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Wednesday, Sept. 4
How (Not) to Get Rid of a Body
Investigation Discovery, 10pm
New Series!
This psychological true-crime thriller explores the outlandish lengths diabolical killers have taken to get away with murder. Each horrifying episode reveals never-before-seen material and recounts in-depth tales of twisted criminal masterminds who have gone to great lengths and efforts to concoct plans to dispose of their victims.
Slow Horses
Apple TV+
Season Premiere!
The British spy drama following a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents and their obnoxious boss (Gary Oldman) returns for a fourth season to continue defending England from sinister forces.
Tell Me Lies
Hulu
Season Premiere!
No longer on speaking terms after their painful breakup, Lucy and Stephen (Grace Van Patten and Jackson White) return to Baird and eventually find themselves in a new version of their addictive and toxic dynamic in Season 2, which, unlike Season 1, is not based on the book by Carola Lovering.
Outlast
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The survival competition series is back for Season 2, with 16 lone-wolf experts dropped into the Alaskan wilderness, where they must outlast each other in a battle for a million-dollar payout. There’s only one rule in this cutthroat game: They must be part of a team to win. The first six episodes drop today; the final two installments will be available next Wednesday, Sept. 11.
TCM Spotlight: Studio Directors
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Throughout Tinseltown’s earlier decades, just as the movie industry’s studio system often had stars working under contract for certain studios, so, too, were directors. Each Wednesday this month, Turner Classic Movies airs daylong marathons of films helmed by directors who were associated with particular studios (sometimes moving from one to another after a few years). Today’s 14-film lineup features titles from the late 1920s and early ’30s: the World War I comedy/drama The Better ’Ole (1926), directed by Charles Reisner; the Best Picture Oscar-nominated romantic drama Smilin’ Through (1932), directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Shearer and Fredric March; After Office Hours (1935), a crime drama directed by Robert Z. Leonard and led by Clark Gable and Constance Bennett; director Jack Conway’s Boom Town (1940), starring Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr; the Best Picture-nominated crime drama I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932), directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Best Actor nominee Paul Muni; the James Cagney-led drama The Mayor of Hell (1933), directed by Archie Mayo (and an uncredited Michael Curtiz); director Alfred E. Green’s drama Baby Face (1933), headlined by Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent; the Best Picture-nominated Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical romantic comedy The Gay Divorcee (1934), directed by Mark Sandrich; Best Director nominee W.S. Van Dyke’s Best Picture-nominated mystery/comedy The Thin Man (1934), starring Best Actor nominee William Powell and Myrna Loy; the crime drama Lady Killer (1933), directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Cagney and Mae Clarke; the romantic drama Christopher Strong (1933), with Katharine Hepburn alongside Colin Clive, and directed by Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director working in Hollywood at that time; director Victor Fleming’s classic screwball romantic comedy Bombshell (1933), led by Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy; director Lloyd Bacon’s Cain and Mabel (1936), a romantic comedy starring Gable and Marion Davies; and The White Cockatoo (1935), a mystery drama directed by Alan Crosland.
MasterChef: Generations
FOX, 8pm
The culinary competition series continues with two new episodes tonight. In “Feel the Burn — Mystery Box,” the 10 remaining chefs face a fiery mystery box challenge. In “The Wall,” contestants must work in pairs to cook identical dishes from opposite sides of a wall.
Unsellable Houses
HGTV, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Twin real estate consultants Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb have a knack for helping desperate homeowners turn their unlovable houses into diamonds in the rough.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 4 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.
The Real CSI: Miami
CBS, 9pm
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.” In 1990, a person in a clown costume shot Marlene Warren to death at her front door. It wasn’t until 2017 that investigators gathered enough evidence to make an arrest in the case.
Like a Girl
Fuse, 9pm
In this episode, Angel City FC soccer players Sydney Leroux, Ali Riley and Kennedy Fuller offer an all-access pass into their women-run pro team that is impacting the future of their sport well beyond the pitch.
Bargain Block
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Where others see a disaster, Detroit’s Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas see a possible dream home. Partners in life and business, the renovation sensations are giving Motown a major makeover, transforming run-down properties into fabulous and unique starter homes. In the season premiere, “The Fairytale House,” Keith and Evan play fairy godmother and rewrite a Cinderella story as they turn a crumbling and decrepit house into a dream home that’s straight out of the pages of a fairy tale.
Wild West Chronicles
INSP, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The historical docudrama anthology series begins Season 4 with “Bat Masterson Leaves the West.” After leaving Dodge City, Bat Masterson (Jack Elliott) takes a job as manager of Denver’s Palace Theatre. There he falls in love with Emma Walter, a juggling virtuoso known as the Queen of Clubs, and he begins to question his life as a gunslinger.
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Thursday, Sept. 5
Apollo 13: Survival
Netflix
This British documentary promises a visceral, archive-led, cinematic retelling of an iconic space story. In April 1970, NASA faced the greatest crisis in its history: three astronauts stranded halfway to the moon on a spacecraft that had suffered a catastrophic explosion. The event is brought to life with rare access to the complete recordings of the Apollo 13 mission, alongside archival interviews with the crew, their families and members of ground control.
The Perfect Couple
Netflix
New Series!
In this six-episode mystery drama, Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson) is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury (Nicole Kidman), has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premier wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life investigation that feels plucked from the pages of one of Greer’s novels, and suddenly, everyone is a suspect. Liev Schreiber and Dakota Fanning costar.
The Other
FXM, 11:40am
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Director Robert Mulligan’s 1972 adaptation of Thomas Tryon’s novel is one of the more unnerving big-screen examples of the “creepy kid” genre of psychological thriller, and with its use of superstition and a bit of the supernatural, combined with its dark themes set amid a pastoral setting, it could also fall into the “folk horror” category. Set in rural Connecticut in the 1930s, the film follows identical twin brothers Niles and Holland Perry (played by real-life twins Chris and Martin Udvarnoky), who live on their family’s farm. Like most 12-year-olds, Niles and Holland occasionally get into mischief; the only trouble is that when Holland gets into mischief, people tend to “accidentally” die. Niles is the only one who knows that Holland is the “evil twin” responsible for the gruesome misfortunes suddenly befalling the area over one summer … or is he? Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Norma Connolly, Victor French, Lou Frizzell and John Ritter in an early role also headline the cast of this little-remembered, slow-burning creeper.
Tennis: US Open: Women’s Singles Semifinals
ESPN, 7pm Live
The four remaining women’s singles players compete at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, to advance to Saturday’s final match.
The Past Comes Knocking
LMN, 8pm
This U.S. television premiere tells the story of a former investigative journalist turned professor, Susan Shaw (Marem Hassler), who finds her past catching up with her when the people around her start dying. Fearing for her daughter’s safety, Susan reaches out to her old friends from her investigative days to try to figure out who’s after her.
NFL Football: Baltimore at Kansas City
NBC, 8:15pm Live
The NFL regular season kicks off on NBC with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Super Bowl LVIII champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in a primetime spectacular.
Friday, Sept. 6
Rebel Ridge
Netflix
Original Film!
Ex-Marine Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) enters the small town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission: to post bail for his cousin and save him from imminent danger. But when Terry’s life savings are unjustly seized by law enforcement, he is forced to go head-to-head with local police chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) and his combat-ready officers. Terry finds an unlikely ally in court clerk Summer McBride (AnnaSophia Robb), and the two become ensnared in a deep-rooted conspiracy within the remote township.
Selling Sunset
Netflix
Season Premiere!
Season 8 of this reality series finds the luxury real estate market in crisis, and The Oppenheim Group more determined than ever to outsell the competition. But to stay on top, the seasoned agents have to weather both professional and personal challenges as office gossip runs rampant, marriages hang in the balance and new agents snap at their stilettos. All 11 episodes drop today.
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: Virginia Mayo
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Enjoy several films featuring legendary actress Virginia Clara Jones (better known as Virginia Mayo) this morning and afternoon on Turner Classic Movies. The featured titles are the screwball comedy Out of the Blue (1947), also starring George Brent; Always Leave Them Laughing (1949), a musical comedy/drama led by Milton Berle; the musical Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1951), costarring Dennis Morgan; The Girl From Jones Beach (1949), a comedy also featuring Ronald Reagan and Eddie Bracken; Flaxy Martin (1949), a film noir with Mayo as the titular femme fatale alongside Zachary Scott and Dorothy Malone; She’s Back on Broadway (1953), Mayo’s final musical, costarring Gene Nelson; She’s Working Her Way Through College (1952), a comedy that teams Mayo again with Reagan and Nelson; and The West Point Story (1950), a musical comedy also with James Cagney and Doris Day.
FOX & Friends
FOX News Channel, 6am
FOX News Channel’s FOX & Friends will present its signature “Breakfast with Friends” segment series on Friday from Sandtrap Tavern in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. FOX & Friends cohost Lawrence Jones will be on location to speak with diner patrons regarding the news of the day and the critical issues shaping voters’ decisions in this year’s election.
Tennis: US Open: Men’s Singles Semifinals
ESPN, beginning at 3pm Live
ESPN airs both semifinal matches to determine which men’s singles players will square off in Sunday’s final at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The 21st season of this improv comedy series hosted by Aisha Tyler premieres tonight.
Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog
Nat Geo, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 5 concludes with three hourlong episodes. First, in “Release the Beast,” Cesar helps a family regain trust in their rottweiler that is on house arrest, and a pet mom struggles with her social life due to her aggressive Pom-terrier. Next, in “The Gorilla Within,” Cesar assists a laid-back pet dad in finding his “gorilla energy” to lead his back-of-the-pack Irish setter, who has bitten three members of the family. Finally, “When Panic Attacks” finds Cesar aiding a mom with an overprotective Great Dane mix and a couple with an overexcited dog that is obsessed with playing fetch.
Power Book II: Ghost
Starz, 8pm
New Episodes!
The final episodes of this Power spinoff begin airing tonight. Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) finds himself in an eerily similar situation to that of his late father, Ghost. Tariq has to choose between leaving the game or taking it over. Mary J. Blige and Cliff “Method Man” Smith also star.
Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time
TCM, 8pm
New Series!
In this limited series, Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz and influential guests from all sectors of culture, including former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Stacey Abrams, Melissa Etheridge, Sally Field, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg and John Turturro, will dive into cinema’s most impactful political films. Six movies kick the series off tonight, with the first three featuring guest presenters: The Battle of Algiers (1966), cohosted by editor/columnist Michael Tomasky; All the King’s Men (1949), cohosted by Spielberg; The Great Dictator (1940), cohosted by Turturro; Fail Safe (1964); Ivan the Terrible: Part Two (1958); and Salt of the Earth (1954).
NFL Football: Green Bay vs. Philadelphia (at São Paulo)
Peacock, 8:15pm Live
The NFL regular-season kickoff weekend features this special international game between Jordan Love’s Green Bay Packers and Jalen Hurts’ Philadelphia Eagles at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, Brazil.
Saturday, Sept. 7
College Football
ABC, CBS, FOX, ESPN & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
An epic Saturday awaits college football fans with top matchups including Arkansas at Oklahoma State (ABC), Texas at Michigan (FOX), South Carolina at Kentucky (ABC), Iowa at Iowa State (CBS), Baylor at Utah (FOX), South Florida at Alabama (ESPN), Tennessee at NC State (ABC), Colorado at Nebraska (NBC), Texas Tech at Washington State (FOX) and Mississippi State at Arizona State (ESPN).
Tennis: US Open: Women’s Singles Final
ESPN, 4pm Live
The US Open’s two remaining women’s singles players compete for the title at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York.
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
Saturday’s regional MLB game on FOX presents either the Minnesota Twins at the Kansas City Royals or the Chicago White Sox at the Boston Red Sox.
The Engagement Plan
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!
This delightful rom-com film stars Jack Schumacher as Wade, a financial adviser who helps people plan every aspect of their lives. “Planning is the secret to a happy life,” he professes. His next completely orchestrated plan is asking his girlfriend, Kayla Jones (Mia Pollini), to marry him. But his plans unravel when Kayla arranges for her parents (played by Ted McGinley and Faith Ford) and Wade’s parents (Judd Nelson and Eva LaRue) to meet at her childhood family farm. It’s a clash of city culture and country culture in this feel-good flick.
His & Hers
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
In Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott’s 10th movie together, they play a married couple who practice law at two separate New York firms. Assigned to opposing sides of a messy divorce between two reality stars, they find themselves in a courtroom showdown that results in tensions infiltrating their otherwise happy household.
Love & Marriage: Detroit
OWN, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In an emotional new season, Kristina reevaluates her marriage to Brandon, Kolby and Russell clash over the possibility of having another child, while LaToya struggles to balance her work as a doctor and wine entrepreneur with her family. Meanwhile, two new couples, the Dobines and the Samuelses, threaten to shake up the group’s dynamics.
Cabaret
TCM, 9:45pm
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Willkommen, bienvenue and welcome to Best Director Oscar winner Bob Fosse’s legendary Best Picture Oscar-nominated 1972 adaptation of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s stage musical. It’s one of the most stylishly creative and toe-tapping musicals ever put on film. Inside the Kit Kat Klub of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed American singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and an impish emcee (Joel Grey) sound the call to decadent fun, while outside the Nazi party grows into a brutal force. Cabaret won eight of the 10 Oscars for which it was nominated; along with Fosse’s directing Oscar, Minnelli won for Best Actress and Grey won for Best Supporting Actor. Michael York also stars. Ahead of Cabaret, you can also enjoy Minnelli alongside Best Actor nominee Dudley Moore and Best Supporting Actor winner John Gielgud in the 1981 romantic comedy Arthur.