1) Convention (shown here in a previous year), 8 p.m. ET, PBS and news networks; 10, ABC, CBS and NBC. Democrats plan to pack presidents into the final (10 p.m.) hour. It will be Biden today; Obama, Tuesday; Clinton, Wednesday. Candidates will be Wednesday (Walz) and Thursday (Harris). Read more…
1) “OceanXplorers” debut, 9 p.m., National Geographic. James Cameron takes a big-budget, big-ambition approach to deep-sea exploration. Cameron – the director of “Titanic,” “Terminator” and “Avatar” – has a high-tech ship (shown here), two mini-subs and a helicopter. Over six Sundays, it follows whales, sharks and more Read more…
1) “Mammals,” 8-9:20 p.m., BBC America. With one exception (a making-of episode next week), this concludes a beautifully crafted series. In forests, we see chimps (shown here) molding tools … Siberian squirrels gliding in the sky … and the first film of a bobcat catching a salmon. There are lions, tigers and 10 million bats, Read more…
1) “Let’s Make a Deal Primetime” opener, 8 p.m., CBS. For the final month of summer, CBS nudges closer to having all-new Fridays. “Deal” (shown here), originally planned for Wednesdays, nudges “Lingo” to 9 p.m. The lone rerun is “Blue Bloods” at 10: Frank frets when the daughter of his best friend is jailed. Read more…
1) “Young Sheldon,” 9 p.m., CBS. The final season was filled with great moments; now it’s being rerun. In this episode (four weeks from the finish), Sheldon’s grandmother has a tough probation officer (Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer, shown here). Also, Georgie gets some marital advice from his new father-in-law. Read more…
1) “MasterChef” return, 8 and 9 p.m,. Fox. After a three-week break, the show doubles up episodes. First (shown here), people make birthday cakes; then they’re in teams, with ingredients for each generation. So far, “Gen X” has lost two chefs and “Millennials” lost one; others are intact. Read more…
1) “America’s Got Talent” return, 8-10 p.m., NBC. After eight weeks of auditions and a two-week Olympic break, “Talent” (shown here) finally has live shows, with viewers voting. That’s for five Tuesdays (with a results hour at 8 p.m. Wednesdays, pointing to the finale, Sept. 17 and 18. Read more…
1) “American Ninja Warrior,” 8-10 p.m., NBC. For 17 days, NBC’s summer shows were sidelined by the Olympics. Now they’re back, led by “Ninja” (shown here) on Mondays and “America’s Got Talent” on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Also: “Chicago” and “Law & Order” reruns (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and “Saturday Night Live.” Read more…
1) Olympics finale. Women’s basketball wraps ups, with the bronze-medal game at 5:30 a.m. ET on the USA Network and gold at 9:30 a.m. on NBC. Then comes NBC’s overall recap at 11 a.m. and the closing ceremony at noon, with Paris (shown here) trying to match the grandeur of the opening ceremony;. Both will repeat, from 7-11 p Read more…
1) Olympics (teams). It’s finals times for men’s teams. Volleyball has its gold-medal match at 7 a.m. ET on NBC; beach volleyball is on USA, with bronze at 3 p.m. and gold at 4:30. Basketball has bronze at 5 a.m. on USA, then gold at 3:30 p.m. on NBC, with the women’s finals on Sunday morning. Read more…
