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Thursday, Aug. 21
Hostage
Netflix
New Series!
In this limited-series thriller from star and executive producer Suranne Jones, when the British prime minister’s (Jones) husband is kidnapped and the visiting French president (Julie Delpy) is blackmailed, the two political leaders both face unimaginable choices. Forced into a fierce rivalry where their political futures — and lives — might hang in the balance, can they work together to uncover the plot that threatens them both?
Churchy
BET+
Season Premiere!
This workplace comedy returns for Season 2, with all 10 episodes dropping today. In the series, when Pastor Corey Carr Jr. (Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks) inherits leadership of Bethlehem Temple — along with a surprise book of debts — he and his wildly unqualified church crew must navigate the daily headaches of ministry life, all while fending off a vengeful rival’s plan to replace the church with a trampoline park.
Fall for Me
Netflix
Original Film!
Sun, seduction and dangerous emotions feature in this suspenseful German erotic drama. When Lilli (Svenja Jung) visits her impulsive younger sister Valeria (Tijan Marei) on the Spanish island of Mallorca (the film was shot there), she becomes suspicious when she learns about Valeria’s hasty engagement to a charming Frenchman and dubious plans for the future. While the tension between the women grows, the normally cautious Lilli begins an intense affair with charismatic and mysterious nightclub manager Tom (Theo Trebs).
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Patricia Neal
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Patsy Louise Neal, better known as Patricia Neal, had an accomplished career on stage and screen, and some of her memorable movie roles will be celebrated with 12 titles during today’s Summer Under the Stars lineup. The day begins with Neal’s first film, John Loves Mary (1949), a comedy also led by Ronald Reagan and Jack Carson. The day also features her second film, the 1949 drama The Fountainhead, costarring Gary Cooper and Raymond Massey. Among the other highlights of Neal’s earlier films included today are The Hasty Heart (1949), a drama that re-teamed her with Reagan; Bright Leaf (1950), a Western also featuring Cooper and Lauren Bacall; and The Breaking Point (1950), a film noir costarring John Garfield. Other notable titles, from her middle to later career, include director Elia Kazan’s terrific satire A Face in the Crowd (1957), also starring Andy Griffith and Walter Matthau; Hud (1962), the Western that garnered Neal the first of her two Best Actress Oscar nominations, and her only win, alongside Best Actor nominee Paul Newman and Best Supporting Actor winner Melvyn Douglas; and The Subject Was Roses (1968), which earned Neal her second Best Actress nomination alongside Best Supporting Actor winner Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen.
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
Viewers will see either the Boston Red Sox at the N.Y. Yankees or the Houston Astros at the Baltimore Orioles on FOX’s MLB primetime regional game.
NFL Preseason Football
NFL Network & Prime Video, beginning at 7pm Live
Week 3 of the NFL preseason opens with the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Carolina Panthers on NFL Network and the New England Patriots at the N.Y. Giants on Prime Video.
Alone
History, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 12 finale of the survival competition series, the remaining survivalists make a final push to the finish line, but only one can win the $500,000 prize and make Alone history as the first winner in a desert climate. One survivalist, desperate for food, finds promise in the local antelope, while another contends with the emotional burden of leaving their family.
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Friday, Aug. 22
Long Story Short
Netflix
New Series!
This animated comedy from the creator of BoJack Horseman follows one family, the Schwooper siblings, over time, jumping through the years from childhood to adulthood and back again to chronicle their triumphs, disappointments, joys and compromises. Paul Reiser, Lisa Edelstein, Max Greenfield, Ben Feldman and Michaela Dietz lead the voice cast.
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Frank Sinatra
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Not just a legendary singer, Frank Sinatra was also a great and sometimes even award-winning actor. You can see his acting (and, on occasion, some of that singing!) in action today with his 11-film celebration on Summer Under the Stars. Up first, Ol’ Blue Eyes appears as a dramatized version of himself in the musical Higher and Higher (1943), one of his earliest screen roles. Some of Sinatra’s other 1940s favorites also air today: the musical comedy Anchors Aweigh (1945), also featuring Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson; the Western comedy The Kissing Bandit (1948), which re-teams Sinatra and Grayson; and Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), also with Kelly and Esther Williams. More song-and-dance is on tap in other highlights, including The Tender Trap (1955), also featuring Debbie Reynolds and Oscar-nominated for its title tune, “(Love Is) the Tender Trap,” which was a hit for Sinatra; Guys and Dolls (1955), costarring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons; High Society (1956), costarring Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Grace Kelly, in her final film before marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco; and Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), also with Crosby as well as a couple of Sinatra’s Rat Pack pals, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Martin is also on hand for a couple of other Sinatra-led titles today: the non-musical Western comedy 4 for Texas (1963), also featuring Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress; and Ocean’s 11 (1960), the classic heist comedy that, in addition to Sinatra and Martin, also features Rat Packers Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. Sinatra’s dramatic side is also seen today in The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), which earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination as a junkie trying to kick his drug addiction.
Women’s College Volleyball: AVCA First Serve
FOX, 7pm Live
Some of the nation’s top Division I women’s volleyball teams are in action at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, for the AVCA First Serve season-starting event. Tonight’s games are Pittsburgh vs. Nebraska and Florida vs. Stanford.
NFL Preseason Football
CBS & NFL Network, 8pm Live
The Atlanta Falcons are at the Dallas Cowboys on NFL Network and the Minnesota Vikings visit the Tennessee Titans on CBS for Week 3 NFL preseason matchups.
My Lottery Dream Home: “The Second Time Around”
HGTV, 9pm
When a Long Island couple relocated to North Carolina, life took an unexpected turn. After facing a series of setbacks, a turning point came with an inheritance from her late mother, a timely windfall that offered them the chance to start over with the help of the always vibrant interior designer David Bromstad.
The Proof Is Out There
History, 10pm
Season Finale!
Is a mysterious object moving through the sky a UFO disguised as a cloud? Is Lake Superior home to a massive water creature? Is a ghost haunting a young couple’s bedroom? Who sent the police an anonymous letter with a terrifying Bigfoot photo? Tony Harris and his team examine the clues in these videos to determine their validity. This episode is preceded an hour earlier by the season finale of The UnXplained, “The World’s Deadliest Assassins,” details of which were unavailable at presstime.
Saturday, Aug. 23
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Gina Lollobrigida (First-Timer)
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Luigia Lollobrigida was a woman of many talents, including photojournalism and sculpting, but she remains best known as an actress, under her professional name of Gina Lollobrigida. The Italian star makes her Summer Under the Stars debut today with 12 films from her heyday on the big screen and as an international sex symbol. The lineup includes two TCM premieres: the romantic comedy Strange Bedfellows (1965), also starring Rock Hudson, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), a French-Italian production in which she plays Esmeralda alongside Anthony Quinn’s Quasimodo. Other highlights include Lollobrigida’s first American film, Beat the Devil (1953), director John Huston’s adventure comedy led by Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones; Trapeze (1956), the circus-set drama starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis; the biblical epic Solomon and Sheba (1959), in which she plays the Queen of Sheba alongside Yul Brynner’s King Solomon; Come September (1961), another romantic comedy pairing Lollobrigida and Hudson, along with Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin; and Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968), a comedy that earned the star a Golden Globe nomination alongside Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford and Telly Savalas.
College Football
CBS, ESPN & FOX, beginning at 12pm Live
Kick off the 2025 college football season with Iowa State vs. Kansas State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland, on ESPN. Other games of note are Fresno State at Kansas (FOX) and Stanford at Hawaii (CBS).
Little League Baseball World Series: International and U.S. Championship Games
ABC, beginning at 12:30pm Live
The semifinal games to determine the International and U.S. champions in the Little League Baseball World Series take place today at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The final game is tomorrow on ABC.
NFL Preseason Football
NFL Network, beginning at 1pm Live
The final day of the NFL preseason schedule has the L.A. Rams at the Cleveland Browns, the Seattle Seahawks at the Green Bay Packers, the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Miami Dolphins and the Las Vegas Raiders at the Arizona Cardinals.
NASCAR Cup Series: Coke Zero Sugar 400
NBC, 7pm Live
The final race of the Cup Series regular season takes place at Daytona International Speedway, as top drivers William Byron, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin and others look to solidify their spots in the playoffs.
Double Scoop
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Nora (Taylor Cole) discovers the best ice cream company and hopes to land it as a client, but her sweet dreams hit a snag when a former colleague (Ryan McPartlin) has the same idea.
Girl in the Cellar
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
The Girl In… film franchise for Lifetime continues to enthrall viewers, as each story is ripped from the headlines and shares both harrowing and horrifying stories. The latest is inspired by the real story of a single mother who resorts to extreme measures to control her teenage daughter. Kyla Pratt (The Proud Family) and Kelcey Mawema (Cruel Instruction) star.
Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie: “The Curse of Frankenstein”
MeTV, 8pm
Sven introduces The Curse of Frankenstein, the 1957 classic that was the first of the famed color, Gothic-themed horror movies produced by Britain’s Hammer Films. It also featured the first of several memorable onscreen pairings between Peter Cushing, who plays Victor Frankenstein here, and Christopher Lee, who plays Frankenstein’s creation.
MLB Baseball: L.A. Dodgers at San Diego
FS1, 8:30pm Live
Fierce NL West foes meet tonight at San Diego’s Petco Park as Shohei Ohtani and the L.A. Dodgers face Manny Machado and the Padres in Game 2 of a three-game set.
Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller: “Inside America’s Militias”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Host Mariana Van Zeller investigates the growing influence of heavily armed militias.
Naming the Dead: “The Body on the Train”
Nat Geo, 10pm
Discovering the grave of a man crushed under ice in a railroad car, journalist Marresa Burke joins forces with the DNA Doe Project to find his family.
Sunday, Aug. 24
Thin Man MOVIES!
MOVIES!, beginning at 12pm
Catch a Classic!
Enjoy the first three of the six films in the classic series of comedy/mystery films led by William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles — the witty, hard-drinking, fun-loving, high-society couple who, along with their lovable dog, Asta (played by charming and personable wire-haired fox terrier Skippy, who also turned up in a number of other films in this era, including 1938’s Bringing Up Baby), often find themselves embroiled in solving mysteries. Up first is the original film, The Thin Man (1934), adapted from Dashiell Hammett’s novel of the same name by Oscar-nominated writers Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (W.S. Van Dyke) and Best Actor (Powell). After that is the third film in the series, Another Thin Man (1939), which finds Nick and Nora as new parents to an infant son, Nicky Jr. (William A. Poulsen). But they won’t let that slow them down when it comes to solving a good mystery. Goodrich and Hackett (with uncredited help from Anita Loos) adapted Hammett’s short story “The Farewell Murder,” and Van Dyke again directed. Goodrich and Hackett had come up with an original story for the next film, After the Thin Man (1936), the second title in the series, and got an Oscar nomination for that, too. Set around the New Year (so you know Nick and Nora will be imbibing quite a bit to celebrate), the film features James Stewart with a great earlier appearance in one of his infrequent turns as a bad guy.
Tennis: US Open: Early Rounds
ABC & ESPN2, beginning at 12pm Live
The final Grand Slam on the tennis calendar returns to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are defending champions. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC combine to televise the tournament through Sept. 7.
Little League Baseball World Series: Championship
ABC, 3pm Live
The U.S. and International champions face off today at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series title.
Professor T
PBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Since Lisa’s (Emma Naomi) death, Jasper (Ben Miller) cannot face police work and is avoiding Dan (Barney White) at the beginning of Season 4. But when a woman disappears from a boat, Jasper is forced to help the police.
The Institute
MGM+, 9pm
Season Finale!
The sci-fi thriller based on the Stephen King novel concludes its first season. Will the truth about the Institute be exposed and will the kids with unusual psychic abilities be freed? Joe Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker and Ben Barnes star.
The Marlow Murder Club
PBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The trio of amateur crime-solving sleuths — Judith (Samantha Bond), Suzie (Jo Martin) and Becks (Cara Horgan) — are swept up in another local murder investigation in the upscale British town of Marlow. In the premiere episode, a groom is murdered at a party before his wedding, and all three women happen to be in attendance.
Unforgotten
PBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In the Season 6 premiere of the crime drama series, Detective Chief Inspector James (Sinéad Keenan) and Detective Inspector Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) uncover the truth behind a dismembered body found in Whitney Marsh and examine the lives of a disparate group of people linked to the victim.
Monday, Aug. 25
The Sommerdahl Murders
Acorn TV
Season Premiere!
This Danish mystery series returns for Season 6, with Dan Sommerdahl (Peter Mygind) juggling murder cases in Helsingør as the leader of the police homicide unit, while also trying to balance the many other roles in his life: fiancé, grandfather, father, friend and perhaps even a stepfather. All eight episodes drop today.
LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite
Disney+
This animated special is a sequel to LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest and picks up after Ariel (voice of Jodi Benson), Moana (Auli‘i Cravalho), Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and Snow White (Katie Von Till) have thwarted Gaston’s (Richard White) plan to take over all of their kingdoms. Now, Gaston calls upon Ursula (Debra Wilson, with archival recordings of Pat Carroll), Jafar (Jonathan Freeman) and the Evil Queen (Susanne Blakeslee) to help take the princesses down once and for all. When they learn about Gaston’s scheme, the princesses recruit a few friends of their own with the help of Magic Mirror (Corey Burton): Aurora (Kate Higgins and Hayley Westenra), Belle (Paige O’Hara) and Cinderella (Jennifer Hale). Also today, as part of World Princess Week, Disney+ is launching a 24/7 Princess Stream that celebrates all Disney princesses and their time-honored stories.
Upload
Prime Video
Series Finale!
In the fourth and final season of the quirky sci-fi comedy set in the near future when people have the ability to upload themselves to a virtual world after their death, sentient AI rapidly turns evil, threatening to wipe out Lakeview (and the world). On top of greedy executives and lingering mysteries, plus heartbreak in VR and IRL (in real life), both Lakeview afterlife residents and real-life employees are tested like never before.
MLB Baseball: Tampa Bay at Cleveland
FS1, 6:30pm Live
A three-game series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Guardians begins tonight at Cleveland’s Progressive Field.
LEGO Masters Jr.: “Celebrity Stunt Doubles”
FOX, 8pm
Each team has five hours to build a vehicle and their celebrity teammates’ stunt double in the new episode “Celebrity Stunt Doubles.” The teams will then send their brick-built stunt double and vehicles off the launchpad and complete an epic action movie stunt.
Mid-Century MOVIES!: “The Hustler”
MOVIES!, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
This Best Picture Oscar-nominated 1961 drama stars Best Actor Oscar nominee Paul Newman as small-time pool hustler “Fast Eddie” Felson, who seeks to beat the legendary “Minnesota Fats” (Best Supporting Actor nominee Jackie Gleason). Piper Laurie also received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress, and George C. Scott got one for Best Supporting Actor but refused the nomination. Newman reprised the role of Fast Eddie 25 years later, with the character in more of a mentor role — and with Newman winning the Best Actor Oscar that time — in Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money (1986), which featured Tom Cruise as the young upstart pool hustler.
Hurricane HQ: Katrina’s Wrath 20 Years Later
FOX Weather, 8:30pm
New Series!
FOX Weather debuts this four-part documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross, correspondent Robert Ray and FOX News senior meteorologist Janice Dean reflect on the storm two decades later. Presenting interviews with city officials, meteorologists and survivors, the docuseries will also spotlight firsthand accounts of the disastrous storm, the fight to rebuild the city and the fortifications now guarding New Orleans. New episodes air nightly through Thursday.
Limitless With Chris Hemsworth
Nat Geo, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 2 of the exploratory docuseries, Avengers star Chris Hemsworth continues his Thor-like mission to live a longer and healthier life; however, this season is more about living better now, as he seeks to uncover science-backed ways we can all boost our health and well-being.
American Ninja Warrior: “Finals 4”
NBC, 8pm
The finals conclude in Las Vegas, where the nation’s top ninjas go head-to-head in high-stakes, side-by-side races. A new bracket-style tournament will crown the next champion, earning them the grand prize of $250,000.
Fame & Fentanyl
A&E, 9pm
From high-profile celebrities and artists such as Prince, Angus Cloud, Tom Petty and Michael K. Williams to families from all walks of life, more than 70,000 Americans die of fentanyl poisoning each year. Hosted by Ice T, this two-hour special shares the horrific toll and heartbreaking stories of those directly affected by the deadly substance.
The Quiz With Balls: “Jocks Take on the Nerds”
FOX, 9pm
Contestants test their knowledge in sports, movies, lifestyle and more in an effort to stay dry and win cash in the new episode “Jocks Take on the Nerds.” Jay Pharoah hosts.
Survival Mode: “Superstorm Sandy”
NBC, 10pm
As Superstorm Sandy crashes into the East Coast in 2012, a city braces for chaos, and ordinary people find extraordinary courage as they face unprecedented threats from wind, fire and flood.
Tuesday, Aug. 26
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Tom Courtenay (First-Timer)
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Acclaimed British actor Tom Courtenay makes his Summer Under the Stars debut today with an 11-film lineup, including some of his earliest movies, such as Billy Liar (1963), Private Potter (1963) and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), a coming-of-age drama that earned him the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Courtenay certainly fulfilled that promise, as can also be seen with the characters he inhabits in the other titles in today’s lineup. Among the highlights are Doctor Zhivago (1965), which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination; The Dresser (1983), a drama that earned him a Best Actor nomination for his reprisal of the role he had originated in the West End and Broadway productions of the play on which the film was based; and a few World War II-set films, including Operation Crossbow (1965), The Night of the Generals (1967) and King Rat (1965).
The 1% Club: “100% That Bish”
FOX, 8pm
Software engineers and best friends, an eccentric marketer, and a sommelier are among the 100 contestants competing for the chance to win up to $100,000 in the new episode “100% That Bish.” Joel McHale hosts.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 2”
NBC, 8pm Live
Viewers can vote for their three favorite acts from among tonight’s performers to advance to the semifinals by using the AGT app or going to nbc.com. The live results show airs tomorrow night (Aug. 27).
The Snake
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 1 finale “The Final Bite,” decisions made throughout the game come back to bite the final two competitors, whose fates lie in the hands of their fellow snakes. Jim Jefferies hosts.
Love Thy Nader
Freeform, 9pm
New Series!
Following fashion model Brooks Nader and her three sisters, Mary Holland, Grace Ann and Sarah Jane, as they trade their Louisiana roots for high fashion, high drama and the hustle of New York City, this docuseries explores the ultimate question of what it really means to “make it.”
Renovation Resort Showdown: “Wreck Room”
HGTV, 9pm
Scott McGillivray and Bryan Baeumler task the exhausted teams with tackling a huge rec room to prove they’re worthy of the $100,000 grand prize. The teams all plan to divide the space, but only one can deliver a winning design.
American Experience: “Clearing the Air: The War on Smog”
PBS, 9pm
This episode of the long-running docuseries explores the epic struggle against airborne toxins that led to the creation of the Clean Air Act.
Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson: “Gloria Estefan”
NBC, 10pm
This programming event inspired by the “Songs & Stories” episodes of The Kelly Clarkson Show continues as guest Gloria Estefan joins host Kelly Clarkson for a heartfelt, unfiltered conversation about her music and personal life, and a performance in an intimate, unplugged setting.
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Fantasy Football Ruined Our Lives
Netflix
Original Film!
In this Italian comedy, a group of longtime friends who are members of a fantasy football (meaning soccer) league become suspects in the mysterious disappearance of their league’s reigning champion (Enrico Borello) when he doesn’t show up at the altar on the day he is to be married — and, even more shockingly, fails to submit his fantasy lineup on the decisive day of the league, which also happens to be his wedding day.
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Joan Crawford
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Working under the name Joan Crawford, actress Lucille Fay LeSueur not only became one of the most famous movie stars of her day but also remains an enduring symbol of old Hollywood thanks to her acclaimed performances and captivating screen presence. You’ll see that Crawford magic all day today with 12 of her films airing as part of Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars. The titles in the lineup encompass about 25 years of her career, ranging from the 1932 South Seas-set drama Rain to the 1957 British drama The Story of Esther Costello. You’ll also see many great Crawford performances across various genres from the years in between, including in the psychological drama Possessed (1947), which earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination alongside Van Heflin and Raymond Massey; the 1943 spy film Above Suspicion, also featuring Fred MacMurray; the 1950 film noir The Damned Don’t Cry; the 1946 melodrama Humoresque, costarring John Garfield; the 1953 musical drama Torch Song; the 1951 romantic comedy Goodbye, My Fancy, also with Robert Young; and more.
MLB Baseball: Pittsburgh at St. Louis
FS1, 7:30pm Live
Bryan Reynolds leads the Pittsburgh Pirates against Willson Contreras and the Cardinals in Game 3 of a four-game series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Family Law: “Corporate Retreat”
The CW, 8pm
When word of the merger reaches the firm, Daniel (Zach Smadu) suggests a weekend corporate retreat to boost morale, while Abby (Jewel Staite) represents a woman in an acrimonious divorce case.
MasterChef: Dynamic Duos: “The Wall”
FOX, 8pm
Both cooks in each duo must make the exact same dish while divided by a high wall, communicating by shouting over it. One duo will be eliminated in the new episode “The Wall.”
Bargain Block: “The Midcentury Modern House”
HGTV, 8pm
Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas transform a once crumbling Detroit abode with the charm and class of midcentury modern design. The team tops off the renovation with design details including floating shelves and the perfect banquette in the dining room.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 2 Results”
NBC, 8pm Live
America’s votes will reveal which three acts from last night’s show will move on to the semifinals, and one act that advances straight to the finals with the new live show Golden Buzzer.
Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service: “Neighborhood Kitchen”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “Neighborhood Kitchen,” Gordon Ramsay discovers a Massachusetts restaurant that serves subpar cuisine from a kitchen plagued by contamination. Ramsay sets out to save the establishment before it is compromised beyond recovery.
Chasing the West
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
Married for 35 years, longtime California State Park Rangers turn to Drew and Jonathan Scott for a property that reminds them of state park life but with land they own. Also, an animal chiropractor and horseshoer are ready to flee their 400-square-foot rental.
Thursday, Aug. 28
The Thursday Murder Club
Netflix
Original Film!
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant and Paul Freeman are among the cast of this comedic mystery that follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve mysteries for fun but end up uncovering an actual murder case and risking their lives to figure it out.
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Donald O’Connor (First-Timer)
TCM, beginning at 6am
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On what would have been his 100th birthday (he was born in Chicago on Aug. 28, 1925; he died in Los Angeles on Sept. 27, 2003, at the age of 78), actor/dancer Donald O’Connor will make his Summer Under the Stars debut. The 13-film lineup features some of his most well-known musicals and comedies, such as, of course, Singin’ in the Rain (1952), for which he won a Golden Globe, alongside Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Jean Hagen; There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954), also featuring Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe; Francis (1950), the first film in the franchise that paired O’Connor with the titular “talking” mule for six films between 1950 and 1956; and the TCM premieres of The Milkman (1950), also featuring Jimmy Durante, and Double Crossbones (1951), a pirate-themed comedy/adventure also starring Helena Carter.
College Football
BTN, ESPN & FS1, beginning at 5:30pm Live
Thursday night college football is back for the new season with Boise State at South Florida (ESPN), Buffalo at Minnesota (FS1), Nebraska at Cincinnati (ESPN) and Miami (Ohio) at Wisconsin (BTN) among the notable games.
Hudson & Rex
UPtv, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 7 finale, “Hot Prowl in the City,” after a man is stabbed by an intruder who left no trace of a break-in, Rex’s senses reveal that it was only a practice run for a scheme that goes much deeper.
Family Lockup
A&E, 10pm
New Series!
In a bold bid to break the cycle of recidivism (reoffending), Sheriff Nick Cocchi of the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office in Massachusetts is allowing estranged family members to spend two nights in jail to restore broken family bonds. But when the cell doors close, that’s when reality sets in. Will healing begin, or will some inmates find themselves facing reintegration alone?
Friday, Aug. 29
Two Graves
Netflix
New Series!
This Spanish mystery/thriller begins two years after the disappearance of Verónica and Marta, two 16-year-old friends, and the investigation is declared closed due to lack of evidence and suspects. The grandmother of one of the girls, Isabel (Kiti Mánver), who has nothing to lose, decides to carry out an investigation beyond the law. She will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth about what happened that night, and what begins as the search for a culprit soon becomes a story of revenge.
Cary Grant Icon-a-Thon
MOVIES!, beginning at 9:50am
Catch a Classic!
Spend your morning and afternoon with Archibald Leach — better known as Cary Grant, among the most suave and charming stars in Hollywood history — with four of his greatest hits: North by Northwest (1959), the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller in which Grant plays an adman wrongly identified as a spy by enemy agents and chased across the county, with Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Martin Landau costarring; Charade (1963), one of Grant’s last films, a romantic comedy/mystery pairing him with Audrey Hepburn; Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), director Frank Capra’s screwball/dark comedy crime film also featuring Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Josephine Hull and Jean Adair; and His Girl Friday (1940), director Howard Hawks’ famed screwball comedy costarring Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart.
College Football
ESPN, FOX & FS1, beginning at 7pm Live
Friday night college football action includes Western Michigan at Michigan State (FS1), Auburn at Baylor (FOX), Georgia Tech at Colorado (ESPN) and Central Michigan at San José State (FS1).
Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm With Robin Roberts
ABC, 8pm
Robin Roberts visits New Orleans to explore the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
The Quest for Gold
The CW, 9pm
Hosts Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Montel Williams and Elizabeth Stanton explore gold’s iconic role in blockbuster films, and in real-life treasure hunts.
My Lottery Dream Home: “Golden State of Mind”
HGTV, 9pm
After selling their Georgia vacation home, a couple’s ready to level up with a luxe new summer home in San Diego. With David Bromstad house hunting there for the first time, they’re about to discover one of California’s hottest markets.
Great Performances: “Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2025”
PBS, 9pm
Enjoy this annual concert from Schönbrunn Palace conducted for the first time by Tugan Sokhiev. Opera star Piotr Beczala joins as soloist, performing arias from Carmen and Turandot along with the Vienna Boys Choir in their “Summer Night” debut.
Zillow Gone Wild: “Secret Stash”
HGTV, 9:30pm
A former mobster’s compound, a sprawling manor created by a beer mogul and an engineer’s techy dream are all part of comedian Jack McBrayer’s adventures in this new episode.
Saturday, Aug. 30
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Kirk Douglas
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Issur Danielovitch, better known as actor Kirk Douglas, is celebrated with 12 of his memorable films during Summer Under the Stars today. The lineup features two of the three films for which Douglas earned Best Actor Oscar nominations: Champion (1949), a sports drama/film noir costarring Best Supporting Actor nominee Arthur Kennedy and Marilyn Maxwell, and Lust for Life (1956), the biographical drama in which Douglas plays famed artist Vincent Van Gogh alongside Best Supporting Actor winner Anthony Quinn as Paul Gauguin. Other notable highlights today include Out of the Past (1947), the classic film noir costarring Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer, which was Douglas’ third film; Detective Story (1951), a crime drama from Best Director nominee William Wyler that costars Best Actress nominee Eleanor Parker and Best Supporting Actress nominee Lee Grant; Paths of Glory (1957), director Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war drama set during World War I, costarring Ralph Meeker and Adolphe Menjou; Top Secret Affair (1957), a romantic comedy pairing Douglas with Susan Hayward; and Seven Days in May (1964), a political thriller directed by John Frankenheimer with a screenplay by Rod Serling, which costars Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Ava Gardner and Best Supporting Actor nominee Edmond O’Brien.
College Football
ABC, CBS, The CW, ESPN, FOX, NBC & TNT, beginning at 12pm Live
The first full Saturday of the new college football season is highlighted by Mississippi State at Southern Miss (ESPN), Syracuse at Tennessee (ABC), Texas at Ohio State (FOX), Alabama at Florida State (ABC), Marshall at Georgia (ESPN), Nevada at Penn State (CBS), LSU at Clemson (ABC), New Mexico at Michigan (NBC), Idaho at Washington State (The CW), Hawaii at Arizona (TNT) and Utah at UCLA (FOX).
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
FOX’s MLB regional primetime window presents either the Baltimore Orioles at the San Francisco Giants, the Detroit Tigers at the Kansas City Royals or the Seattle Mariners at the Cleveland Guardians.
Crossroad Springs
Great American Family, 8pm
New Series!
The network launches its third original series, this one following the lives of the Hamilton family, who are eking out a living on their ranch struggling with financial hardships and staffing shortages. James (Jonathan Stoddard), a pastor in Chicago, and Janet (Emily Alatalo), an ER doctor in a neighboring town, feel called to return home to help the family.
Catch of the Day
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
On the eve of becoming an executive chef, Sophie (Emilie Ullerup) returns home to help her family’s flailing restaurant and runs into an old crush (Michael Rady) who makes her question everything.
Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller: “The Great American Rehab Scam”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Host Mariana Van Zeller investigates the dark underworld of fraudulent addiction treatment programs.
Naming the Dead: “The Oil Well Murder”
Nat Geo, 10pm
Detective Bryan Johnson’s first case is a homicide. To solve it, he first needs to identify the victim, so he enlists the help of the DNA Doe Project.