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Friday, Aug. 29
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Real American Freestyle
FOX Nation, 7pm Live
Real American Freestyle’s inaugural matchup event takes place at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, including a tribute to wrestling legend Hulk Hogan. FOX Nation, the exclusive broadcast partner for Real American Freestyle, will stream the tribute. Julianna Pena, Holly Holm, Urijah Faber, Mark Coleman, Tito Ortiz, Clay Guida and more will be present at the event. American country duo LoCash will present a special concert at the live event which will also be streamed on FOX Nation.
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.
Sunday, Aug. 31
The Flintstones: 65 Years & Still Rock’n!
MeTV Toons, beginning at 6am
Celebrating the upcoming 65th anniversary of the classic animated sitcom The Flintstones, which premiered Sept. 30, 1960, and ran until April 1, 1966, on ABC, MeTV Toons is airing a 16-hour marathon featuring back-to-back fan-favorite episodes of the series, including ones with the birth of Pebbles, the introduction of the Great Gazoo and a guest appearance by “Ann-Margrock” (voiced by Ann-Margret). The marathon will also include the film The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987, airing mid-morning) and the 1966 spy spoof The Man Called Flintstone (which concludes the marathon early this evening). The Flintstones also airs daily on MeTV Toons at 7:30pm ET (visit metvtoons.com for more details).
2025 Summer Under the Stars: Irene Dunne
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies concludes its 2025 installment of Summer Under the Stars with a day devoted to legendary actress Irene Dunne. The lineup features 12 films, including four of the five films for which she earned Best Actress Oscar nominations: Theodora Goes Wild (1936), a screwball comedy costarring Melvyn Douglas; the Best Picture-nominated The Awful Truth (1937), another screwball classic, from Best Director winner Leo McCarey and featuring costars Cary Grant and Best Supporting Actor nominee Ralph Bellamy; Love Affair (1939), the Best Picture-nominated romantic drama favorite also directed by McCarey, and costarring Charles Boyer and Best Supporting Actress nominee Maria Ouspenskaya; and I Remember Mama (1948), the drama featuring Dunne alongside Best Supporting Actor nominee Oscar Homolka, and Best Supporting Actress nominees Barbara Bel Geddes and Ellen Corby. Other highlights include two more pairings of Dunne and Grant — the 1940 screwball comedy My Favorite Wife and the 1941 melodrama Penny Serenade, for which Grant earned a Best Actor nomination — A Guy Named Joe (1943), a romantic fantasy drama costarring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson; and a couple of musicals: Roberta (1935) and Show Boat (1936).
College Football
ABC & ESPN, beginning at 3pm Live
A rare college football Sunday features the Virginia Tech Hokies at the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Aflac Kickoff game at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on ESPN. Tonight on ABC, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are at the Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida.
NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out Southern 500
USA Network, 6pm Live
The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Round of 16 begins today at Darlington Raceway as drivers compete for 367 laps around the egg-shaped “Lady in Black” in South Carolina.
Professor T: “September Gardens”
PBS, 8pm
When Zelda (Zoë Wanamaker) brings Jasper (Ben Miller) to a retirement home to meet her date, a murder suddenly takes place. However, Dan (Barney White) and Jasper working together causes tension.
Let the Devil In
MGM+, 9pm
New Series!
This haunting and mysterious four-episode documentary series is about a decades-old tragedy that destroyed one family and ignited the darkest fears of a small New Jersey town. Witnesses, friends and community members try to make sense of the unthinkable events, some believing that Satan took hold of a vulnerable teen boy, while others believe that far more earthly demons were to blame.
The Marlow Murder Club: “Death Comes to Marlow Part 2”
PBS, 9pm
As tensions rise, the pressure on Judith (Samantha Bond), Becks (Cara Horgan) and Suzie (Jo Martin) to solve Sir Peter’s (James Wilby) death intensifies. Judith’s intrigue with a set of coded crosswords may hold the key — but they must act fast, because Sir Peter might not be the only target.
Unforgotten
PBS, 10pm
The team investigate Gerry Cooper’s past, while Jess (Sinéad Keenan) and Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) contact his widow. As they uncover darker layers about the suspects, no one is as innocent as they first appear.
Monday, Sept. 1
Hepburn & Tracy
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy remain one of Hollywood’s most iconic on- and offscreen couples. Today, enjoy seven of the nine films in which they appeared together. Earlier in the day are the Western The Sea of Grass (1947), the romantic comedy Without Love (1945) and the drama Keeper of the Flame (1942). In the afternoon and into the early evening are the pair’s beloved romantic comedies Adam’s Rib (1949); Pat and Mike (1952), which earned Hepburn a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination; Woman of the Year (1942), which was their first film together, with Hepburn earning a Best Actress Oscar nomination; and Desk Set (1957).
College Football: TCU at North Carolina
ESPN, 8pm Live
Before the NFL takes over football on Monday nights, catch this college clash between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Tar Heels at North Carolina’s Kenan Stadium.
The Chrisleys: Back to Reality
Lifetime, 8pm
New Series!
Tonight and tomorrow mark the two-part docuseries premiere of reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley’s deeply personal journey pertaining to their massive fall from grace. Convicted and sent to prison on 12 counts, including wire fraud and tax evasion, the Chrisleys share a raw look at their life before prison and their life today. The series begins in the wake of the family’s controversy and upheaval with Todd and Julie in federal prison.
American Ninja Warrior: Women’s Special Episode
NBC, 8pm
Sixteen elite female ninjas compete in head-to-head races to determine this year’s women’s champion.
The People v. Michael Jackson
A&E, 9pm
The two-part documentary (Part 2 airs Tuesday) revisits one of the most-watched celebrity court cases — the 2005 criminal trial of Michael Jackson, where Jackson was ultimately cleared of all charges, including child molestation.
Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence
Investigation Discovery, 9pm
New Series!
This four-part docuseries, airing in two-hour installments tonight and tomorrow night (Sept. 2), uncovers new insights into the twisted relationship between former mommy vlogger Ruby Franke and rogue therapist Jodi Hildebrandt. Delving into their dynamic from both women’s respective rise to power and influence within the Mormon community until their eventual arrests in 2023, the series charts the magnetic connection between the two.
Survival Mode
NBC, 10pm
Season Finale!
This docuseries that chronicles the unbreakable spirit of people who survived real-life catastrophes and disasters concludes with “The Sinking of Costa Concordia.”
POV: “DRIVER”
PBS, 10pm
Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker, fighting for a life on the road alongside other female drivers within a system that denies them the safety and autonomy they desire.
Tuesday, Sept. 2
Paul Newman Icon-a-Thon
MOVIES!, beginning at 9:55am
Catch a Classic!
Spend several hours with iconic actor Paul Newman with a lineup of six films led by the blue-eyed legend. The featured titles are The Left Handed Gun (1958), a Western that marked Arthur Penn’s directorial debut and starred Newman as Billy the Kid; Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), the sports biopic with Newman giving an attention-grabbing performance as boxer Rocky Graziano; Cool Hand Luke (1967); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), director John Huston’s Western comedy/drama led by Newman as the title character; the drama The Long, Hot Summer (1958), which featured the first onscreen pairing between Newman and his longtime partner/eventual wife, actress Joanne Woodward; and What a Way to Go! (1964), a dark comedy costarring Shirley MacLaine, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin and Gene Kelly.
Bachelor in Paradise
ABC, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 10 of the dating competition series, located in Costa Rica this year, will come to an end tonight, as fan favorites from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette continue their quests to find love — and one lucky couple will find it.
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch
History, 8pm
Season Finale!
After an explosive experiment aimed at the mysterious Bubble, the team examines the incredible phenomena they have discovered on Skinwalker Ranch with a number of world-renowned experts and scientists.
The Chrisleys: Back to Reality
Lifetime, 8pm
The second part of the two-part premiere continues to expose the raw truth of the Chrisleys’ lives — past and present — and the reality is far different from what audiences have seen before. The family faces a critical point that will either make their bond stronger or leave it shattered forever. The docuseries will air back-to-back episodes on Tuesdays through Sept. 16.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 3”
NBC, 8pm Live
In the third round of the quarterfinals, 11 acts take the stage, and viewers can vote for their three favorite acts to advance to the semifinals by using the AGT app or by going to nbc.com. The live results show will air tomorrow night (Sept. 3).
Truck Dynasty: “Hummer, but Make It Bigger”
Discovery Channel, 9pm
A repeat client wants a tall, monster-sized work truck, so the team decides to build the world’s first ever truly lifted Hummer EV — but they face challenges as the truck lacks a lift kit. Ashley sets a goal for the company to sell 25 trucks at the upcoming Palm Beach Boat Show, causing tension between Jerry Jr. and Pop over the best way to meet their sales target.
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch: Behind the Gates: “Looking Up, Down and Forward”
History, 9pm
Following the season finale, Matty Blake gets an exclusive debrief and preview of future plans from the team regarding the amazing discoveries that they made this year on Skinwalker Ranch.
Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence
Investigation Discovery, 9pm
Series Finale!
This docuseries that uncovers new insights into the twisted relationship between former mommy vlogger Ruby Franke and rogue therapist Jodi Hildebrandt concludes with a two-hour installment.
TMZ Presents: The War Over OnlyFans
FOX, 9pm
OnlyFans is either a toxic platform that destroys lives or a lifeline for wealth and fulfillment, depending on which OnlyFans model you’re talking to. TMZ shows both sides and then puts it to a vote! The documentary features interviews from Amber Rose, Angela “Blac Chyna” White, Dan Benson and an OnlyFans creator/former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor.
The Proof Is Out There: UnXplained Edition
History, 9:30pm
Season Finale!
Could a lost metropolis lie beneath the waters off Louisiana? Does a cryptic English carving point the way to the Holy Grail? Could the enigmatic Peralta Stones reveal the path to desert gold? Tony Harris and his team investigate compelling footage of ancient ruins and relics from around the world and deliver their verdict in tonight’s season finale.
Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson: “Teddy Swims”
NBC, 10pm
This programming event inspired by the “Songs & Stories” episodes of The Kelly Clarkson Show continues as guest Teddy Swims joins host Kelly Clarkson for a heartfelt, unfiltered conversation about his music and personal life, and a performance in an intimate, unplugged setting.
Wednesday, Sept. 3
Lilo & Stitch
Disney+
Feature Film Exclusive!
This live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated favorite (with some elements from that film’s animated sequels and spinoff TV series) follows lonely little girl Lilo (Maia Kealoha), who adopts Stitch (voice of Chris Sanders, who also voiced the character in the original), an alien “puppy.” Stitch eventually helps to mend Lilo’s broken family — but not without wreaking hilarious havoc on the Hawaiian Islands.
Wednesday Part 2
Netflix
New Episodes!
The final four Season 2 episodes of this series starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams drop today. Wednesday has been renewed for Season 3.
Family Law: “Knowing Me, Knowing You”
The CW, 8pm
Daniel (Zach Smadu) represents an 18-year-old man suing his mother for posting embarrassing videos of him online throughout his childhood.
Mountain Men
History, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In tonight’s Season 14 premiere titled “Life on the Line,” we are introduced to newcomers Chance and Soraya Painter, both 28, who are raising two young kids as they begin carving out a homestead in remote Alaskan bush country. But life in the wild is just as grueling today as it was for the original frontiersmen — only now, walking away from the modern world takes even more grit, and spirit is tested like never before. Seasoned legends like Marty Meierotto and Mike Horstman continue their tireless fight against the elements, refusing to let go of the rugged independence they’ve spent a lifetime building. And for 81-year-old icon Tom Oar, this season could mark the moment he decides whether to keep going or hand off the torch. Legacies hang in the balance as each mountain man confronts a defining crossroads.
The Last Wright
Magnolia Network, 8pm
New Series!
Follow hosts Sarah and Debbie as they take on the project of a lifetime — building a home from plans that were on Frank Lloyd Wright’s drawing table when he died. But first, the town must approve their plans, and they pay a visit to Wright’s legendary Fallingwater for inspiration.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 3 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.
TCM Spotlight: Edith Head
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Each Wednesday night this month, Turner Classic Movies shines a spotlight on legendary costume designer Edith Head with lineups of films showcasing examples of the dazzling work that earned her eight Oscar wins out of 35 nominations over her nearly 60-year career that began in the silent era and encompassed work on over 1,000 movies. Tonight’s initial lineup features highlights from Head’s earlier years (before Best Costume Design was created as an Oscar category in 1948; otherwise she surely would have at least had nominations for some of these): the war drama Wings (1927), the first film to win the Best Picture Oscar; Love Me Tonight (1932), a musical comedy led by Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald; the Mae West/Cary Grant comedy She Done Him Wrong (1933); director John Ford’s South Seas-set drama The Hurricane (1937), led by Dorothy Lamour; the classic film noir Double Indemnity (1944), one of several films on which Head designed outfits for Barbara Stanwyck, who was one of many top female stars of the era who considered Head a favorite creative collaborator; and Going My Way (1944), the Best Picture Oscar-winning musical comedy/drama led by Best Actor winner Bing Crosby and Best Supporting Actor winner (and also, somehow, Best Actor nominee) Barry Fitzgerald.
Expedition X: “Curse of the Conjuring”
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Phil Torres and Heather Amaro travel to the location of the original Conjuring House to investigate a family’s claims that similar dark paranormal activity is haunting their home. Could the Warrens’ unfinished business be terrorizing another family?
NFL Classics: After Further Review
Vice, 9pm
New Series!
Get a fresh take on some of the NFL’s most remarkable games of recent memory with commentary from stars who played in them and devoted celebrity fans who watched the games live. In the premiere episode, Dallas Cowboys greats Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith relive the 1995 season’s NFC championship win over the Green Bay Packers that helped propel their dynasty toward another Super Bowl.
Ghost Adventures: House Calls: “Freemont Home Invasion”
Discovery Channel, 10pm
Zak Bagans’ team braces for a chaotic spiritual storm when they are called to Ohio to help a couple reclaim their historic dream home from a horde of aggressive ghosts. Could the discovery of children’s letters and the incredible capture of a childlike form reveal the culprit?
Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head
Comedy Central, 10:30pm
Season Premiere!
It’s a new era of stupid. The animated comedy following the misadventures of the classic MTV misfit metalheads returns for Season 3.
Thursday, Sept. 4
Noir to Die For!
MOVIES!, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Enjoy nearly 24 hours of film noir classics from the genre’s heyday with “Noir to Die For!,” a programming block that MOVIES! airs each Thursday. Today’s lineup features The Gangster (1947), with Barry Sullivan and Belita; In a Lonely Place (1950), starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame; High Sierra (1941), led by Bogart and Ida Lupino; Nora Prentiss (1947), featuring Ann Sheridan and Kent Smith; Bogie and George Raft in They Drive by Night (1940); Don’t Bother to Knock (1952), starring Marilyn Monroe and Richard Widmark; On Dangerous Ground (1951), led by Lupino and Robert Ryan; Bogart again in Knock on Any Door (1949), also featuring John Derek; another Bogart-led title, Marked Woman (1937), also with Bette Davis; one more Bogart picture, Conflict (1945), which also stars Alexis Smith; and The Man I Love (1946), starring Lupino alongside Robert Alda.
All the Queen’s Men
BET+
Season Finale!
The second half of Season 4 comes to a close for this steamy drama executive produced by Tyler Perry and led by Eva Marcille as Marilyn “Madam” Deville, owner of a high-class male strip club in Atlanta.
Lynley
BritBox
New Series!
Tommy Lynley (Leo Suter) is a brilliant police detective but an outsider in the force — simply by virtue of his aristocratic upbringing. He is paired with Barbara Havers (Sofia Barclay), a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background. With seemingly nothing in common and against all odds, the mismatched duo of Lynley and Havers becomes a formidable team, bonded by their desire to see justice done. New episodes of this British crime drama are available Thursdays beginning today.
The Paper
Peacock
New Series!
This highly anticipated spinoff of The Office features a group of volunteer reporters attempting to revive a floundering Midwestern newspaper called the Toledo Truth Teller, with Oscar Nuñez reprising his role as Oscar.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva
Paramount+
New Series!
In the Budapest-set NCIS spinoff, beloved agents Tony DiNozzo and former Mossad operative Ziva David are back, and behind bars is just one of the dangerous places they find themselves in the long-hoped-for series that features two twisty mysteries. One centers on the crime case that includes that prison pit stop. The other, and maybe more puzzling for longtime fans, is why the pair, who have more chemistry than a million periodic tables, have split up. Answers will come.
NFL Football: Dallas at Philadelphia
NBC, 8:15pm Live
Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field will be rocking for the NFL’s regular-season kickoff extravaganza as the Super Bowl LIX champion Eagles host the Cowboys in an NFC East rivalry matchup.
Interrogation Raw
A&E, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The true-crime series explores the delicate twists and turns of some of the most fascinating interrogations ever done. Each episode reveals every tactic, every make-or-break moment that occurs within those four walls.
Friday, Sept. 5
College Football
BTN, ESPN2 & FS1, beginning at 7pm Live
James Madison at Louisville (ESPN2), Western Illinois at Northwestern and Northern Illinois at Maryland (BTN), and Eastern Washington at Boise State (FS1) are on Friday night’s college football slate.
Interracial Romance — Part 1
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight and next Friday, Sept. 12, Turner Classic Movies presents films featuring interracial couples, many of which were produced during times when onscreen portrayals of these loving pairs were considered socially unacceptable at best, if not outright shocking, to many people — and when such real-life relationships were even illegal in some places in America. Tonight’s lineup leads off with the first adaptation of the stage musical Show Boat (1936), which, among its characters, features Helen Morgan as a part-Black actress “passing” as white who is married to a white man. Next is the drama Island in the Sun (1957), led by Harry Belafonte (who performs the title song), Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge and Stephen Boyd, which caused controversy with its tale of race relations and interracial romance on a fictional Caribbean island. Belafonte also leads the next title, The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959), a postapocalyptic sci-fi film in which he plays one of three survivors (along with Inger Stevens and Mel Ferrer). Then, Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman, earning a Best Actress Oscar nomination in her film debut, headline the drama A Patch of Blue (1965), about the increasingly close friendship between an educated Black man and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl. The lineup concludes early tomorrow with The Grasshopper (1970), a drama led by Jacqueline Bisset and Jim Brown.
Zillow Gone Wild: “Bottle-ottle-ottle”
HGTV, 9:30pm
Off to find more wild homes, Jack McBrayer climbs up to a treetop oasis made from salvaged materials. Then, he tours a property made of glass bottles and visits a 19th-century home that turned three structures into one unexpected residence.
Mysteries From Above: “Extraordinarily Out of the Ordinary”
History, 10pm
Tonight’s episode shares the stories of a floating, spinning island in Argentina, a giant triangle in the Arizona desert, mysterious multicolored pools in Northern Ethiopia and the giant figure of a man hidden in the Australian outback.
Saturday, Sept. 6
College Football
ABC, CBS, The CW, ESPN, ESPN2, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
Top matchups include Iowa at Iowa State (FOX), Virginia at NC State (ESPN2), Baylor at SMU (The CW), Ole Miss at Kentucky (ABC), Kansas at Missouri (ESPN2), Oklahoma State at Oregon (CBS), Fresno State at Oregon State (The CW), Army at Kansas State (ESPN), Arizona State at Mississippi State (ESPN2), Michigan at Oklahoma (ABC), Boston College at Michigan State (NBC) and Stanford at BYU (ESPN).
Lawrence of Arabia
TCM, 1:30pm
Catch a Classic!
David Lean’s sprawling 1962 historical epic won seven of the 10 Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, and Best Director for Lean. Oscar nominee Peter O’Toole stars as T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united diverse Arab tribes to fight the Turks during World War I. Oscar nominee Omar Sharif and Alec Guinness are also among the cast in a nearly four-hour-long tale that definitely does not feel that long thanks not only to its terrific direction and performances, but also to its Oscar-winning cinematography by Freddie Young and Maurice Jarre’s iconic, Oscar-winning musical score.
Tennis: US Open: Women’s 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
Viewers will see the San Francisco Giants at the St. Louis Cardinals, the Houston Astros at the Texas Rangers or the Minnesota Twins at the Kansas City Royals on FOX’s Saturday MLB regional broadcast.
Crossroad Springs: “Wolf on the Range”
Great American Family, 8pm
Tensions flare in the quiet ranching town of Crossroad Springs, as a wolf sighting stirs fear and conflict among the locals. James (Jonathan Stoddard), a visiting pastor torn between his duties in Chicago and his roots on the ranch, finds solace in an old barn where he reflects with Aunt Amy (Kate Drummond).
Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie: “The Creature Walks Among Us”
MeTV, 8pm
Sven introduces 1956’s The Creature Walks Among Us, the third and final entry in Universal’s classic Creature From the Black Lagoon franchise. This one finds the Gill-man, played by Ricou Browning in the water and Don Megowan on land, captured by scientists and turning into an air-breather who can survive out of the water, but who still ends up on a rampage against the humans who just won’t leave him alone.
Have I Got News for You
CNN, 9pm
Season Premiere!
This American version of the U.K. show returns for Season 3, with host Roy Wood Jr. and team captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black guiding a rotating collection of guests through an array of games and quick-witted panel conversations that test their knowledge of current events.
Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller: “Black Market Love”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Host Mariana Van Zeller investigates the global surge in anti-LGBTQ+ violence.
Naming the Dead
Nat Geo, 10pm
Season Finale!
This docuseries’ first season concludes with “The Man on Fire.” In 1996, a young man was burned alive in Atlanta. Who was he? Investigators team up with the DNA Doe Project to identify him and find his family.