All Times Eastern. PBS programming varies regionally.
Wednesday, June 28
Hijack
Apple TV+
New Series!
Idris Elba stars as Sam Nelson, an accomplished negotiator who needs to use his skills aboard a hijacked plane to try to save the lives of the passengers over the course of a seven-hour flight to London, while counterterrorism officer Zahra Gahfoor (Archie Panjabi) becomes part of the investigation on the ground in this seven-episode thriller series. Costars include Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Eve Myles and Jasper Britton. The first two episodes are available today; new episodes drop Wednesdays.
D.O.A.
TCM, 3pm
Catch a Classic!
Edmond O’Brien leads this classic 1949 film noir as Frank Bigelow, a man who, after finding out he has been fatally poisoned, spends his remaining days and hours desperately trying to find out who did it, and why. The movie’s promotional poster touted that it is “A picture as excitingly different as its title!” and it still does feel like it stands out a bit from others in its genre. From the opening sequence where Frank reports his own murder to police, and throughout his story, which is told in flashback up until its inevitable conclusion, D.O.A. delivers plenty of suspense.
Nancy Drew: “The Oracle of the Whispering Remains”
The CW, 8pm
The crew discovers a clue in an unexpected place and calls in someone from George’s (Leah Lewis) past to help.
LA Fire & Rescue: “Three Alarm”
NBC, 8pm
Inglewood Station 172 tackles a career-defining fire in an industrial warehouse. Meanwhile, Calabasas Station 125 responds to a multicar collision before ending their day on a residential call to remove a slithering creature from a fearful family’s home.
The Wonder Years: “Blockbusting”
ABC, 9pm
Bill (Dulé Hill) and Lillian (Saycon Sengbloh) consider moving into the first integrated neighborhood in Montgomery.
Riverdale: “Chapter One Thirty: The Crucible”
The CW, 9pm
Panic ensues after Archie (K.J. Apa) and the gang learn that Mrs. Thornton (Frances Flanagan) is accused of being a communist.
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
HBO, 9pm
This documentary offers an intimate portrait of actor Rock Hudson, one of Hollywood’s most celebrated leading men of the 1950s and ’60s, whose diagnosis of, and eventual death from, AIDS in 1985 shocked the world and subsequently shifted the way the public perceived the AIDS pandemic. The film explores the story of a man leading a double life, one whose public persona was carefully manufactured by his handlers and orchestrated by the studio system, while he feared a potentially career-ending discovery that he was privately living as a gay man.
Grown-ish
Freeform, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The sixth season of this black-ish spinoff about college life premieres tonight with the episode “Shoot My Shot,” in which the crew goes to a music festival and Andre (Marcus Scribner) suffers from “analysis paralysis” about choosing a major.
Thursday, June 29
Lace
ALLBLK
Season Premiere!
Season 2 continues to follow the courtroom, boardroom and bedroom chess matches of high-profile lawyer Lacey McCullough (Maryam Basir) as she and her firm navigate clients, cases, exclusive escort services and their personal lives.
Hoff the Record
BritBox
New Series!
This semi-improvisational comedy shot in a documentary style finds David Hasselhoff playing a fictionalized version of himself — complete with a previously unknown German son and an oddball entourage — as he arrives in the U.K. to try to reignite his career.
The Witcher
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The fantasy drama is back for its third season, which will be divided into two parts, with the first part, consisting of Episodes 1-5, dropping today. This season, as monarchs, mages and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt (Henry Cavill) takes Ciri (Freya Allan) into hiding, determined to protect his newly reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Vol. 2 of The Witcher’s third season, containing Episodes 6-8, will be released July 27.
Golf: Capital One’s The Match
TNT, 6:30pm Live
The eighth installment of Capital One’s The Match golf competition features NFL and NBA superstar duos going head-to-head. Kansas City Chiefs teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce face off against the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson over 12 holes at Wynn Las Vegas.
Generation Gap
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Kelly Ripa returns for a second season to host this game show that groups family members of different generations who must work together to answer questions about each other’s generations.
The Blacklist: “Room 417”
NBC, 8pm
A cryptic tip from Red (James Spader) leads the task force to uncover a security breach within the U.S. government. Meanwhile, Rep. Hudson (Toby Leonard Moore) takes major steps to uncover the inner workings of the force.
Star of the Month: Katharine Hepburn: “Hepburn and Tracy”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
This final evening in Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Thursday salute to legendary star Katharine Hepburn offers a lineup of five of the nine films that she made with longtime partner and frequent costar Spencer Tracy (a few others have already aired earlier in the month). The first four of tonight’s featured titles are romantic comedies; the evening concludes with a drama. The lineup features Desk Set (1957), the couple’s eighth onscreen pairing; Without Love (1945), which marked the third time they appeared together; Pat and Mike (1952), in which Hepburn gives a Golden Globe-nominated performance in her seventh onscreen pairing with Tracy; Adam’s Rib (1949), the pair’s sixth time working together; and Keeper of the Flame (1942), Hepburn and Tracy’s second film.
The Chase
ABC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 4 of this fast-paced trivia game show adapted from the British program of the same name begins tonight.
Christina on the Coast
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In “Growing Families,” Christina Hall helps a couple transform their home to better serve their growing family of five. Also, Christina’s best friend, Cassie, and husband, James, have a surprise for Christina leading up to her daughter’s first birthday party.
Before We Die: “Episode 2”
PBS, 9pm
Bianca (Issy Knopfler) is unceremoniously shipped back to the U.K. like a piece of cargo, and as punishment for her desertion, she is imprisoned in the family home. Meanwhile, Nicky (Priyanga Burford) is back on the hunt for Christian (Patrick Gibson), who is one step ahead of her; Hannah (Lesley Sharp) and Billy (Vincent Regan) uncover the leak at police headquarters and strike a deal with them to reveal all; and Dubravka (Kazia Pelka) swears vengeance after Davor’s body is found.
Revealed
HGTV, 10pm
Series Premiere!
In “Telling Our Story,” a couple wants to turn their multi-level home into something that represents more of their culture and ancestry. Veronica Valencia finds inspiration in their African roots and rich family history to redesign their kitchen, den, dining room and living room.
Wild West Chronicles
INSP, 10pm
Season Finale!
Season 3 concludes with “The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight.” After two Mexican vaqueros cross the border in search of their stolen cattle, they are gunned down by the rustlers. When El Paso’s newly appointed marshal arrests local ranch hands for the murders, he sparks one of the West’s most infamous gunfights.
Friday, June 30
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Prime Video
Season Premiere!
The fourth and final season finds Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) on his most dangerous mission yet, facing enemies both foreign and domestic. As the CIA’s new acting director, Ryan is tasked with unearthing internal corruption, and in doing so, uncovers a series of suspicious black ops that could expose the vulnerability of the country. As Ryan and his team investigate how deep this corruption runs, they discover a far-worse reality: the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization, and a conspiracy much closer to home that tests Ryan’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect. Two episodes air Fridays beginning today.
Children of the Corn
Shudder
In this new adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, a 12-year-old Nebraska girl is possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield and recruits the other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage and kill all the adults, as well as anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan is the town’s only hope for survival.
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: “Beach Party”
TCM, beginning at 7:15am
Catch a Classic!
Summer is officially here, and if you can’t physically head to the beach or a tropical island for some fun in the sun, check out the next best thing — this morning and afternoon’s lineup of beach-themed films on Turner Classic Movies. The cinematic beach party features Pagan Love Song (1950), a musical led by Esther Williams and Howard Keel; On an Island With You (1948), another Williams-led musical, also starring Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalbán and Cyd Charisse; Girl Happy (1965), the Elvis Presley musical comedy costarring Shelley Fabares; You’re Only Young Once (1937), the second entry in the Andy Hardy series of comedies starring Mickey Rooney as young Andy; Catalina Caper (1967), a comedy/mystery led by Tommy Kirk; Where the Boys Are (1960), the influential teen comedy starring Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, George Hamilton and Yvette Mimieux; and Palm Springs Weekend (1963), a comedy starring Troy Donahue and Connie Stevens.
The Articulate Hour
PBS, 10pm
Miniseries Finale!
This three-part miniseries concludes with “Marking Time.” So much of human behavior is governed by our sense of time, yet questions about time’s fundamental nature remain unanswered. In this episode, artists and experts discuss the tension between scientifically measured, socially constructed and individually perceived time.
Saturday, July 1
Cycling: Tour de France: Stage 1
NBC, 8am Live
The world’s most prestigious cycling race gears up in Bilbao, Spain, where the peloton starts a grueling three-week odyssey over 2,115 miles. NBC, USA Network and Peacock have live and tape-delayed coverage through July 23.
MLB Baseball
FS1 & FOX, beginning at 2pm Live
Saturday MLB action on FOX Sports opens with the N.Y. Yankees at the St. Louis Cardinals in an afternoon game on FS1. In primetime on FOX, viewers will see either the Cleveland Guardians at the Chicago Cubs, the L.A. Dodgers at the Kansas City Royals or the Tampa Bay Rays at the Seattle Mariners.
Winchester ’73
TCM, 6:15pm
Catch a Classic!
This 1950 classic was the first Western film collaboration between star James Stewart and director Anthony Mann, and it’s a winner — a movie unique and important enough to have been added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. Stewart plays Lin McAdam, a cowboy searching for his father’s killer and the family rifle that was used against him. As the gun falls into the possession of new owners, their stories are depicted, all leading to a dramatic conclusion. The cast also includes Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Shelley Winters, Will Geer, and Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis in small early roles.
My Professor’s Guide to Murder
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
A bestselling murder-mystery writer (Landon Ashworth) is invited to be a guest lecturer at a prestigious university when a graduate student (Rae DeRosa) begins to suspect he is responsible for a grisly campus murder.
USFL Football: Championship
NBC, 8pm Live
The second season of the new USFL comes to an end with the championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.
Extraordinary Birder With Christian Cooper: “Hawaii”
Nat Geo Wild, 10pm
Christian Cooper sets out to explore the outstanding birdlife on the Big Island of Hawaii. Among lush rainforests and rocky lava terrain, he meets a majestic Hawaiian hawk, feeds adorable baby white terns and joins a wild goose chase — all while learning what makes Hawaii’s feathered residents so exceptional.