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Wednesday, June 4: Mike Holmes Returns to Fix Shoddy Renos in HGTV’s ‘Holmes Family Rescue’

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Wednesday, June 4

Holmes Family Rescue
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!

Beloved contractor Mike Holmes, along with his kids — home renovation experts Michael Holmes Jr. and Sherry Holmes — will return for eight new episodes of their popular series. Still dedicated to making it right for homeowners who have fallen victim to careless or dishonest contractors, each episode will expose the shoddy renovation work and then help the families fix the problem. In the season premiere, “Double Addition Drama,” homeowners decided to build an addition after they bought an 1870 farmhouse, but things got off on the wrong foot with the wrong contractor. The team step into the rescue, and they also discover suspicious electrical work.

Stick
Apple TV+
New Series!

In this heartfelt, feel-good comedy about found family, Owen Wilson (who is also an executive producer) stars as over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer Pryce Cahill, whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce goes all in on a troubled 17-year-old golf prodigy named Santi (Peter Dager). Also stars comedian Marc Maron, Judy Greer and Timothy Olyphant.

Mr. Loverman
BritBox
New Series!

Barry (Lennie James), a 70-year-old, Antiguan-born, exuberant Hackney personality, renowned for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits, is trouble to his wife, his daughters and his lover. Carmel (Sharon D. Clarke), his wife of 50 years, senses that Barry has been cheating on her with other women. Little does she know what’s really going on: a secret, decades-long passionate affair with his best friend and soulmate, Morris (Ariyon Bakare). Now entering the next chapter of his life, Barry has big choices to make that will force his whole family to question their own futures. Two episodes of the series are available Wednesdays beginning today.

Criminal Code
Netflix
Season Premiere!

This Brazilian action drama inspired by true crimes returns for Season 2, promising more gunshots, brawls and bombs. After helping the ambassador escape from prison, Isaac (Alex Nader) and his Ghost Gang become the federal police’s main targets. Increasingly sophisticated robberies turn them into crime legends, and going after them will require everything the agents have got. During the challenging investigation, Suellen (Maeve Jinkings) will have to prove herself as a leader, while Benício (Rômulo Braga) experiences a crisis.

Soccer: UEFA Nations League: Semifinal: Germany vs. Portugal
FS1, 3pm Live

Germany and Portugal meet in this UEFA Nations League semifinal match in Munich. The winner advances to the final June 8.

NHL Stanley Cup Final: Game 1: Florida at Edmonton
TNT & truTV, 8pm Live

Two teams clash for hockey’s most coveted prize in a rematch of last year’s Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers. Game 7, if necessary, is June 23.

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
ABC, 8pm
Season Finale!

Celebrity contestants Renée Elise Goldsberry, Bernadette Peters and Jesse Tyler Ferguson compete for various charities in the last episode of the season.

MasterChef: Dynamic Duos: “Second Chance Battles”
FOX, 8pm

Duos who failed to get white aprons in the audition rounds get another opportunity to reach the top 12 by making three identical restaurant-quality dishes in the new episode “Second Chance Battles.”

Star of the Month: Gary Cooper
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

Actor Frank James Cooper, better known as screen icon Gary Cooper, is celebrated each Wednesday night this June on Turner Classic Movies with several of his memorable films. Cooper’s famously strong and silent screen persona, and his understated acting style, can be seen in several famous instances right away in tonight’s initial lineup, which begins with his Best Actor Oscar-nominated performances in Best Director Oscar winner Frank Capra’s Best Picture-nominated comedy/drama Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), costarring Jean Arthur, and in the Best Picture-nominated sports drama The Pride of the Yankees (1942), in which Cooper portrays New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig alongside Best Actress nominee Teresa Wright as Gehrig’s wife, Eleanor. Moving into late night, the lineup features The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938), led by Cooper as the titular explorer. That is followed by one of the star’s most memorable performances: his Best Actor-winning title role in Sergeant York (1941), Best Director nominee Howard Hawks’ Best Picture-nominated biopic about Alvin C. York, one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I. As the lineup nears its end early tomorrow, it features Cooper alongside Patricia Neal in King Vidor’s drama The Fountainhead (1949), based on the novel by Ayn Rand, who adapted the screenplay. Wrapping things up is the 1989 Clint Eastwood-narrated documentary Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend, a retrospective on Cooper’s life and career that features memorable scenes from his films.

Jeopardy! Masters
ABC, 9pm
Season Finale!

Season 3 of the Jeopardy! spinoff ends tonight.

Raid the Cage: “Armed Forces”
CBS, 9pm

Army friends from Atlanta take on Air Force coworkers from Palm Beach, Florida, in the new episode “Armed Forces.” Damon Wayans Jr. and Jeannie Mai host.

Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service: “Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Café”
FOX, 9pm

In this new episode, Chef Gordon Ramsay infiltrates Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Café soul food restaurant and discovers fire hazards, malfunctioning equipment and the eatery’s secret financial crisis.

Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour
E!, 10pm
New Series!

TV personality Kristin Cavallari takes her hit podcast Let’s Be Honest on the road. With stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Boston and New York, the series will also follow Kristin off the stage as she explores local hot spots in each city with her friends and podcast guests. Guests will be revealed in real time as they surprise the audience at each live show.

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Thursday, June 5

House on Fire
BET+
New Series!

This eight-episode reality series offers an intimate look behind the scenes of modern-day ballroom culture, inside the esteemed House of Mugler. Over 30 years after the famed documentary Paris Is Burning introduced many to what was largely an underground subculture, ballroom is still a safe space for the marginalized, but today’s ballroom world is bigger and louder than ever. House on Fire follows the relationships and rivalries of seven members of the Muglers, with members of the younger generation jostling among each other to find their place in the House and make a name for themselves — ball by ball, trophy by trophy.

Barracuda Queens
Netflix
Season Premiere!

In this Swedish heist drama’s second season, Lollo (Alva Bratt) is back in Stockholm. The rest of the girls have been quite bored; they all still live at home, but Lollo’s return quickly has them consider moving out. But how will they find the money to make it happen? They have promised Lollo’s mother, Margareta (Izabella Scorupco), not to do more robberies. Maybe there are other ways? After all, the girls are professionals and have really missed that thrill. They know there is a lot of money in the art world, and for the Barracuda Queens, nothing seems impossible.

Ginny & Georgia
Netflix
Season Premiere!

In Season 3 of the comedy/drama, Georgia (Brianne Howey) has just been arrested for murder during her wedding — ruining her fairy tale ending and putting the spotlight on the Millers like never before. It’s always been Georgia and daughter Ginny (Antonia Gentry) against the world, but the world has never come for them quite like this. Now, Ginny needs to see where she stands when push comes to shove — is this really something she wants to sign up for?

Tires
Netflix
Season Premiere!

This comedy that follows Will (Steve Gerben), the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain who attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now employee, Shane (Shane Gillis), returns for Season 2. After the unexpected success of their big marketing idea, Will and Shane rush to grow personally and professionally, without fully realizing the cost of doing business.

Phineas and Ferb
Disney Channel, 8pm
Season Premiere!

“Oh, there you are, Perry!” Stepbrothers Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher (voices of Vincent Martella and David Errigo Jr.) are back in the first new season of the animated favorite since 2015. The boys and their crew tackle another 104 days of summer vacation with hilariously catchy songs and incredibly ambitious projects. This season, Phineas and Ferb make a submarine sandwich submarine, Candace (voice of Ashley Tisdale) takes her driver’s license test, and Perry the Platypus (growl of Dee Bradley Baker) finally visits the vet.

Bob’s Burgers: “Snackface”
FOX, 8pm

The Belcher kids strike it rich in the school’s black market for snacks in the new episode “Snackface.”

Transplant: “Decisions”
NBC, 8pm

After spending the night together, Mags (Laurence Leboeuf) and Bash (Hamza Haq) must deal with the fellowship announcement. Meanwhile, June (Ayisha Issa) and Dr. Novak (Gord Rand) criticize a doctor, leading to a report that affects June’s self-harm struggles, and Mags gets a call about a heart transplant match.

Score by Ennio Morricone — Part 1
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

One of those legendary composers whose sound work elevated films that were already great-looking to new levels, Ennio Morricone is celebrated tonight and next Thursday, June 12, with lineups of films for which he provided the memorable scores. Up first in this evening’s lineup is the 1988 Italian coming-of-age dramedy Cinema Paradiso, one of the composer’s collaborations with director Giuseppe Tornatore. Following that is the 2021 documentary Ennio, which was written and directed by Tornatore and released a little over a year after Morricone’s passing at age 91 in 2020. The lineup concludes with two of director Sergio Leone’s famed spaghetti Westerns for which Morricone composed the equally renowned music: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968), which features one of the composer’s — and cinema history’s — most iconic pieces of film score, “The Ecstasy of Gold,” and A Fistful of Dollars (1964).

NBA Finals, Game 1
ABC, 8:30pm Live

The NBA’s East and West champs duel for their place in hoops history, with Game 1 tipping off on the home court of the finalist with the better regular-season record. Game 7, if necessary, is June 22.

Grimsburg: “The Undies”
FOX, 8:30pm

In order to win this year’s Undies Award for best undercover operation, Flute (voice of Jon Hamm) infiltrates the Preggo crime family in the new episode “The Undies.”

Family Guy: “Martian Meg”
FOX, 9pm

Meg (voice of Mila Kunis) enlists in a training program for a mission to Mars in the new episode “Martian Meg.”

The Great North: “Reservoir Dad Adventure”
FOX, 9:30pm

Beef (voice of Nick Offerman) discovers the thrills of stunt fishing in the new episode “Reservoir Dad Adventure.”

Not Her First Rodeo
Freeform, 10pm
Season Finale!

The docuseries following the Elite Lady Bull Riders and the adrenaline-fueled world of professional bull riding comes to an end tonight with two final episodes.

SurrealEstate
Syfy, 10pm
Season Finale!

Season 3 of this quirky and creepy series that follows real estate agents who specialize in haunted and possessed houses concludes with “The Elephant in the Room,” in which the Roman/Ireland team prepares for a final confrontation with Luke’s (Tim Rozon) childhood nemesis. There was no word at presstime whether the series would be renewed.

Friday, June 6

K.O.
Netflix
Original Film!

This action drama follows Bastien (Ciryl Gane), who has lived as a recluse ever since he accidentally killed his opponent, Enzo, in an MMA fight three years earlier. Enzo’s widow tracks him down and asks for his help to rescue Léo (Maleaume Paquin), her teenage son who has gone missing in the northern districts of Marseille and is in grave danger. As Bastien sets off looking for him, he meets Kenza (Alice Belaïdi), a young cop who is prepared to do anything to bring down the new crime lords of Marseille.

Straw
Netflix
Original Film!

Taraji P. Henson leads producer/writer/director Tyler Perry’s thriller as a single mother who faces a series of unfortunate events that lead her down an unexpected path. Struggling against circumstances beyond her control and fueled by desperation, she becomes entangled in a harrowing situation and at the center of suspicion in a world that seems indifferent to her existence. Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Sinbad and Rockmond Dunbar costar.

The Survivors
Netflix
New Series!

In this limited, six-episode mystery thriller from Australia, Kieran Elliott (Charlie Vickers) returns with his young family to his Tasmanian hometown of Evelyn Bay 15 years after two people drowned and a young girl went missing there. Upon his return, the guilt that still haunts him resurfaces, and when the body of a young woman is found on the beach, the town is once again rocked by tragedy. The investigation of her death threatens to reveal long-held secrets, the truth about the missing girl and a killer among them.

Wylde Pak
Nickelodeon, 7:30pm
New Series!

Exploring the dynamics of a multigenerational and multicultural blended family, this animated series follows half siblings Lily (voice of Nikki Castillo) and Jack (voice of Benjamin Plessala) as they learn to navigate new family dynamics under the same roof for the first time.

A Face in the Crowd
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!

Andy Griffith gives an extraordinary performance as Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes, the lead character of this 1957 Elia Kazan-directed drama that marked Griffith’s screen debut. Although Rhodes is a Southern character like Griffith’s kindly and beloved Sheriff Andy Taylor from the actor’s later classic sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, this man’s charming accent and folksy “aw-shucks” persona is not the genuine article, and instead hides a cruel, ambitious and egomaniacal personality that only grows as the one-time drunken drifter finds himself — thanks to the radio journalist (Patricia Neal) who discovers him (and later regrets the monster she created) — rising as a nationally renowned media personality and political demagogue. If you only know Griffith from his sitcom, check out his dynamic acting range here as Rhodes, a role that helped the actor become a star and really should have earned him an Oscar nomination. Besides being ignored by the Academy, A Face in the Crowd also had mixed reviews on its original release, and wasn’t overly successful at the box office. But time has looked kindly on the film, which was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2008, thanks not only to Griffith’s performance but also the story’s look at the volatile intersection of media, celebrity and politics that appears ever more prescient with each passing year.

BMF
Starz, 9pm
Season Premiere!

In Season 4, Meech and Terry (Demetrius Flenory Jr. and Da’Vinchi) fight to keep their dream alive, but staying ahead of their rivals and law enforcement takes a toll on their relationship.

Secrets Declassified With David Duchovny
History, 10pm
Season Finale!

The first season concludes with “Unholy Alliances,” which looks at how, when governments strike dark deals with cults, mobs and even sworn enemies, frosty relationships and mounting tensions are tested head on. From the CIA’s attempt to enlist the Chicago mob to assassinate Castro, to a World War II battle where U.S. troops fought alongside the German army, to Vladimir Putin’s recruitment of a convicted murderer as his personal assassin, which sacrifices are worth the bigger picture?

Resident Alien
Syfy & USA Network, 11pm
Season Premiere!

The fourth season starts with Harry (Alan Tudyk) and his baby Bridget stuck in prison on the Grey Moonbase, while a shape-shifting Alien called a Mantid (also Tudyk) is trying to pass himself off as the real Harry. Harry manages to escape and arrives back on Earth for a showdown, but is no longer able to access his alien side (he’s gone and become human?!). Enter the real fun as Asta (Sara Tomko) and D’Arcy (Alice Wetterlund) struggle to keep his alien status a secret, while Sheriff Mike (Corey Reynolds) attempts to solve some mysterious deaths in Patience that he is beginning to think aren’t caused by anything human.

Saturday, June 7

Tennis: French Open: Women’s Final
TNT & truTV, 9am Live

The two women’s singles finalists duel on the red clay court of Roland-Garros in Paris.

AMC Celebrates: “Jaws” 50th Anniversary
AMC, beginning at 1:30pm
Catch a Classic!

Steven Spielberg’s classic, Best Picture Oscar-nominated thriller Jaws opened in theaters 50 years ago this month, on June 20, 1975. This adaptation of Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel about a rogue great white shark terrorizing a New England beach community ultimately became the first U.S. film to gross over $100 million at the box office, with most of its total coming during a summer release that also served to scare many viewers away from beaches that season. With a terrific cast led by Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw, Spielberg’s film wisely jettisoned superfluous plot elements, and the rather abrupt ending, from Benchley’s novel to pare things down into a merciless and entertaining thriller/sea adventure. Jaws was the harbinger of a new blockbuster era; its long lines of eager filmgoers, many of whom saw the film multiple times, showed studios that summertime — before then, considered a largely slow time at theaters — could be big business for movies. And it certainly wasn’t the last time that Spielberg’s name would be attached to a summer blockbuster. The young (he was just in his late 20s when he made the film) filmmaker somehow did not receive a Best Director Oscar nomination even though it was his steady creative hand in the midst of technical difficulties that made the film as successfully suspenseful as it is. The film did win Academy Awards for its sound and editing, and for John Williams’ iconic musical score — the other major factor that has made the movie an influential and enduring thrill ride. AMC is celebrating 50 years of Jaws today with airings of the original classic and its sequels, which continued to diminish in quality with each successive entry: Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3 (1983) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987).

Horse Racing: Belmont Stakes
FOX, beginning at 4pm Live

The $2 million Belmont Stakes, the final event in horse racing’s Triple Crown, is once again contested at 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga Race Course while construction at Belmont Park continues. Both Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and Preakness winner Journalism are expected to be in the starting gate.

To Barcelona, With Love
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!

Launching this year’s “Passport to Love” event, this romance film stars Alison Sweeney as Erica, an American expat living in Barcelona who translates novels into Spanish, though her dream is to be published herself someday. Anna (Ashley Williams) is the American author of the hit book Barcelona, Mi Amor that Erica translated; due to its local popularity, Anna comes to Barcelona for a book signing event. Her arrival not only catches the attention of local bookstore owner Nico (Alejandro Tous), for whom Erica has long had feelings, but Anna’s appearance at the store also threatens to bring to light Erica’s secret: that she took liberties with her translation to improve the story and infuse it with the local authenticity it was missing. As the two women become friends over the course of Anna’s visit, they ultimately help each other embark on a path to find their true happiness.

Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!

Lifetime’s latest “Ripped From the Headlines” true-crime thriller stars Rachel Stubington as Heather Robinson, who, at age 15, had her world shattered when she learned that she had been abducted as a baby and raised by the family of the man she knew as her uncle: serial killer John Robinson (Steve Guttenberg), who was convicted of murdering her biological mother. Jana Kramer costars as an investigator working on the case, which Guttenberg says is ultimately a story of “[how] one man can change so many lives [through his destructive actions].”

NHL Stanley Cup Final: Game 1
TNT & truTV, 8pm Live

Two teams clash for hockey’s most coveted prize: the Stanley Cup. Game 1 is tonight on the home ice of the conference champion with the better regular-season record. Game 7, if necessary, is June 23.

Ocean With David Attenborough
Nat Geo, 9pm

Airing just ahead of World Oceans Day (June 8), this film marks the first collaboration of its kind between legendary naturalist Sir David Attenborough and National Geographic. The documentary is presented by Attenborough, who draws on his lifetime of exploration and knowledge of the sea to take audiences on a cinematic journey through the planet’s most spectacular undersea habitats, while also exploring the importance of the oceans, why they have gotten in such poor health and how we can restore Earth’s vast, interconnected waters.