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Friday, July 28
The Beanie Bubble
Apple TV+
Original Film!
This fact-based dramedy about one of pop culture’s oddest crazes is a wild ride. Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan each portray a woman who played a key role in helping eccentric entrepreneur Ty Warner (a wonderfully odd Zach Galifianakis) develop the company behind Beanie Babies during the internet’s infancy. Bubble bounces between their three points of view to reveal how Warner’s ego and refusal to share the spotlight led to wild inequities for the trio.
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie
Netflix
Original Film!
This first feature film based on the globally beloved Miraculous animated series follows ordinary teenager Marinette (voice of Cristina Vee), whose life in Paris goes superhuman when she becomes Ladybug. Bestowed with magical powers of creation, Ladybug must unite with her opposite, Cat Noir (Bryce Papenbrook), to save Paris as a new villain unleashes chaos upon the city.
A Perfect Story
Netflix
New Miniseries!
This romantic drama miniseries based on the novel by Elísabet Benavent (who is also an executive producer) follows Margo (Anna Castillo), the heiress to a major hotel empire, and David (Álvaro Mel), who subsists on three jobs and sleeping on his best friend’s sofa. When chance brings their paths together, Margot and David discover that they have more in common than they think and that they are the only ones capable of helping each other get their partners back.
The Tailor
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The Turkish drama returns for Season 2, which finds Peyami (Çağatay Ulusoy) facing new challenges as his friendship with Dimitri (Salih Bademci) is tested. Meanwhile, Esvet (Şifanur Gül) spends more time at the house with Mustafa (Olgun Şimşek) — and a new woman enters his life.
Good Omens
Prime Video
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this fantasy series originally based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novel explores storylines that go beyond the original source material to illuminate the ineffable friendship between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, and the fast-living demon Crowley (David Tennant). With the Apocalypse thwarted, the duo is getting back to easy living among the mortals in London’s Soho. That is, until the archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm also reprising his role) turns up unexpectedly at the door of Aziraphale’s bookshop with no memory of who he is or how he got there. While Crowley is leery as to why the archangel has come, Aziraphale is keen to solve the mystery behind Gabriel’s condition. However, hiding the archangel from both Heaven and Hell quickly disrupts their lives in unforeseen ways. All six episodes are available today.
The Time Machine
MOVIES!, 11am
Catch a Classic!
Oscar-winning special effects highlight this classic 1960 adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel that helped solidify time travel as a science fiction trope. Directed by fantasy film master George Pal, the movie stars Rod Taylor as the inventor of a time-travel device that whisks him from his year of 1900 through a war-ravaged 20th century and into a far-off era where humans are enslaved by subterranean mutants. Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot and Whit Bissell costar.
Tough as Nails: “Winning’s Not Everything, but Losing Sucks”
CBS, 8pm
In the new episode “Winning’s Not Everything, but Losing Sucks,” Dirty Hands and Savage Crew compete in the final team event when they battle it out in a series of head-to-head matches inspired by the trades.
Family Law: “Return to Sender”
The CW, 8pm
The lawyers represent a mail-order bride whose husband wants an annulment so he can get her deported.
Shark Week 2023 Continues
Discovery Channel, beginning at 8pm
Three new specials premiere tonight. In Tropic Jaws, Dr. Craig O’Connell and Madison Stewart are on a mission to find great whites that have invaded Indonesia’s warm Bali coast and learn why they left the cold-water environment they normally call home. Deadly Sharks of Paradise finds marine biologist Danni Washington and shark conservationist Paul de Gelder as they join a team that is tracking tiger sharks off a tropical archipelago in Brazil to understand a spike in deadly attacks. Finally, in The Haunting of Shark Tower, news of a harrowing shark encounter at North Carolina’s Frying Pan Tower sends underwater cinematographer Andy Casagrande and shark expert Kori Burkhardt on a dangerous quest to discover if great whites are moving into the state’s waters.
Moonshine: “Zen and the Art of Midlife Maintenance”
The CW, 9pm
Lidia (Jennifer Finnigan), Nora (Emma Hunter) and Rhian (Anastasia Phillips) craft a plan involving a local millionaire that might just get them some cash.
Heels
Starz, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Heels is a story about a close-knit Georgia community and the men and women who chase their dreams. The drama follows a family-owned wrestling league as two brothers and rivals, Jack Spade (Stephen Amell) and Ace Spade (Alexander Ludwig), are at war over their late father’s legacy while working to find their identity and their individual versions of success. In the Season 2 premiere, Ace is left reeling from Jack’s revelation to him in the ring.
How to With John Wilson
HBO, 11pm
Season Premiere!
In the third and final season of the comedic documentary series, filmmaker John Wilson navigates a new set of topics, including how to find a public restroom, how to work out and how to clean your ears.
Saturday, July 29
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Henry 180
NBC, 3pm Live
The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, to take on the four-mile, 14-turn circuit in the Henry 180.
Act Your Age
Bounce TV, 8pm
Season Finale!
The hit sitcom starring Kym Whitley, Tisha Campbell and Yvette Nicole Brown concludes its first season.
Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982
The CW, 8pm
Season Finale!
Henry Winkler joins the Night Shift, and Eddie Murphy has 48 Hrs. to stay out of jail.
Shark Week 2023 Continues
Discovery Channel, beginning at 8pm
The 35th year of Discovery’s Shark Week concludes tonight with two premiere specials. Dawn of the Monster Mako follows underwater cinematographer Joe Romeiro and his marine biologist wife, Lauren, as they search the waters of Portugal’s Azores and try to capture a 14-foot mako shark on film. Then, MegaSharks of Dangerous Reef investigates local fishing reports from the remote islands off south Australia’s Eyre Peninsula that claim to have seen some of the biggest white sharks on the planet.
Aloha Heart
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
A conservationist travels to Hawaii for her best friend’s wedding and instead of a relaxing vacation finds herself busy with wedding prep and helping the new hotel owner make changes to his family property.
V.C. Andrews’ Dawn: “Part 4: Midnight Whispers”
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
In the fourth and final film of the V.C. Andrews’ Dawn series, Dawn’s (Brec Bassinger) daughter flees to the plantation where she was born, a place with its own dark secrets.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
MOVIES!, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
James Cagney really showed that he could do a lot more than just brilliantly play gangsters with his Best Actor Oscar-winning performance as singer/dancer/songwriter George M. Cohan in this Best Picture Oscar-nominated 1942 musical biography about Cohan’s life. Directed with gusto by Oscar nominee Michael Curtiz, the nonstop musical tour de force features plenty of singing and dancing from Cagney in a celebration of the life and career of the music man who lifted a nation and became the first entertainer awarded the United States Congressional Medal of Honor for his contribution to morale. From his early days as a vaudeville performer to his stardom on Broadway, Cohan composed songs that defined his generation, and many of those are performed in the film, including “Harrigan,” “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “Over There,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and, of course, “The Yankee Doodle Boy.” Like Cohan himself, Yankee Doodle Dandy has long been a national treasure, and the film was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1993, as a work of enduring importance to American culture.
Baking It: “Granny’s Got a Brand-New Bake”
NBC, 8pm; also streams on Peacock
The bakers remake recipes from a granny’s purse that are as retro as they are revolting.
Farm Dreams
Nat Geo Wild, 10pm
New Series!
This six-part docuseries follows farmer/forager Indy Officinalis as she connects aspiring farmers with experts to help them realize their dreams of living in nature on their own terms. More than just an exploration into the worlds of homesteading and aqua, micro, rooftop and indoor farming, the series presents a journey of farmers helping farmers.
Sunday, July 30
NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400
USA Network, 3pm Live
Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and other Cup Series drivers are at Virginia’s Richmond Raceway to do 400 laps around the 0.75-mile, D-shaped oval.
Tough as Nails
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
The final three compete in the most challenging gauntlet yet for the title of Tough as Nails champion and the coveted winner’s belt in the season finale “Ready for Takeoff.”
Naked and Afraid Castaways
Discovery Channel, 8pm; also streams on Max
New Series!
The Naked and Afraid franchise expands yet again with this series that puts a new generation of nine elite survivalists on a remote tropical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, stranded with only wreckage to survive. In a first for the franchise, remaining survivalists will need to travel to the same extraction point on Day 21 and signal a boat for rescue.
To Kill a Stepfather
Lifetime, 8pm
In this world TV premiere, Nicole Rey learns that her stepfather, Matthew, whom she hadn’t seen in years, suffered a deadly fall down the stairs at the family home and that her estranged mother, Kate, has been arrested for his murder. As Nicole begins investigating what happened, she finds out that not everything is as it seems, as if someone wants to let this sleeping dog lie … at any price. Stars Alexandra Camacho, Kelly McCart, Jamel King, Avis Wrentmore and Elyse Mirto.
Ridley: “The Numbered Days, Part 1”
PBS, 8pm
Ridley (Adrian Dunbar) and Carol (Bronagh Waugh) are called out to investigate the suspicious death of a man after a fall from his balcony, and the prime suspect is the victim’s younger brother.
Air Disasters
Smithsonian Channel, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In “Headline News,” take a look at three explosive air disasters that made headline news and put massive pressure on crash investigators. See how examiners found the truth behind the Concorde disaster, TWA 800 and the 9/11 Pentagon crash as the world watched.
Special Theme: Disability Reclaimed
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Sunday night look at how various mental and physical disabilities have been portrayed in film concludes with tonight’s two features. Up first is Coming Home (1978), the Best Picture Oscar-nominated drama from Best Director nominee Hal Ashby. Compared positively by some critics to the similarly themed 1946 classic The Best Years of Our Lives, Coming Home stars Best Actress winner Jane Fonda as a woman who, despite having a husband (Best Supporting Actor nominee Bruce Dern) who is fighting in Vietnam, falls in love and begins an affair with a man (Best Actor winner Jon Voight) who was left a paraplegic following the injuries he sustained in his own combat action over there. After that is the satirical comedy/drama Being There (1979), also directed by Ashby. In his second-to-last film, Peter Sellers delivers one of his most iconic performances as Chance/Chauncey Gardiner, a simple-minded and sheltered former longtime gardener to his now-deceased employer, who somehow ends up a Washington political insider and unlikely adviser to a powerful tycoon. Shirley MacLaine, Best Supporting Actor winner Melvyn Douglas and Jack Warden costar.
Dark Winds
AMC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Based on the iconic Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman, AMC’s breakout series returns for its sophomore season with a new showrunner, John Wirth of Hell on Wheels fame. The series follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon, The Son), who reunites with Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon, Roswell, New Mexico), his former deputy turned private eye, when their separate cases bring them together in pursuit of the same suspect. They find themselves in the badlands of Navajo Country chasing a killer who’s turned his sights on them to protect a secret that rips open old wounds and challenges Leaphorn’s moral and professional code.
Someone They Knew … With Tamron Hall
Court TV, 9pm
Season Finale!
The second season of this true-crime series hosted by Tamron Hall concludes tonight.
Survive the Raft
Discovery Channel, 9pm
New Series!
This nine-episode survival competition series explores what happens when strangers from all walks of life come together to live and work at sea. Hosted by United States Army Green Beret, NFL football player and actor Nate Boyer, the series follows the group for 21 days to test whether personal interest will sabotage the team’s chance to win a fortune together.
HouseBroken
FOX, 9pm
Two new episodes of the animated comedy HouseBroken air tonight. In “Who’s a Party Pony?,” Honey (voice of Lisa Kudrow) runs into a former patient and is shocked to see where her advice led him. Then in “Who’s the Cat-Chelorette?,” the Gray One (Jason Mantzoukas) fights for his human’s affection in a Bachelorette-style reality competition.
When Calls the Heart
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The beloved primetime drama series inspired by Janette Oke’s bestselling book series about the Canadian West returns for Season 10 with more surprises and more romance for residents of Hope Valley.
The Mega-Brands That Built America: “The World Delivered”
History, 9pm
This new entry in History’s That Built franchise moves to its regular time slot starting with tonight’s episode, which looks at key people who helped transform the delivery and shipping industry into what we know today.
Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge: “Troy Kotsur”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Bear takes his first deaf guest, Oscar-winning actor Troy Kotsur (CODA), on an adventure in the Scottish Highlands. Bear and Troy must find a new way to communicate as they push themselves to the limit, traversing perilously steep mountains and raging rivers, but it’s the silence that builds their strongest bond.
Grantchester: “Episode 4”
PBS, 9pm
Leonard (Al Weaver) is devastated when a halfway house resident is found dead. The man had confessed suicidal thoughts to Will (Tom Brittney), but was this suicide or murder?
How Did They Fix That?
Smithsonian Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In “Powerships,” from tough weather to tight timelines to titanic lifts, building an offshore electrical plant is a major challenge. Host Mike Davidson heads to Brazil to help crews deliver electricity from four offshore powerships to a country in need.
D.I. Ray
PBS, 10pm
Season Finale!
As the first season concludes, Ray’s (Parminder Nagra) personal and professional lives collide after she makes a shocking discovery. The series has been renewed for Season 2, expected to start production sometime this year.
Black Snow
AMC, 10:05pm
New Series!
This six-part crime series originally debuted on the streaming services Sundance Now and AMC+ back in February, and now finds its way to AMC this month. Part coming-of-age drama and part whodunit, the drama follows the mystery of a small-town murder that rocked the Australian South Sea Islander community. In 1995, 17-year-old Isabel Baker (Talijah Blackman-Corowa) was murdered. The crime shocked her tightknit community and left the town devastated, as the case was never solved and the killer never found. In 2020, the opening of a time capsule unearths a secret that puts cold-case detective James Cormack (Travis Fimmel) on the trail of the killer.
Monday, July 31
Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-
Netflix
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this anime series based on the manga follows the popular “Hell’s Requiem” story arc from that comic series, telling the tale of the holy war over the final seal of Anthrasax and the fateful battle between Dark Schneider and Kall-Su.
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
Peacock
Stephen Amell (Heels) narrates this documentary that follows Cody Rhodes’ journey away from the WWE starting in 2016, as well as his triumphant return.
Bad Day at Black Rock
TCM, 7:45am
Catch a Classic!
This terrific and suspenseful 1955 drama from Best Director Oscar nominee John Sturges was one of the earliest “Revisionist Westerns,” tweaking elements of the traditional Western genre and even adding in compelling elements of film noir, to boot. Taking place shortly after World War II in the isolated Southwest town of its title, the film finds Black Rock receiving its first outside visitor in many years when one-armed veteran John Macreedy (Best Actor Oscar nominee Spencer Tracy) arrives and tries to visit an Asian American war hero’s family. Quiet about his agenda, Macreedy is received with suspicion by the unusually jumpy locals, and when his few innocuous questions begin to scrape away at the town’s shared, dark secret, he may not live to catch the train out. Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine also star.
Son of a Critch: “Cello, I Must Be Going”
The CW, 8pm
Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) fears becoming a social pariah when he is forced to learn to play the cello, but when the instrument is taken by a gang of bullies, Fox (Sophia Powers) comes to his rescue. Pop (Malcolm McDowell) and Sister Rose (Nora McLellan) take a stroll down memory lane when it is revealed they used to be an item.
Stars on Mars: “Solar Flare”
FOX, 8pm
In the new episode “Solar Flare,” the nine remaining celebronauts need to repair solar panels damaged by a series of solar flares.
American Ninja Warrior: “Semifinals 1”
NBC, 8pm
The semifinals continue in Los Angeles, where the competing ninjas face up to six challenging obstacles and race head-to-head for a spot in the national finals.
Run the Burbs
The CW, 8:30pm
New Series!
Starring Kim’s Convenience’s Andrew Phung as Andrew Pham, a stay-at-home dad of two, this Canadian sitcom features a young Vietnamese family as they navigate the stresses of everyday suburban life. In the pilot episode, titled “Blockbuster,” Andrew asks an elusive neighbor to perform as the surprise guest at a block party, while Camille (Rakhee Morzaria) attempts to get her hands on the right permit.
Children Ruin Everything: “Intimacy”
The CW, 9pm
James (Aaron Abrams) and Astrid (Meaghan Rath) attempt to get some alone time, but the kids keep getting in the way. Meanwhile, Dawn (Nazneen Contractor) and Bo (Dmitry Chepovetsky) renew their vows.
Crime Scene Kitchen: “The Quarterfinals: A Sticky Situation”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “The Quarterfinals: A Sticky Situation,” the teams must construct their most complicated cake yet, chosen by guest judge Chef Richard Blais.
History’s Greatest Mysteries: “The Lost Gold of WWII”
History, 9pm
During World War II, Japan plunders a fortune worth hundreds of billions of dollars from occupied countries, but to this day its whereabouts are unknown. Was the infamous treasure stashed in the Philippines, used to finance secret government operations or frittered away by a famous corrupt leader? Treasure hunters still search for the lost gold of World War II, but will it ever be found?
Rewind the ’90s
Nat Geo, beginning at 9pm
New Series!
In this 10-episode series, celebrities, eyewitnesses and pop culture pundits relive the most memorable moments of the 1990s, the decade that ushered in the new millennium. From Y2K to “Weird Al” Yankovic, Tupac to Titanic and Madonna to the Macarena, Rewind the ’90s explores the forces that shaped this remarkable decade. Two episodes air Mondays beginning tonight, leading off with “The Decade’s Greatest Rivalries,” which delves into the arrival of the 24-hour news cycle in the ’90s. With it came a booming tabloid industry hungry for scandals and strife, and the decade became famous for its high-profile divorces, fighting figure skaters, feuding rappers and the first presidential impeachment in over 100 years. That is followed by “Comedy Rebellion,” which shows how the decade not only revitalized old icons but also gave rise to bold new voices in comedy.
The Great American Recipe: “Episode 7”
PBS, 9pm
See how the home cooks put it all on the plate in their last chance to impress before next week’s finale. From carne asada tacos to corn chaat to chicken chapli, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by a close friend and recipes that changed their lives.
Bump
The CW, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
In the first episode of Season 2, titled “Daddy Sleepover,” Oly (Nathalie Morris) and Santi (Carlos Sanson Jr.) try to balance the parental load after Matias (Ricardo Scheihing Vasquez) and Angie’s (Claudia Karvan) breakup.
Cruel Summer: “Endgame”
Freeform, 10pm
As timelines collide, the shocking truth is revealed.
Dark Marvels: “Pain and Punishment”
History, 10pm
The twisted origin stories of some of history’s most diabolically creative, and brutal, torture devices — from the iron maiden to the pear of anguish — are explored tonight.
FIFA Women’s World Cup: Portugal vs. USA
FOX, 3am Live (late-night)
The Group Stage concludes for the U.S. Women’s National Team as they face Portugal late-night Monday/early morning Tuesday in Auckland, New Zealand.
Tuesday, Aug. 1
Untold
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The critically acclaimed docuseries Untold returns for a third installment as a four-week summer event. The series pulls back the curtain on epic tales from the wide (and wild) world of sports, going behind the headlines and upending what we thought we knew. The first episode drops today and takes a deep dive into boxer Jake Paul, who morphed from internet sensation into the most polarizing man in sports.
Mixtape
Paramount+
Decades ago, before radio play, the internet and social media, mixtapes helped spread the word about the relatively new musical genre of hip-hop. DJs were tastemakers, trendsetters and creators of the sound that became one of the biggest forms of music on the planet. This documentary explores how the creation of mixtapes launched hip-hop into mainstream culture. Featured in the film are artists such as 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Fat Joe, Funkmaster Flex, Lil Wayne and many more.
2023 Summer Under the Stars
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ annual August programming favorite returns this month, with the network again devoting each of the 31 days to films from a particular actor or actress. It begins today with a 14-movie salute to Lucille Ball. Throughout the month, eight legendary performers will be featured in SUTS celebrations for the first time: Anthony Perkins (Aug. 2), Stella Stevens (Aug. 3), Jackie Cooper (Aug. 4), The Nicholas Brothers (Aug. 9), Rhonda Fleming (Aug. 10), Katy Jurado (Aug. 16), Geraldine Chaplin (Aug. 22) and John Carradine (Aug. 31).
MLB Baseball: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees
TBS, 7pm Live
Foes from the AL East clash at Yankee Stadium for Game 2 of a three-game series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the N.Y. Yankees on TBS.
Down to Earth With Zac Efron: “Costa Rica”
The CW, 8pm
Zac Efron and pal Darin Olien explore sustainable communes and the farm-to-table lifestyle in Costa Rica.
Beat Shazam: “From Worst to First!”
FOX, 8pm
A team of siblings, a team of friends and a stepfather/daughter team battle for the top prize in the new episode “From Worst to First!”
America’s Got Talent: “Auditions 8”
NBC, 8pm
The auditions continue as a variety of acts featuring contestants of all ages audition for the chance to win the $1 million prize.
Fantastic Friends: “Dubai”
The CW, 9pm
Brothers James and Oliver Phelps reminisce about Harry Potter with fellow movie series alum Luke Youngblood in the desert oasis of Dubai, where they play with jetpacks, go diving and race speedboats.
Don’t Forget the Lyrics!: “The Battle-Ready Beauty Queen!”
FOX, 9pm
A U.S. Army sergeant who’s also a former Miss Wyoming uses all her skills to try to win the $1 million prize in the new episode “The Battle-Ready Beauty Queen!”
Southern Storytellers: “Episode 3”
PBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
More of the South’s most compelling and influential contemporary creators take viewers home to the places that fertilize the stories they tell in books, songs and poems, and on screens large and small: Mississippi author Jesmyn Ward and poet Natasha Trethewey; Georgia screenwriter and series creator Michael Waldron; Arkansas songwriter Justin Moore; songwriter Tarriona “Tank” Ball from New Orleans; and Virginia songwriter Thao Nguyen.
Justified: City Primeval: “Kokomo”
FX, 10pm
In the new episode “Kokomo,” Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) tangles with the Albanian mob. Meanwhile, Mansell (Boyd Holbrook) forms a new alliance with Sweetie (Vondie Curtis-Hall).
Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge: “Finale, Part 1: Rally Resilience vs. Blazin’ Bird vs. Superfanvan”
NBC, 10pm
Three qualifying winners are selected to compete in the grand finale and create brand new life-size Hot Wheels. The winner takes home an extra $50,000 and gets their design turned into a real die-cast Hot Wheels toy that anyone can buy. The season concludes next week.
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories With David Rubenstein
PBS, 10pm
Season Finale!
The Golden Gate Bridge is an engineering marvel that symbolizes America’s can-do spirit. This episode explores if America can continue to execute similarly bold and ambitious infrastructure projects in the 21st century.
Wednesday, Aug. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Disney+
Feature Film Exclusive!
Marvel’s beloved band of misfit heroes — Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), Drax (Dave Bautista), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Groot (voice of Vin Diesel) and Rocket (voice of Bradley Cooper) — are back in their final big-screen adventure. The group is settling into life on Knowhere, but it isn’t long before their world is upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past. Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a mission to save Rocket’s life — a mission that, if not completed successfully, could lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them. Sean Gunn also returns as Kraglin, with Will Poulter making his debut as Adam Warlock.
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
Netflix
A shocking indictment of the food industry and its regulators, this documentary exposes how decades of apathy and malfeasance have left the American food supply and its consumers vulnerable to deadly pathogens like E. coli and salmonella.
Summer Under the Stars: Anthony Perkins
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Anthony Perkins is justifiably remembered for chillingly embodying murderous mama’s boy Norman Bates in the 1960 thriller Psycho, which of course will be featured during his first SUTS celebration today. But you’ll also see his range of talent across other titles, like his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956), in which he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination and the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer — Male; the 1957 biopic Fear Strikes Out, where he gives a terrific performance as troubled baseball player Jim Piersall; and more.
Big Brother
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In a special 90-minute episode, Big Brother premieres its milestone 25th season as a new group of Houseguests moves in. Expect the unexpected this summer with a season full of twists, turns and throwbacks to the past 24 seasons. Following the premiere, the series will air Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Julie Chen Moonves is back as host.
Nancy Drew: “The Ballad of Lives Foregone”
The CW, 8pm
Carson (Scott Wolf) and Ryan (Riley Smith) work together to help Nancy (Kennedy McMann).
MasterChef: United Tastes of America: “Birds of a Feather Mystery Box”
FOX, 8pm
The top 17 home chefs return to the kitchen for their second Mystery Box Challenge, but this time, one region will begin the challenge 10 minutes behind the rest in the new episode “Birds of a Feather Mystery Box.”
LA Fire & Rescue: “Broken Bones & Burning Homes”
NBC, 8pm
The Air Ops team is back in action as they are called in on a rescue where every second is crucial to the patient’s survival. Meanwhile, Stations 41 and 16 join forces as they back each other up on a residential house fire.
The Wonder Years: “A Star Is Born”
ABC, 9pm
Dean (Elisha Williams) joins the drama club, only to find himself mixed up in drama of his own.
Riverdale: “Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Four: A Different Kind of Cat”
The CW, 9pm
Betty (Lili Reinhart) enlists help from Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) and Toni (Vanessa Morgan) after deciding she’s going to publish her own book.
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars: “As Seen on TV”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “As Seen on TV,” the remaining six contestants split into two teams and take over a QVC satellite studio to produce a 20-minute segment on kitchen products. QVC executives and customers decide which team created the best segment and which team gets eliminated.
Human Footprint: “The Urban Jungle”
PBS, 9pm
Modern cities are an ecosystem built by and for humans. In the new episode “The Urban Jungle,” biologist Shane Campbell-Staton encounters three species thriving in the city, reckons with our complex urban history, and envisions a new and wilder urban future.
Thursday, Aug. 3
Heartstopper
Netflix
Season Premiere!
This sweet U.K. romantic dramedy based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novels set hearts aflutter last year with its blossoming love between sensitive Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and cautiously closeted Nick Nelson (Kit Connor). The swoon-worthy tale continues as Season 2 picks up the day after last year’s finale, in which Nick came out to his understanding mother, Sarah (Olivia Colman), and officially coupled with Charlie. Now, Nick wrestles with how much to share with his class and rugby mates.
The Lincoln Lawyer
Netflix
New Episodes!
The legal drama closes out its second season with five new episodes. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo leads the cast.
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Netflix
Original Film!
This horror comedy from Japan is described as “a positive and fresh zombie comedy with a reversal of the hopeless situation of the city being overrun by zombies.” Young Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso) works at an exploitative company where he spends his days feeling more dead than alive. One day, the town is overtaken by zombies, and instead of facing the fact that he must survive a zombie apocalypse, Akira gets excited because he doesn’t need to go to the office anymore. He comes up with a bucket list of 100 things he wants to accomplish before he becomes a zombie.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Peacock
Feature Film Exclusive!
If you’re wondering why everyone is singing about “peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches,” it’s time to watch this sweet billion-dollar box office flick. Based on Nintendo’s successful video game franchise, Super Mario Bros. sees plumbers Mario (voiced by Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) embark on an adventure that takes them from the streets of New York City to the Mushroom Kingdom. Unlike the games, Mario isn’t teaming up with his brother to save Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy). Instead, Mario and Peach embark on a daring mission to rescue Luigi from Bowser (Jack Black) — who is still trying to marry Peach and take over her kingdom. With tons of Easter eggs, more than 35 years of Mario history culminate in his first blockbuster hit. Bonus content includes behind-the-scenes interviews with the stars, an immersive video featuring the cast, various interactive features throughout the film and a lyrical video that allows you to sing along to Bowser’s big musical number.
Summer Under the Stars: Stella Stevens
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Stella Stevens’ first SUTS celebration will also serve as a tribute to the late actress, who passed away Feb. 17 at age 84 (she was born Estelle Caro Eggleston on Oct. 1, 1938). Among the 12 Stevens films featured today are the Elvis Presley-led musical comedy Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); the romantic comedy The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963); Sam Peckinpah’s comedic Western The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); and a couple of the campy cult classics Stevens started appearing in during the ’70s, including the “blaxploitation” titles Slaughter (1972), making its TCM premiere, and Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975), both airing in late-night.
MLB Baseball
FOX, beginning at 7pm Live
Thursday night regional MLB action on FOX offers viewers either the Houston Astros at the N.Y. Yankees or the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Milwaukee Brewers.
NFL Preseason: Hall of Fame Game: N.Y. Jets vs. Cleveland
NBC, 8pm Live
New quarterback Aaron Rodgers could take a few snaps for the N.Y. Jets against the Cleveland Browns as the NFL preseason opens in Canton, Ohio.
FBoy Island
The CW, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Mia, Louise and Tamaris hand out VIP badges to the party in the first episode of Season 2 of this reality show about three women on a tropical island with 26 men, titled “Do You Like Cats?”
Botched
E!, 10pm
Season Premiere!
World-renowned surgeons Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif are back in the OR for Season 8, once again taking on some of the most complex cases to date, all while keeping the laughs rolling with their beloved bromance and banter. In a fresh new office, the doctors consult with a series of hopeful patients as they unveil catastrophic trauma due to past surgeries gone wrong, birth defects and horrific accidents.
What We Do in the Shadows: “Local News”
FX, 10pm
Media coverage of a water main break brings unwanted attention to the vampires in the new episode “Local News.”
WNBA: Atlanta Dream at Phoenix Mercury
Prime Video, 10pm Live
Prime Video continues its exclusive coverage of 20 WNBA games tonight with this matchup at the Footprint Center arena in Phoenix.
Friday, Aug. 4
The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge
Netflix
New Series!
After seven seasons of eating a lot of debatably edible treats, Nailed It! hosts Nicole Byer and Jacques Torres are ready to up the ante and give a group of motivated but inexperienced bakers the opportunity of a lifetime. Over the course of 10 episodes, Nicole and Jacques will provide 10 bakers with every tool and resource they need to go from “oh no” to “pro.” They’ll be coached by world-renowned pastry chefs and given the training necessary for a professional baker to succeed. The stakes and bakes are higher than ever, because only the best bakers will make it to the end and compete for a huge cash prize that can help make their baking dreams come true.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Prime Video
New Series!
This captivating limited series, based on Holly Ringland’s bestseller and showcasing the breadth of Australia’s spectacular landscape, follows the Hart women through an emotional journey. Troubled 9-year-old Alice (Alyla Browne) moves in with her caring but controlling grandmother June (Sigourney Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm, a refuge for abused women, after her parents die in a fire. Questions about her family history consume her as she grows up. “Any time Alice tries to engage with June about these issues, June shuts her down to protect her, which becomes stifling,” says Alycia Debnam-Carey, who takes over as Alice at age 24 in Episode 4. But, the actress offers, “despite that heaviness, there is an element of hope to Alice.” The first three episodes are available today; new episodes drop Fridays.
Summer Under the Stars: Jackie Cooper
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
John Cooper Jr., better known as Jackie Cooper, had an amazing big-screen career from his early days as a child star in the late 1920s to the late ’80s. You’ll see 15 films from roughly the first 15 years of that career as he appears during SUTS for the first time today. Cooper had a notable first himself: He became, and still is, the youngest ever nominee for the Best Actor Oscar, for the comedy Skippy (1931), which is part of TCM’s lineup. You’ll also see him in The Champ (1931), Treasure Island (1934) and more.
Secret Celebrity Renovation
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
This season has NFL player Damar Hamlin, Phil Keoghan, JB Smoove and Max Thieriot among the celebrities who surprise someone in their hometowns with a renovation. Rob Mariano and Sabrina Soto return to the design team. Nischelle Turner is back as host.
Family Law: “Fifty Shades of Judginess”
The CW, 8pm
The firm represents a recent widow in an estate dispute.
Johnsonville Celebrity Pro-Am Cornhole Competition
ESPN2, 8pm Live
The backyard bags/cornhole game is now a primetime sport, and ESPN2 is covering the celebrity pro-am event from Rock Hill, South Carolina. The multi-event cornhole series hosted throughout the year, where 32 American Cornhole League Pros were paired with 32 celebrities across eight events to compete for charity, culminates in the championship. Celebs like the Buffalo Bills’ Tim Settle Jr., the Minnesota Vikings’ Alexander Mattison, Jersey Shore’s Vinny Guadagnino and others made it through the preliminary rounds and could be moving on to the championship airing tonight.
Witness to Murder: Digital Evidence
A&E, 9pm
New Series!
Digital Evidence reveals how technology has become the new frontier in solving homicides, illustrating the surprising ways that cellphone data, smart watches, fitness trackers, GPS devices, geolocation coordinates, doorbell and traffic cameras, gaming devices, surveillance video, internet searches, apps, and social media messages can be the critical clues in murder investigations. In the premiere, “Web of Lies,” a young man is shot down while walking home; rumors swirl about who wanted him dead.
Moonshine: “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
The CW, 9pm
The Moonshine is hosting a pirate-themed wedding; Ryan (Tom Stevens) and Crystal (Erin Darke) take a hostage.
100 Day Dream Home
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
After her husband’s passing, Allison’s current house became too much for her to manage alone. With the help and guidance of her daughter, she’s ready to start a new chapter in a smaller home. They’ve called on Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt to build something a bit more compact and casual and to help her sell her current home. So, while Brian gets to work in his hard hat, Mika dons her real estate cap and gets the old house ready to list. Can they make Allison’s transition into her new chapter as smooth as possible?
Minx: “It’s Okay to Like It”
Starz, 9pm
Minx magazine is now front and center in the sexual revolution, and Rolling Stone comes to the Bottom Dollar offices to interview the gang in the new episode “It’s Okay to Like It.”
Women on Death Row
A&E, 10pm
New Series!
America’s most rarefied criminals, women who have been convicted of murder and sentenced to the ultimate punishment — the death penalty — are profiled in this new series. Each episode covers the crime and trial (as well as appeals) through exclusive interviews with the convicted women, witnesses, family members of victims, family members of the convicted women, attorneys and law enforcement officials. Tonight’s episode is about Shawna Forde, who was convicted for a 2009 crime that resulted in the violent murders of Raul Flores and his 9-year-old daughter, Brisenia. Forde was sentenced to death and now lives on death row in Arizona awaiting her execution, although she maintains her innocence.
The Proof Is Out There: “UFO Lead, Bigfoot Films and Lost City in the Gulf of Mexico”
History, 10pm
Hosted by veteran TV journalist Tony Harris, this nonfiction series takes an in-depth look at some of the most incredible and thought-provoking videos of unexplained phenomena and mysterious must-see moments. Questions tonight include: Is the latest video leak from the Department of Homeland Security more evidence that UFOs really exist? Did one of the world’s most respected Bigfoot researchers capture footage that proves Sasquatch is no myth? Are seemingly anachronistic works of art the product of time travelers? And did an amateur archaeologist really discover a lost, sunken city off the coast of Louisiana? Tony Harris and his team of experts examine the evidence to find the truth.
Heels: “The Journey Is the Obstacle”
Starz, 10:05pm
Ace (Alexander Ludwig) begins what he hopes will be his journey of spiritual awakening in the new episode “The Journey Is the Obstacle.”
Saturday, Aug. 5
Summer Under the Stars: Errol Flynn
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Legendary Aussie American actor Errol Flynn lived all too brief a life, passing away from a heart attack in 1959 at just the age of 50. But in the quarter century between his first leading role in a Hollywood film, in 1935’s Captain Blood, to the posthumous release of his last movie, 1959’s Cuban Rebel Girls, the actor built an impressive resumé of onscreen work and established a lasting legacy as one of the greatest action movie stars of Hollywood’s golden age. Captain Blood was the first of eight memorable onscreen pairings between Flynn and Olivia de Havilland within just a six-year span; among their other notable collaborations was another beloved swashbuckler, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), as well as the Western They Died With Their Boots On (1941). Those two titles will be among the films shown during today’s Summer Under the Stars salute to Flynn. Other highlights today include Adventures of Don Juan (1948), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1938), The Sea Hawk (1941) and more.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony
ESPN & NFL Network, 12pm Live
It’s all about gold jackets and bronze busts in Canton, Ohio, as coach Don Coryell and players Rondé Barber, Chuck Howley, Joe Klecko, Darrelle Revis, Ken Riley, Joe Thomas, Zach Thomas and DeMarcus Ware enter the Hall of Fame.
Ms. Marvel
ABC, 8pm
New Series!
This Disney+ show about Avengers superfan Kamala (Iman Vellani), a Pakistani American teenager who struggles to fit in until she gets superpowers like the heroes she admires, makes its network television debut. Three episodes will air back-to-back.
The Wild Sides
BBC America, 8pm
New Series!
BBC America’s “Wonderstruck” nature programming block on Saturdays features this new three-part documentary series exploring the wildlife of Mashatu in Botswana, where elephants, cheetahs, leopards, jackals and baboons coexist in an unforgiving ecosystem. In the premiere, “The Drought,” the region’s four-year dry spell is at its worst, and animal species struggle to maintain the balance of cooperation and competition to survive.
Johnson
Bounce TV, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The popular dramedy that follows four lifelong best friends in Atlanta, all of whom share the same last name, returns for Season 3 with back-to-back half-hour episodes.
Great Chocolate Showdown
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The fourth season of this Canadian baking competition in which 10 cooking enthusiasts must create chocolate-related baked goods and win various challenges to receive a grand prize of $50,000 begins airing tonight.
Making Waves
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Music executive Amelia (Holland Roden) travels to a music festival to recruit an elusive new band to her company and discovers that the group’s frontman is her childhood summer sweetheart Will (Corey Cott). Over the course of the week, as Amelia tries to convince Will to sign with her, she realizes there might be a conflict of interest: her feelings for him.
Boy in the Walls
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Emmy nominee Constance Zimmer (UnREAL) returns to Lifetime to executive produce and direct her first feature-length TV movie, which is inspired by actual phrogging events, where people discover there is someone secretly living inside their home.
Baking It: “2 Sweet 2 Savory: Crustastrophe”
NBC, 8pm
The bakers decide whether sweet or savory is better as they make pies for the semifinals challenge.
WWE SummerSlam 2023
Peacock, 8pm Live; also on Pay-Per-View
One of WWE’s premier longtime events returns, with highlights including Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar in a rubber match, and Seth “Freakin” Rollins defending his World Heavyweight Champion title against Finn Bálor.
Recipe for Disaster
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
This new cooking reality series will showcase professional chefs partnered with novices and challenged by various simulated disasters, such as a desert island in monsoon season or an alien-infested Mars; competitors must create the best dishes under the worst circumstances in order to be crowned the Masters of Disaster. Two new episodes air back-to-back tonight.
