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Monday, Aug. 5
Prison Chronicles
History, 10pm
This series that looks at infamous prisons airs two back-to-back half-hour episodes tonight. First, see how the Hanoi Hilton attempted to break the will of American prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. Then, visit Sing Sing, a maximum-security prison on the banks of the Hudson River just 30 miles north of New York City. It had one of the first electric chairs, which claimed the lives of two convicted spies, and was the site of an audacious escape plan and an uprising where the prisoners seized control.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Gordon MacRae
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
The beloved film versions of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956) are among the 12 titles featured in actor/singer Albert Gordon MacRae’s inaugural Summer Under the Stars lineup. Among today’s other highlights are Look for the Silver Lining (1949), a biographical drama that was MacRae’s second film; his fourth film, the 1950 musical The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady; the musical comedy The West Point Story (1950); the musical On Moonlight Bay (1951), which costars Doris Day; and more.
FOX & Friends
FOX News Channel, 6am
FOX News Channel’s Ainsley Earhardt interviews Usha Vance, wife of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance, on the network’s signature morning show FOX & Friends. During the pre-taped interview, Usha Vance discusses the upcoming election and her husband’s role as the Republican candidate for vice president, among other topics. Part 2 of the interview airs during tomorrow’s edition of FOX & Friends.
Intervention: “Corinne & Joey”
A&E, 8pm
It was love and drugs at first sight for Corinne, 30, and Joey, 36, who met when Corinne was babysitting his three kids from a previous relationship. On their second date, they smoked meth together. Three years later, their lives in Northern California are spent scrounging money for meth, and estranged from their kids. This intervention could be their last chance.
Unexpected: “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”
TLC, 9pm
Kayleigh’s labor begins, and she’s frustrated with the lack of support she’s getting. Jenna attends custody court back in Pennsylvania. Emalee isn’t a fan of living at Taryn’s. Dakwon gives Aniyah a promise ring but reveals his shocking plans for the future.
POV: “Fauna”
PBS, 10pm
This episode of the long-running docuseries explores the relationships between humans, animals and science in post-pandemic times.
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Tuesday, Aug. 6
The Influencer
Netflix
New Series!
Seventy-seven of South Korea’s top social media stars compete in various challenges designed to test their ability to draw people’s attention. The last one standing will claim the title of the ultimate influencer. The first four episodes drop today.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Jean Harlow
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Harlean Harlow Carpenter — best known as Jean Harlow — had a tragically short life, dying from kidney failure at age 26. But during her roughly decade-long career making movies, she left an indelible legacy on the screen, becoming not only one of the biggest stars of her day, but also remaining a quintessential “blond bombshell” icon of early Hollywood in the minds of many. Turner Classic Movies celebrates the actress with 14 films during today’s Summer Under the Stars lineup, including several pre-Code classics such as the crime films The Secret Six (1931), featuring her first onscreen pairing with Clark Gable, and The Beast of the City (1932), as well as the comedies Platinum Blonde (1931), Red-Headed Woman (1932), Bombshell (1933) and Dinner at Eight (1933). Also featured are films produced after the censorship of the Hays Code went into effect, including two that teamed her again with Gable: the adventure drama China Seas (1935) and Saratoga (1937), a romantic comedy that was Harlow’s final film.
2024 Paris Olympics
NBC, 8pm Live
NBC’s primetime presentation of the Paris Olympics includes the women’s 10-meter platform diving final. Action from the track includes the women’s 400-meter hurdles semifinals and the women’s 200-meter final.
Love Is Blind: UK
Netflix, available beginning at 8pm
New Series!
Emma and Matt Willis host this latest international entry in the popular dating reality series.
Gods of Tennis
PBS, 8pm
Series Finale!
In the final episode of the docuseries exploring the superstars of the tennis world, Martina Navratilova dominates Wimbledon but struggles to be as adored as her rival Chris Evert.
Bobby’s Triple Threat: “Titans vs. Eric Adjepong”
Food Network, 9pm
Top Chef: Kentucky finalist Eric Adjepong is all smiles when he takes on his friends, Bobby Flay’s Titans, for a shot at winning $25,000 and ultimate bragging rights. Managing the clock and the pressure is critical to win over judge Chris Cheung.
Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Chicago Bears
HBO, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The 19th edition of HBO and NFL Films’ docuseries follows the Chicago Bears’ preseason preparations as they welcome touted No. 1 draft pick Caleb Williams as their new quarterback.
Wednesday, Aug. 7
Dance Moms: A New Era
Hulu
New Series!
Introducing Glo Hampton as the new dance coach, this reboot of the popular reality series Dance Moms promises plenty of drama along with a fresh group of dancers.
No Way Out: The Roulette
Hulu
New Series!
In this South Korean mystery thriller, Korea’s most-hated criminal Kim Gukho (Yoo Jae-myung) is released from prison after 13 years and one mysterious citizen offers a large bounty to anyone who can track Gukho down and kill him.
FOX & Friends
FOX News Channel, 6am
FOX News Channel’s (FNC) FOX & Friends presents its signature “Breakfast with Friends” segment today from the Buffalo Chip Campgrounds in Sturgis, South Dakota, during the 84th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The special airs live from a pop-up diner created by The Sons of Light Motorcycle Ministry on the campgrounds of the rally. FOX & Friends cohost Lawrence Jones will be on location to speak with diner patrons about the 84th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and other news of the day.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Peter Ustinov
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
During his debut as part of TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, enjoy British actor/filmmaker Peter Ustinov in 10 films, including Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964), both of which won him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar; Quo Vadis (1951), which earned him another Best Supporting Actor nod; and Hot Millions (1968), in which he stars and for which he also shared a Best Original Screenplay nomination (with Ira Wallach). Among other highlights, late-night tonight/early tomorrow you can savor Ustinov giving one of his beloved portrayals of Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot in Evil Under the Sun (1982).
Finding Amelia
Discovery Channel, 8pm
In 1945, eight years after Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, a group of Australian soldiers inadvertently stumbled across her downed airplane in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Now, a team of specialists will use the soldiers’ exclusive testimony and an old patrol map to attempt to locate the plane and finally bring Earhart home.
2024 Paris Olympics
NBC, 8pm Live
Track and field events are featured in NBC’s primetime Olympics coverage, with semifinals in the men’s 110- and 400-meter hurdles, and the gold-medal final in the women’s pole vault.
Sistas
BET, 9pm
Season Finale!
The seventh season of this comedy/drama from Tyler Perry concludes tonight. The series has been renewed for Season 8.
Pawn Stars: “Dream Pawn”
History, 9pm
In a pawn shop far away, Rick and Corey unbox a skateboard signed by Carrie Fisher. Then, Corey has a first-person encounter with the video game Halo: Combat Evolved. Will he be the Master Chief of this deal? Meanwhile, Chum is stunned by a colorful vintage Versace collection, and Corey goes crazy when a seller brings in a guitar signed by Aerosmith’s Joe Perry.
See No Evil
Investigation Discovery, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The true-crime docuseries is back for its 13th season. It reveals how deadly crimes are solved by the only witnesses that never lie and from which murderers have no place to hide: surveillance cameras.
Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, a NOVA Special Presentation
PBS, 10pm
Series Finale!
The final episode of this informative docuseries, titled “Survival,” explores the future of the Gulf of Maine and our global oceans at the current crossroads in our changing waters.
Thursday, Aug. 8
Kold x Windy
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Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this drama set on Chicago’s South Side brings conflict and desire, along with new characters and betrayals. Rising hip-hop and drill star Malika “Kold” Wise (Sh’Kia Augustin), who is now very pregnant with her deceased fiancé’s child, has fallen into an emotional roller coaster of anxiety and violent fits. Although Kold x Windy have recently signed with Achieve Jamz, Malika seems to have lost her musical footing. Forced to return to committing her “stains,” she’s reverting to the life she so desperately tried to leave behind. Meanwhile, her trusted confidante and group member Renee “Windy” Johnson (Nijah Brenea) is still obsessed with repping Kold x Windy on the mic and in the streets. Despite her bulletproof facade, Renee is dealing with her own set of demons. New to the cast is Reginae Carter as Miss 290, one half of Kold & Windy’s rival rap group, K-Town.
The Umbrella Academy
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The final season of this fantasy series based on Gerard Way’s comics picks up following the major twist that ended Season 3: There is a new timeline dictated by family patriarch Reginald (Colm Feore), and the siblings no longer have their powers. There are also new enemies who want to see them wiped from existence, but how do they face these foes without their powers, and will they ever get them back?
Mr. Throwback
Peacock
New Series!
This new comedy series features a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer (Adam Pally) looking for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade classmate, NBA basketball legend Steph Curry (played by Steph Curry).
One Fast Move
Prime Video
Original Film!
A young man down on his luck (K.J. Apa) seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer. Eric Dane and Edward James Olmos also star.
The Mallorca Files
Prime Video
Season Premiere!
The feel-good crime drama following British detective Miranda Blake and German detective Max Winter (Elen Rhys and Julian Looman), who clash over how to police the Spanish island of Mallorca, returns for a third season.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Eleanor Powell
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Twelve of the musicals starring actress/dancer Eleanor Powell, mostly from the 1930s and ’40s (encompassing nearly all of the features she made), are spotlighted today during her inaugural appearance on TCM’s Summer Under the Stars. Highlights include Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Born to Dance (1936), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Rosalie (1937), Honolulu (1939) and Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940).
Don’t Forget the Lyrics!
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
It’s “Bye Bye Bye” to the hit music competition series as host Niecy Nash challenges the final contestants of the season for their shot at the $1 million in the two-hour finale.
Alone: “The Marten Chronicles”
History, 8pm
With new weather patterns looming, the days are numbered for those counting on foraging to pull them through. One survivalist is left confused as the Arctic takes back its gift, while another unexpectedly finds a second chance at a missed opportunity.
2024 Paris Olympics
NBC, 8pm Live
Divers go for gold in the men’s 3-meter springboard final. Medals are also awarded in track and field, with finals in the women’s long jump, the men’s 200-meter sprint and the women’s 400-meter hurdles.
Inside the Mind of a Dog
Netflix, available beginning at 8pm
Embark on a delightful journey into the world of dogs in this documentary that reveals scientific and emotional insights about our furry friends.
COBRA: Rebellion
PBS, 9pm
Robert (Robert Carlyle) deals with the aftermath of the sinkhole collapse and the princess’ abduction.
Friday, Aug. 9
The Instigators
Apple TV+
Original Film!
Oscar winners Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are back together in a new thriller about two reluctant partners: Rory (Damon), a desperate father, and Cobby (Affleck, who also cowrote the film), an ex-con, who are thrown together to rob a corrupt politician’s ill-gained earnings. But when the heist goes awry (because of course it does), the two find themselves engulfed in a whirlwind of chaos and in way over their heads.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Montgomery Clift
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Today’s 11-film Summer Under the Stars lineup devoted to acclaimed actor Montgomery Clift includes the TCM premiere of Freud: The Secret Passion (1962), director John Huston’s biopic about famed doctor Sigmund Freud, portrayed by Clift. Among today’s other highlights are the drama The Search (1948), Clift’s first film; the Best Picture Oscar-nominated romantic drama The Heiress (1949), led by Best Actress winner Olivia de Havilland; A Place in the Sun (1951), which earned Clift a Best Actor nomination alongside Best Actress nominee Shelley Winters and Elizabeth Taylor; two other films also costarring Taylor, the 1957 Western Raintree County and the 1959 mystery Suddenly, Last Summer; and more.
2024 Paris Olympics
NBC, 8pm Live
Primetime Olympics highlights on NBC include the women’s 3-meter springboard diving final. Action in track and field has finals in the women’s shot put, the women’s 400-meter and the men’s 400-meter hurdles. Also, the first Olympic medals in women’s breaking are awarded.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: “Triple D Nation: African and Asian Eats”
Food Network, 9pm
Guy Fieri puts the focus on African and Asian eats as his first stop finds him in Boulder, Colorado, where they are dishing out next-level flavors like Massaman curry bison and a righteous river prawn pad thai. Then he’s off to Tempe, Arizona, for Pakistani favorites like chicken biryani and beef nihari, and then on to San Antonio to a family-run spot with homemade Moroccan specialties like lamb shanks with apricots and chicken pastilla.
Saturday, Aug. 10
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Meryl Streep
TCM, beginning at 6am
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It may seem hard to believe, but much-lauded star Meryl Streep has not appeared during TCM’s Summer Under the Stars until today. Her SUTS bow features 11 titles, including three TCM premieres: Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), and two dramas that each earned Streep one of her many Best Actress Oscar nominations, Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and Ironweed (1987; airs late-night). Today’s highlights also include Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), which won Streep her first Oscar in any category, for Best Supporting Actress; The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), for which she received her first Best Actress nod; Sophie’s Choice (1982), for which she won her first Best Actress Oscar; A Cry in the Dark (1988, another Best Actress nod); and more.
2024 Paris Olympics
NBC, beginning at 3:30pm Live
Barring a huge upset in the tournament, expect Team USA to be in the men’s gold medal basketball game today at Bercy Arena in Paris. NBC’s primetime presentation will have highlights from that game, plus the men’s 10-meter platform diving final, the men’s and women’s 4×400-meter finals, and the first Olympic gold-medal final in men’s breaking.
MLB Baseball
FS1 & FOX, beginning at 4pm Live
Saturday MLB action on FOX Sports starts with the Houston Astros at the Boston Red Sox on FS1. Following that game, FOX’s regional primetime broadcast has either the Baltimore Orioles at the Tampa Bay Rays or the Chicago Cubs at the Chicago White Sox.
Mammals: “Heat”
BBC America, 8pm
Despite having fur designed to keep them warm, mammals have found ways to keep cool in the hottest, driest places on Earth. The new episode “Heat” visits places like Australia’s Outback to reveal how mammals find water and beat the high temperatures.
My Dreams of You
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Grace (Skyler Samuels) has recurring dreams about a handsome stranger (Kapil Talwalkar) due to a mix-up in Dream Central. When they finally meet in person, Grace is shocked to learn he has no idea who she is.
Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
“Cleo will amaze you!” The mystical, tarot-card-reading Miss Cleo was a cultural icon. Her infomercials and reign on Psychic Readers Network in the 1990s and early 2000s mesmerized millions. The professional telephone and television psychic, whose real name was Youree Harris, donned a colorful turban in a candlelit room, and dutifully listened to callers detailing the most intimate details of their lives. Her world was turned upside down with complaints that the Psychic Readers Network was fraudulent, and she was forced to defend her reputation to clear her name and escape financial devastation.