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Saturday, Sept. 23
College Football
ABC, CBS, FOX, ESPN & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
Top college football matchups on the schedule today: Florida State at Clemson (ABC), Oklahoma at Cincinnati (FOX), Colorado at Oregon (ABC), UCLA at Utah (FOX), Ole Miss at Alabama (CBS), Arkansas at LSU (ESPN), Oregon State at Washington State (FOX), Texas at Baylor (ABC), Ohio State at Notre Dame (NBC), Iowa at Penn State (CBS), USC at Arizona State (FOX) and California at Washington (ESPN).
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.
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.
Sunday, Sept. 24
NASCAR Cup Series: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400
USA Network, 3:30pm Live
The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Round of 12 begins today as drivers compete for 267 laps around Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
The Chosen: “Matthew 4:24”
The CW, 8pm
A long, exhausting day turns into night as the disciples help Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) deal with a large crowd.
Krapopolis
FOX, 8pm
New Series!
This new animated series from Dan Harmon (Rick and Morty) has a two-episode premiere tonight. Set in mythical ancient Greece, Krapopolis centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other. Richard Ayoade, Hannah Waddingham, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy and Duncan Trussell star in the voice cast.
Professor T: “DNA of a Murderer”
PBS, 8pm
An artisan baker is found dead after receiving death threats. Is it a case of revenge, or is the killer closer to home? Professor T (Ben Miller) uses his criminological insight to help the police identify the murderer.
Billions: “DMV”
Showtime, 8pm
Prince (Corey Stoll) puts Philip (Toney Goins) in a tough position, and Chuck and Wendy (Paul Giamatti and Maggie Siff) face a crisis in the new episode “DMV.”
TCM Guest Programmer: Richard Dreyfuss
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
James Stewart stars as an idealistic youth leader appointed to the Senate in the 11-time Oscar-nominated political drama (which won for Best Writing) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), the first film on guest programmer and Jaws actor Richard Dreyfuss’ lineup. The classic James Dean/Natalie Wood coming-of-age drama Rebel Without a Cause (1955), about a bad boy in a new town, follows.
NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Las Vegas
NBC, 8:15pm Live
T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers are at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for a Sunday Night Football matchup against Josh Jacobs and the Raiders.
Unforgotten: “Episode 4”
PBS, 9pm
Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and Jess’ (Sinéad Keenan) personal lives go from bad to worse while they struggle to keep focused on their case. Meanwhile, the suspect list grows as a mother and son are put under the microscope.
The Chi
Showtime, 9pm
Midseason Finale!
The coming-of-age drama series about a tightknit group of residents on Chicago’s South Side finishes the first half of Season 6 with “Who Shot Ya?” Jacob Latimore, Birgundi Baker and Michael V. Epps star.
Van der Valk: “Redemption in Amsterdam, Part 2”
PBS, 10pm
Now released under a new name and a new identity, has a suspect from Van der Valk’s (Marc Warren) past started killing again, or is someone else killing in her name? It’s a tale of redemption and potential new opportunities that is mirrored when the police commissioner’s ex-girlfriend Lena (Loes Haverkort) requests a second chance; will Van der Valk let her back in?
Dreaming Whilst Black
Showtime, 10pm
Season Finale!
Season 1 of the dramedy concludes with “The Pitch” and “The Premiere.” Kwabena (Adjani Salmon) pulls out all the stops to get funding for his film. When it finally premieres, he’s left wondering if he made the right decision.
Ride With Norman Reedus
AMC, 10:25pm
Norman Reedus and Johnny Knoxville explore the culture and cuisine of Rome, the eternal city.
Monday, Sept. 25
NFL Football
ABC & ESPN, beginning at 7:15pm Live
Two Monday Night Football games air in Week 3 as the Philadelphia Eagles are at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on ABC and the L.A. Rams face the Bengals in Cincinnati on ESPN.
Son of a Critch: “Particip-action”
The CW, 8pm
Fox (Sophia Powers) fights for her mother’s attention and attempts to break the school record for gold medals.
Kitchen Nightmares
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
After almost a decade hiatus, Gordon Ramsay returns to revamp restaurants in crisis, exposing the stressful realities of running a successful food business. Now more than ever, restaurant owners are faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges, from health code violations and staffing issues to menu errors and kitchen conditions found only in nightmares. Ramsay is their restaurant 9-1-1 call and the last chance for their businesses to survive.
The Voice
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 24 of the singing competition series features some big changes, but with some familiar faces. Reba McEntire, who was a Mega Mentor for Season 23, is back full time as a coach, alongside a returning John Legend (who sat out Season 23), Gwen Stefani and Niall Horan. McEntire and Legend replace Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson, who have left the show. New episodes of The Voice air Monday and Tuesday nights.
TCM Spotlight: How to Escape From Nazis
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight’s lineup of films all take place during World War II and feature various high-stakes tales of escaping from Nazis. First up is the Oscar-nominated historical drama Von Ryan’s Express (1965), which stars Frank Sinatra as an American POW who leads a group of prisoners on a dangerous escape past German soldiers in Italy, followed by another Oscar-nominated war drama, The Great Escape (1963) — based on a true story — which follows a group of Allied “escape artists” who are put in an escape-proof prisoner of war camp as they attempt to get out of occupied Europe. Following that is Man Hunt (1941), about a British hunter who takes aim at Hitler in 1939, then is captured and beaten and left for dead, but manages to get back to London, where he is hunted by German soldiers. Next up, TCM’s featured September actor Dirk Bogarde is a British sergeant who escapes a POW camp and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Nazis in The Password Is Courage (1962). Finally, to close out the night is The Cross of Lorraine (1943), which follows a group of captured French soldiers who plot to escape their POW camp.
Run the Burbs: “Li Xi”
The CW, 8:30pm
As the family celebrates Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Andrew (Andrew Phung) worries about his parents’ relationship.
Children Ruin Everything: “Dignity”
The CW, 9pm
Astrid (Meaghan Rath) realizes her best move might be to attend a drink night with the rest of her team.
Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 2, celebrity recruits Dez Bryant, Tyler Cameron, Savannah Chrisley, Blac Chyna, Brian Austin Green, Robert Horry, Erin Jackson, Bode Miller, Jack Osbourne, Tara Reid, Kelly Rizzo, Tom Sandoval, JoJo Siwa and Nick Viall are pushed to the limit through some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process.
Breeders
FX, 10pm
Series Finale!
The comedy following Paul and Ally (Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard) and their adventures as parents in London concludes with “No Matter What: Part 2.”
The Irrational
NBC, 10pm
New Series!
This drama based on bestselling author Dan Ariely’s nonfiction book Predictably Irrational follows world-renowned behavioral science professor Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) as he lends his unique expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations. His insight and unconventional approach to understanding human behavior lead him and the team on a series of intense, unexpected journeys to solve illogical puzzles and perplexing mysteries. Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi costar.
POV: “Uýra: The Rising Forest”
PBS, 10pm
This lyrical documentary film travels through the Amazon with Indigenous contemporary visual artist Uýra Sodoma, who shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth to promote the significance of identity and place, which is threatened by Brazil’s oppressive political regime. Through dance, poetry and stunning characterization, Uýra boldly confronts historical racism, transphobia and environmental destruction, while emphasizing the interdependence between humans and the environment.
Tuesday, Sept. 26
The Victoria’s Secret World Tour
Prime Video
Billed as “part fashion event, part documentary,” this special takes viewers through the creation of the Victoria’s Secret tour with behind-the-scenes footage and more. Rapper Doja Cat is expected to headline the event and is on the list of performers, which also includes Sabrina Carpenter.
Dancing With the Stars
ABC and Disney+, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The iconic dance competition that pairs celebrities with professional dancers is back for Season 32 with plenty of familiar faces as well as some new ones. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough are returning as judges, and Alfonso Ribeiro will host, while professional dancer Julianne Hough will cohost in the skybox. Bachelorette star Charity Lawson and Vanderpump Rules’ Ariana Madix join this season’s celebrity cast, along with actresses Mira Sorvino and Alyson Hannigan.
Deadliest Catch
Discovery Channel, 8pm
Season Finale!
In “Nautical Deathtrap,” the Season 19 finale, an uncharacteristic error traps Sig’s family in treacherous seas; a wayward crane breaches Jake’s wheelhouse, killing critical systems and making finding his way home a challenge; and Rick attempts to turn a tragedy into a triumph for Jacob.
The Voice: “The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2”
NBC, 8pm
Coaches Niall Horan, John Legend, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani all vie to discover and coach the next singing phenomenon on the second night of Blind Auditions.
George Gershwin 125th Birthday Celebration
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Jacob Gershwine, better known as George Gershwin, was born in New York on this day 125 years ago: Sept. 26, 1898. The famed composer and pianist died very young, passing from brain cancer at age 38 on July 11, 1937. But in his brief life he created a lasting musical legacy, especially with the way he often blended jazz with classical music, and that has been famously featured in films, including two that Gershwin himself was involved with before his death. Five movies featuring Gershwin music air tonight in commemoration of his birthdate. The lineup begins with Shall We Dance (1937), a musical comedy featuring another terrific pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that also paired George Gershwin with his similarly accomplished songwriting brother, Ira, behind the scenes as composer and lyricist. The film introduced two of the Gershwins’ most famous songs: “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and the Oscar-nominated “They Can’t Take that Away From Me.” The lineup concludes with the final movie that George Gershwin was directly involved with, another 1937 Astaire-led musical: A Damsel in Distress, which also includes George and Ira Gershwin classics like “A Foggy Day (in London Town).” George unfortunately died during this film’s production, and it was released four months later. In between these titles are Girl Crazy (1943), a musical led by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, and featuring earlier standards written by George and Ira, including “Embraceable You” and “I Got Rhythm”; An American in Paris (1951), the Best Picture Oscar-winning musical romantic comedy led by Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, and based on George Gershwin’s 1928 symphonic tone poem of the same name; and Rhapsody in Blue (1945), a biopic about George Gershwin also titled after one of his famed compositions, starring Robert Alda as the composer.
The Swarm: “Episode 3”
The CW, 9pm
Venice is experiencing an unprecedented plague of jellyfish, and Charlie Wagner’s (Leonie Benesch) best friend disappears with her research ship.
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 9pm Live
The talent competition series airs its finale of the live performances at a special time this evening, ahead of tomorrow night’s season finale and crowning of the winner.
Becoming Frida Kahlo: “Love and Loss”
PBS, 9pm
Frida and Diego travel to San Francisco, where he has an important mural commission. Frida’s style stirs much excitement, and she is determined to succeed in her own right in the face of Diego’s affairs. Later, shocked by the vast gap between rich and poor that she witnesses in Depression-era New York, Frida struggles to hide her disdain for high society. After losing a child to miscarriage and her mother to illness, she goes on to produce some of her most visceral and devastating works.
Frontline: “Putin vs. the Press”
PBS, 10pm
Follow the story of Nobel Prize-winning journalist Dmitry Muratov’s battle to defend free speech in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. With unique access, this film explores how Muratov fights to keep his newspaper alive and his reporters safe amid a government crackdown.
Wednesday, Sept. 27
Street Flow 2 (aka Banlieusards 2)
Netflix
Original Film!
In this sequel to the 2019 French drama, Demba (Kery James, who wrote this film as well as the original) tries to turn his life around and resist the desire for revenge two years after his brush with death. Meanwhile, his brother Noumouké (Bakary Diombera) gets involved in brawls between rival neighborhoods, and his brother Soulaymaan (Jammeh Diangana), torn between his convictions and ambitions, takes his first steps as a lawyer. Can the three siblings resist the wave of violence and the brutality of the events that befall them?
Survivor
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The 45th season of Survivor has more to love with episodes expanded to 90 minutes. “I think fans are really going to enjoy it because the episodes can really breathe,” says host Jeff Probst. “I think you’ll feel even more connected to the players and their stories.” Bruce Perreault, who suffered a head injury early in Season 44 and had to leave the game, will have another chance to play in Season 45.
The Masked Singer
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The Masked Singer celebrates its milestone 10th season with the brightest stars performing in the biggest and boldest costumes in the show’s history. Host Nick Cannon returns along with panelists Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke.
America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston: “Oregon: New Heights”
PBS, 8pm
Oregon is known for its wild coastline and misty forests, but it is also a place where a few hours in your car can take you from the coast to the high desert or the Cascade mountains. Embracing this incredible variety, Baratunde experiences forest bathing, goes spearfishing to discover underwater kelp forests, rides along with cowboys on the cutting edge of sustainable ranching, and rollerblades through Portland.
Star of the Month: Dirk Bogarde: “Dirk Goes Dark”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Wednesday night celebration of famed actor Dirk Bogarde concludes this evening with four of the neo-noir films and suspense thrillers in which he appeared. The lineup begins with the 1967 British film Accident, which earned Bogarde the fifth of his six BAFTA Award nominations for Best British Actor, followed by Our Mother’s House (1967, his fourth BAFTA nod); Victim (1961, his first BAFTA acting nomination); and Cast a Dark Shadow (1955).
Snake Oil
FOX, 9pm
New Series!
David Spade hosts this new game show in which contestants are pitched unique products by convincing entrepreneurs — some of whom are showcasing real business ventures, while the others are “snake oil salesmen” whose products are fake. Guest celebrity advisers help contestants determine which products are real and which are a sham for a chance to win “life-changing money.”
Second Republican Presidential Primary Debate
FOX Business Network, 9pm Live
FOX Business Network, FOX News Channel and FOX Nation present live coverage of the second Republican presidential 2024 primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. FOX News Media’s Stuart Varney and Dana Perino, and Univision’s Ilia Calderón will co-moderate the debate.
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 9pm Live
Season Finale!
Find out the winner of the talent competition series’ 18th season tonight.
The Amazing Race
CBS, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
Season 35 features expanded 90-minute episodes as teams journey thousands of miles through dozens of cities across the globe. One new location they’ll race to is Slovenia. “Its capital city, Ljubljana, is recognized as the greenest capital in Europe,” says host Phil Keoghan. It’s also “where you’ll find the highest number of beekeepers, per capita, in the world.”
Evolution Earth: “Ice”
PBS, 10pm
At the planet’s frozen extremes, shifts in animal movement and behavior reveal vital information about our future world. Examine polar bears in the Arctic, penguins in Antarctica and other animals wandering on icy islands.
Thursday, Sept. 28
Castlevania: Nocturne
Netflix
New Series!
This latest entry in the anime franchise based on the video game series is set in 1792 France at the height of the Revolution. In a remote area, the counter-revolutionary aristocracy has forged an alliance with a terrifying vampire messiah (voice of Zahn McClarnon) who promises to “eat the sun” and unleash an army of the undead to crush the revolution and enslave humanity. Annette (Thuso Mbedu), a sorceress from the Caribbean, seeks out Richter Belmont (Edward Bluemel), the last descendant of a long-fabled family of vampire hunters, to lead the resistance.
The Golden Bachelor
ABC, 8pm
New Series!
ABC’s senior version of The Bachelor will follow leading man Gerry Turner, a 72-year-old widow and grandpa from Indiana, as he gives love a second chance. Turner was married for 43 years to his high school sweetheart, Toni, who passed away in 2017. “For a while, I was having a hard time figuring out if she would be OK,” Turner says. “But we always told each other, when one of us goes, we want the other one to be happy.”
Fight to Survive
The CW, 8pm
Season Finale!
In “Battleground,” the last episode of the season, one contestant tries to turn foes into friends by providing food; other alliances are strained.
Hell’s Kitchen: The American Dream
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Chef Gordon Ramsay presides over Season 22 of the culinary competition series Hell’s Kitchen. With a special theme of “The American Dream,” this season will focus on uniquely American stories to test contestants and push them to their limits.
People’s Choice Country Awards
NBC, 8pm Live; also streams on Peacock
This expansion of the People’s Choice Awards, which recognizes the biggest and best that country music has to offer, as chosen entirely by fans across various categories, broadcasts its inaugural edition tonight live from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, hosted by Little Big Town. The ceremony will also bestow several honorary awards, including the Country Music Icon award, which will be presented to Toby Keith by Blake Shelton.
A Night at the Opera
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Considered by many to be the Marx Brothers’ finest and funniest film, this 1935 musical comedy classic finds Groucho, Harpo and Chico (in their first movie after Zeppo left the act) bringing hilarious anarchy to the staid, snooty and often pretentious world of opera, ultimately (and literally) bringing down the house during a staging of Verdi’s Il trovatore. There is ostensibly a plot, which finds the brothers working to see that a talented tenor (Allan Jones) gets a chance to perform with the beautiful soprano (Kitty Carlisle) who he’s fallen for. It’s worth sitting through the young lovers’ scenes until the Marxes show up onscreen again with more uproarious antics, notably in Groucho’s interactions with the always-terrific and frequent Marx Brothers comedic foil Margaret Dumont, who re-teams with the boys here as a wealthy dowager, and the film’s legendary scene set in a very crowded ship’s stateroom.
NFL Football: Detroit at Green Bay
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
Week 4 of the NFL season kicks off on Thursday Night Football with an NFC North showdown between Jared Goff’s Detroit Lions and Jordan Love’s Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
Bachelor in Paradise
ABC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Fan favorites and castoffs of previous seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette return for a ninth season of this tropical Bachelor spinoff show that throws together rejected contestants for another chance at finding love.
LEGO Masters
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 4 of the LEGO building competition features even more ambitious challenges, including an explosive volcano build, a kitten pet palace, a remote-control car race and creations inspired by Cirque du Soleil. The winning team takes home a $100,000 cash prize, the ultimate LEGO trophy and the grand title of LEGO Masters. Will Arnett hosts.
A Time to Kill
Investigation Discovery, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The true-crime docuseries returns for Season 9 with “Diamonds Are Not Forever.” As detectives reconstruct a single mother’s final 24 hours, their suspicions turn to her fiancé, a creepy coworker and a violent ex-boyfriend. Ultimately, the investigators discover a disturbing pattern of attacks — and a predator with the master key.
Golf: Ryder Cup: Day 1
USA Network, 1:30am Live (late-night)
U.S. captain Zach Johnson and European captain Luke Donald will have their teams primed and ready for golf’s premier match-play tournament, held this year near Rome, Italy. Day 1 features foursome and fourball matches. USA Network and NBC have coverage through Day 3 on Sunday.
Friday, Sept. 29
Launchpad
Disney+
Season Premiere!
Season 2 features a new collection of six live-action shorts from underrepresented filmmakers whose unique and evocative voices bring new perspectives to storytelling.
Marvel Studios Legends: “Variants” & “TVA”
Disney+
Ahead of Loki’s return for Season 2 next Thursday, Oct. 5, check out some key figures and an organization that feature in the series — variants, individuals who do not belong to the so-called “sacred timeline” and instead hail from an alternate reality, and the Time Variance Authority, whose agents are tasked with protecting the “sacred timeline.”
Nowhere
Netflix
Original Film!
This Spanish thriller follows Mia (Anna Castillo), a pregnant woman fleeing from a totalitarian country devastated by an excess of population and scarcity of resources. She finds herself fighting for her life, however, when a violent storm throws the container in which she was traveling into the sea. Trapped in this metal coffin, Mia gives birth to her daughter and must survive to save the child.
Reptile
Netflix
Feature Film Exclusive!
Benicio Del Toro cowrote, co-executive produced and stars in this mystery. Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective (Del Toro) tries to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so he dismantles the illusions in his own life. Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian and Alicia Silverstone costar.
Gen V
Prime Video
New Series!
This spinoff of The Boys explores the Godolkin University training of the first generation of superheroes to know about Compound V, and that their powers were injected into them, not God-given. These young heroes put their physical and moral boundaries to the test, competing for their school’s highly coveted top ranking. They quickly learn that ambition comes with sacrifice, and the difference between right and wrong is not as clear as they once believed. When the university’s dark secrets come to light, the students must come to grips with what type of heroes they are going to become. Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway, Shelley Conn, Maddie Phillips, Clancy Brown, Jason Ritter, Jessie T. Usher, Colby Minifie and P.J. Byrne star. The first three episodes drop today; new episodes are available Fridays.
National Silent Movie Day
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies regularly features silent films during its Silent Sunday block on Sunday evenings. But today, in celebration of National Silent Movie Day, the network is airing 14 hours of silents, and silent movie-related programming. Up first are the Century of Animation Showcase, a documentary showing 100 years of animation history, and Walt’s Early Wonderlands (1921), a compilation of restored animated shorts. After that are several titles that premiered a century ago, in 1923: the swashbuckler Scaramouche; the comedy Souls for Sale; The Pilgrim, starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin; A Woman of Paris, another Chaplin film; the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short Dogs of War!; Harold Lloyd’s comedy Safety Last!, featuring the famous scene of Lloyd dangling off a clock on the side of a skyscraper; and another Lloyd comedy, Why Worry? The lineup then concludes with the 1923 drama The Ten Commandments.
Shark Tank
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 15 of this reality competition show where budding entrepreneurs attempt to sell their unique business ideas to six venture capitalists begins tonight.
The 72nd Annual Miss USA Pageant
The CW, 8pm Live
The annual American beauty pageant airs live from the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.
Gold Rush
Discovery Channel, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The reality series is back for Season 14, with the ambitious gold miners in a make-or-break year that shifts the balance of power. Following this two-hour premiere is the return of the series’ after-show, The Dirt.
Mystery Island
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
London police psychiatrist Dr. Emilia Priestly (Elizabeth Henstridge) needs to take a break from her stressful job, so her wealthy friend invites her to Mystery Island, an immersive murder mystery-themed resort hosting a special retreat for its investors. But as the game begins, the resort’s reclusive founder is murdered, and the visitors are confined to the island while a local detective (Charlie Weber) investigates. With Emilia’s help, the lines between game and reality are blurred as they unravel the web of romance, revenge and betrayal.
Dateline NBC
NBC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The long-running newsmagazine begins its 32nd season tonight.
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
OWN, 9pm
New Series!
Morris Chestnut hosts this six-episode docuseries that traces the century-long impact of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and chronicles the resilient community rebuilding of the Oklahoma city’s Greenwood District, better known as Black Wall Street. In tonight’s premiere episode, Tulsa Massacre descendant Montika Collins hopes to create North Tulsa’s only natural birthing center and return the tradition of midwifery to the Greenwood District. A build team led by designers Jon Pierre and Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin dives in to help.
Golf: Ryder Cup: Day 2
USA Network & NBC, beginning at 1:30am Live (late-night)
The 44th Ryder Cup continues in Italy with Day 2 foursome and fourball matches on USA Network and NBC.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Marvel Movie Marathon
TBS, 11:30am
If you’re not a Saturday college football fan, you can park yourself at home for this all-afternoon marathon of Marvel blockbusters, starting with 2018’s Oscar-winning Black Panther, followed by 2016’s Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange, and concluding later in the evening with Avengers: Infinity War.
Kings of BBQ: “Setting Up Shop”
A&E, 1pm
Anthony Anderson (black-ish) and comedian Cedric the Entertainer take their love of barbecue to the next level and work together to start their own barbecue empire, AC Barbeque. To perfect the products and learn all they can about the art form, the two friends head out on a culinary adventure to discover the best techniques and flavors. In “Setting Up Shop,” friend and mentor Daymond John pays a visit to the guys to talk shop and share his expertise.
A Very Venice Romance
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Amy (Stephanie Leonidas) is a New York City executive at a wellness company who needs to find a chef to help guide a new venture into meal-prep kits. To try to persuade a former NYC chef (Raniero Monaco Di Lapio) who left to teach in Italy, she enrolls in his cooking school in Venice. However, will she get too attached to the romantic Venetian setting?
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
The latest original from Lifetime is inspired by a true crime and is executive produced by and stars Luke Macfarlane (Bros) as the “Amish Stud,” a man who plotted with his mistress to murder his wife, to the horror of his conservative Amish community. The film also stars Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds) and Miranda MacDougall (The Flash).
The Petrified Forest
MOVIES!, 9:40pm
Catch a Classic!
Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart lead this classic 1936 crime drama as, respectively, a failed British writer turned penniless drifter, a waitress and a bank robber on the lam whose paths collide when the robber, Duke Mantee, holds the others hostage at a lonely diner on the edge of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. Bogart’s turn as Mantee is one of the greatest villain performances in screen history. It made him a star, thanks to Howard’s insistence that the lesser-known Bogie be cast as Mantee over the studio’s preferred actor, Edward G. Robinson, who had been more established in tough-guy/gangster roles.