1) Olympics: women’s gymnastics (shown here) team finals, NBC. One of the peak points in the Olympics comes early. The team title always brings a stir. (Remember 1996, with a hobbled Kerri Strug sticking her landing in a narrow U.S. win?) You can catch it live at 12:15 p.m. ET or as part of the nightly wrap-up, from 8-11. Then things re-start, with all the individual events.
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1) Olympics: men’s team gymnastics, NBC. Unlike other events, gymnastics starts fast, hands out team medals, then starts all over.. The team finals are today for men (shown here) and Tuesday for women; individuals medals start Wednesday, You can catch this live – 11:30 a.m. ET today, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday – or wait for the evening wrap-ups, from 8-11 p.m. Read more…
1) Olympics. The first weekend concludes with medals today in swimming, skateboarding (shown here) and more, plus early rounds in everything from basketball and soccer to volleyball (indoor and outdoor) and gymnastics. During the day, everything’s live on NBC, USA, CNBC, Peacock and beyond. Then NBC repackages the day, from 8-11 p.m. Read more…
1) Olympics begin. In a bold move, NBC is dumping its time-shift approach. Instead, it’s showing every event live — NBC, USA or CNBC, plus Peacock – when it happens, then repackaging it from 8-11 p.m. daily on NBC. That starts today, with some medals being handed out in swimming (shown here), diving, skateboarding and more. Read more…
1) Olympics opening ceremony, NBC. With a six-hour time difference, NBC will air this twice – live at 1:30 p.m.. ET (with a preview at noon) and again at 7:30. Mike Tirico, Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning will anchor, as the Seine River (shown here) has a parade of athletes. There are 10,500 of them from 206 countries, including 592 from the U.S. Read more…
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. Read more…
1) “Time Bandits” opener, Apple TV+. Kevin is a likable Sheldon-esque lad. He recites fun facts and is ignored by everyone, including his family. Then time-trekking outlaws arrive. Adapted from a 1981 film, this gets a great boost from the creators of “What We Do in the Shadows” and from Lisa Kudrow (shown here, center, next to Kevin) as the bandits’ sorta-leader. Read more…
1) “America’s Got Talent” (shown here), 8-10 p.m., NBC. It’s a turning point for the season, wrapping up eight weeks of auditions. After tonight, the show takes a two-week Olympic break before switching to its live episodes, with viewers voting. There will be five semi-finals (Tuesdays and Wednesdays), setting up the Sept. 18 finale. Read more…
1) “61st Street” season-opener, 9 p.m., CW. AMC filmed two seasons of this deeply layered story, with Courtney B. Vance (above) as a Chicago lawyer – but only aired the first one. More than two years later, we see the second on a different network. It’s tough, with a brutal assault and emphasis on the attacker, propelling the lawyer down a lonely road. Read more…
1) “D.I. Ray’ season-finale,, 10 p.m., PBS. Slowly and solemnly, this season has unfolded two stories. Ray (Parminder Nagra, shown here, best-known for “ER”) has probed a murder involving two crime families, plus an internal story, involving a police conspiracy. Now both end solidly. Read more…
