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Sunday, Aug. 27
Summer Under the Stars: Humphrey Bogart
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Catapulted to fame by the 1941 film-noir crime thriller The Maltese Falcon, which is one of the films featured in today’s lineup, Humphrey Bogart, founder of the original Rat Pack, is perhaps the most memorable name in Hollywood. Though he only won a single Oscar, for his role as Charlie Allnutt in The African Queen (1951), his portrayal of private detective Philip Marlowe in 1946’s The Big Sleep would be the touchstone for actors playing law enforcement for decades to come, and he would be forever immortalized for his role as Rick Blaine in what is considered one of the best films of all time, Casablanca (1942). It would be impossible to include all the films Bogart has starred in, but TCM has quite the lineup for today, including The Oklahoma Kid (1939), a Western costarring James Cagney and Rosemary Lane; Passage to Marseille (1944), a war drama about patriotic convicts who escape imprisonment to help fight Nazis; and To Have and Have Not (1944), the Ernest Hemingway adaptation about an American expat who helps transport a French Resistance leader.
Love Island
Peacock
Season Finale!
The reality relationship series concludes Season 5.
Godzilla Movie Marathon
Comet, beginning at 12pm
The King of the Monsters is stomping all over the Comet lineup this afternoon and early evening in an eight-hour marathon that begins with Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, the 1956 Americanized version of the original 1954 Japanese film Gojira. That is followed by Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), Son of Godzilla (1967) and Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973).
U.S. Gymnastics Championships
NBC, 12pm (replay); 7pm (live)
On the final day of competition at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California, NBC offers an hour of replay coverage of Day 2 of the senior men’s competition in the afternoon, and two hours of live coverage of the senior women’s second day of competition in primetime.
Little League Baseball World Series: Championship
ABC, 3pm Live
The U.S. and International champions face off today at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the 2023 Little League Baseball World Series title.
NTT IndyCar Series: Bommarito Automotive Group 500
NBC, 3:30pm Live
World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis brings IndyCar drivers Alex Palou, Scott Dixon, Marcus Ericsson and others to compete for 260 laps around the 1.25-mile egg-shaped oval.
The Chosen: “Invitations”
The CW, 8pm
Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) forges a core group of people to prepare for the work ahead.
NFL Preseason: Houston at New Orleans
FOX, 8pm Live
First-round draft pick C.J. Stroud could see some action under center for the Houston Texans as they visit the New Orleans Saints in the final game of the 2023 NFL preseason.
Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Nat Geo, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 2 finale, Bear Grylls invites She-Hulk and Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany on a journey across Wyoming’s Laramie Mountains. Tatiana admits that while she’s fearless on the screen, she can’t tap into that same bravery in the real world. So, Bear challenges her to conquer massive cliff rappels, menacingly icy cliffs and a zero-degree cold shock to the body to help her overcome her fears.
Never Say Never With Jeff Jenkins
Nat Geo, 10pm
Season Finale!
In the first season finale, “From Iceland to the Amazon,” Jeff Jenkins jumps between extreme adventures in the Amazon rainforest and Iceland. Up north, the host scales icy glaciers, paddles through frigid waters and hikes to beautiful blue ice caves. Then, in the Amazon, with help from local expert Adhara Scanavino, Jeff gets a lesson in the Brazilian martial art of capoeira, enjoys fresh-caught shrimp from the Amazon River and overcomes his fear of riding a water buffalo.
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time
MGM+, 10pm
Series Finale!
The two-part docuseries that tracks the history of San Francisco’s music scene between 1965 and 1975 concludes.
OutKick on Fox
FOX News Channel, 10pm
OutKick presents this one-hour special featuring OutKick founder Clay Travis and hosts Tomi Lahren and Charly Arnolt providing their unfiltered opinions on sports, culture and the topics Americans are talking about right now. Special guests include Riley Gaines, host of the Gaines for Girls podcast on OutKick, OutKick.com columnist Mary Katherine Ham and former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom.
Monday, Aug. 28
Princess Power
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The animated preschool series returns for Season 2. Each episode finds four princesses helping the people in their lives using whimsical problem-solving techniques.
The Chelsea Detective
Acorn TV
Season Premiere!
The new season of the British mystery drama consists of four feature-length episodes (available Mondays) that see sharp, intuitive Detective Inspector Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) teaming up with a new colleague, Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh (Vanessa Emme), who joins Chelsea CID from Exeter.
Summer Under the Stars: Ann Sheridan
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Nicknamed the “Oomph Girl,” American actress and singer Ann Sheridan is the featured Hollywood star in today’s lineup, a selection that includes They Drive by Night (1940), a film noir costarring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino; Shine on Harvest Moon (1944), a biographical film about early 20th century Broadway stars; Kings Row (1942), an Oscar-nominated drama costarring future President Ronald Reagan; Nora Prentiss (1947), a film noir about a doctor’s affair with a nightclub singer; and Woman on the Run (1950), a crime drama about a man who witnesses a murder and is pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police and the killer.
Tennis: US Open: Early Rounds
ESPN, 12pm Live
The year’s final Grand Slam is held at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Poland’s Iga Świątek are defending singles champions. ESPN and ESPN2 combine to televise the tournament through Sept. 10.
America in Black: March on Washington 60 Years Later
BET, 8pm
Season Finale!
This one-hour special edition of the America in Black newsmagazine commemorates the famous March on Washington that took place six decades ago today on Aug. 28, 1963. Included in the program is an exclusive interview with Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson that reflects on the legacy of this pivotal event in civil rights history, addresses the unfinished work decades after Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech and spotlights the changemakers who are leading the future of the movement.
Son of a Critch: “Father Critch”
The CW, 8pm
As rumors of scandal start to mount, Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) reassesses what his religion means to him.
Stars on Mars
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
Find out which “celebronaut” has the right stuff and wins Season 1 of the out-of-this-world reality competition series. In the finale “Brightest Star,” the crewmates must assemble a satellite tower and broadcast a personalized message to Earth.
American Ninja Warrior: “Las Vegas Finals 2”
NBC, 8pm
The national finals continue in Vegas as the remaining ninjas compete in Stage 1 for their chance to win $1 million and become the next American Ninja Warrior.
Run the Burbs: “Independence Day”
The CW, 8:30pm
Ramesh (Ali Hassan) takes a stand at Bubble Bae when he learns he’s not a regular customer.
Children Ruin Everything: “Death”
The CW, 9pm
Following a brush with death, James (Aaron Abrams) and Astrid (Meaghan Rath) realize they need to make plans for the future.
Rewind the ’90s
Nat Geo, beginning at 9pm
Series Finale!
The series concludes with back-to-back episodes. “Girl Power” shows how a new generation of women came of age in the 1990s, embracing and disrupting all aspects of femininity, whether it was trailblazing pop stars, media moguls, athletes, fictional fugitives or warrior princesses. Then, “Decade of Disruption” explores the change and innovation in various areas of our culture across the ’90s. From the boundary-pushing diversity of In Living Color and Ellen, to the ruthless reality of Madonna’s Truth or Dare and the cellphone communication revolution, change was the only constant.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
PBS, beginning at 9pm
New Series!
From the makers of the award-winning Once Upon a Time in Iraq, this unique five-part film is set in Northern Ireland. Exploring the decades-long conflict there known as “The Troubles,” the series tells the story through the intimate testimony of ordinary men, women and children who were drawn — both willingly and unwillingly — into the bitter clashes that rocked the nation and who are still struggling to hold on to a fragile peace today. It begins with two hourlong episodes tonight.
Bump: “Just Kids”
The CW, 9:30pm
While Reema (Safia Arain), Vince (Ioane Saula) and the rest of the gang enjoy a big night out, Oly (Nathalie Morris) and Santi (Carlos Sanson Jr.) are stuck at home.
Tuesday, Aug. 29
Summer Under the Stars: Woody Strode
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
After a few film roles in the early 1940s, followed by becoming one of the first Black players in the NFL, Woody Strode turned back toward a movie career when his athleticism was noticed by the producer of one of his first films, 1951’s The Lion Hunters, one of the Strode films featured today during Summer Under the Stars. That film, and a number of other ones Strode made in the 1950s and early ’60s, some of which are also airing today, found him playing an African native, like Tarzan’s Fight for Life (1958) and Tarzan’s Three Challenges (1963). But he also worked his way into more meaningful dramatic productions, notably the 1959 war film Pork Chop Hill and John Ford’s 1960 Western Sergeant Rutledge, one of the first U.S. movies to treat racism in a frank manner and to cast a Black actor in a starring role (Strode plays the title character). The star continued to be a big-screen presence in the ’70s, with films like the 1975 Western Winterhawk, which makes its TCM premiere today, and into the ’80s and early ’90s, just ahead of his 1994 passing at age 80.
Beat Shazam: “This One’s Got It All!”
FOX, 8pm
A team of friends, a team of scientists and a team of sisters-in-law battle to take home a $1 million prize in the new episode “This One’s Got It All!”
America’s Got Talent: “Qualifiers 2”
NBC, 8pm Live
The qualifying rounds airing live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium continue. Live results will be given tomorrow night.
Don’t Forget the Lyrics!: “They’re Bringing Saxy Back!”
FOX, 9pm
A musician and a young-at-heart grandma try to hit all the right notes in an effort to win a $1 million prize in the new episode “They’re Bringing Saxy Back!”
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: “So Many Broken Hearts” & “The Dirty War”
PBS, beginning at 9pm
In “So Many Broken Hearts,” the devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher’s policies. Tit-for-tat killings, car bombs and assassinations are now part of everyday life in Northern Ireland. By the late 1980s, the news in Northern Ireland is a daily list of the dead — but 14 bloody days in March 1988 mark a new level of harrowing savagery, as seen in tonight’s next episode, “The Dirty War.”
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America
Discovery Channel, 10pm
Season Premiere!
This spinoff of Mysteries of the Abandoned returns for Season 2 to investigate more of the stories behind some of America’s locations that need exploration to help uncover our past, including diners, drive-ins, gas stations, fallout shelters, theaters, bars, pool halls, juke joints and many more. Tonight’s premiere episode looks at New Orleans’ Charity Hospital.
Justified: City Primeval
FX, 10pm
Series Finale!
In the series finale “The Question,” Raylan and Carolyn (Timothy Olyphant and Aunjanue Ellis) cross the line, and Raylan attempts to make it out of Detroit alive.
Wednesday, Aug. 30
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On
Netflix
Season Finale!
The final two installments of this reality relationship series’ second season drop today: the season finale and the reunion episode.
Summer Under the Stars: Sophia Loren
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
One of the last surviving superstars from the golden age of Hollywood, Italian actress Sophia Loren began acting at the age of 16, setting the world ablaze with her beauty and confidence after meeting famed Italian producer Carlo Ponti — who she would eventually wed — during a beauty pageant he was judging. Starring in hit films such as Two Women (1960), for which she won an Oscar and which is included in today’s lineup, The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), and Marriage Italian Style (1964), Loren was one of the most sought-after actresses for decades and remains one of the most beloved Hollywood icons of all time. Other films featured on today’s roster include The Pride and the Passion (1957), a historical drama costarring Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra; More Than a Miracle (1967), set in 17th century Italy and featuring a love story between a Spanish prince (Omar Sharif) and a local peasant girl; and the Oscar-nominated drama A Special Day (1977), about two neighbors who meet in Rome on the day Hitler first visits Italy in 1938.
MasterChef: United Tastes of America
FOX, 8pm
In two new episodes tonight, “Fish Out of Water Mystery Box” and “Kelsey’s Stadium Food,” the competition fires up when fish are the mystery box challenge. Then, the contestants must cater to the average sports fan while incorporating elements from their region to elevate their dish.
America’s Got Talent: “Qualifiers 2 Results”
NBC, 8pm Live
Find out which acts have advanced following last night’s qualifying round at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Superfan: “Little Big Town”
CBS, 9pm
In this new episode of the competition series, country music group Little Big Town will crown their biggest fan and give the winner the prize of a lifetime. Keltie Knight and Nate Burleson host.
Expedition Bigfoot
Discovery Channel, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 4, the team faces their most difficult challenge yet when they hunt for evidence of Bigfoot in the mountains of Alaska. From searching abandoned mines to exploring uncharted ice caves, they will stop at nothing to bring home proof of the elusive beast.
Archer
FXX, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In the 14th and final season of the animated spy comedy, Archer (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) and The Agency are finding their own way with Lana (Aisha Tyler) at the helm. Her goal is to make money while also making the world a better place, but she quickly finds out running a spy agency isn’t so simple.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
PBS, 10pm
Series Finale!
The series concludes with “Who Wants to Live Like That?” Politicians are propelled back to peace talks. After decades of cyclical violence in Northern Ireland, a breakthrough is reached, and there is joy when the Good Friday Agreement is announced in 1998. However, peace comes at an enormous cost.
Thursday, Aug. 31
Choose Love
Netflix
Original Film!
This interactive rom-com allows viewers to decide the ending and the fates of its characters. As with other interactive titles Netflix has done, Choose Love will include several different choice outcomes. The film centers around Cami (Laura Marano), a recording engineer who seemingly has everything: the dream job, the dream boyfriend (Scott Michael Foster) and the dream future ahead of her. Yet, she feels something is missing. Cami faces a kaleidoscope of tempting but tough choices, from serious ethical dilemmas to more frivolous things, and what she ultimately chooses will be up to an individual viewer.
One Piece
Netflix
New Series!
Based on Japan’s highest-selling manga comic book series in history, this live-action series is a high-seas adventure unlike any other. A youngster named Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) sets off from his small village on a perilous journey to find a legendary fabled treasure, known as One Piece, to become King of the Pirates. But to find the ultimate prize, Luffy will need to assemble the crew he has always wanted before finding a ship to sail, searching every inch of the vast seas and outwitting dangerous rivals at every turn.
The Pact
Sundance Now
Season Premiere!
The hit British anthology returns for a second season that tells a brand-new suspenseful story. BAFTA-winning actress Rakie Ayola plays a woman named Christine, who, along with oldest son Will (Lloyd Everitt), youngest son Jamie (Aaron Anthony) and daughter Megan (Mali Ann Rees), is trying to get on with her life after the recent tragic death of her son Liam. As they look forward to Megan’s wedding, the family will have their lives turned upside down when a stranger named Connor (Jordan Wilks) arrives in town claiming a connection that nobody could have imagined. As buried secrets come to light, the family must consider who they are and grapple with morality and divided loyalty. While their lives spiral out of control, a terrible pact may be all that can save them. The first two episodes are available today; new episodes drop Thursdays.
Summer Under the Stars: John Carradine
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
It’s a bit surprising that Richmond Reed Carradine — better known by his professional name of John Carradine — is just now getting his first Summer Under the Stars (SUTS) salute, considering how prolific he was over his career. He starred in well over 300 movies from the early 1930s to late ’80s (his death in 1988 at age 82 was likely the only thing that prevented him from continuing into the ’90s), and he also appeared numerous times on television. But better late than never, and Carradine’s SUTS day is finally here, with a lineup that offers a chance to see this legendary character actor in action as he comfortably fits into roles in everything from John Ford Westerns and dramas like Stagecoach (1939), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Mary of Scotland (1936) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940), to sensationalistic wartime movies like Hitler’s Madman (1943) and I Escaped From the Gestapo (1943), which is making its TCM premiere.
WNBA Basketball
Prime Video, beginning at 7pm Live
Prime Video continues its exclusive live coverage of the WNBA with tonight’s doubleheader featuring the Phoenix Mercury at the Connecticut Sun and the Washington Mystics at the Las Vegas Aces.
College Football
ESPN & FOX, beginning at 8pm Live
College football’s kickoff week continues tonight with Florida at Utah in a nonconference clash on ESPN and Nebraska at Minnesota in a Big Ten matchup on FOX.
Friday, Sept. 1
God. Family. Football
Amazon Freevee
New Series!
This six-episode docuseries (all episodes available today) follows high school football coach/pastor Denny Duron as he returns as head coach at Evangel Christian Academy after a 30-year retirement, hoping to lead the football program he founded back to national prominence.
The Wheel of Time
Prime Video
Season Premiere!
In Season 2 of this fantasy drama, threats new and very old seek out the young friends from the Two Rivers, now scattered over the world. The woman (Rosamund Pike) who found and guided them is now powerless to help, and so they must find other sources of strength. In each other, or themselves. In the Light … or the Dark. The first three episodes are available today; new episodes drop Fridays.
A Day and a Half
Netflix
Original Film!
In this Swedish action thriller, to reunite with his daughter, Artan (Alexej Manvelov) takes his ex-wife, Louise (Alma Pöysti), hostage and embarks on a thrilling and emotion-charged road trip with her and police officer Lukas (Fares Fares). The journey takes them through rural Sweden during a hot summer, all while having police on their heels.
Disenchantment
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The animated misadventures of hard-hitting, hard-drinking Queen Bean (voice of Abbi Jacobson), her feisty elf companion Elfo (Nat Faxon) and her personal demon Luci (Eric Andre) culminate in an epic battle for Dreamland as Matt Groening’s comedy/fantasy series returns with 10 episodes for its fifth and final season. To save Dreamland from Queen Dagmar’s (Sharon Horgan) wicked rule, Bean must vanquish her mother and outrun a prophecy that foretells she will kill someone she loves.
Friday Night Plan
Netflix
Original Film!
This comedy/drama from India follows two bickering brothers (played by Babil Khan and Amrith Jayan) who come together to try to secretly attend the coolest, most happening party of the year before their mother returns from a business trip.
Family Law
The CW, 8pm
Season Finale!
Two new episodes air back-to-back to close out the season: First, in “Acting Out,” the firm represents a superstar whose behavior has led her brother to push for a conservatorship. Then, in “All Happy Families,” Abby (Jewel Staite) is torn between her new life and a lucrative offer from her former firm.
Power Book IV: Force
Starz, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 2, Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) is on a mission to avenge the death of Liliana, and with the Flynn organization weakened, he’s more determined than ever to take over the Chicago drug world.
TCM Spotlight: Coming of Age: “Young Love” & “Young and Rebellious”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight, TCM is all about teenagers in love. First up: Starring Laurence Olivier and Diane Lane, A Little Romance (1979) tells the tale of a teenage girl who falls in love with a local Parisian when she moves to France to go to school. In The World of Henry Orient (1964), two mischievous teenage girls begin following an eccentric pianist (Peter Sellers) around New York City after one of them develops a crush. Starring Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood in a role that garnered her a second Oscar nomination, Splendor in the Grass (1961), about a pair of high school sweethearts, is the third movie of the night, followed by The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Blackboard Jungle (1955) and the James Dean/Natalie Wood Oscar-nominated coming-of-age classic, Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham
Starz, 9:30pm
Season Finale!
Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish finish Season 2 of their travel series with “Last Call,” in which they take a bath in hell, roll down mountains and get a makeover in New Zealand.
How to With John Wilson
HBO, 11pm
Series Finale!
The comic documentary series following John Wilson as he films the lives of fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics concludes after three seasons.
Saturday, Sept. 2
“Three’s Company” Three-Day Weekend Marathon
Antenna TV, beginning at 10am
Antenna TV comes knocking on your door this Labor Day weekend with a 60-hour marathon of episodes from the classic 1977-84 sitcom Three’s Company. It kicks off with the pilot episode, “A Man About the House,” and concludes with the two-part series finale “Friends and Lovers,” which also launched the very short-lived spinoff Three’s a Crowd.
College Football
ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
College football’s opening week continues with a full slate of Saturday games highlighted by Virginia at Tennessee (ABC), Colorado at TCU (FOX), Ohio State at Indiana (CBS), New Mexico at Texas A&M (ESPN), North Carolina at South Carolina (ABC), West Virginia at Penn State (NBC) and Texas Tech at Wyoming (CBS).
Against All Odds
MOVIES!, 2:50pm
Catch a Classic!
This 1984 neo-noir romantic thriller may be most remembered today for its Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning title song, “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” by Phil Collins, which is great, but it is an engaging film outside of that. Loosely based on the 1947 noir classic Out of the Past, it stars Jeff Bridges as an ex-football player hired by a gangster (James Woods) to find his girlfriend (Rachel Ward). When he does find her, they fall in love, and a series of steamy and thrilling twists begins. The film also stars Alex Karras, an actual former football player, Richard Widmark and Jane Greer, who played Out of the Past’s femme fatale alongside Robert Mitchum.
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
Saturday’s regional MLB game on FOX has either the Minnesota Twins at the Texas Rangers or the Philadelphia Phillies at the Milwaukee Brewers.
Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Former sweethearts (Arielle Kebbel and Zach Roerig) reunite at an archaeological dig in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As they compete for the same research grant, they discover they might still have feelings for each other.
Farm Dreams
Nat Geo Wild, 10pm
Season Finale!
In “Nature Bounty,” the first season finale, Indy Officinalis goes to Missouri to help a couple plant a food forest, teaching them foraging skills that will change their lives.