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Monday, Sept. 8
In the Name of Love
Viaplay
New Series!
This eight-part series is based on director Bård Breien’s unconventional childhood and follows the Bang family, who built their fortune through underground porn in conservative 1970s Norway. As the series begins in the 1990s, one of their sons, Balder (Jakob Oftebro), hopes for a peaceful family gathering at his daughter’s baptism — until his estranged father, Lars (Trond Espen Seim), arrives uninvited, dragging decades of buried secrets back into the open. What follows is a provocative, heartfelt journey through the past of two brothers — Balder and Bjørnar (Jonas Oftebro) raised by two very different parents: Lars, a wealthy porn businessman who viewed eroticism as a political and social protest, and their mother, Anne-Lise (Maria Bonnevie), a discreet feminist and primary school teacher determined to keep the business a secret. Blending coming-of-age drama, dark comedy and emotional family reckoning, In the Name of Love charts the rise and fall of a family empire built on adult entertainment. As past and present collide, Balder is forced to confront the legacy he tried to leave behind — and ask whether love can survive the truth. Two new episodes premiere weekly every Monday through Sept. 29.
Her Mother’s Killer
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In the second season of this Colombian telenovela, with Mejía in prison, Analía (Carolina Gómez) and Pablo (George Slebi) look to their future. But a relentless new enemy threatens to destroy everything they’ve built.
NFL Football: Minnesota at Chicago
ABC & ESPN, 8pm Live
Soldier Field in Chicago hosts Week 1’s Monday Night Football matchup as the Minnesota Vikings take on the Bears in an NFC North rivalry game.
LEGO Masters Jr.
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
Kelly Osbourne hosts the season finale of this LEGO Masters spinoff featuring duos of LEGO enthusiasts from ages 9-17 competing for $50,000 and the ultimate LEGO trophy. Find out which builders and their celebrity teammates impressed judges Amy Corbett and Boone Langston with their creations.
Star of the Month: Peter Sellers (100th Birthday)
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Richard Henry Sellers, better known as comedic acting genius Peter Sellers, would have turned 100 today (he was born Sept. 8, 1925, in Southsea, Portsmouth, England; he died in London on July 24, 1980, at the age of 54). Sellers is celebrated with lineups of his memorable films Monday nights this month beginning tonight with five of his earlier British films: the dark comedy The Ladykillers (1955), costarring Alec Guinness and Herbert Lom, with whom Sellers would later memorably re-team in the Pink Panther movies; Your Past Is Showing (1957); the satirical comedy The Mouse That Roared (1959), one of several films in which Sellers took on multiple roles (he plays three here); I’m All Right Jack (1960); and Tom Thumb (1958). — Jeff Pfeiffer
The Quiz With Balls
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
Two musical families belt out answers and try to knock each other off key. See who has what it takes to stay dry and win a cash prize in the Season 2 finale “Pitch Perfect.” Jay Pharoah hosts.
POV: “The Age of Water”
PBS, 10pm
Following the deaths of three children in a rural Mexican community, the discovery of dangerous radioactivity leads to community backlash and government denial.
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Tuesday, Sept. 9
Jacques Tourneur Tribute
TCM, beginning at 6am
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Enjoy nine films helmed by Jacques Tourneur, the French American filmmaker who directed stylish and atmospheric works across a variety of genres, perhaps notably a few of the famed horror movies produced by Val Lewton, but also dramas, romances and films noir. Today’s Tourneur salute features They All Come Out (1939), a crime drama that was Tourneur’s Hollywood directorial debut; two Lewton-produced thrillers, Cat People (1942) and The Leopard Man (1943); Days of Glory (1944), the war drama that marked the film debuts of stars Tamara Toumanova and Gregory Peck; the 1944 melodrama Experiment Perilous; Out of the Past (1947), the legendary film noir led by Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas; the Joel McCrea-led Western Stars in My Crown (1950); Easy Living (1949), a drama starring Victor Mature and Lucille Ball; and the Western Great Day in the Morning (1956), featuring Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack and Ruth Roman. — Jeff Pfeiffer
The 1% Club
FOX, 8pm
A litigation attorney, a science teacher and a Whitney Houston superfan are among the contestants as the quiz show continues with the new episodes “Singles Night: She Might Be Out of Your League” and “Singles Night: Don’t Wanna Be a Nurse or a Purse.” Joel McHale hosts.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 4”
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. 10).
Truck Dynasty: “Blood Red Redemption”
Discovery Channel, 9pm
A repeat client, Kim, calls as the company is about to leave their old shop. He wants an off-roading truck to comfortably seat his 11-person family, so Joe must find a way to cram three more rows of seats into the bed of this truck. Meanwhile, Ashley’s hands are full with her family again — Pop and Frank revolt when Joe changes how sales calls are handled. Can Ashley quell the rebellion?
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
HBO, 9pm
New Series!
This two-part series (concluding tomorrow night, Sept. 10) takes a journey through the history of Black representation on television, showcasing how Black artists and creators both shaped and revolutionized the medium while confronting the systemic challenges that have often undermined their contributions.
The Tech Bro Murders
Investigation Discovery, 10pm
New Series!
This true-crime docuseries explores the dark side of Silicon Valley, where brilliance and madness collide with sinister consequences. Guided by retired Palo Alto P.D. Detective Sandra Brown, the series unpacks some of the most shocking and twisted murder cases going back to the early days of the tech boom. In tonight’s series premiere episode, “Killer Code,” police have a puzzle to solve when they find a gifted programmer and a jilted lover at the scene of the murder of a beloved 62-year-old Menlo Park, California, resident. As they work to get to the bottom of who is responsible, the investigation leads them in an unexpected direction.
Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson
NBC, 10pm
Season Finale!
This programming event inspired by the “Songs & Stories” episodes of The Kelly Clarkson Show concludes as guest Lizzo joins host Kelly Clarkson for a heartfelt, unfiltered conversation about her music and personal life, and a performance in an intimate, unplugged setting.
Wednesday, Sept. 10
The Dead Girls
Netflix
New Series!
Based on the novel by Jorge Ibargüengoitia, this series dramatizes how the Baladro sisters built a brothel empire and became merciless killers in 1960s Mexico.
Love Is Blind: France
Netflix
New Series!
This latest international entry in the popular dating reality franchise follows French singles who date and get engaged — sight unseen — while divided into pods. Luthna Plocus and Teddy Riner host.
Match Game
ABC, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the final episode of the season, celebrity contestants include Adam Pally, Randall Park, Kal Penn, Ana Gasteyer, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Beanie Feldstein.
Family Law: “Valley of the Dolls”
The CW, 8pm
Daniel (Zach Smadu) must convince the court his client is in a stable, monogamous relationship with an AI doll; Abby (Jewel Staite) represents a grieving mother who wants to delete an AI replica her ex made of their deceased daughter.
MasterChef: Dynamic Duos: “Road to the Finale”
FOX, 8pm
In this special new episode, catch a recap of the highlights and lowlights from Season 15 ahead of next week’s two-hour season finale.
America’s Got Talent: “Quarterfinals 4 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.
Big Cats 24/7
PBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
An elite team of wildlife filmmakers returns to Botswana’s Okavango Delta to follow the dramatic lives of its big cats, day and night. Season 2 sees the return of a familiar cast of human and feline characters, and begins with two episodes tonight. In “The Rogue Boys,” lionesses hunt nonstop to feed growing cubs; leopardess Xudum moves on, and the new mom, Lediba, steps into the spotlight; and Pobe the cheetah returns with two cubs of her own. Then, “Under Siege” shows how these fierce moms defend their young from various threats.
TCM Spotlight: Edith Head
TCM, beginning at 8pm
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Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Wednesday night spotlight on legendary costume designer Edith Head continues with a lineup of titles representing just some of her domination in both Oscar nominations and wins. The Best Costume Design category was not created until 1948, when Head was already about two decades into her career, but once it was implemented, she was a pretty regularly announced name in that category, for films like the first four titles featured in tonight’s lineup: The Heiress (1949; Best Costume Design winner, shared with Gile Steele); All About Eve (1950; winner, shared with Charles Le Maire); Samson and Delilah (1949; winner, shared with Steele, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen and Gwen Wakeling); and Pocketful of Miracles (1961; nominee, shared with Walter Plunkett). Closing out the lineup early tomorrow is the comedy Critic’s Choice (1963), led by Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, who look stylish in Head’s outfits despite the designer not getting any nomination here. — Jeff Pfeiffer
Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
Chef Gordon Ramsay goes on his final Season 1 mission in this series that has him going undercover to find out what’s really going on at struggling restaurants and offer solutions to the owners.
“Downton Abbey” Celebrates the Grand Finale
NBC, 9pm
Ahead of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, a historical drama based on the popular TV series that opens in theaters this Friday, Sept. 12, take a sneak peek in this hourlong special.
Sacred Planet With Gulnaz Khan
PBS, 10pm
New Series!
Using a cinematic approach, this four-part hourlong series presented by environmental journalist Gulnaz Khan offers an examination of how climate change is impacting some of the most hallowed places on Earth, and how faith leaders worldwide are seeking to mitigate the worst consequences of the climate crisis by drawing on traditional knowledge, practices and beliefs. The series premiere episode finds Khan in the sacred mountains of Colombia with the Arhuaco people, who carry a vital message for humanity.
Thursday, Sept. 11
Zatima
BET+
Season Premiere!
The fourth season of this drama from Tyler Perry picks up again with two episodes available Thursdays through Oct. 9. The series continues to follow Zac (Devale Ellis) and Fatima (Crystal Renee Hayslett) as they prepare for parenthood while navigating deep emotional scars, complicated friendships and explosive entanglements.
Diary of a Ditched Girl
Netflix
New Series!
Carla Sehn leads this romantic comedy from Sweden as Amanda, a 31-year-old who embarks on a summer of intense dating, desperately craving to be loved and trying everything. Together with her friends, they try to find new dates for each other while debating big questions like: Why is it so hard to find love? And how many times can you venture into the world with your heart on your sleeve only to have it stepped on once again?
Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black
Netflix
Season Premiere!
Picking up after the first season cliffhanger, in which Horace (Ricco Ross) announced Chicago club dancer Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams) as his new wife, aka the new woman leading the Beauty in Black cosmetics empire, Season 2 of this drama continues Kimmie’s journey as she steps into her power as the newest member of the Bellarie family — which doesn’t sit well with the other members.
Forbidden Planet
TCM, 10:45am
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This 1956 sci-fi classic earned an Oscar nomination for its visual effects (which brought to life, among other things, the iconic character of Robby the Robot). But it should also have been nominated for its groundbreaking, all-electronic musical score, and the film’s relatively deep themes (compared to other ’50s sci-fi flicks) rise from it being a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. While some of its plot may have been inspired by the Bard, the pioneering film also influenced others in its own way, as its ideas and style (including sets of extraordinary scale) would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages in the following decades. Leslie Nielsen (deadly serious here in his days prior to his late-career resurgence as a comedic favorite in spoof films like Airplane!) plays the commander who brings his spaceship crew to the green-skied world that is home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis) … and to a mysterious terror. Forbidden Planet is a highlight among TCM’s lineup this morning and afternoon featuring films that, through their stories and special effects, speculated — some more successfully than others — on how various forms of space travel could be achieved. It is preceded by Queen of Outer Space (1958) and From the Earth to the Moon (1958). It is followed by World Without End (1956), Satellite in the Sky (1956), and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its 1984 sequel, 2010. — Jeff Pfeiffer
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
Thursday night MLB regional action on FOX gives viewers either the N.Y. Mets at the Philadelphia Phillies or the Kansas City Royals at the Cleveland Guardians.
College Football: NC State at Wake Forest
ESPN, 7:30pm Live
Two North Carolina foes in the ACC meet at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium in Winston-Salem as the NC State Wolfpack visit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
NFL Football: Washington at Green Bay
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, brings Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders to take on Jordan Love and the Packers on Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football.
Friday, Sept. 12
The Wrong Paris
Netflix
Original Film!
Miranda Cosgrove leads this romantic comedy as a young woman who joins a dating show thinking that it takes place in Paris, France — but it is actually in Paris, Texas. She plots a way to get eliminated, until her unexpected feelings for the show’s bachelor (Pierson Fodé) complicate her plans.
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
Disney Channel, 7pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 2, Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown) grapples with the fact that being part of the Russo family might be more complicated than she thought — especially now that she’s not the only wizard in the house. Thanks to Roman and Milo’s (Alkaio Thiele and Max Matenko) new magical powers, Justin (David Henrie) is now tasked with training three young wizards for the Family Wizard Competition. As the stakes rise inside and outside the family, a mysterious new threat emerges, one that could unravel the Russos forever. Selena Gomez returns in her guest-starring role as Alex, and new guest stars include Freya Skye, Kirsten Vangsness and Harvey Guillén.
College Football
ESPN & FOX, beginning at 7:30pm Live
Friday night’s college football action features Colorado at Houston on ESPN and Kansas State at Arizona on FOX.
Interracial Romance — Part 2
TCM, beginning at 8pm
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After beginning last Friday, Turner Classic Movies tonight airs its second of two lineups of 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 One Potato, Two Potato (1964), a drama centering on the romance and marriage between a white woman (Barbara Barrie) and a Black man (Bernie Hamilton). Following that is one of the most iconic entries among movies with this theme: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967), Stanley Kramer’s acclaimed and important drama that was one of the earliest American films to feature an interracial marriage in a positive manner. It follows a young white woman (Katharine Houghton) who brings home her Black fiancé (Sidney Poitier) to meet her parents (Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn and Oscar nominee Spencer Tracy in their ninth and final onscreen pairing; Tracy’s final film role), who must grapple with their concerns about the engagement. Next is the TCM premiere of writer/director Spike Lee’s romantic drama Jungle Fever (1991), which explores an extramarital interracial relationship between a Black architect (Wesley Snipes) and his Italian American temp secretary (Annabella Sciorra). Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, and Halle Berry and Queen Latifah in their film debuts costar. Finishing things up in late night and early tomorrow are All Night Long (1962), a British drama based on Shakespeare’s Othello and set in the London jazz scene, led by Paul Harris, Marti Stevens, Patrick McGoohan and Betsy Blair (along with several jazz greats appearing as themselves, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus); and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), a Cannes-acclaimed West German drama about a romance that develops between an elderly German woman (Brigitte Mira) and a Moroccan migrant worker (El Hedi ben Salem). — Jeff Pfeiffer
Lost in the Jungle
Nat Geo, 9pm
After a deadly plane crash strands four young siblings deep within the Colombian rainforest, a dramatic rescue mission unfolds, uniting Indigenous trackers and the military in a race against time. For the first time, this incredible true story that made headlines around the world is told from the children’s perspective, alongside that of the rescuers who scoured the Amazon for a grueling 40 days and nights to find them.
Saturday, Sept. 13
College Football
ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
Saturday’s best games on the college gridiron include Oregon at Northwestern (FOX), Georgia at Tennessee (ABC), USC at Purdue (CBS), Oregon State at Texas Tech (FOX), South Florida at Miami (The CW), Florida at LSU (ABC) and Texas A&M at Notre Dame (NBC).
NASCAR Cup Series: Bass Pro Shops Night Race
USA Network, 7:30pm Live
The playoffs Round of 16 concludes with this 500-lap race around Tennessee’s famed Bristol Motor Speedway. Four drivers will be eliminated from the playoffs heading into next week’s Round of 12 at New Hampshire.
The Groomsmen: Second Chances
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Network Premiere!
Danny (Jonathan Bennett) finds the courage to admit his romantic feelings for his best friend when he is asked to be the best man at his wedding in Greece.
A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Newlywed and soon-to-be mother Lisa Aguilar (Keana Lyn Bastidas) discovers her husband (Jon McLaren) is living a double life just before she is viciously attacked in her own home in this thriller based on a true story. When she and her unborn baby are left for dead, Lisa miraculously survives and begins to unravel a horrifying truth: The man she trusted most may have tried to kill her.
Humphrey Bogart & John Huston
TCM, beginning at 8pm
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Two of the most legendary among the several collaborations between star Humphrey Bogart and director John Huston, both from 1948, are featured in tonight’s double feature. First up is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Huston won Oscars for his screenplay adaptation of B. Traven’s novel of the same name and for directing this masterful study of greed that was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Bogart and Tim Holt star as Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, down-on-their-luck American vagrants in 1925 Mexico who team up with a grizzled prospector named Howard (Huston’s father Walter, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) in search of gold in the central Mexican wilds. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits (who famously “ain’t got no badges”), the elements and, most especially, greed threaten to turn their success into disaster. Following that is Key Largo, Huston’s film noir classic that featured Bogie and Lauren Bacall in the last of their four memorable big-screen pairings together. Bogart plays disillusioned returning Army veteran Frank McCloud, who goes to the title island to visit the family of a man who died under his command in Italy during World War II. The family owns a hotel in Key Largo, and there Frank finds himself tangling with ruthless gangster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) when the two of them and a few other visitors are trapped by a hurricane in the hotel. Lionel Barrymore and Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Claire Trevor also star. — Jeff Pfeiffer
Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller: “Underground Street Racing”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Host Mariana Van Zeller investigates the deadly world of illegal street racing.
Boxing: Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford
Netflix, 9pm Live
Two of boxing’s most dominant forces — undisputed Super Middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Álvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) and undefeated four-division superstar Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) — will face off in a fight for the unified Super Middleweight championship at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.