón) still rules on Season 3. The drug drama’s boss rival Teresa hunts for a mole inside her own operation tonight.
Nightwatch Nation: “Ready for Anything”
A&E, 10pm
EMT workers on overnight shifts face fresh challenges each time they clock in. Tonight, firefighters search for victims at the scene of a fire in Tucson, Ariz., and, in Yonkers, N.Y., first responders treat a man who fell from a fire escape.
The Grand Hustle: “Lights, Camera, Hustle”
BET, 10pm
There’s a good reason the word “hustle” is in the title of this reality series. The remaining eight contestants vying for a job (with a six-figure salary) in rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris’s empire have quite the to-do list tonight: shoot, edit and present a music video in just 24 hours!
Snowfall: “The World Is Yours”
FX, 10pm
Nothing personal, just business. Young streetwise dealer Franklin (Damson Idris) schools an employee who steps out of line on this week’s episode of the gritty drama.
Shooter: “Family Fire”
USA Network, 10pm
Bob Lee (Ryan Phillippe) uses Harris (Jesse Bradford) to help him get payback for Earl’s death. Nadine (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) and Isaac (Omar Epps) try to convert Atlas recruits to their cause. Julie (Shantel VanSanten) experiments with putting life with Bob Lee in the rearview.
Beat Bobby Flay: “Fit to Flay”
Food Network, 11pm
Bobby Flay aims to defend his culinary rep by going up against restaurateur Nate Appleman and Italian native Silvia Barban in a cookoff. On hand to bust his chops and root for the challengers: celeb chef Scott Conant and actress Jane Seymour.
Friday, Aug. 31
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Amazon
New Series!
John Krasinski stars as venerable action hero Jack Ryan in this modern reinvention of the legendary Tom Clancy character. In the eight-episode first season — all of which is available today — Ryan discovers unusual bank transactions that link terrorist sleeper cells and is pulled into a global manhunt for a new terrorist who is bent on creating worldwide chaos.
Ozark
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The new season continues to follow Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman), his wife, Wendy (Laura Linney), and their family as they navigate the murky waters of life within a dangerous drug cartel. With Del out, the crime syndicate sends their ruthless attorney Helen Pierce (new series regular Janet McTeer) to town to shake things up just as the Byrdes are finally settling in.
TKO: Total Knock Out: “Bring It On, Porkchop!”
CBS, 8pm
A former Army Reserve captain, a construction worker, a longshoreman, a mini-horse breeder and a youth basketball coach take on the obstacle course tonight.
Breaking Big: “Gretchen Carlson”
PBS, 8:30pm
See how former FOX News anchor Gretchen Carlson — a Miss America winner and Stanford graduate — found the strength to sue her employers for sexual harassment and became an advocate for working women everywhere.
Whistleblower
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
This riveting docuseries about everyday folks who exposed the wrongdoings of the rich and powerful comes to a close with a look at a biofuel company that scammed investors.
College Football
ESPN & FS1, 9pm Live
Expect a raucous crowd tonight at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison as the Wisconsin Badgers host the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on ESPN. The San Diego State Aztecs head up the West Coast to take on the Stanford Cardinal on FS1.
American Masters: “Eva Hesse”
PBS, 9pm
Discover the story of an artist whose groundbreaking work changed the course of art history. The 1960s creative communities in New York and Germany were never the same after her short but highly influential career.
Wynonna Earp: “I Fall to Pieces”
Syfy, 9pm
Lady Luck seems to have abandoned Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) and Nicole (Katherine Barrell) when an errand for Nedley (Greg Lawson) goes terribly wrong. Meanwhile, Mama (Valerie Planche) discovers Doc’s (Tim Rozon) secret.
Mad Dog Made: “Bomb Squad”
Discovery Channel, 10pm
Things that make you go boom! A former Marine comes to famed weapons maker Kevin “Mad Dog” McClung to create a kit to disarm — not set off — some explosive mines. Can the team (safely) pull off the task?
Killjoys: “O Mother, Where Art Thou?”
Syfy, 10pm
Team Awesome Force is down a member, and the remaining interplanetary bounty hunters decide to follow the altered memory in Dutch’s (Hannah John-Kamen) mind on a mission concerning an unstoppable assassin.
Saturday, Sept. 1
Labor Day Weekend Comedy Movie Marathon
IFC, beginning at 6am
Celebrate the Labor Day holiday with your favorite comedies all weekend long. Enjoy classic films, starting with Elf and continuing with many more, including Billy Madison, There’s Something About Mary, Airplane! and Wayne’s World.
College Football
ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
It’s the first full Saturday of the college football season, and there’s no shortage of great matchups: Oregon State at Ohio State (ABC), Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech (ESPN), Florida Atlantic at Oklahoma (FOX), Austin Peay at Georgia (ESPN), Washington vs. Auburn (ABC), Tennessee vs. West Virginia (CBS), North Carolina at California (FOX), Cincinnati at UCLA (ESPN), Michigan at Notre Dame (NBC), Louisville vs. Alabama (ABC) and BYU at Arizona (ESPN).
My Cat From Hell
Animal Planet, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Jackson Galaxy is back traveling the country to get up close and personal with all-new families with all-new stories as he tries to rehabilitate felines with behavioral issues and the cat owners who don’t understand them. One of the stories this season finds Jackson facing one of his greatest cat challenges when an old friend and animal welfare expert enlists his help to create a community movement and to recruit a new generation of volunteers to save feral cats in Philadelphia.
Pink Collar Crimes: “The Queen of Coupons”
CBS, 8pm
The outrageous true crime series about felonious females continues tonight with “The Queen of Coupons.” A housewife takes couponing to a whole new level when she orchestrates the largest and most lucrative fake coupon scam in U.S. history.
I’ll Be Watching
Lifetime, 8pm
After narrowly escaping the clutches of a deadly stalker, a beautiful young woman (Janel Parrish) flees to a remote, anonymous town where she rebuilds her life and finds the man of her dreams — until the man of her nightmares tracks her down. Also stars Rob Estes and Michael Welch star. Based on the novel The Purple Rose by Christi R. Walsh.
Fatal Vows: “The Bad Apple”
Investigation Discovery, 10pm
Francis “Nicky” Nicolosi and his devout new wife Eleanor are living out the perfect retirement. But when one is found dead in an apple orchard, police discover that there’s more to this seemingly frail and religious couple than anyone imagined.
