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Thursday, Sept. 18
Black Rabbit
Netflix
New Series!
Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, this dramatic thriller centers around two brothers who learn just how far family, and the pursuit of success, can push them to the edge. Jake Friedkin (Jude Law) is the charismatic owner of Black Rabbit, a restaurant and VIP lounge that is poised to become New York’s hottest spot. But when his brother, Vince (Jason Bateman), returns to the business unexpectedly, trouble soon follows.
Sounds of Summer (Sommartider)
Viaplay
This film is the high-energy, music-filled and “almost true” story of Swedish pop sensation Gyllene Tider, one of the country’s most successful bands ever. Fronted by Per Gessle, who would later become the cofounder of Roxette, the band lit up the charts with infectious pop-rock anthems in the early 1980s. It begins with Gessle’s (Valdemar Wahlbeck) all-consuming love for music, and his bond with fellow teenage musicians who begin jamming together in their small town of Halmstad, sparking big dreams of pop stardom. Even with a sickly father dismissing Gessle’s ambitions and constant jibes about his singing or lack of a “real job,” Per becomes even more determined to prove them wrong. Sounds of Summer captures the band’s highs and lows on the road to chart-topping fame — sweaty rehearsals, intimate local gigs and recording sessions that would yield Swedish pop classics. We see their clashes with skeptical record executives in Stockholm, their early tours around Sweden, and their growing bond as friends and musicians. Their perseverance culminates in the runaway success of “Sommartider” in 1982, cementing their place in Sweden’s pop culture history. Although they officially disbanded in 1985, Gyllene Tider has reunited several times since. With heart, humor, and plenty of toe-tapping music, Sounds of Summer is a love letter to the power of friendship, determination, and chasing dreams.
MLB Baseball
FOX, 7pm Live
Viewers will see either the N.Y. Yankees at the Baltimore Orioles or the Chicago Cubs at the Cincinnati Reds on FOX’s Thursday night MLB regional broadcast.
NFL Football: Miami at Buffalo
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
AFC East foes clash at Buffalo’s Highmark Stadium as the Miami Dolphins take on Josh Allen and the Bills on Thursday Night Football.
Dolphins Up Close With Bertie Gregory
Nat Geo, 9pm
Famed wildlife cinematographer Bertie Gregory is in the Azores, a marine sanctuary and vital pit stop for migrating ocean predators off the coast of Portugal. It’s feeding season, and thousands of normally elusive predators, including dolphins, join forces to hunt and feed on super-shoals of fish known as “bait balls.” Gregory and his team are challenged by the vast ocean and storms as they attempt to film this spectacular feeding frenzy.
The Best Years of Our Lives
TCM, 9pm
Catch a Classic!
This powerful drama about World War II veterans readjusting to life back home earned William Wyler a Best Director Oscar along with wins for Best Picture, Best Actor (Fredric March) and Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell, an actual war veteran who had lost both hands during his service). The film is part of an evening devoted to Wyler and classics that he directed; it is preceded by a 2025 documentary called 40 Takes Willy, and it is followed by the films Friendly Persuasion (1956) and Ben-Hur (1959).
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Friday, Sept. 19
Dreamscape
MOVIES!, 10:35pm
Catch a Classic!
About three months before the original A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in November 1984, this other terrific and more underrated film about bad dreams came out and is worth a look or re-look. It stars Dennis Quaid as a young man with psychic abilities who is recruited into a university’s sleep-research program — whose leaders are played by Max von Sydow and Kate Capshaw — that has come up with a way for certain people to mentally enter the dreams of others and help them overcome fears or other psychological issues. Unfortunately, a shadowy government operative (Christopher Plummer) takes over the project with a more sinister use in mind — he wants to be able to assassinate people by killing them in their nightmares, and one of his planned targets is the president of the United States (Eddie Albert). Like Elm Street, Dreamscape has some creatively imagined nightmare sequences, and is also accompanied by a cool, synth-based musical score (by Maurice Jarre). It isn’t as violent as Wes Craven’s slasher film, but it does have its intense moments (Dreamscape was the second film to be released with the new PG-13 rating in the summer of ’84), especially within the president’s bad dreams about a nuclear holocaust, and in a troubled boy’s recurring nightmares about being pursued by a horrifying snake-man. — Jeff Pfeiffer
Billionaires’ Bunker
Netflix
New Series!
Described as “an excessive and surprising emotional X-ray of billionaires living in a ‘golden hole,’” this Spanish thriller is about a group of ultra-rich people who are forced to coexist in a luxury bunker designed to withstand any imaginable catastrophe after accidentally locking themselves in due to the threat of an unprecedented global conflict. Isolated underground and with no possibility of escape, they reveal their personalities and uncover their most unconfessable secrets. But the most unexpected alliances also emerge.
Haunted Hotel
Netflix
New Series!
Matt Roller (Krapopolis, Rick and Morty) created this adult animated comedy about a single mother of two (voice of Eliza Coupe) who struggles to run the Undervale, a hotel that happens to be haunted. Luckily, she has some help from her estranged brother (Will Forte) … who is now one of the ghosts and thinks that his fellow phantoms have some pretty good ideas.
She Said Maybe
Netflix
Original Film!
In this German romantic comedy/drama, Mavi, a German-raised woman, learns of her Turkish noble heritage and enters a world of luxury, which challenges her relationship as she navigates her newfound identity.
College Football
ESPN & FOX, beginning at 7pm Live
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane visit Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater for a Friday night tussle with the Oklahoma State Cowboys on ESPN. On FOX, the Iowa Hawkeyes are at the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a Big Ten matchup.
CBS Fall First Look
CBS, 8pm
Get a star-studded preview of the new shows and returning favorites coming to CBS this fall TV season.
Scariest House in America
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this fun series finds Retta touring three scary homes in the Eerie East, each vying for the chance at a $150,000 makeover by designer Alison Victoria. It’s between a haunted mansion with a scary urban legend, an old jail still haunted by former inmates and a horrifying historical home with a frightening surprise in the attic.
Saturday, Sept. 20
FOX News Channel New Weekend Lineup
FOX News Channel, beginning at 6am
FOX News Channel adds new shows, expands some others and shuffles its lineup of hosts and anchors beginning this weekend. Outnumbered’s Kayleigh McEnany hosts her own program Saturday in America With Kayleigh McEnany at 10am on Saturdays, while Griff Jenkins will join FOX & Friends Weekend (Saturdays and Sundays, 6am) as the third cohost. Beginning Sunday at 11am, FNC debuts The Sunday Briefing, anchored by senior White House correspondents Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich, who will rotate weekly as solo hosts. Howie Kurtz steps down as host of MediaBuzz and transitions to a political media analyst role on the network. Additionally, Johnny Joey Jones and Tomi Lahren have been named two of the four cohosts of The Big Weekend Show as the ensemble program expands to three hours (Saturdays and Sundays, 5pm).
College Football
CBS & NBC, beginning at 3:30pm Live
Highlights of Saturday’s college football action include Michigan at Nebraska (CBS), Purdue at Notre Dame (NBC) and Washington at Washington State (CBS).
The Groomsmen: Last Dance
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Network Premiere!
Jackson (Tyler Hynes) moves to Italy to be near his daughter, but a chance meeting with a café owner and some meddling friends may lead to a second chance at love.
The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Based on the true story of Alina Thompson, this 1980s-set thriller follows an aspiring teenage model (Brielle Robillard) in Los Angeles who gets caught in a dangerous web of obsession when she sneaks off to attend an amateur casting call and meets up-and-coming photographer — and serial killer — William Bradford (Steve Byers).
Lucy & Desi
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, of course, most famously costarred in the classic TV sitcom I Love Lucy, but they also appeared together on the big screen, including in the films that make up tonight’s double feature: the musical comedy Too Many Girls (1940) and the comedy The Long, Long Trailer (1953, made during the height of their TV show’s popularity), in which they play newlyweds who buy a trailer home and take it on the road for their honeymoon, only to run into various misadventures.
Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller
Nat Geo, 9pm
Season Finale!
Season 5 concludes with “Shark Hunters,” in which host Mariana Van Zeller investigates the underground market for shark fins.
Sunday, Sept. 21
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September
CBS, 8pm
“Do you remember … the 21st night of September?” It’s always worth remembering Earth, Wind & Fire’s classic song “September” at any time, but it — and the band — especially come to mind each Sept. 21 thanks to that iconic opening line. So, it is fitting that the Grammy organization would hold its latest salute to a legendary artist, in this case the titular R&B group, on that night. The band will be joined by the LA Philharmonic, and Stevie Wonder, Jonas Brothers, Jon Batiste and Janelle Monáe will make special appearances.
99 to Beat
FOX, 8pm
Sneak Preview!
Catch a preview of this new game show before it moves to its regular Wednesday night slot. 99 to Beat has 100 contestants going head-to-head in visually distinctive and hilarious games. Each round will see the number of players whittled down until one person is left standing and they take home the top prize of $1 million. Ken Jeong and Erin Andrews host.
The Chicken Sisters: “Storm’s Brewing, Y’all”
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
A storm comes to town; led by Nancy’s (Lea Thompson) brave example, all of Merinac bands together to help their friends, family and neighbors.
Professor T: “The Perfect Murder”
PBS, 8pm
Adelaide’s (Frances de la Tour) painting is vandalized, and the gallery owner is killed, but Jasper (Ben Miller) is distracted from the case when he learns of a DNA test being done on him and the dean.
Happy 75th Birthday, Bill Murray
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Actor/comedian Bill Murray turns 75 today (he was born Sept. 21, 1950, in Evanston, Illinois). To celebrate the legendary funnyman’s big day, TCM presents the network premieres of two of his big-screen comedies. First up is Meatballs (1979), which finds Murray playing the leader of counselors-in-training at a cut-rate summer camp, in his first starring role in a film (and his first movie, overall). It was also Murray’s first of several memorable teamings with director Ivan Reitman and cowriter Harold Ramis. After that is Quick Change (1990), which Murray also codirected (with Howard Franklin). Murray, Geena Davis and Randy Quaid play a trio of fed-up New Yorkers who decide to pull off a bank robbery. The heist turns out to be the easy part; being able to smoothly get out of the Big Apple poses challenges of a much greater sort. — Jeff Pfeiffer
NFL Football: Kansas City at N.Y. Giants
NBC, 8:15pm Live
Patrick Mahomes leads the Kansas City Chiefs into MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to square off with Russell Wilson and the N.Y. Giants.
FOX Fall Preview
FOX, 9pm
Get the latest scoop on all the new and returning shows on the FOX lineup this fall.
Let the Devil In
MGM+, 9pm
Series Finale!
This haunting and mysterious documentary series about a decades-old tragedy that destroyed one family and ignited the darkest fears of a small New Jersey town concludes.
The Marlow Murder Club
PBS, 9pm
When a member of the prestigious Marlow Sailing Club is killed in a shocking accident, Tanika (Natalie Dew) quickly enlists the services of Judith (Samantha Bond), Suzie (Jo Martin) and Becks (Cara Horgan). The sleuthing trio finds evidence that the so-called tragic death is, in fact, the perfect murder.
Unforgotten
PBS, 10pm
Lies are uncovered as Mel (MyAnna Buring) and Asif (Elham Ehsas) are taken into custody, while Juliet (Victoria Hamilton) tries to protect Taylor (Pixie Davies) and herself from the investigation.
Monday, Sept. 22
NFL Football: Detroit at Baltimore
ABC & ESPN, 8pm Live
Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions are in Baltimore for a Week 3 Monday Night Football matchup against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium.
Celebrity Name That Tune: “Real Housewives & Hilarity”
FOX, 8pm
In the new episode “Real Housewives & Hilarity,” reality TV star Lisa Rinna and comedian Matteo Lane play in the first game, followed by New York graphic designer Stephanie vs. Florida property manager Tim in the second game. Jane Krakowski hosts with bandleader Randy Jackson.
The Voice
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
NBC’s singing competition series returns for Season 28, with coaches Michael Bublé, Reba McEntire, Niall Horan and Snoop Dogg. Episodes also air Tuesdays at this time starting tomorrow (Sept. 23). The Voice will return for its 29th season in spring 2026, for which Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Adam Levine will return to the coaches’ chairs.
Star of the Month: Peter Sellers
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Peter Sellers celebration continues with five titles, beginning with Blake Edwards’ The Pink Panther (1963), which introduced Sellers’ hilariously bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau, a Golden Globe-nominated role he reprised for Edwards’ A Shot in the Dark (1964), which follows in the lineup. Following that are the all-star James Bond movie spoof Casino Royale (1967); What’s New, Pussycat? (1965), written by and starring Woody Allen; and The Bobo (1967), a comedy costarring Sellers’ then-wife, Britt Ekland. — Jeff Pfeiffer
Celebrity Weakest Link: “TV Moms”
FOX, 9pm
Eight actresses who played some of television’s favorite moms and aunts — Melinda Clarke, Jackée Harry, Mary-Margaret Humes, Constance Marie, Monica Potter, Caroline Rhea, Sherri Saum and Bellamy Young — compete to win up to $1 million for the charity of their choosing in the new episode “TV Moms.” Jane Lynch hosts.
Brilliant Minds
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The Zachary Quinto-led medical drama returns for its sophomore season, which will feature new faces in Al Calderon as Nurse Scotty Silva; Porsha Williams as Bitsy, an affluent Upper West Side housewife who sees Dr. Carol Pierce (Tamberla Perry) at her private practice; Laura Vandervoort as Cynthia Grudko, an MMA fighter’s wife raising two kids; and Molly Bernard as Lauren Brooks, a young professional looking for love who finds herself in a mental health crisis while filming a reality dating show.
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel
Prime Video
New Series!
This three-part documentary series tells the cautionary tale of convicted drug trafficker Owen Hanson, detailing his rise from modest beginnings, to unexpectedly walking on to the powerhouse USC football team, to illegal sports bookmaking and eventually smuggling cocaine. After graduation, with his superstar friends making millions in the NFL, the lure of fast money soon becomes too much to resist, as Hanson parlays his small-time criminality into a risky alliance with a powerful Mexican drug lord, intertwining his quest for wealth with the deadly world of organized crime. When his harebrained money laundering scheme loses millions of the cartel’s cash, he is caught in a web of dangerous debt, absurd criminal mishap and a thrilling FBI investigation. Fueled by the insights of people who lived all sides of the case, including Hanson himself, shocking archival footage and stylish dramatization, the series details Owen’s unbelievable journey from celebrated athlete to cocaine kingpin at the pinnacle of the drug world … with only one direction left to go.
Murder in a Small Town
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
This mystery drama following Karl Alberg (Rossif Sutherland), who recently moved to the quiet coastal town of Gibsons to be the new police chief, returns for Season 2. Marcia Gay Harden joins the cast as Mayor Christie Holman, and Kristin Kreuk is back as librarian Cassandra Lee.
Alien: Earth
FX, 8pm
Season Finale!
In “The Real Monsters,” the Season 1 finale of Noah Hawley’s sci-fi thriller set in the Alien universe, chaos erupts on Neverland island as multiple alien species are on the loose and a new power dynamic emerges.
Clemente
History, 8pm
This feature-length doc, executive produced by the family of legendary baseball star Roberto Clemente, along with LeBron James and Richard Linklater, in association with Major League Baseball, explores Clemente’s life, career and legacy, from his childhood in Puerto Rico to his early years of struggle with the Pittsburgh Pirates, to becoming one of baseball’s most beloved players and his tragic death in a plane crash at age 38. The film includes interviews with relatives, friends, teammates and celebrity fans, including Rita Moreno and Michael Keaton.
Hispanic Heritage — Part 2
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
As Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 continues (it runs through Wednesday, Oct. 15), so does Turner Classic Movies’ celebration, with the second of two evenings spotlighting lineups of films important to or about Hispanic history, and/or starring or created by notable Hispanic performers and filmmakers. Featured tonight are five movies featuring the work of acclaimed Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa: director John Ford’s drama The Fugitive (1947), which was shot in Mexico, and led by Henry Fonda and Dolores del Río; Under the Volcano (1984), director John Huston’s drama led by Best Actor Oscar nominee Albert Finney, which was one of Figueroa’s final films; The Night of the Iguana (1964), another Huston classic, led by Ava Gardner and Richard Burton, which earned Figueroa his only Oscar nomination for cinematography; Kelly’s Heroes (1970), the World War II-set action comedy/drama starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O’Connor and Donald Sutherland; and The Exterminating Angel (1962), a dark surrealist comedy written and directed by legendary Spanish Mexican filmmaker Luis Buñuel. — Jeff Pfeiffer
The Lowdown
FX, 9pm
New Series!
This eight-episode gritty noir follows the bloody wild ways of Tulsa’s very own “truthstorian” Lee Raybon, whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble. While Lee’s no idealist, he’s fiercely committed to exposing corruption and unearthing the city’s hidden rot, even when it puts him at risk. His constant sleuthing pulls him deep into Tulsa’s underbelly and away from his 14-year-old daughter. When the publication of Lee’s latest exposé — a deep dive into the powerful Washberg family — is immediately followed by the suspicious suicide of the black sheep of the family, Lee knows he’s stumbled onto something big. What Lee finds is that the grieving widow (Jeanne Tripplehorn) seems to be more interested in her brother-in-law (Kyle MacLachlan), a gubernatorial candidate, than in her dearly departed. And powerful forces want to prevent Lee from learning anything more.
America’s Got Talent: “Final Performances”
NBC, 9pm Live
The top 11 acts will perform one last time for their chance to win $1 million and be named Season 20’s most talented act in America.
High Potential: “Checkmate”
ABC, 10pm
As the Major Crimes team seeks answers amid a string of unresolved crimes, Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) suspects the Game Maker is responsible. Meanwhile, Daphne (Javicia Leslie) and Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) set out to find Roman, and Elliot (Matthew Lamb) prepares a surprise act for his school’s talent show.
Wednesday, Sept. 24
The Golden Bachelor
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The hit spinoff follows an older gentleman as he looks for love in his sunset years. Former NFL player now lawyer Mel Owens is the show’s new suitor, and he’s eager to meet someone and finally find that perfect teammate he’s been waiting for in his golden years. The 66-year-old has already created some controversy saying he was looking for someone between the ages of 45 and 60, and to stay away from the “artificial hips and wigs.” Looks like some arrogance will come into play this season!
Survivor
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Host and executive producer Jeff Probst says that casting for every season always starts the same way, where Jesse Tannenbaum, who leads the casting team, sends the team people they should consider. “Within about 20 seconds, I usually know if this is someone I can see on the show,” Probst shares. “There’s no formula … it’s just a feeling.” This season’s Rizo, he shares, radiates almost “childlike enthusiasm that you see and feel instantly.” Probst also mentions Savannah, a former news reporter with a “charming, cocky swagger that says, ‘Bring it. I promise you I can handle it,’’ and Kristina, a young mom who had this “deep, almost spiritual need for a big out-of-the-box adventure — not just for herself, but because she believed it would make her a better mom.” Expect the unusually high temperatures also to play a role in this 49th season of TV’s most popular competition series.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
The CW, 8pm
New Series!
The Canadian spinoff of the classic Dick Wolf series follows the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit’s Henry Graff (Aden Young) and Frankie Bateman (Kathleen Munroe) as they investigate high-profile homicides in Canada’s largest city.
The Floor
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Host Rob Lowe welcomes 100 new contestants to compete in the epic quiz show, in which players battle head-to-head in tests of knowledge with the goal of conquering all squares on The Floor. Season 4 is themed “America Duels,” as players from all 50 states are represented.
Help! I Wrecked My House
HGTV, 8pm
Season Premiere!
After years in California, Jasmine Roth moves to Utah, where she has to rebuild her business from scratch. Her first clients are struggling to keep a generational family home. With a $180,000 budget, Jasmine renovates their kitchen, living room and bathrooms.
Big Cats 24/7: “Reunion”
PBS, 8pm
Reunited, the Xudum Pride lionesses struggle to feed their young — one cub is starving. Meanwhile, as male leopards are pushed closer together by rising floodwaters, leopard mom Lediba and cheetah mom Pobe each fight to keep their cubs alive.
TCM Spotlight: Edith Head
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Wednesday night spotlight on legendary costume designer Edith Head concludes with a lineup of titles representing some of her later work: the romantic comedy Sex and the Single Girl (1964), one of several films for which Head designed Natalie Wood’s wardrobe; another romantic comedy, Barefoot in the Park (1967), led by Robert Redford and Jane Fonda; the drama Hotel (1967); the Paul Newman-led Western comedy/drama The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); and The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), a composite drama featuring Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison and Shirley MacLaine (while not the film’s overall costume designer, Head provided MacLaine’s wardrobe). — Jeff Pfeiffer
99 to Beat
FOX, 9pm
New Series!
You’ve got one goal to win the $1 million prize — don’t finish last in a variety of oddball challenges. Ken Jeong and Erin Andrews host this new competition game show, as contestants battle it out against each other in a variety of rounds until only one person is left standing.
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 9pm Live
Season Finale!
Find out who wins the milestone 20th season of this talent competition series. Word on the show’s renewal was not available at presstime. The finale will be preceded by a special starting an hour earlier.
NOVA: Human: “Journeys”
PBS, 9pm
Follow Homo sapiens as they venture out of Africa and spread farther than any other human species.
Shark Tank
ABC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The long-running competition series is moving from Fridays to Wednesdays, with returning judges Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary (fans said goodbye to longtime shark Mark Cuban in Season 16), plus guest sharks Chip and Joanna Gaines, Alexis Ohanian, Kendra Scott and Michael Strahan.
Sacred Planet With Gulnaz Khan: “Saving the World’s Forests”
PBS, 10pm
Environmental journalist Gulnaz Khan travels to Japan, where global warming is upending centuries-old Shinto and Buddhist traditions. As ancient shrines and temples face rising challenges, they also inspire new paths in reforestation and conservation.
Thursday, Sept. 25
Noir to Die For!
MOVIES!, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Enjoy 10 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 Conflict (1945), starring Humphrey Bogart and Alexis Smith; Bogie and George Raft in They Drive by Night (1940); The Petrified Forest (1936), with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis; The Gangster (1947), featuring Barry Sullivan and Belita; Bogart and Davis in Marked Woman (1937); another Bogart-led title, In a Lonely Place (1950), costarring Gloria Grahame; Nora Prentiss (1947), featuring Ann Sheridan and Kent Smith; On Dangerous Ground (1951), led by Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan; High Sierra (1941), starring Bogart and Lupino; and Lupino and Robert Alda in The Man I Love (1946).
Alice in Borderland
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In Season 3 of this Japanese sci-fi thriller, after Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya) is abducted and left unconscious by a mysterious scholar obsessed with the afterlife, Arisu (Kento Yamazaki) returns to the perilous Borderland to save her. Teaming up with new players, they must face the yet-unseen “Joker” stage in a desperate bid to find a way back to their original world.
Wayward
Netflix
New Series!
Created by Canadian comedian Mae Martin, who also serves as co-showrunner, this mystery thriller is set in the seemingly picture-perfect town of Tall Pines, where sinister secrets lurk behind every closed door. Not long after police officer Alex Dempsey (Martin) and his pregnant wife, Laura (Sarah Gadon), move into their new home, he connects with two students, Abbie (Sydney Topliffe) and Leila (Alyvia Alyn Lind), from the local school for “troubled teens” who are desperate to escape and could be the key to unearthing everything rotten in the town.
Hell’s Kitchen: Battle of the States
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The culinary competition series returns for Season 24 with a “Battle of the States” theme. Chef Gordon Ramsay and his team scoured the country to find one worthy chef from each of the 50 states to compete for one of 18 spots in the iconic kitchen.
Law & Order
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
After Season 24’s shocking twist finale, when handsome real estate agent Carter Mills (Jordan M. Cox), who was arrested and tried for the murder of ADA Samantha Maroun’s (Odelya Halevi) sister and then acquitted, was suddenly shot and killed, viewers were left wondering: Did Maroun play a role in Mills’ death? Tune in to the new season to find out.
NFL Football: Seattle at Arizona
Prime Video, 8:15pm Live
An NFC West showdown at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, has Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks facing Kyler Murray and the Cardinals.
Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 4, celebrity recruits endure elite special forces training in Morocco. There are no votes and no eliminations — just survival. Celebrities for this edition are Kody Brown, Brittany Cartwright, Randall Cobb, Eric Decker, Jessie James Decker, Andrew East, Shawn Johnson East, Mark Estes, Gia Giudice, Teresa Giudice, Chanel Iman, Brianna LaPaglia, Johnny Manziel, Eva Marcille, Ravi V. Patel, Christie Pearce Rampone, Jussie Smollett and Nick Young.
English Teacher
FX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The hit FX comedy returns tonight with three back-to-back new episodes. In “Covid in America,” Evan (Brian Jordan Alvarez) pushes back against the students as they try to modernize the school play. Then, in “Trash,” Evan attempts to update the school’s waste management system. Finally, in “Grant’s Dinner Party,” Grant (Enrico Colantoni) invites the teachers to a dinner party at his home.
Law & Order: SVU
NBC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
On the heels of an epic Season 26 finale, when Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and crew caught a serial killer targeting psychiatrists, some casting shake-ups are sure to have consequences in the new season, including a surprising one: Octavio Pisano, who played the just-promoted undercover detective Joe Velasco for the last four seasons, will not be returning except for a guest appearance in the premiere episode. Juliana Aidén Martinez (who joined last season as Detective Kate Silva) will also not be returning.
The Amazing Race
CBS, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
Premiering on a special night before its regular Wednesday time slot, Season 38 of the competition series — this year starting in Hoorn, Netherlands, and stopping in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania and Italy — promises a fun new twist: At least one member of each team will be a former Big Brother houseguest.
Cleopatra’s Final Secret
Nat Geo, 10pm
This doc follows the extraordinary journey to uncover the truth about one of history’s most iconic yet misunderstood figures — Cleopatra. For over 20 years, archaeologist Kathleen Martinez has been excavating an overlooked Egyptian temple site west of Alexandria, uncovering clues that she believes suggest it could be Cleopatra’s final resting place. With the help of Titanic discoverer Bob Ballard, Martinez expands her search to a site offshore in the Mediterranean, leading to discoveries that may offer fresh insights into the legendary queen.
Law & Order: Organized Crime
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The Law & Order spinoff, which moved from NBC to Peacock for its fifth season earlier this year, will return to the broadcast network tonight.
Friday, Sept. 26
Brian’s Song
MOVIES!, 11:45am
Catch a Classic!
Originally aired as an ABC Movie of the Week, this tear-jerking 1971 drama is a cut above a standard made-for-television production thanks in large part to its two leads: James Caan and Billy Dee Williams, both of whom received Emmy nominations for their performances. The movie recounts the life of Brian Piccolo (Caan), who played for the Chicago Bears for four years before he lost his life to a terminal cancer at age 26 in 1970. Piccolo’s story is told through his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers (Williams), based on Sayers’ account of that relationship in his 1970 autobiography I Am Third. Among the 11 Emmy nominations Brian’s Song received, it won five, including Outstanding Single Program — Drama or Comedy and Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama for Jack Warden as Coach George Halas. And, of course, it always ranks high whenever a list of “guy-cry” movies is put together. — Jeff Pfeiffer
French Lover
Netflix
Original Film!
In this romantic comedy from France, when Marion (Sara Giraudeau), who is the definition of the “girl next door,” does a favor for Abel Camara (Omar Sy), the biggest star of the moment, neither of them suspects that it will be the beginning of a great love story.
Ruth & Boaz
Netflix
Original Film!
Tyler Perry is a producer of this modern-day retelling of the biblical love story between the title characters (played, respectively, by Serayah and Tyler Lepley). It follows rising Atlanta hip-hop artist Ruth, who gives up the glamorous life to start anew in rural Tennessee, where she cares for Naomi (Phylicia Rashad), her surrogate mother, and meets the man of her dreams.
Golf: Ryder Cup: Day 1
USA Network, 7am Live
The Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York, hosts the 45th edition of golf’s premier international match-play tournament, the Ryder Cup. Keegan Bradley captains the U.S. team, which will try to reclaim the Ryder Cup from the European squad captained for the second straight time by Luke Donald. Day 1 has morning fourball matches and afternoon foursomes matches. USA Network and NBC combine to televise through Sunday.
College Football
ESPN & FOX, beginning at 7pm Live
Friday night college football action features Florida State at Virginia (ESPN), TCU at Arizona State (FOX) and Houston at Oregon State (ESPN).
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 6 of the celebrity spinoff of Wheel of Fortune returns with new host Ryan Seacrest and returning cohost Vanna White. The lineup has not yet been revealed, but, like previous seasons, each contestant will have the chance to win up to $1 million for their chosen charity.
20/20
ABC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 48 of the long-running investigative docuseries will begin tonight.
38th Hispanic Heritage Awards
PBS, 9pm
Celebrate the recipients of the 38th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards during this evening of performances and appearances by some of the country’s most esteemed Hispanic artists and visionaries. Hosted by actress and producer Mayan Lopez at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., honorees include Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro; trailblazing journalist and an international ambassador for Latin music and art Felix Contreras; legendary comedian, actor, and art collector Cheech Marin; Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy-nominated actress Rosie Perez; passionate advocate for natural beauty, and founder and CEO of Rizos Curls Julissa Prado; and Latin Music superstar, hailed by Rolling Stone as “The Queen of Mexican Pop,” Gloria Trevi. featured musical performances by Trevi and a lineup of chart-topping, award-winning artists including Daymé Arocena, DannyLux, Lisa Lisa, and RaiNao. The evening also included special appearances by iconic artists and trailblazers such as Ivy Queen, Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Paulina Chavez, Julian Works, Gina Torres, MJ Acosta Ruiz, Ivette Rodriguez, Crazy Legs, members of Menudo and many more.
Saturday, Sept. 27
Blackboard Jungle
MOVIES!, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
When “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets played over the opening titles of this 1955 “teens in crisis” social-commentary drama directed by Richard Brooks (who earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay), it marked the first use of a rock ’n’ roll song in a movie. The song was also used elsewhere in the film, which is set at an inner-city high school. The cast is led by Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern and Sidney Poitier in an early, breakout role. — Jeff Pfeiffer
Golf: Ryder Cup: Day 2
NBC, 7am Live
Day 2 of the Ryder Cup at the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York, has morning fourball matches and afternoon foursomes matches.
College Football
ABC, ESPN & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
Catch Notre Dame at Arkansas (ABC), Alabama at Georgia (ABC), Oregon at Penn State (NBC) and BYU at Colorado (ESPN) in Saturday’s top college football action.
Countdown to FearFest
AMC, 4pm
AMC’s countdown to FearFest kicks off a little early with a lineup of fan-favorite FearFest hits leading up to the main event on Oct. 1. Tonight, enjoy Michael Keaton in a Beetlejuice marathon.
Grounded in Love
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!
This family-friendly romance based on the novel Grounded by Angela Correll follows a spirited, Manhattan-based flight attendant (Danica McKellar) who arrives at a crossroads in her life when an unexpected airline merger grounds her career and a breakup with a self-absorbed boyfriend leaves her questioning everything. When she takes a road trip to her grandmother’s rural Kentucky farm, a place she hasn’t visited in years, she runs into Jake (Trevor Donovan), a childhood friend, and the two of them reconnect.
Adventures in Love & Birding
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Recently divorced mom Celeste (Rachel Boston) is struggling to embrace the next chapter of her life as an empty nester when her best friend asks her to take her place partnering with a bird enthusiast named John (Andrew Walker) for an annual birding event. But when Celeste misunderstands the assignment, thinking she must pretend to be John’s new girlfriend, too, she and John are stuck faking a relationship in front of the competition (which happens to include his ex-girlfriend) as well as Celeste’s pesky coworkers. What Celeste and John don’t expect is that their fake love could pave the way for the real thing.
I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
This ripped-from-the-headlines original film follows the controversial story of Courtney Stodden (Holly J. Barrett), a teenager catapulted into notoriety after marrying a 51-year-old actor (Doug Savant) when she was only 16 years old.
48 Hours
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The CBS News series returns for its 38th season of investigating crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience.