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Tuesday, Aug. 27
Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special With Margaret Hoover
PBS, 9:30pm
Margaret Hoover explores voting systems across the U.S., examining which states are most efficient and inclusive, as well as those that face challenges. Personal stories and expert voices shed new light on the most powerful tool in our democracy.
Untold: “Sign Stealer”
Netflix
In an exclusive interview, Connor Stalions tells his side of the story for the first time since the alleged Michigan sign-stealing scandal rocked college football in October 2023. Stalions, who developed a database of thousands of signals, put his so-called “signal-deciphering” skills to use while working as an analyst for Michigan. As football fanatics and online sleuths noticed his constant presence on the sidelines while the Wolverines racked up win after win, a growing chorus called foul play.
Horror’s Greatest
Shudder
New Series!
Celebrating the very best the genre has to offer, this series offers a deep dive into everything fans love about horror. From fresh looks at classics to unearthing scores of hidden gems, there is something for every fright film enthusiast, with a gallery of ghoulish pros, including actors, directors, writers, composers and special effects artists, weighing in with their unique knowledge.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Ossie Davis
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Famed actor/filmmaker/activist Raiford Chatman “Ossie” Davis, best known simply as Ossie Davis, is welcomed to TCM’s Summer Under the Stars for the first time with 12 titles, two of which are network premieres: the 1971 TV movie The Sheriff, which also features Davis’ longtime wife and frequent costar, Ruby Dee, and the biographical drama Baadasssss! (2003), one of his final films. Other highlights today include the Western The Scalphunters (1968), which earned Davis a Golden Globe nod for Best Supporting Actor; two of the Spike Lee-directed films in which he appeared, Do the Right Thing (1989), also with Dee, and Get on the Bus (1996); the ’70s action/crime comedies Let’s Do It Again (1975) and Hot Stuff (1979); the drama Harry & Son (1984), starring and directed by Paul Newman; and more.
Tennis: US Open: Early Rounds
ESPN, 12pm Live
Early-round action from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, continues today on ESPN.
Beat Shazam: “Corinne’s Big Day!”
FOX, 8pm
Cohost and DJ Corinne Foxx is getting married, and to celebrate, the new episode “Corinne’s Big Day!” has a married couple, newlyweds and a pair of engaged clowns competing in the musical guessing game for a chance to win $1 million.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 3”
NBC, 8pm Live
Eleven acts take the stage live and, for the first time, a Live Show Golden Buzzer will send one act directly to the finals. Viewers can vote for their two favorite acts to advance to the semifinals by using the AGT app or going to NBC.com.
American Masters: “Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames”
PBS, 8pm
This American Masters episode profiles director Blake Edwards (Breakfast at Tiffany’s), who redefined slapstick comedy through a lens that still resonates with today’s filmmakers. His body of work spanned over four decades and was often in collaboration with his wife, actress and singer Julie Andrews.
The Quiz With Balls: “Mom Knows Best”
FOX, 9pm
The Mitchell family faces the McGraw family in categories like kids TV, celebrity culture, pop music and geometry in the new episode “Mom Knows Best.” Jay Pharoah hosts.
Unexpected
TLC, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “The Kids Are Alright,” Kayleigh, her friends and Mandy all doubt that Graham will step up to the plate in the future. Lilly and Lawrence finally say their “I Dos.” Stressed about her custody situation, and distanced from Dalanie, Jenna is shocked by what she finds out.
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Wednesday, Aug. 28
After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun
Hulu
Through dozens of new cast interviews and never-before-seen footage, the docuseries unpacks how Baywatch captured the mythology of California’s beach culture, set physical beauty standards for an entire generation and capitalized on the adage “sex sells.” ABC News Studios goes back to the ’90s and tells the story of the iconic show and how it became the pop culture ambassador for the American dream.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Marlene Dietrich
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Iconic German actress/singer Marlene Dietrich gets the Summer Under the Stars treatment today with a 12-film lineup. Included are the first two sound movies she made following her several-year career during the silent era, both from 1930 and both directed by Josef von Sternberg: the German musical comedy/drama The Blue Angel, which launched Dietrich’s international fame, and the American romantic drama Morocco, which earned the star a Best Actress Oscar nomination alongside Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou. Also featured today are the von Sternberg-directed dramas Shanghai Express (1932) and Blonde Venus (1932), which costars Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant; the romantic comedy Angel (1937), directed by Ernst Lubitsch; the Hitchcock thriller Stage Fright (1950); director Fritz Lang’s intriguing Western Rancho Notorious (1952); and more.
2024 Paralympic Games
USA Network, beginning at 1pm Live; also streams on Peacock
The Paralympic Games begin today in Paris, and USA Network kicks things off with over four hours of live coverage of the opening ceremony. The network picks up again with 12 hours of coverage beginning early in the morning tomorrow and Friday. NBC will feature recorded events in primetime on Aug. 30 and Sept. 1, and during the day on Sept. 1. Peacock will stream more than 1,500 hours of live coverage across all 22 Paralympic sports during the games and will also feature a Gold Zone channel similar to the one that was popular during the Olympics, hosted by Carolyn Manno for five hours during the day. CNBC will also feature coverage at various times, hosted by five-time Paralympic medal-winning swimmer Mallory Weggemann, the first Paralympian to host Olympic coverage for an NBCU net.
MasterChef: Generations
FOX, 8pm
The culinary competition series continues with two new episodes tonight. In “Tag Team,” the 12 remaining chefs work in pairs and rotate cooking duties during the tag team challenge. In “Storm’s a Brewin’,” contestants are given only 45 minutes to prepare a restaurant-quality dish that features coffee.
Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man
Nat Geo, 8pm
New Series!
The story of how a group of internet vigilantes uncovered that France’s most prominent serial killer expert and self-proclaimed criminologist Stéphane Bourgoin built his entire career on lies is the focus of this new three-part docuseries about a serial liar obsessed with serial killers — the bizarre nature of which questions the entire modern obsession with true crime to begin with.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 3 Results”
NBC, 8pm Live
America’s votes will reveal which two acts from last night’s show will move on to the semifinals. Also advancing is one act that got sent straight to finals last night via the new Live Show Golden Buzzer.
MLB Baseball: Miami at Colorado
FS1, 8:30pm Live
The Miami Marlins are at Coors Field in Denver for Game 3 of a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies.
Pawn Stars: “Say Hello to My Little Caddy”
History, 9pm
A seller Super Bowl Shuffles into the shop with a helmet and football signed by Da Bears. Will Rick make a deal in the end zone, or will he fumble the ball? Then, Chum strikes a Jumpman pose as he checks out a bronze Michael Jordan statue. But is the bust … a bust? Next, Corey says hello to his little friend — a replica 1963 Cadillac from the 1983 movie Scarface. Later, Rick and Chum get to the point with some hazardous banned lawn darts.
Toby Keith: American Icon
NBC, 9pm
In this two-hour broadcast presentation of a concert that was held July 29 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, an A-list lineup of musical performers and special guests comes together to honor the life and legacy of country music legend Toby Keith, who passed away Feb. 5 at age 62. The concert special includes performances from some of country’s biggest artists, including Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, Jelly Roll, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson, The War and Treaty, and others.
Odysseus Returns
PBS, 9pm
New Series!
In this new docuseries, amateur historian Makis Metaxas claims he found the bones of Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, but the discovery is soon embroiled in controversy; Makis embarks on his own odyssey to convince the world he is right.
The Real CSI: Miami
CBS, 10pm
Season Finale!
The true-crime series about gripping real-life South Florida cases and the cutting-edge forensic science used to solve them concludes Season 1 with “Killer Clown.”
Thursday, Aug. 29
Chastity High
Netflix
New Series!
Netflix’s first original Japanese school drama promises viewers “a sensational telling of love and morality in the modern age.” Set in an ultra-elite high school that imposes a strict ban on dating between boys and girls, the series explores the consequences of forbidden love when a mysterious social media account begins exposing scandalous secrets. Students fight to expose one another as they rebel against the school and its overbearing rules.
Kaos
Netflix
New Series!
This dark comedy that turns Greek mythology on its head stars Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, king of the gods. Paranoia begins leading this supreme deity down a dangerous and unstable path as he becomes convinced his fall is nigh and sees omens of doom everywhere. He’s right to be worried, because Prometheus, Zeus’ onetime friend and now prisoner, is orchestrating a plan to bring him down. The plan involves three disparate humans, all of whom are totally unaware of their cosmic significance or the part they must play in saving the world. The cast also includes Janet McTeer as Hera and David Thewlis as Hades.
Terminator Zero
Netflix
New Series!
The popular Terminator universe is the setting for this anime series that promises to center on characters not yet met in previous movies or series. It follows a soldier sent back from 2022 to 1997 on a mission to protect a scientist trying to launch a new AI system designed to compete against Skynet before the latter becomes self-aware and launches its attack against humanity. As the scientist navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting Terminator assassin from the future (voiced by Timothy Olyphant).
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Leo Gorcey
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
As actor Leo Gorcey makes his debut on TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, he is featured in 18 films from between the late 1930s and late ’50s, most of which he made as part of the Dead End Kids (like 1938’s Crime School, 1939’s Hell’s Kitchen and others), the East Side Kids (such as 1941’s Spooks Run Wild, 1943’s Ghosts on the Loose and more) and the Bowery Boys (including 1946’s Live Wires, the first film in the series; 1950’s Blonde Dynamite; and 1951’s Ghost Chasers, among others).
College Football
ESPN & FOX, 8pm Live
Catch the North Carolina Tar Heels at the Minnesota Golden Gophers on FOX and the North Dakota State Bison at the Colorado Buffaloes on ESPN in Thursday night’s primetime college football action.
Alone: “Collapse”
History, 8pm
The Arctic’s frozen landscape continues to push the remaining survivalists to the brink. One participant finds themself at risk for frostbite, while another is convinced the end days are near.
Outchef’d: “Wing and a Flair”
Food Network, 9:30pm
After three seasons of hosting, former NFL defensive back turned chef Eddie Jackson returns to competition to take on home cook Komal Montgomery in a battle of quail, while Chopped’s Ted Allen guest-hosts. Their fate, however, is in the hands of a panel of judges that Allen enlists on the streets of New York City. If Komal can get one vote, she’ll walk away with $5,000.
Friday, Aug. 30
A-List to Playlist
Netflix
New Series!
In this unscripted series from South Korea, A-list actor Cho Jung-seok, who has two decades of captivating audiences in film, series and musical theater, embarks on an unprecedented adventure to transform himself into a singer-songwriter.
Breathless
Netflix
New Series!
Joaquín Sorolla hospital is the setting for this Spanish medical drama, and the place is much more than just a public hospital in Valencia where lives are saved on a daily basis. Doctors and residents work hard in the frenetic pace of the emergency room, where tensions, emotions and even desire accelerate the hearts of a staff who live increasingly on the edge. The arrival of a distinguished patient highlights the complicated situation of the public health system, lighting the fuse for what is to become an unprecedented and drastic strike.
The Deliverance
Netflix
Feature Film Exclusive!
Following its limited theatrical release on Aug. 16, director Lee Daniels’ supernatural horror film comes to Netflix. Andra Day stars as Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, who moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Mo’Nique and Glenn Close costar.
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Ginger Rogers
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Actress/dancer/singer Virginia Katherine McMath, better known as Ginger Rogers, will be celebrated on today’s Summer Under the Stars lineup with 13 of her films. As you would expect, the lineup features several of her legendary collaborations with dance partner Fred Astaire: The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936) and Shall We Dance (1937). There are also a number of nonmusical features that Rogers made, including romantic comedies like Rafter Romance (1933) and The Major and the Minor (1942), which costars Ray Milland; the comedy/drama Week-End at the Waldorf (1945), also with Lana Turner; the film noir thriller Storm Warning (1950), costarring Ronald Reagan and Doris Day; and more.
College Football
ESPN, beginning at 7pm Live
Friday night college football action on ESPN features a doubleheader with the Temple Owls at the Oklahoma Sooners and the TCU Horned Frogs vs. the Stanford Cardinal.
Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog: “Don’t Blame the Breed,” “Adoption Playbook” & “Love Bites”
Nat Geo, 8pm
In the first of three back-to-back hourlong episodes, a protective pet parent mistakenly trains a pit bull to target cleaning objects, and while Cesar wants to help, the parent’s affection poses a hurdle. Next, Cesar aids an active young couple in finding the perfect dog and works with a professional football coach’s rescue dog that is struggling with separation anxiety. Finally, Cesar meets Kim, who is feeling isolated in her romantic pursuits thanks to her chihuahua mix Dilly’s aggressive behavior toward men.
The Serpent Queen
Starz, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 2 of the delightfully wicked historical drama following French monarch Catherine de Medici (Samantha Morton) concludes with “All Saints Day.”
Saturday, Aug. 31
2024 Summer Under the Stars: Tony Curtis
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
The 2024 installment of Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars event concludes today with a 12-film salute to actor Bernard Schwartz, better known by his professional name of Tony Curtis. Movies from a wide variety of genres are featured, demonstrating Curtis’ acting range. A primetime centerpiece of the lineup is Some Like It Hot (1959), Best Director nominee Billy Wilder’s classic comedy led by Curtis, Marilyn Monroe and Best Actor nominee Jack Lemmon. Following that is the equally famous 1958 Best Picture-nominated drama The Defiant Ones, which earned Curtis a Best Actor nod of his own, alongside fellow Best Actor nominee Sidney Poitier. Later in the evening, Curtis gives a chilling performance as real-life murderer Albert DeSalvo in the 1968 true-crime drama The Boston Strangler. Other highlights today include the romantic comedy Sex and the Single Girl (1964), costarring Natalie Wood; the film noir drama Sweet Smell of Success (1957), also led by Burt Lancaster; director Blake Edwards’ epic slapstick comedy The Great Race (1965), which re-teams Curtis with Lemmon and Wood; and more.
College Football
ABC, ESPN, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
The first full Saturday of the college football season features Clemson at Georgia (ABC), Penn State at West Virginia (FOX), Miami at Florida (ABC), Colorado State at Texas (ESPN), Notre Dame at Texas A&M (ABC) and Fresno State at Michigan (NBC).
NTT IndyCar Series: Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250: Race 1
Peacock, 6pm Live
IndyCar returns to the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, for the first time since 2015 as Alex Palou, Will Power, Pato O’Ward and Scott Dixon headline two days of racing beginning tonight on Peacock. Race 2 is Sunday afternoon on USA Network.
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
Viewers will see either the Atlanta Braves at the Philadelphia Phillies in an NL East matchup or the Milwaukee Brewers at the Cincinnati Reds in an NL Central clash for FOX’s Saturday regional MLB game.
Head Over Heels
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Starring Rebecca Dalton and Olivier Renaud, the story revolves around a suburban girl at heart, Addison, who is off to prove herself in the world of high-end fashion footwear. She lands a life-changing internship at an Upper East Side studio leading up to the star-studded New York Fashion Week. Addison is determined to hold on to her integrity and her family values while struggling to balance it all and forge a path to success and a possible romance. Will she fall head over heels while trying to make her dreams come true?