1) “Air” (2023), 8-10 p.m..Tuesday, ABC. As a director and star, Ben Affleck has a neat touch with real-life stories that take quirky twists. His “Argo” won the best-picture Oscar; now “Air” has drawn praise in theaters and streaming. Affleck (shown here in a re-created Nike ad) plays Nike owner Phil Knight, with Matt Damon as Knight’s key man in landing Michael Jordan. Read more…
1) “The 1% Club,” 9 p.m., Fox. Amid a summer surge of noisy game shows, this one stands out. It has clever questions, slick exchanges between host Patton Oswalt (shown here) and contestants, and a good concept: This starts with 100 people, then drops them as the questions get increasingly difficult. It’s a bit vague at times, but mostly just fun. Read more…
1) “Elsbeth,” 9 and 10 p.m., CBS. In between Sunday specials – Dick Van Dyke last week, the Tony Awards next week – CBS has a chance to rerun a couple of clever mysteries. First, Elizabeth Lail (shown here), from “You” and “Ordinary Joe,” plays a schemer who uses beauty, charm and sympathy. Then a bar’s patrons receive empathy and much more. Read more…
1) Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. In her seven “SNL” seasons, Kristen Wiig became the show’s clear star. In the dozen years since she left, she’s had some success in movies (especially “Bridesmaids”) and streaming (the recent “Palm Royale,” shown here, on Apple TV+). Here’s a rerun of the April 6 episode, her fifth as host; Raye is the music guest. Read more…
1) Daytime Emmys, 8-10 p.m., CBS. After shrinking to four best-soap nominees, the field now has six. “General Hospital” (shown here) has won 16 times; others are “Young and the Restless” (11), “Days of Our Lives” (4), “Bold and Beautiful” (3), “Neighbors” and “The Bay.” Talk-show nominees are “The View,” plus the Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Tamron Hall and Robin Roberts shows. Read more…
1) “Saving Private Ryan” (1999), 8 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. It was 80 years ago today that 24,000 Allied troops stormed the fortified beaches of Normandy. More than 4,000 would be killed on D-Day, another 5,000-plus were wounded, but they changed history. That’s marked here by Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece (shown here), other TCM films and documentaries on two other cable channels. Read more…
1) “MasterChef: Generations,” 8 p.m., Fox.. Didn’t the baby-boomers start the youthquake? Aren’t they rockers and flower children? Somehow, they’ve aged. It’s their turn to audtion and, one guy says, to “show what the old folks can do.” Joe Bastianich even adds his mom Lidia, 77, as guest judge. (They’re show here with a contestant.) She’s an acclaimed food expert who will get an honorary Daytime Emmy on Friday. Read more…
1) “Clipped” opener, Hulu. On the surface, this is fun and flash: The 2013 Los Angeles Clippers had great players, a respected coach (Doc Rivers, played by Laurence Fishburne, shown here), a Hollywood setting … and a bizarre owner. As his team soared; his girlfriend leaked a tape of his rants. These first two hours try to humanize the people, Still, many viewers will find them hard to like. Read more…
1) “Mayor of Kingstown” season-opener, 9 p.m., Showtime. Now recovered from a near-fatal accident, Jerremy Renner (shown here)is back to playing a tough guy in a hard-scrabble prison town. On Jan. 1, 2023, Renner was severely injured while saving his nephew from a snowplow. Now third season begins, 14 months after the second ended. Read more…
1) Gymnastics, 7-9 p.m., NBC and Peacock. The U.S. championships conclude in Fort Worth. The men had their finals Saturday; now the women have their turn. Gabby Douglas (shown here) has withdrawn and scuttled her attempt for an Olympic comeback; for others, however, this is the last major event before the Olympic trials, June 27-30. Read more…
