1) Pro football openers, 8:20 p.m. ET, Thursday and Sunday, NBC; pre-game at 4. The season starts with rematches. Last year, the Chiefs (shown here) beat the Ravens 17-10 in the conference finals, then won the Super Bowl; they meet Thursday. And last year, the Lions edged the Rams 24-23 in the wild-card round; their game is Sunday.
2) The Bachelorette” finale, 8-11 p.m. Tuesday, ABC. After last week’s “overnight dates,” Jenn Tran, 26, cut to her final two guys. Devin Strader, 28, owns a freight company; Marcus Shoberg, 31, is an Army Ranger veteran. Now (skipping Monday because of the holiday) she chooses, with the “After the Rose” show following.
3) “America’s Got Talent,” 8-10 p.m. Tuesday, NBC. Here’s the final week of quarter-finals. Performing are three singers (ages 9, 16 and 36) and a vocal group, plus two magicians, two acrobat duos, a comedian, a dance act and a “novelty act.” At 8 p.m. Wednesday, we’ll learn who gets to next week’s semi-finals.
4) Marathons, today. Labor Day is a logical time for cable marathons. So FXX has 42 episodes of “The Simpsons,” 7 a.m. to 4 a,m. TNT has Will Smith films — the “Men in Black” ones at 2, 4 and 5:45 and “Independence Day” at 8. Syfy has Harry Potter films, from the third one (6 a.m.) to the two-part finale, at 6:58 and 10:05 p.m.
5) “English Teacher” debut, 10 and 10:32 p.m., today FX; rerunning at 11:06. This is the new high school world. Evan is gay; his students (and most of the parents) are fine with that. But issues pop up: Kissing his boyfriend? A drag show? This sounds heavy, but writer-star Brian Alvarez keeps it funny, with a great supporting cast.
6) “The Real CSI Miami” season-finale, 9 p.m. Wednesday, CBS. In 1990, a young mom was killed by someone in a clown costume. Almost 30 years later, DNA progress solved the case. That hour (originally set for last week) is the season’s last new episode. At 10, a rerun eyes the murder of heiress/patron Jill Halliburton Su.
7) “The Perfect Couple,” Netflix. Since winning two Emmys for the 2017 “Big Little Lies,” Nicole Kidman has followed with four more mini-series. Here’s her fifth; she and Liev Schreiber celebrate their perfection at their son’s wedding; then, of course, there are secrets and a murder. It’s a six-parter, based on a novel.
8) More streaming. Netflix also has a documentary about the Apollo 13 crisis (Thursday) and Don Johnson as an evil sheriff in “Rebel Ridge” (Friday). Wednesday has season openers of “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+ and “Tell Me Lies” on Hulu – networks that continue the fun “Bad Monkey” and “Only Murders in the Building,” respectively.
9) “WWE SmackDown,” 8-10 p.m. Friday, Fox. For five years, this has been Fox’s Friday show. Even during summers, strikes and Covid, there were new matches. But next week, the WWE moves back to the USA Network, where it used to be. (It’s also been on UPN, CW, Syfy and MyNetwork.) Fox will try Friday football.
10) “Tulsa King,” 8 p.m. Sunday, CBS. Dwight (Sylvester Stallone) and his crew near a showdown with Waltrip and his motorcycle gang. Also, a flashback shows details on why Dwight went to prison, 25 years ago. That wraps the first season; the second begins a week later on Paramount+, where this episode aired 20 months ago.