1) “Ghosts,” 8:30 p.m., CBS. Freddie, the new assistant, has been way too eager. Now he feels the place has ghosts — it does, but (shown here) he can’t see them — and he buys ghostbusting gear. Also, he sells the car that is the only home of Sasappis’ girlfriend.
2) Olympics. The opening ceremony will be Friday , but a few events – soccer, rugby, archery, handball – start early U.S. soccer teams are at 6:30 a.m. ET (men, vs. France) and 2:30 p.m. (women, vs. Zambia).
3) “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” 10 p.m., NBC. It’s a tough time for Stabler: An intervention for his brother skids off-track; also, his military background helps him probe a drug source That wraps the final reruns before the Olympics break. At 8, “Law & Order” probes the stabbing of a chef; at 9, a runaway bride calls the Special Victims Unit
4) “The Decameron,” Funny things can happen during a pandemic, it seems. In real life, the bubonic plague rushed through Italy in 1347-8, then reached England and beyond. This eight-episode dark comedy is set in a villa outside Florence; rich folks hope to wait out the crisis, aided by food, drink, sex and their servants.
5) ALSO: HBO wraps up its two-night, four-hour Pete Rose profile, from 9-11 p.m. And AMC stuffs the night with sight gags. It’s “Police Academy” (1984) and its sequel (1985) at 3:45 and 6 p.m., then “Ghostbusters” (1984) and its sequel (1989) at 8 and 10:30.
— Mike Hughes, TV America