Friday, July 14 – Thursday, July 20
YA drama, DC backstories, a new ‘Bird Box’ & Clint Eastwood’s apes*%t movie classic
FRIDAY, July 14
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Season three of the series based on author Jenny Han’s angsty beach-tales novel trilogy launches tonight (above), with more YA coming-of-age drama and romance in the fictional seaside town of Cousin’s Beach (Prime Video).
Goliath
Three-part sports doc examines the life and career and long-lasting impact of basketball great Wilt Chamberlain, using artificial intelligence to recreate the late NBA superstar’s narrating voice. Creepy? Maybe, but you make the call! (On Paramount+ and Showtime’s streaming subscriber platforms)
Bird Box Barcelona
The frightening world of Bird Box—the 2018 Sandra Bullock sci-fi drama about a world in which some malevolent force drives people to mass suicide if they get a glimpse of it—returns (above) with a new cast and a Spanish spin (Netflix).
SATURDAY, July 15
Every Which Way But Loose
Get up early—or set your DVR—to see this light-footed 1978 apes*#t romcom romp, the highest-grossing movie of Clint Eastwood’s acting career, in which he plays a trucker turned boxer traveling in California with an orangutan named Clyde. With Sandra Locke, who made six films with Eastwood (and had a longterm relationship with him as well). Bill McKinney, who played the notorious “mountain man” in Deliverance, also appears. Worth checking out for some retro kicks! (7:45 a.m., TCM).
SUNDAY, July 16
The Prank Panel
“Pranxsperts” Johnny Knoxville, Eric Andre and Gabourey Sidibe help facilitate a granny’s participation in a sexy video. Va-va-voom! (8 p.m., ABC)
Zoe Bakes
Pastry chef and author Zoe Francois (above) makes her favorite recipes from easy main dishes to deserts (1 p.m., Magnolia).
MONDAY, July 17
A House Made of Splinters
This Sundance Award-winning documentary examines the consequences of the war in Ukraine on its youngest citizens, the children caught in the crossfire (check local listings, PBS).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Rock fans will relish Backstage & Beyond Vol. 1, the new decades-spanning collection of writing and reporting by award-winning musical journalist Jim Sullivan on his lively encounters with Jerry Lee Lewis, Tina Turner, Neil Young, David Bowie, John Fogerty, the J. Geils Band, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and many other legendary music-makers.
TUESDAY, July 18
Southern Storytellers
New three-episode series follows storytellers and “creators” whose books, songs, poems, plays and films all reflect on their regional roots. Included are country singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett and Jason Isbell and actor Billy Bob Thornton (9 p.m., PBS).
Justified: City Primeval
A U.S. Marshal (Timothy Oliphant) crosses paths with a sociopathic desperado called the Oklahoma Wildman (Boyd Holbrook) in this new spinoff series from the FX hit crime drama (10 p.m., FX).
WEDNESDAY, July 19
I Wanna Rock
Hey, all you metalheads! This totally rad three-part docuseries looks at the head-banging ‘80s, providing the untold stories of success (and failure) in the ere of leather pants, Spandex and massive hair through interviews with bands and artists who lived it (Paramount+).
CMA Fest
If you didn’t make it to Nashville for the real deal in June, here’s the next-best thing: A TV special hosted by country stars Dierks Bentley, Elle King and Lainey Wilson, featuring performance highlights from the music-festival event by dozens of artists (8 p.m., ABC).
The Deepest Breath
Take a big gulp of air and head under the waves in this jaw-dropping documentary (above) about divers who plunge into the one of the most dangerous sports in the world: freediving, holding their breath for extended underwater excursions (Netflix).
THURSDAY, July 20
Superpowered: The DC Story
Rosario Dawson hosts this limited series examining the durable comic-book company, its origins, superheroes and many TV and movie spinoffs (Max).
Don’t Kill the Babysitter
Nail-biter about a Venezuelan woman (Valentia Andrade, above) hired as an au pair for an American couple, whose “overprotection” their young daughter makes the new nanny suspect—quite correctly—that something more sinister is going on (8 p.m., LMH)
The Media Tourist 