Best-bets for Aug. 7: crime (true and fiction), track and volleyball

1) Olympics. Track events (shown here on previous day) are live, from 9:20-10 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. ET on NBC, Also, U.S. teams compete in soccer (8:50 a.m.) and volleyball (3 p..m.) on the USA Network. And there’s lots of beach volleyball – 11 and 11:55 a.m., USA; noon and 4 p.m., NBC. Then comes NBC’s recap, from 8-11 p.m. Read more…

1) Olympics. Track events (shown here on previous day) are live, from 9:20-10 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. ET on NBC, Also, U.S. teams compete in soccer (8:50 a.m.) and volleyball (3 p..m.) on the USA Network. And there’s lots of beach volleyball – 11 and 11:55 a.m., USA; noon and 4 p.m., NBC. Then comes NBC’s recap, from 8-11 p.m.

2) “Sullivan’s Crossing,” 8 p.m., CW. As her legal troubles in Boston get worse, Maggie adjusts to the peaceful life at her dad’s camp. Then a teen goes missing, in a story that continues next week. That rerun is followed by one for “Wild Cards,” with a bank hostage crisis.

3) “The Real CSI Miami,” 9 p.m., CBS. At first, police assumed a wealthy doctor had been killed during a botched robbery. Then they found signs of a bigger plot — hidden gold bullion and cash and plans for an international flight. Another episode – a rerun, viewing the murder of rapper XXXTentacion – will be Thursday.

4) “Claim to Fame,” 9 p.m., ABC. There was finally a correct guess last week, when someone identified Naomi as Molly Ringwald’s cousin. Before then, four people were ousted for wrong guesses; they were nieces or nephews of John Stamos, Jon Cryer, Robin Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis.

5) MORE: Freeform has 71 years of cartoon classics, with “Peter Pan” (1953), 2 p.m.; “Cinderella” (1950), 3:55; “Inside Out” (2015) , 5:50; and “Encanto” (2021). 7:55. And “Sea Change” concludes at 10 p.m. on PBS, viewing the fragile future of the Gulf of Maine.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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