All Times Eastern. PBS programming varies regionally.
Saturday, July 1
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.
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: Pittsburgh vs. Birmingham
NBC, 8pm Live
The second season of the new USFL comes to an end with the championship game between the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Birmingham Stallions at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.
Sunday, July 2
FOX & Friends Weekend
FOX News Channel, 6am Live
FOX News Channel presents its annual Proud American special programming beginning today with its signature morning show franchise FOX & Friends throughout the holiday weekend live from FOX Square in midtown Manhattan. FOX & Friends Weekend cohosts Will Cain and Rachel Campos-Duffy will be joined by veteran and author of FOX News Books’ new title Unbroken Bonds of Battle Johnny “Joey Jones” to helm special patriotic-themed coverage. Throughout the special coverage, FOX Nation’s Abby Hornacek will report live from Provo, Utah where she will cover the holiday festivities, including local rodeos, Independence Day festivals, and the town’s iconic grand parade.
“Murder, She Wrote” Marathon
Start TV, beginning at 12pm
The beloved 1984-96 mystery series led by Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher joins Start TV’s lineup this month, and will regularly air Monday-Sunday mornings and late afternoons beginning Wednesday, July 5. Leading into that is a 69-hour Murder, She Wrote marathon of 65 episodes and two TV movies running today through the morning of July 5.
NASCAR Cup Series: Grant Park 220
NBC, 5pm Live
The NASCAR Cup Series makes history on the streets of Chicago as Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and other stars race on a 12-turn course through Grant Park on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Tough as Nails
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Phil Keoghan is back as host of this reality competition series. This season is filmed in Hamilton, Ontario, and features essential workers from both the U.S. and Canada who are ready to test their strength, endurance, life skills and mental toughness in challenges that take place in real-world scenarios. The season begins with a two-hour premiere. New episodes air Fridays and Sundays.
SharkFest 2023 Begins
Nat Geo, beginning at 8pm; all SharkFest programming streams on Disney+ & Hulu beginning today
SharkFest returns with over 22 hours of original programming and over 50 hours of enhanced content running across Nat Geo the first part of the month, and encoring on Nat Geo Wild the second part, with some programming also airing on other Disney-owned services. Additionally, all programming will stream on Disney+ and Hulu. Three specials premiere on Nat Geo tonight: Bull Shark Bandits (encores July 7 on ESPN2 and July 24 on Nat Geo Wild), Shark Eat Shark (encores July 26 on Nat Geo Wild) and Saved From a Shark (encores July 27 on Nat Geo Wild).
Ridley: “Hospitality, Part 1”
PBS, 8pm
When the body of a young woman is found buried in a shallow grave on a bleak Pennine moorland, Carol (Bronagh Waugh) calls in Ridley (Adrian Dunbar) to assist with the case. But the victim is not all she seemed to be, and Ridley discovers she had been leading a secret double life.
The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper: “Deadly Adventure: Trip to the Titanic”
CNN, 8pm
CNN National Correspondent Randi Kaye investigates the story that has rapidly captured the world’s attention. Five passengers on the Titan submersible that was diving 13,000 feet to view the Titanic on the ocean floor perished in a “catastrophic implosion,” authorities said, bookending an astounding five-day international search operation near the site of the world’s most famous shipwreck. Kaye unravels the timeline of events, starting with the Titan’s initial descent and their last communication to the surface. As investigators continue to scour the ocean floor for debris trying to establish the circumstances of the Titan‘s fatal final voyage, Kaye breaks down everything we know now. “Deadly Adventure: Trip to the Titanic” features interviews with the foremost experts on submersible travel and people close to the passengers, including OceanGate Expeditions investor Aaron Newman, Expedition: Unknown host Josh Gates, CEO of Underwater Forensic Investigators Tom Maddox, senior adviser for strategic initiatives for RMS Titanic Inc. David Gallo, and CBS Correspondent David Pogue.
Special Theme: Disability in the Movies
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Sunday evenings in July, Turner Classic Movies will air double features of films dealing with various aspects of physical and mental disabilities among characters, and often starring disabled actors. Tonight’s first title is The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Best Director Oscar winner William Wyler’s Best Picture-winning drama about three World War II veterans who face challenges as they readjust to life back home. Two of the vets are played by nondisabled actors: Best Actor winner Fredric March, as a man wrestling with alcoholism, and Dana Andrews, whose character struggles with PTSD (known then as “shell shock”). The third character is portrayed by Harold Russell, an actual World War II veteran who lost both his hands in his military service and had them replaced with hooks. Russell became the first nonprofessional actor to win an Academy Award when he was named Best Supporting Actor for his performance here. He also received an Honorary Award for what the Academy described as “bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives.” Russell did not appear in another film until 34 years later, in tonight’s next title, which is making its TCM premiere: Inside Moves (1980). He has a smaller role in this Richard Donner-directed drama, playing one of the regulars in a neighborhood bar that is frequented by disabled people, including the main character (played by John Savage), who finds himself there following a suicide attempt.
The Idol
HBO, 9pm
Season Finale!
This drama about a pop idol (Lily-Rose Depp) who suffers a nervous breakdown and then looks to reclaim her status as the greatest and sexiest star in America completes its first season. Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye also stars.
Endeavour
PBS, 9pm
Series Finale!
The series concludes with the two-hour episode “Exeunt.” Someone is placing death notices for people who are not yet dead, and as preparations for Joan’s (Sara Vickers) wedding proceed, the shocking Blenheim Vale case reaches a climax.
America in Black
BET & BET Her, 10pm
The monthly newsmagazine series that focuses on the people, issues and stories that matter most to Black America features an exclusive interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, taking a revealing look at the rising Black maternity mortality rate. The one-hour episode also also digs into the Afrobeat music wave and features in-depth profiles of influential religious leader T.D. Jakes, visionary Black artist Kehinde Wiley and commentary by the hilarious Roy Wood Jr.
Monday, July 3
Unknown
Netflix
New Series!
Each film in this four-part docuseries event (new episodes drop Mondays beginning today) pushes the boundaries of knowledge as it seeks to unlock secrets of our world through the tales of remarkable people and places never before captured on camera. The series starts today with “The Lost Pyramid,” in which two of the world’s foremost Egyptologists race to see who can make the bigger discovery first. Dr. Zahi Hawass seeks the lost pyramid of a forgotten Egyptian king, while Dr. Mostafa Waziri searches for an unlooted tomb in an ancient necropolis.
Tennis: Wimbledon: Early Rounds
ESPN, 6am Live
The fortnight of Grand Slam tennis competition begins at the All England Club with early-round action. Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina are reigning singles champions. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC combine to televise the tournament through July 16.
When Sharks Attack 360
Nat Geo, 8pm; also streams on Disney+ & Hulu
New Series!
In this six-episode series, an international team of experts hunts for clues as they investigate why sharks bite humans. They unravel the surprising threads that link these incidents and, as the evidence mounts, analyze data in a cutting-edge VFX shark lab to understand in forensic detail what causes sharks to sometimes attack people. New episodes air each night through July 11; the series encores on Nat Geo Wild beginning July 30.
“Road to …” Movies
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Get ready to travel the world in hilarious fashion tonight on Turner Classic Movies when five of the seven beloved comedy/musical Road to … movies starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour air (only 1947’s Road to Rio and 1962’s The Road to Hong Kong are missing). The lineup runs in order of the films’ releases, beginning with the one that started it all, 1940’s Road to Singapore, followed by Road to Zanzibar (1941); Road to Morocco (1942), probably the most famous — and best — Road picture, featuring the hit songs “(We’re Off on the) Road to Morocco” and “Moonlight Becomes You”; Road to Utopia (1945); and Road to Bali (1952).
90 Day Fiancé: Love in Paradise
TLC, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the season finale, “Night Swimming,” April and Valentin decide the fate of their relationship, Jordan says goodbye to Everton and leaves Jamaica, Scott reaches out to Lidia for a second chance and, after disagreeing on parenting styles, Jessica and Juan find out the gender of their baby.
Celebrity IOU
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “Emma Roberts’ Makeover for Aunt Moo,” Emma is teaming up with Drew and Jonathan Scott to surprise her honorary Aunt Mela with a custom kitchen transformation. Aunt “Moo” has spent her whole life helping others and rescuing animals, so now Emma wants to create an eclectic space for Mela to enjoy her pets, tea and guests.
New SharkFest Specials
Nat Geo, beginning at 9pm; also stream on Disney+ & Hulu
Two SharkFest specials premiere tonight. First, in Return of the White Shark (encoring July 25 on Nat Geo Wild), scientists try to determine why hundreds of great white sharks have recently appeared off the popular tourist destination of Cape Cod. Then, in Bull Shark vs. Hammerhead (encoring July 7 on ESPN2 and July 28 on Nat Geo Wild), shark experts analyze a rare event captured on video in Florida, when bull sharks attacked a hammerhead. Experiments test to see what will happen when these top predators go head-to-head.
The Great American Recipe: “Episode 3”
PBS, 9pm
Feel the love as the cooks prepare their favorite comfort food and a dish inspired by a loved one. They pour their hearts and souls into recipes ranging from bacon-wrapped meatloaf and cornbread to crab cakes, elk stew and chicken curry.
You, Me & My Ex
TLC, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “The Ex-plosion,” Alex and Caroline’s Sip & See turns into a Sip ‘n’ Tsunami! Roy and April have unfinished business. Chelsea confronts Matt with her truth. Jenn and Chantel are shocked by Josh and Danielle’s request. Miss V has De’Andre and Rowan questioning the future.
Weakest Link: “That’s Supposed to Be My Line!”
NBC, 10pm
A team of professionals, some academics and a fairy mystic try to outlast one another with trivia knowledge to win life-changing money.
POV: “A Story of Bones”
PBS, 10pm
As chief environmental officer for the island of St. Helena’s troubled airport project, Annina van Neel learns about an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans. Haunted by this historical injustice, she and African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde fight for the proper memorialization of these forgotten victims, exposing the U.K.’s disturbing colonial past and present. This film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
Tuesday, July 4
Tom Segura: Sledgehammer
Netflix
Tom Segura returns to Netflix with his fifth stand-up comedy special. Performing to an energized sold-out crowd in Phoenix, Tom explores his “admiration” for Brad Pitt, what it’s like raising two sons, the lessons learned from sharing his gummies with his mother and more.
Independence Day Movie Marathons
TCM, beginning at 5:30am
MOVIES!, beginning at 11:30am
Catch a Classic!
Celebrate America’s birthday all day long today as Turner Classic Movies and MOVIES! air lineups of beloved films with patriotic and/or all-American themes. TCM’s lineup begins first, runs for over 24 hours and features Small Town Girl (1953), Million Dollar Mermaid (1952), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), On the Town (1949), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Music Man (1962), 1776 (1972), The Devil’s Disciple (1959), The Scarlet Coat (1955) and Ah, Wilderness! (1935). Over on MOVIES!, the Independence Day movie lineup runs over 12 hours and features Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), 1776 (1972), Born Yesterday (1950), and re-airs of Yankee Doodle Dandy and 1776.
FOX & Friends
FOX News Channel, 6am Live
FOX News Channel’s Proud American coverage continues with interviews with members of the military, including retired Navy SEAL and cofounder of Legacy Expeditions, Mike Sarraille. Army veteran and barbecue seasoning business owner Jason Murff will also join the plaza for a live grilling demo. Additionally, musical artist Katie Linendoll will perform her hit song “Your Hands” live on the FOX Square in midtown Manhattan.
Fourth of July “Twilight Zone” Marathon
Syfy, beginning at 6am
Enjoy 24 hours of episodes of The Twilight Zone. After kicking off with five episodes from Rod Serling’s original anthology series, the majority of this daylong marathon will consist of 20 installments from Jordan Peele’s 2019-20 Zone reimagining, before concluding with five more episodes from the original.
The Fourth in America
CNN, 7pm Live
This Independence Day special is anchored by Dana Bash and Boris Sanchez from Washington, D.C., along with Victor Blackwell and Cari Champion from San Diego. Featured are musical performances from Alanis Morrissette, The All-American Rejects, Darius Rucker, Demi Lovato, Duran Duran, Flo Rida, Leon Bridges, Post Malone, Sheryl Crow, Smash Mouth, Zac Brown Band, the Plain White T’s and more. There will also be coast-to-coast coverage of fireworks shows in cities across the country throughout the evening, including Boston, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, New Orleans, New York City, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, St. Louis and others.
A Big Independence Day Celebration
FOX News Channel, 8pm Live
This two-hour special features FOX News Congressional Correspondent Aishah Hasnie, Johnny “Joey” Jones, FOX & Friends First’s Carley Shimkus, and FOX Across America’s Jimmy Failla with correspondent Alexis McAdams reporting live from the top of the Empire State Building. The special will include live fireworks from New York City and Washington, D.C., along with patriotic musical performances, and themed packages highlighting stories of American freedom.
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular
NBC, 8pm Live; also livestreams on Peacock
The world-renowned fireworks display, accompanied by music performances, returns to celebrate America’s 247th birthday along the East River in New York City in this two-hour event. Announced performers who will take the stage ahead of the fireworks are Ashanti, Bebe Rexha, Ja Rule, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, and LL Cool J featuring DJ Z-Trip and The Roots.
A Capitol Fourth
PBS, 8pm Live
Celebrate America’s 247th birthday with the 43rd anniversary broadcast of this beloved Independence Day celebration from Washington, D.C. Top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway, featuring the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Jack Everly, make it an unforgettable musical event. An encore presentation will immediately follow the 90-minute broadcast.
Home of the Brave
FOX News Channel, 10pm
Hosted by FOX & Friends Weekend cohost and retired Army infantry Captain Pete Hegseth, this special will feature FOX News personalities as they spotlight those influential figures who have made them proud to be Americans. Contributing throughout the hour will be correspondent Benjamin Hall, The Story’s Martha MacCallum, Cross Country’s Lawrence Jones, Outnumbered cohost Emily Compagno, and former Staff Sergeant Johnny “Joey” Jones.
Wednesday, July 5
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
Disney+
New Series!
This 10-part sci-fi series (all installments available today) is an animated anthology of short films from leading African directors. Featuring stories by creators hailing from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, Kizazi Moto promises to take viewers on an unforgettable ride into Africa’s future, presenting visions of the continent as never seen before. The films draw on Africa’s rich and diverse histories and cultures to present sci-fi and fantasy tales featuring new worlds of advanced technology, aliens, spirits and monsters.
Back to 15
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In Season 2 of the Portuguese comedy, Anita (Maisa Silva) needs to go back to age 15 to try and fix her sister Luiza’s (Amanda Azevedo) life. However, Joel (Aeric Azana) hacked into her Floguinho account and also became a time traveler. After a disastrous day in which he interferes with everyone’s lives, Anita returns to 2021, only to discover that her perfect moment in Paris with Henrique (Caio Cabral) is no more. Everything is different. Now, Anita and Joel must join forces to put everything back on track and fix the future.
Wham!
Netflix
In 1982, while still teenagers, best friends George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley became the pop music duo Wham! and set out to conquer the world. By June of 1986 they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium after having done exactly that. This documentary uses unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archives to tell the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with hits like “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” “Freedom” and, of course, the ubiquitous holiday radio station favorite, “Last Christmas.”
LA Fire & Rescue: “The Real Baywatch”
NBC, 8pm
The lifeguards of the L.A. County Fire Department join forces with the specialized Air Ops team on a dramatic rescue during the Malibu triathlon. Plus, Watts Station 16 shows how much they value caring for their community.
The South on Film — Part 1: “Race in the South”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Wednesday nights in July, Turner Classic Movies will feature lineups of films set in, and dealing with themes related to, the American South. Tonight’s five titles deal with Southern America’s especially problematic — to say the least — history with racial issues, featuring stories spanning the Civil War through the Civil Rights era. In some cases, the movies themselves were made during times that featured more overt and accepted racism and stereotypes, affecting the portrayal of their stories and characters, and that should be noted when watching. Starting the evening is the Best Picture Oscar-winning drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989), led by Best Actor nominee Morgan Freeman and Best Actress winner Jessica Tandy in a tale that follows the relationship between an old Jewish woman in Atlanta and her Black chauffeur over roughly 25 years, from the late 1940s to early ’70s. The film explores racism against Black people, as well as antisemitism in the South. After that is another Best Picture winner: the 1939 Civil War epic Gone With the Wind. While the drama is impressively made, and led to Best Supporting Actress winner Hattie McDaniel becoming the first Black actor to be nominated for and win an Oscar, it not only glosses over the horrors of slavery in the South at that time, but also tends to glorify the antebellum South and often uses its Black characters as sources of humor. Up next is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, a 1974 TV movie starring Emmy winner Cicely Tyson in the title role as a 110-year-old former slave telling her life story during the early 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Following that is Intruder in the Dust (1949), which is based on noted Southern author William Faulkner’s novel and filmed in Oxford, Mississippi, where Faulkner mostly lived. The story is about a Black man (Juano Hernandez) who is falsely accused of murdering a white man; with the help of two teenage boys, the town’s lawyer and an elderly woman, he works to prove his innocence. The lineup concludes with Storm Warning (1950), a film noir thriller about a traveling dress model (Ginger Rogers) who witnesses the murder of a journalist by the Ku Klux Klan in a small Southern town, and tries to help the district attorney (Ronald Reagan) bring the killers to justice. Doris Day also stars.
New SharkFest Specials
Nat Geo, beginning at 9pm; also stream on Disney+ & Hulu
In the new SharkFest special Shark Below Zero (encoring July 24 on Nat Geo Wild), with white sharks having been spotted across Canada as far north as the coast of Newfoundland, and the first suspected white shark attack in Canada in over 150 years, experts investigate what drives these creatures’ journey to the very northern limit of their range. Then, in Sharkano: Hawaii (encoring July 24 on Nat Geo Wild), biologists free dive with one of the most dangerous sharks — the tiger shark — to find out why they are drawn to Hawaii’s volcanoes.
Human Footprint
PBS, 9pm
New Series!
Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton hosts this six-episode documentary series that takes viewers from high-tech labs to sweltering street markets, from farms to restaurants, and from primeval forests to the back alleys of New York to explore the ways humans have transformed the planet and what those transformations tell us about who we are as a species. The premiere episode, “Strangers in Paradise,” shows examples of how humans have introduced and must now deal with invasive species.
Orangutan Jungle School
Smithsonian Cannel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In “A Wild Education,” enter a jungle schoolground, where orphaned orangutans are taught to climb, nest, make friends and survive in the wild. From nursery to graduation, witness the emotional journey orphaned orangutans go on at Borneo’s unique jungle school.
Mission: Impossible Behind-the-Scenes Special
CBS, 9:30pm
Get a sneak peek inside the new action film Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson. Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens humanity. The movie premieres in theaters July 12.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: “Risk E. Rat’s Pizza & Amusement Center”
FXX, 10pm
In this new episode, the Gang takes a trip to their favorite pizzeria/arcade from their childhood, but they find it’s not nearly as risky as it was in the 1980s.
Thursday, July 6
The Lincoln Lawyer
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The legal drama’s sophomore season finds intrepid L.A. attorney Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) in an unusual spot: on an upswing. “You see a Mickey that starts confident,” says Garcia-Rulfo, referring to Mickey’s winning the big Season 1 case. “He’s at the top of his game.” But you’re only as good as your last verdict, and this season, drawn from Michael Connelly’s 2011 novel The Fifth Witness, Mickey takes on the high-profile murder of a polarizing real estate developer. The first part of the 10-episode season is available today; Part 2 arrives Aug. 3.
Wake Up, Carlo! (Acorda, Carlo!)
Netflix
New Series!
In this kids series, 7-year-old Carlo goes to sleep for 22 years and wakes up to learn his best friends have become serious adults. With his positivity, free spirit and total lack of knowledge about life’s basic instincts — aside from eating guava-filled cookies — Carlo awakens in his childhood friends the desire to be as free as he is.
TCM Birthday Tribute: Janet Leigh
TCM, beginning at 7:45am
Catch a Classic!
Iconic actress/dancer/singer Jeanette Helen Morrison — better known as Janet Leigh — would have turned 96 today (she was born July 6, 1927, in Merced, California; she died Oct. 3, 2004, at age 77, in Beverly Hills). Starting this morning, Turner Classic Movies celebrates the star with a seven-film lineup of movies demonstrating her versatility across various genres. Featured titles are: Two Tickets to Broadway (1951), a musical with choreography by the legendary Busby Berkeley; the romantic comedy Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Angels in the Outfield (1951), the original baseball-themed comedy also starring Paul Douglas and Keenan Wynn; Confidentially Connie (1953), a romantic comedy also starring Van Johnson; The Naked Spur (1953), director Anthony Mann’s Oscar-nominated Western led by James Stewart and also starring Robert Ryan; Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955), a musical/crime drama costarring Jack Webb, Edmond O’Brien and Peggy Lee; and An American Dream (1966), a drama also featuring Stuart Whitman, Eleanor Parker and Barry Sullivan.
The Blacklist: “Arthur Hudson”
NBC, 8pm
Cooper (Harry Lennix) is caught on the defensive when summoned by the Attorney General. Meanwhile, Red (James Spader) visits dear friends.
When Sharks Attack … and Why
Nat Geo, 9pm; also streams on Disney+ & Hulu
New Series!
This eight-part series (new episodes air each night today through July 12) explores how shark attacks around the world are becoming more unpredictable. Many of these attacks occur suddenly, in large numbers and in unexpected locations, puzzling locals and scientists alike. Experts investigate these mysterious incidents to discover what the causes might be. The series encores on Nat Geo Wild beginning July 26.
Breaking the Ice
WE tv, 9pm
New Series!
In this new sports reality show, Rory Flack, the first African American woman to win the U.S. Open Professional Figure Skating Championships, spearheads a competitive synchronized skating team as its coach. The series follows her and the diverse team of teens during a rigorous training season as they push past mental and physical obstacles.
True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes
SundanceTV, 10pm; also streams on AMC+ & Sundance Now
Season Finale!
In “Step Four: The Outcome,” pressure mounts against the school board to take accountability; Dr. Kenney leaves North Port for what seems like the final time; the community grapples with guilt and grief; and Stephen offers an intimate look into Kenney’s hypnosis practice.
My Adventures With Superman
Adult Swim, 12am (late-night); streams next day on Max
New Series!
This animated series is a serialized coming-of-age story that catches up with 20-somethings Clark Kent (voice of Jack Quaid), the bright and driven Lois Lane (Alice Lee) and their best friend Jimmy Olsen (Ishmel Sahid) as they begin to discover who they are while working as an investigative reporting team at the Daily Planet. The story follows Clark as he builds his secret identity as Superman and explores his own mysterious origins. All the while, he and Lois are falling in love … as Lois gets closer and closer to uncovering his superhero alter ego.
Friday, July 7
The Out-Laws
Netflix
Original Film!
In this comedy/crime film from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison production company, Adam Devine plays strait-laced bank manager Owen, who is about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Nina Dobrev). When Owen’s bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin), who just arrived in town, are the culprits.
The Horror of Dolores Roach
Prime Video
New Series!
Sweeney Todd with a side of salsa! Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) headlines this twisted eight-episode adaptation of the hit podcast about a woman’s descent into a gory gourmet nightmare. After 16 years in prison, Dolores heads home to a gentrified Washington Heights in New York City and reunites with pal Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), an empanada shop chef. Having developed a knack for working out folks’ knots in jail, Dolores accepts his offer to run a massage parlor below the shop, but the plan develops a kink when their scummy landlord (Marc Maron) crosses the line, leaving Dolores with a mess … and new meat on Luis’ menu. It’s a delicious turn by Machado, who sinks her teeth into the role. “My favorite part is her absolute rawness,” she fittingly adds. “I feel so free playing her.”
Tough as Nails: “Zink About It”
CBS, 8pm
In the new episode “Zink About It,” the contestants are under a lot of pressure when they’re tasked with designing and welding a structure that can withstand the crushing force of 1 ton of weight.
Family Law
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this comedy series about a divorced, recovering alcoholic lawyer who goes to work for her estranged father and half siblings in Vancouver premieres tonight.
Star of the Month: ’70s Stars
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Each Friday night in July, Turner Classic Movies will bring out some of the brightest movie stars of the 1970s, starring in films arranged by various themes. This first evening begins with two films featuring “Love On and Off Screen,” beginning with The Getaway (1972), Sam Peckinpah’s heist thriller starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. The stars began a relationship while working on the film and got married in 1973, but were divorced by 1978. Something similar happened to Richard Pryor and Pam Grier, the stars of tonight’s next film: Greased Lightning (1977), a biopic with Pryor as Wendell Scott, the first Black NASCAR race winner. He and Grier began dating after being cast in the film, but their relationship was much shorter-lived than McQueen and MacGraw’s, with Pryor marrying another woman in 1977. Tonight’s next three films featuring major ’70s stars focus on an “Anything for Love” theme among their fictional characters. First is the Best Picture Oscar-nominated Dog Day Afternoon (1975), led by Best Actor nominee Al Pacino and John Cazale, followed by Badlands (1973), with Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen, and Zandy’s Bride (1974), starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann.
Moonshine
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
This Canadian comedy/drama series, which focuses on a dysfunctional group of half siblings fighting to take control of the family business, premieres tonight with the episode titled “Standby Out of Newark,” in which Lidia (Jennifer Finnigan) returns home from New York for her aunt’s funeral and ignites a family feud.
The Proof Is Out There: “Alien Pilots, Carolina Lights and Stone Cold Animals”
History, 10pm
Did a man in Turkey capture footage of alien pilots in a UFO cockpit? What are the strange lights repeatedly spotted over Brown Mountain in North Carolina since before the Civil War? Did an Australian man stumble upon an alien corpse on the sidewalk? And who or what turned these animals to stone? TV journalist Tony Harris and his team of experts examine the evidence to find the truth.
Painting With John
HBO, 11pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 3 finale “The Night Hunters,” John Lurie shares his appreciation for his longtime assistant and friend Nesrin Wolf and his epic collection of luminary toast.
Saturday, July 8
MLB Baseball
FS1 & FOX, beginning at 4pm Live
The Cincinnati Reds are at the Milwaukee Brewers on FS1, followed by a primetime regional game on FOX featuring either the Seattle Mariners at the Houston Astros or the Atlanta Braves at the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982
The CW, 8pm
New Series!
This nostalgic four-part docuseries about the best films of 1982 features exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage of the biggest films of the year.
A Royal Christmas Crush
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Ava (Katie Cassidy) accepts the opportunity of a lifetime to work at the Royal Ice Hotel, which leads her to a surprise whirlwind romance with a prince (Stephen Huszar).
V.C. Andrews’ Dawn
Lifetime, 8pm
New Limited Series!
Based on V.C. Andrews’ Dawn Cutler books, this new four-part film series is a dark family drama about a young woman whose life gets thrown upside down when she discovers that the parents who raised her kidnapped her as a child, and that she really comes from a wealthy and twisted family of hotel owners. Starring Brec Bassinger as Dawn and Donna Mills as the malevolent matriarch of the Cutler family, Lillian Cutler, each film dives further into the families’ pasts as Dawn navigates her new life. Secrets of the Morning, Twilight’s Child and Midnight Whispers will follow Dawn on Saturdays.
From Here to Eternity
MOVIES!, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
In this legendary 1953 drama, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Pvt. Prewitt (Best Actor Oscar nominee Montgomery Clift) is a soldier and former boxer being manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra, in a role that established the beloved singer’s acting career) tries to help him but has his own troubles. Sgt. Warden (Best Actor Oscar nominee Burt Lancaster) and Karen Holmes (Best Actress Oscar nominee Deborah Kerr) tread on dangerous ground as lovers in an illicit affair (their embrace in the surf remains an iconic Hollywood scene). Each of their lives will be changed when their stories culminate in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The film won eight of the 13 Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann), and Best Supporting awards for Sinatra and for Donna Reed as a not-so-wholesome “club hostess.”
Extraordinary Birder With Christian Cooper: “Palm Springs”
Nat Geo Wild, 10pm
Raptors, ravens, hummingbirds and more are in store in this episode as Christian Cooper heads to the oasis of Palm Springs, California, to discover the wild and wonderful world of desert birds. From working with a bird of prey that is man’s best friend, to digging a condo for a tiny owl, to seeing majestic nesting migratory great blue herons, Christian learns what it takes for these feathered creatures to survive in the desert.