The Entertainment Forecast

June 9 – June 15

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Big Apple murders & British working-class chaps disrobing…again!

Jesse Garcia stars in ‘Flamin’ Hot,’ the true story of a popular snack.

FRIDAY, June 19
Flamin’ Hot have art
How hot are flamin’ Hot Cheetos? Hot enough that this movie dramatizes the inspiring story of the spicy snack’s founder, a Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage to upend the food business with a fiery new treat (Hulu).

I Am Legend
Watch (or re-watch) Will Smith as the only living New Yorker who’s not a monster-fied mutant in this latest film adaptation of the Richard Matheson apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, previously made into a pair of other movies starring Charlton Heston (1974) and Vincent Price (1964). It’s the second part of a double “Friday Night Vibes” double feature with Avengers: End Game (7 p.m., TBS)

SATURDAY, June 10
New York Homicide
Catering to TV viewer’s seemingly insatiable appetite for true crime, season two of this docuseries continues its examination of some of the most troubling murders in the Big Apple (9 p.m., Oxygen).

Build It Forward
Designer Taniya Nayak teams with builder Shane Duffy to surprise outstanding community leaders with home renovations in season two of this series inspired by an outreach program by Lowe’s (6 p.m., HGTV).

SUNDAY, June 11
The Tony Awards
Overture, curtains, lights, this is it, the night of nights. You might remember that as the memorable theme to Bugs Bunny cartoons. But, sorry Bugs, your loony tune won’t be among the showtunes, performances and projects honored tonight at this 76th annual awards event, honoring Broadway’s best and hosted by Ariana Dubose (8 p.m., CBS).

MONDAY, June 12
Hey Yahoo!
Actor Tom Cavanaugh hosts this new game show in which contestants try to correctly fill in the blanks for what people are seeking on Yahoo Search (8 p.m., GSN).

TUESDAY, June 13
Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact
New stand-up special is the third for Schumer (right), the hilariously uncensored Emmy-winning Tony and Golden Globe-nominated actor, filmed on stage at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles (Netflix).

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
They’re women, they’re friends, and they’re all involved with Hot ‘Lanta’s hip hop scene. The so-fly docuseries returns tonight with more real-life drama and original castmates—including Spice, Bambi, Rasheeda and Bambi—as well as a trio of newcomers (8 p.m., MTV).

WEDNESDAY, June 14
Our Planet II
The acclaimed nature-documentary series returns to unravel the mysteries of migration with more compelling stories of animals “on the move” across the globe (Netflix).

The Full Monty
New original series follows the same characters from the 1997 movie, now older but living in working-class England, and thinking about putting their saucy strip show on the road again (Hulu).

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Religion has always given outliers a bad name, or worse. Pagans (Thames & Hudson) takes a respectful new look at this culture that predates Christianity, looking closely at its objects, artwork, rituals and myths, with eye-opening insights into pagan magic, superstition and the afterlife.

How might you have lived through a doomsday asteroid, being eaten by dinosaurs, the civilization-destroying eruption of Mt. Pompei, or the 1906 San Francisco earthquake? Science and tech writer Cody Cassidy tells you about all those scenarios, and more, in How to Survive History (Penguin), a witty and retro-practical guide to outwitting history’s greatest calamities.

THURSDAY, June 15

Look Into My Eyes
Four-part limited series unfurls the bizarre story of Dr. George Kennedy, whose career as a high school principal (and hypnotist) was derailed after the suspicions deaths of three teenage students (Sundance and AMC+).

60 Days In
Volunteers in North Carolina go undercover into a county detention center to help bring positive changes to the system (9 p.m., A&E).

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