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Thursday, Sept. 14
Buddy Games
CBS, 9pm
New Series!
Host Josh Duhamel welcomes six teams — each made up of four long-term friends — who gather at a stunning lakeside location for a nostalgic, crazy, game-filled summer camp adventure. Last buddy team standing gets a cash prize, bragging rights and the coveted Buddy Games trophy.
À La Carte
ALLBLK
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this millennial dramedy explores who Misha (Shani Marq), Reign (Kendall Kyndall) and Shyra (Jenna Nolen) are as friends to each other without the friend who brought them together, Mahogany. Her absence serves as a catalyst for comedy and drama within this new friend dynamic.
Dragons: The Nine Realms
Hulu & Peacock
Season Premiere!
In Season 7 of the animated series, as the threat of Buzzsaw (voice of Haley Joel Osment) looms over Rakke Town, the Riders must get the Book of Dragons out of his malicious hands to protect dragonkind.
Barbie: A Touch of Magic
Netflix
New Series!
This animated series from Mattel and Netflix follows Barbie “Malibu” Roberts and Barbie “Brooklyn” Roberts as they forge new friendships and embark on mystical adventures at the shore, discovering that magic and fantasy fill every corner of their world — including the discovery of Peggy, a baby Pegasus, who has been sent to Malibu on a mysterious mission.
Once Upon a Crime
Netflix
Original Film!
This Japanese fantasy finds Little Red Riding Hood (Kanna Hashimoto) taking on the role of detective when she finds herself in the middle of an intriguing mystery while at the royal ball with Cinderella (Yuko Araki). Can she solve the case before midnight strikes?
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
FOX’s Saturday MLB regional game features either the Tampa Bay Rays at the Baltimore Orioles or the N.Y. Yankees at the Boston Red Sox.
NFL Football: Minnesota at Philadelphia
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
Prime Video begins its second season of featuring exclusive live NFL coverage on Thursday nights with the Minnesota Vikings at the Philadelphia Eagles. Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit return to call the action.
TCM Remembers William Friedkin, Part 1
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
The life and career of legendary director William Friedkin, who passed away Aug. 7 at the age of 87, will be celebrated with a two-part programming tribute this fall. Part 1 is tonight and consists of three famous Friedkin-directed features. Up first is The French Connection (1971), the Best Picture Oscar-winning crime thriller about two New York narcotics cops (Best Actor winner Gene Hackman and Supporting Actor nominee Roy Scheider) who set out to bust a French drug-smuggling ring. Friedkin won a Best Director Oscar for helming this film, which features one of cinema’s greatest car chases. The director also staged another classic car chase in tonight’s next film, the neo-noir action thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). William Petersen plays a Secret Service agent who becomes obsessed with tracking down a notorious and dangerous Los Angeles counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe). This evening’s final Friedkin film is The Boys in the Band (1970), a drama in which a gay birthday party turns into a night of soul-searching when the host’s (Golden Globe nominee Kenneth Nelson) straight college roommate turns up by mistake. Part 2 of TCM’s tribute to Friedkin will air Nov. 26, with the network premiere of the 2018 documentary Friedkin Uncut, followed by one of the director’s most famous films: the classic 1973 chiller The Exorcist, which earned him another Best Director Oscar nod.
Southern Charm
Bravo, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In the ninth season, new relationships are forged alongside new resentments, but old habits die hard as these Southern socialites grapple with shocking allegations that could fracture what were thought to be unbreakable bonds. Charmers Venita Aspen, Leva Bonaparte, Craig Conover, Olivia Flowers, Taylor Ann Green, Austen Kroll, Madison LeCroy and Shep Rose all return.
No Demo Reno
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In “Truth Bombs,” Jenn Todryk re-envisions a couple’s 1960s home, which suited their family when they had one kid, but now they have three and the space is closing in on them. Jenn takes the house from cramped and cluttered to open and airy with an organic, modern design.
Friday, Sept. 15
Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka
Disney+
Go behind the scenes of the latest live-action Star Wars series, Ahsoka, with the cast and filmmakers.
Lang Lang Plays Disney
Disney+
In this exclusive one-night-only concert at Royal Albert Hall, world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, accompanied by London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performs unique arrangements of some of Disney’s most popular songs, including “Let It Go,” “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” “You’ll Be in My Heart” (featuring English recording artist Alfie Boe), “When You Wish Upon a Star” (featuring performer Gina Alice Redlinger) and more.
Love at First Sight
Netflix
Original Film!
Oliver (Ben Hardy) and Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson) meet-cute at the airport, then end up in neighboring seats on the same plane. They’re instantly smitten, but after an issue at customs, they find themselves separated in London with no way to make contact. Can they find each other again before Hadley must return to America? The fun chase then begins in this rom-com.
Miseducation
Netflix
New Series!
This young adult comedy from South Africa introduces Mbali (Buntu Petse), who finds herself on the “canceled” list after the police raid her house and seize her family’s assets because of her mother Brenda’s (Baby Cele) corrupt political dealings. Embarrassed and with her tail between her legs, Mbali runs to Grahamstown University in Makhanda, where she strives to reinvent herself and escape her mom’s shameful legacy.
Surviving Summer
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In Season 2 of the Australian teen drama, Summer (Sky Katz) returns to Shorehaven, having found her own passion for surfing and eager to reunite with Ari (Kai Lewins) and her old friends. But when she makes the state team, she also makes a mortal enemy of the team captain — Ari’s new girlfriend, Wren (Annabel Wolfe).
Fast X
Peacock
Feature Film Exclusive!
The blockbuster Fast & Furious franchise is back with its 10th installment. Ever since their saga started on the streets of L.A.’s underground racing scene, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have overcome impossible odds to outsmart, out-nerve and outdrive every foe. Yet when the team took down a nefarious kingpin back in Brazil, they had no idea the drug lord’s son, Dante (Jason Momoa), was watching from the shadows. More lethal than any other enemy they’ve faced, Dante now rises as a terrifying new nemesis who’s fueled by revenge and determined to shatter their family and destroy everything and everyone that Dom loves. From London and Brazil to Antarctica and Rome, new alliances are forged, and old enemies resurface. But everything changes after Dom discovers his 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry) is Dante’s ultimate target. Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and John Cena also star.
A Million Miles Away
Prime Video
Original Film!
Inspired by the real-life story of NASA flight engineer José Hernández, portrayed by Michael Peña, this drama follows him and his devoted family of proud migrant farm workers on a decades-long journey, from a rural village in Michoacán, Mexico, to the fields of the San Joaquin Valley, to more than 200 miles above the Earth in the International Space Station. With the unwavering support of his hard-working parents, relatives and teachers, José’s unrelenting drive and determination culminates in the opportunity to achieve his seemingly impossible goal.
Wilderness
Prime Video
New Series!
In this psychological thriller/twisted love story, a dream holiday and supposed “happily ever after ending” for British couple Liv (Jenna Coleman) and Will (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) quickly turns into a living nightmare during a trip into America’s national parks. Ashley Benson and Eric Balfour also star.
Written in the Stars
Prime Video
New Series!
This “astrological dating show” from Brazil consists of 12 episodes. In each one, a single person representing one of the zodiac signs goes on dates with four bachelors or bachelorettes who were born under different signs to see if they can match, as an astrologer remotely comments on the action during the dates.
Secret Celebrity Renovation: “Niecy Nash”
CBS, 8pm
Actor and TV personality Niecy Nash gives a surprise home renovation to a meaningful person who helped guide her to success in this new episode.
TCM Spotlight: Coming of Age: “Best Friends Forever” & “Four-Legged Friends”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies features various coming-of-age films tonight, with the first half of the evening centering on friendship stories set in the late 1950s and early ’60s, beginning with Cooley High (1975), which takes place in Chicago’s Near North Side in 1964 and follows four high school seniors and best friends whose lives are turned upside down when two of them are erroneously arrested for a crime. This is followed by Shag (1988), set in Myrtle Beach, 1963, as four girlfriends have one last hoorah together before one of them gets married. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay and starring Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon and Paul Reiser, the last movie of the night, Diner (1982), takes us to 1959 Baltimore, where a group of friends in their 20s struggle with adulthood. The next three films airing early into the morning highlight stories involving animals, starting with Oscar winner The Yearling (1946), about a boy who convinces his parents to adopt a deer, followed by Good-bye My Lady (1956), about an old man and a young boy who are brought together by a love for a dog, and finally, National Velvet (1944) — starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp and Anne Revere, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. Brown — which tells the story of a jaded former jockey who helps a young girl prepare a wild horse for England’s greatest racing event.
Come Fly With Me
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
When Capt. Emma Fitzgerald (Heather Hemmens) takes a two-year assignment on the famed U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds team and moves to Nellis Air Force Base with her 11-year-old daughter, Lucy (Pietra Castro), Lucy and new friend Alice (Georgia Acken) attempt to play matchmaker with Alice’s widower father, Paul (Niall Matter).
American Masters: “Jerry Brown: The Disrupter”
PBS, 9pm
Experience the political and personal journey of Jerry Brown, the longest-serving governor in California history. First elected at 36 years old, and again at 72, Brown has spent over five decades tackling climate change and inequality.
Heels
Starz, 10pm
Season Finale!
In “High Flying,” the Season 2 finale, the Harmageddon: DWL vs. Dystopia cross-promotion event is finally here. Can Jack and Ace (Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig) forgive each other and move on?
Saturday, Sept. 16
College Football
ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
Top games this Saturday include LSU at Mississippi State (ESPN), Florida State at Boston College (ABC), South Carolina at Georgia (CBS), Alabama at South Florida (ABC), Western Kentucky at Ohio State (FOX), Tennessee at Florida (ESPN), Syracuse at Purdue (NBC), Pittsburgh at West Virginia (ABC), TCU at Houston (FOX) and Colorado State at Colorado (ESPN).
NASCAR Cup Series: Bass Pro Shops Night Race
USA Network, 7:30pm Live
NASCAR Cup Series stars return to the short track at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway for the final race in the Round of 16 playoffs. The field of championship-eligible drivers is cut down to 12 for next week’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.
How She Caught a Killer
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Rookie detective Linda Murphy (Sarah Drew) is fresh out of the police academy when she hears her boss, Detective David Goodman (Eric Keenleyside), talking about a serial killer in the area who seems to be targeting sex workers. Teaming up with FBI agent Neil Carter (Jamall Johnson), Linda fights to go undercover to help solve the murders and, if all goes accordingly, capture a serial killer.
Dr. Oakley: Yukon Vet: “Stay Wild”
Nat Geo Wild, 10pm
The Oakleys treat an electrocuted sloth, track an elusive tapir and release rescued animals back into the wild.
Jeremiah Johnson
TCM, 10pm
Catch a Classic!
If all you’ve seen of Robert Redford’s 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson is the ubiquitous “bearded guy nodding approvingly” clip from the movie that has been used as a popular internet reaction meme for about a decade, here’s your chance to check out the full, compelling source material. In director Sydney Pollack’s film — the first Western to ever be accepted into the Cannes Film Festival, where it was in competition for the highest prize, the Palme d’Or — Redford plays the title character, a veteran of the Mexican-American War who becomes an isolated mountain man enduring cruel winters alone in the Rockies, supporting himself as a trapper while engaged in personal war with the Crow warriors responsible for the deaths of his common-law wife and adopted son. Based partly on the life of mountain man John Jeremiah Johnson, the film features terrific location filming shot in many areas across Utah.
Sunday, Sept. 17
The Gold
Paramount+
New Series!
This British miniseries is inspired by the real-life events that took place on Nov. 26, 1983, when six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport and inadvertently stumbled across gold bullion worth 26 million pounds. What started as “a typical Old Kent Road armed robbery,” according to detectives at the time, became a seminal event in British criminal history, remarkable not only for the scale of the theft — at the time the biggest in world history — but also for its wider legacy. The disposal of the bullion caused the birth of large-scale international money laundering, provided the dirty money that helped fuel the London Docklands property boom, united blue- and white-collar criminals, and left controversy and murder in its wake. The cast includes Hugh Bonneville and Dominic Cooper. The first two episodes are available today; new episodes drop Sundays.
The Chosen: “I Saw You”
The CW, 8pm
A mysterious visitor seeks to meet Jesus (Jonathan Roumie), but the disciples are hesitant. Tension builds between Simon (Shahar Isaac) and Matthew (Paras Patel).
Professor T: “The Family”
PBS, 8pm
Professor T (Ben Miller) is asked to decipher a macabre puzzle when a doctor and her family are found dead in a grisly tableau on their living room sofa, each having died by different means — but in what order, and at whose hands?
Billions: “The Man in the Olive Drab T-Shirt”
Showtime, 8pm
Axe (Damian Lewis) turns to Chuck (Paul Giamatti) for a favor involving a common adversary from their past in the new episode “The Man in the Olive Drab T-Shirt.”
NFL Football: Miami at New England
NBC, 8:15pm Live
Week 2’s Sunday Night Football matchup has AFC East rivals in action as Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins are at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, to take on Mac Jones and the New England Patriots.
Yellowstone
CBS, 8:30pm
New Series!
Taylor Sheridan’s hit drama for Paramount Network makes its broadcast TV debut beginning with Season 1 airing Sundays on CBS. Yellowstone tells the story of Montana rancher John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner) mission to hold on to the land that multiple generations have held before him. And he has to do that with a very dysfunctional family that has made him vulnerable. Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, Wes Bentley and Luke Grimes also star.
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
HBO, 9pm
Season Finale!
Season 2 of the drama about the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers concludes with the epic 1984 NBA Finals between the Lakers and the Boston Celtics. John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah and Adrien Brody star.
Building Roots
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In “Dome Sweet Dome,” a couple’s unique, circular home boasts 360-degree windows with stunning wraparound mountain views, but the property lacks function and style. Ben and Cristi Dozier take on a challenge they’ve never faced before: transforming a dome into a home.
Unforgotten: “Episode 3”
PBS, 9pm
The victim’s turbulent past comes to light. While Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) takes a trip to Paris, and Jess (Sinéad Keenan) drops in on an unwitting potential suspect, the partners continue to clash.
Leave Her to Heaven
MOVIES!, 9:40pm
Catch a Classic!
Oscar-nominated Gene Tierney stars as socialite Ellen Berent, who meets a novelist named Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) on a train and falls in love with him in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). After breaking up her previous engagement, Ellen and Harland decide to get married, but her love turns obsessive as she tries to keep everyone away from her new beau.
Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein
MGM+, 10pm
New Series!
This four-part true-crime docuseries explores Ed Gein, the Wisconsin grave robber and serial killer who inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. With never-before-heard recordings that offer brand-new revelations, the series transports viewers back to the late 1950s and into Gein’s perverse mind as it chronicles his upbringing and twisted relationship with his mother, his early grave-robbing, the murders leading up to his arrest and the police’s discovery of his terrifying house of horrors.
Van der Valk: “Redemption in Amsterdam, Part 1”
PBS, 10pm
The present-day murder of a museum employee involved in the restitution of ancient artifacts links back to a case that Van der Valk (Marc Warren) worked on at the beginning of his career, alongside Julia’s (Emma Fielding) ex-husband. That suspect was convicted and put behind bars but has since been released.
Dreaming Whilst Black
Showtime, 10pm
In the new episodes “The Friends” and “The Birth,” Kwabena (Adjani Salmon) is broke and struggles to impress his new love interest, Vanessa (Babirye Bukilwa). Funmi (Rachel Adedeji) goes into labor, but the birth takes an unexpected turn.
Ride With Norman Reedus
AMC, 10:25pm
Norman Reedus joins actor Josh Holloway (Lost) on a ride through his old haunts in rustic Northern Italy.
Monday, Sept. 18
My Son Jeffrey: The Dahmer Family Tapes
FOX Nation
New Series!
FOX Nation presents this four-part limited series featuring exclusive never-before-heard conversations between serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer and his father Lionel, along with exclusive Dahmer family home movies. The series offers brand new insight into one of the world’s most infamous string of crimes that led to a Wisconsin court sentence of 957 years in prison. Breaking news of Dahmer’s arrest in May of 1991 shocked America as the Milwaukee Police Department made a gruesome discovery. From his cell at Columbia Correctional Institution, Jeffrey Dahmer shared his darkest secrets about his atrocious crimes with his father Lionel who recorded their conversations, hoping to learn how his son had lost control. Over the course of four hours, these tapes, now made public for the very first time, provide a disturbing look into Jeffrey Dahmer. With unprecedented first-hand testimonies from Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood friends, college roommates, neighbors, law enforcement agents and voices of those affected by his horrific rampage, the series uncovers Dahmer’s life, from his early years to his prison demise.
Mrs. Sidhu Investigates
Acorn TV
New Series!
This British mystery series with a touch of comedy follows Mrs. Sidhu (Meera Syal), a high-end caterer with a taste for crime who solves murders and other ghastly misdeeds among the affluent residents of Berkshire. A lifetime of being an “Indian Auntie” who has been invisible to the elite has sharpened the skills she brings as an investigator: an instinct for truth, a warmth with people and a persistent sense of nosiness. Recently widowed, Mrs. Sidhu juggles her new catering business with wrangling her wayward son, Tez (Gurjeet Singh), all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law. Her forays into crime see her form an unofficial partnership with the world-weary Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Burton (Craig Parkinson), who reluctantly accepts that together, they are an unbeatable crime-fighting duo, much to the bemusement of his partner, Detective Sergeant (DS) Mint (Naana Agyei-Ampadu). Episodes are available Mondays.
Neighbours
Amazon Freevee
U.S. Exclusive Series!
The new chapter of this hit Australian daily drama again follows the lives, loves and challenges of the residents along Ramsay Street in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough, Australia. It follows the 2022 finale, which was seen by millions of fans worldwide. Freevee also has previous seasons and memorable episodes of this soap opera, which originally ran for more than three decades and launched the careers of many now-famous actors, including Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe. Episodes are available Mondays-Thursdays beginning today.
MLB Baseball: Minnesota at Cincinnati
FS1, 6:30pm Live
Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins come to Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati to face Spencer Steer and the Reds in Game 1 of a three-game series.
NFL Football
ESPN & ABC, beginning at 7:15pm Live
The New Orleans Saints visit the Carolina Panthers on ESPN and the Cleveland Browns are at the Pittsburgh Steelers on ABC for Week 2’s Monday Night Football games.
Son of a Critch: “Misty”
The CW, 8pm
When Mary (Claire Rankin) goes into the hospital for a minor procedure, the Critch men are on their own and Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) finds himself in charge.
Academy of Country Music Honors
FOX, 8pm
Carly Pearce returns as host of the 16th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, celebrating a star-studded evening of live music and tributes. Special honorees include Clint Black, Kane Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tim McGraw, K.T. Oslin and Chris Stapleton.
American Ninja Warrior Couples Special
NBC, 8pm
Ninja couples compete relay-style on an extreme obstacle course in this special episode.
I Like Big Bugs and I Cannot Lie
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Six fun representative titles from the “Big Bug” subgenre that arose under the umbrella of giant monster movies that became popular during the early Atomic Age air on Turner Classic Movies this evening. The lineup fittingly starts at the beginning, with Them! (1954), the classic about desert ants mutated into giants by A-bomb tests. It was the first of many movies in that era to feature insects or some other creepy-crawly as its enormous monster, since these critters are freaky enough to a lot of people even at regular size. After that comes Tarantula (1955), whose titular spider is blown up to monstrous proportions by an experimental nutrient (spiders are technically not bugs, but we’ll let TCM pass on this one, because it’s an entertaining movie). We go to Japan for the next film, 1961’s Mothra, which introduced the giant title moth and her larval offspring, who would go on to meet Godzilla and other kaiju in subsequent Toho productions. Things wind down early tomorrow with Roger Corman’s The Wasp Woman (1959), which has alternately been known as The Bee Girl and Insect Woman; The Black Scorpion (1957), whose title monsters were brought to life courtesy of stop-motion animation by Willis O’Brien of King Kong fame; and Cosmic Monsters (1958, aka The Strange World of Planet X).
Run the Burbs: “Raccoon Fever”
The CW, 8:30pm
A group of raccoons distracts Andrew (Andrew Phung) from his schoolwork.
Children Ruin Everything: “Friends”
The CW, 9pm
With James (Aaron Abrams) planning to meet friends to do their yearly fantasy baseball draft, Astrid (Meaghan Rath) cannot shake the feeling that parental duties have eaten away at her old friendships and jumps at the chance for adult interaction.
POV: “Bulls and Saints”
PBS, 10pm
After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home to Mexico. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives and will reawaken an intense desire for a place to belong. Set between the rodeo arenas of North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican town the family yearns for, this documentary presents a love story about reverse migration, rebellion and redemption.
Tuesday, Sept. 19
The Saint of Second Chances
Netflix
This full-of-heart documentary tells a wildly unexpected real-life story of family redemption. Narrated by Jeff Daniels, it chronicles how Mike Veeck, son of legendary major league baseball owner Bill Veeck, blew up his father’s career with the infamous Disco Demolition Night event at the Comiskey Park home of the Chicago White Sox in the late ’70s. Mike is kicked out of the game he loves and spends the next few decades clawing his way back from rock bottom, determined to redeem himself and carry on the family legacy.
Name That Tune
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Host Jane Krakowski and bandleader Randy Jackson are back for an all-celebrity edition with games that test the musical knowledge of athletes, musicians, actors, TV personalities, comedians and Olympians who are playing for their favorite charities.
America’s Got Talent: “Qualifiers 5”
NBC, 8pm Live
More performers take the stage live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium as judging is turned over to the American audience to vote for their favorite performer to move to the final round.
The Swarm: “Episode 2”
The CW, 9pm
Whales are attacking tourists in Canada and lobsters are suddenly deadly in France. The Swedish scientist Dr. Johanson (Alexander Karim) discovers aggressive ice worms on the seabed that are multiplying at breakneck speed.
Becoming Frida Kahlo
PBS, 9pm
New Series!
This three-part series strips away the myths to reveal the real Frida Kahlo — a passionate and brilliant artist who lived through extraordinary times. The series explores the major events of her life, both personal and political, from her lifelong health problems to her complicated relationship with artist Diego Rivera, and more.
Independent Lens: “Sansón and Me”
PBS, 10pm
When authorities deny filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes’ request to document a young, incarcerated immigrant named Sansón, his story is shared through dramatic reenactments.
The Night of the Hunter
TCM, 10pm
Catch a Classic!
Robert Mitchum is absolutely chilling as tattoo-knuckled, corrupt religious fanatic/serial killer Harry Powell, one of the screen’s most unforgettable villains, in Charles Laughton’s superb 1955 thriller, the only film Laughton, most remembered as an actor, directed. In the movie, Powell marries a fragile widow (Shelley Winters) to try to learn where her late husband hid a large sum of cash from a robbery. When his plans are uncovered by her terrified young children (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce), it begins a pursuit that becomes a mesmerizing allegory for the battle between good and evil. Lillian Gish costars in a terrific performance. The Night of the Hunter is one of those classics that was not recognized as such during the time of its release, flopping with critics and audiences. Over the decades, its reputation has grown, and it is now considered one of the greatest films ever made; it was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 1992.
Wednesday, Sept. 20
MasterChef: United Tastes of America
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez and Joe Bastianich decide which home cook will win it all and take home the cash prize of $250,000 and the title of America’s MasterChef in the two-hour season finale.
America’s Got Talent: “Qualifiers 5 Results”
NBC, 8pm Live
See what acts from last night’s show move on to the final round of competition.
America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston: “New Mexico: Timeless”
PBS, 8pm
New Mexico was first inhabited by Ancient Puebloans millennia ago, and some of the most stunning ruins on the continent can be found here. From turkey hunting to river rafting on the Rio Grande and ancient pueblos built in alignment with the stars, Baratunde explores how the area’s deep history still shapes its outdoor culture, even as people there are reimagining their outdoor lives.
Star of the Month: Dirk Bogarde: “All Things Arthouse”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Four of the films that famed actor Dirk Bogarde appeared in as he made the move from matinee idol to an impactful figure in arthouse cinema air this evening as Turner Classic Movies continues its monthlong Wednesday night Bogarde celebration. Up first, the actor gives a BAFTA-nominated performance in the 1971 historical drama Death in Venice, followed by a BAFTA Award-winning performance in the 1965 romantic drama Darling. Then, late night into tomorrow morning, the lineup features The Night Porter (1974), an erotic psychological war drama costarring Charlotte Rampling, and the TCM premiere of The Damned (1969), a historical drama set during the early days of Nazi Germany.
Superfan
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
Five of Kelsea Ballerini’s most devoted supporters battle it out to be crowned her biggest fan in the Season 1 finale of the reality competition series.
American Horror Story: Delicate
FX, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Season 12 of Ryan Murphy’s horror anthology will be split into two parts, with Part 1 arriving in September and the other half yet to receive a debut date. Kim Kardashian, Emma Roberts and Cara Delevingne, among others, star.
Evolution Earth: “Heat”
PBS, 10pm
Travel to the hottest and driest extremes to see animals go to extraordinary lengths to survive. From the Sahara Desert to Australia, animals provide new clues about our changing planet and what it will mean for the future of our ever-warmer world.
Thursday, Sept. 21
Sex Education
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In the fourth and final season of the popular British dramedy about students and their parents dealing with sex and intimacy, there are big changes. Stuffy Moordale Secondary closes, and teen amateur sex therapist Otis (Asa Butterfield) and his classmates move to more progressive Cavendish. Otis’ sex therapist mother, Jean (Gillian Anderson), isn’t coping well with being a single mom again, while Otis and Maeve (Emma Mackey) try a long-distance relationship as she lives her dream in the United States, studying with a cult author (Season 4 guest star Dan Levy).
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm
FOX’s Thursday night MLB regional telecast has either the Baltimore Orioles at the Cleveland Guardians or the N.Y. Mets at the Philadelphia Phillies.
NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at San Francisco
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
Daniel Jones leads the N.Y. Giants into Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, to take on Deebo Samuel and the San Francisco 49ers in this Week 3 Thursday Night Football matchup.
No Demo Reno: “Porcelain Punch Up”
HGTV, 9pm
With their kids off to school, a couple finally has the time to renovate their house. Jenn Todryk is ready to lean into their casual and traditional style, but there’s trouble in “no demo city” as Jenn and her contractor Victor clash over some porcelain countertops.
High Sierra
MOVIES!, 10pm
Catch a Classic!
In this 1941 adventure drama based on the novel by W.R. Burnett, Humphrey Bogart stars as Roy Earle, a notorious thief just out of prison, who is hired by his old boss to help some inexperienced criminals carry out a robbery. When the robbery goes sideways, Earle is forced to go on the run.
Friday, Sept. 22
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
ALLBK & Shudder
Feature Film Exclusive!
Vicaria (Layla DeLeon Hayes) is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this dramatic thriller thematically challenges ideas of life and death following a family that, despite the terrors of systemic pressure, will survive and be reborn together again.
Love Is Blind
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The dating reality series is back for Season 5. The first four episodes drop today, with Episodes 5-7 available Sept. 29, Episodes 8-9 available Oct. 6 and the season finale available Oct. 13.
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Netflix
Original Film!
Robert Rodriguez’s family-friendly spy comedy franchise returns with this reboot cowritten (with his son Racer) and directed by Rodriguez. The new Spy Kids, Tony and Patty, are played by newcomers Connor Esterson and Everly Carganilla, with Zachary Levi and Gina Rodriguez as their parents, Terrence and Nora. Billy Magnussen is introduced as the diabolical new villain Rey “The King” Kingston, who unleashes a computer virus that gives him control of all technology with the unwitting help of the Spy Kids, who must then spring into action to save the world.
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Peacock
New Series!
This three-part event series set within the universe of the popular John Wick feature films led by Keanu Reeves (who does not appear here in any way, at least from what we know at this point) takes place in 1970s New York and serves as a prequel for the blockbuster franchise, exploring the origins of The Continental — the hotel for assassins that is a centerpiece for much of the action in John Wick. “The four Wick films take place over a three-month span,” explains executive producer Basil Iwanyk, who has coproduced all the movies. “John is either chasing or being chased. There has been no time to take a breath, to allow the audience to dig deeper into the world and its denizens. In The Continental, we finally have space to explore these characters, how they became who they are and how The Continental became the epicenter of this world.” A focus of the series is Colin Woodell as a young Winston Scott (played by Ian McShane in the films), who charts a deadly course through the hotel’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the place where he will eventually take his throne. Ayomide Adegun costars as a young Charon (Lance Reddick’s film character). Iwanyk also says there will be new characters introduced, including one named Cormac, played by Mel Gibson, as well as Easter eggs that “will excite hardcore Wick fans.” Co-executive producer Albert Hughes, who also directed the first and third installments, adds that this series will “dig deeper into the rules and mythology [of the Wick world] while expanding the physical scope of The Continental, showing fans areas of the iconic hotel they’ve never seen before.” After today’s episode, the next two installments drop Sept. 29 and Oct. 6.
Cassandro
Prime Video
Feature Film Exclusive!
Based on a true story, this biopic follows Saúl Armendáriz (Gael García Bernal), a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Showtime, 8pm
New Series!
This four-part documentary series traces the modern history of the Supreme Court and examines the people, decisions and confirmation battles that have shaped the Court into what it is today.
Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
Former orchestra conductor Gethsemane Brown (Tamera Mowry-Housley) has moved to the Irish countryside to teach music at St. Brendan’s boarding school. After deciphering a cryptic musical message, she meets renowned composer Eamon McCarthy (Risteárd Cooper), who is rumored to be behind the death of his longtime love. He also turns out to be a ghost. Eamon enlists Gethsemane’s help to find the person responsible for his partner’s death so that he can finally move on and reunite with her in the afterlife, but the search for the real killer might mean putting Gethsemane in real danger.
Fathom
MOVIES!, 11:40pm
Catch a Classic!
Raquel Welch plays the title role — Fathom Harvill, a skydiver turned secret agent — in this cult-classic 1967 British spy comedy that cashed in on a newly popular film genre ushered in by the James Bond movies of the era. Lorenzo Semple Jr., who wrote for the Batman TV show in the ’60s, brings similar camp to these proceedings. The film looks gorgeous, colorfully shot by acclaimed cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, although, if we’re being fair, Welch would look fantastic even if she were shot by a high school AV student using an old Betamax camera.
Saturday, Sept. 23
Adam Sandler Weekend
TBS, beginning at 10am
Hollywood funnyman Adam Sandler certainly has proved his acting chops, pivoting into some more serious dramas recently. Today, however, it’s all laughs, starting with 1995’s Billy Madison, where Sandler plays a man-child, and continuing with Happy Gilmore, Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2. The following day are two of our favorites, costarring Drew Barrymore — The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.
Giant
TCM, 2pm
Catch a Classic!
Best Director Oscar winner George Stevens helmed this sweeping, Best Picture Oscar-nominated 1956 saga of family conflict and social consciousness adapted from Edna Ferber’s bestseller. Simultaneously grand and epic (with a runtime of about three hours and 15 minutes) while also feeling intimate, this tale of fame and materialism among three generations of Texans is based around the discovery of oil at Spindletop and the establishment of the King Ranch of South Texas. It is led by Rock Hudson as rancher Bick Benedict, Elizabeth Taylor as his wife, Leslie, and James Dean, in his final film role, as nouveau oil baron Jett Rink. Isolating his star cast in the wilds of West Texas, Stevens brought together a volatile mix of egos, insecurities and talent. Yet the director coaxed performances out of them that made cinematic history and earned Hudson and Dean Best Actor Oscar nominations. Dean’s nomination marked the actor’s second consecutive posthumous Best Actor nod following his 1955 death at age 24 in a car accident. Dean died while Giant was late into production, so actor Nick Adams was called upon to overdub some of his lines. The film’s sizable cast also includes Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Mercedes McCambridge, Jane Withers, Robert Nichols, Chill Wills, Carroll Baker, Earl Holliman, Rod Taylor, Sal Mineo and Dennis Hopper, making his third feature film appearance.
College Football
CBS & NBC, 7:30pm Live
Primetime college football features two huge matchups with Iowa at Penn State in a Big Ten clash on CBS and a meeting of legendary football programs with Ohio State at Notre Dame on NBC.
Retreat to You
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Abby (Emilie Ullerup) and Sean (Peter Mooney) were best friends in high school until they had a falling out at their graduation party. Years later, when Abby’s friend Rachel (Meghan Heffern) brings her to a wilderness retreat, she is surprised to run into Sean. When the two get separated from the rest of the group on a hiking trip, they must work together to find their way back to the campsite and face the reality of why their friendship fell apart.
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Pretending to be pregnant at the same time as her best friend Heidi (Anna Hopkins), Magen (Emily Osment) makes the journey from Houston to Austin to be by Heidi’s side. When Heidi goes missing with her newborn daughter just a few weeks after giving birth, Magen’s loyalty and her true intentions are questioned. Based on a true story.
The Incredible Dr. Pol
Nat Geo Wild, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 23 finale, between treating a hoarse horse and a cockatiel with a crooked beak, the clinic comes together for a sneaky surprise for Diane.