Friday, Aug. 4 – Thursday, Aug. 10
Sigourney’s ‘Lost Flowers,’ a Boy in the Walls, Lovers Who Kill and Musical Stars Find their Superfans
FRIDAY, Aug. 4
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Sigourney Weaver (above) stars in this film adaptation of Holly Ringland’s internationally best-selling book, about a woman who learns troubling, decades-deep secrets about her family after a wrenching tragedy (Prime).
Women on Death Row
They are the rarest of criminals—women who have been found guilty of murder and sentenced to die. Each episode of this new series follows a harrowing trial and its proceedings that ultimately set the wheels turning for capital punishment—and shows how some of these women are facing their fates (9 p.m., A&E).
SATURDAY, Aug. 5
A Boy in the Walls
A family in rural Connecticut discover there’s someone secretly living in their home in this thriller (above) starring Ryan Michelle Bathe, Luke Camilleri and Cassandra Sawtell (8 p.m., Lifetime).
Great Chocolate Showdown
Ten top bakers complete tonight by building chocolate Tic-Tac-Toe boards and a diorama. And mom always told you not to play with your food! (8 p.m., The CW).
Debbie Reynolds and Frank Sinatra in ‘The Tender Trap.’
SUNDAY, Aug. 6
Celebrating Debbie Reynolds
Celebrate the singer, dancer and actress whose career spanned nearly 70 years—and who was the mom of Star Wars’ Carrie Fisher—in this daylong collection of some of her top movies, including The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, Bundle of Joy, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Singing in the Rain, The Tender Trap and The Gazebo (Turner Classic Movies).
MONDAY, Aug. 7
Meet Marry Murder
Actress Helen Hunt returns as narrator for season two of this true-crime series about spouses who kill their partners. Yikes! (10 p.m., Lifetime).
BRING IT HOME
More fast cars, more spectacular crashes, more revenge, more crowd-pleasing, turbo-charged destruction. That’s Fast X (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment), the latest full-throttle epic in the successful franchise, with a sprawling ensemble cast that includes Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, John Cena, Brie Larson and Helen Mirren. Vrooom, y’all!
TUESDAY, Aug. 8
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets
What’s it like to knock heads with a pro team on the football field. This documentary takes you inside the Jets’ training camp in Florida, where coach Robert Saleh puts newcomers and returning superstars (Aaron Rogers! C.J. Mosley) through their grueling paces (10 p.m., Max).
Only Murders in the Building
New season of the comedy whodunnit (above) starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as three residents of an apartment complex where the mysteries—and murders—just keep piling up (Hulu).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Experts on all things Oz-ian can dig up the bricks in the Yellow Brick Road in The Characters of Oz (McFarland), a fascinating collection of academic essays on the characters and themes of L. Frank Baum classic that became a landmark movie. Two of my favorite parts of the book were a deeps analysis of the Winged Monkeys, and a new way of looking at the Cowardly Lion!
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
How many colons can I used in this blurb: Maybe two or three: Maybe more. Tune in tonight to kick off the final season of the Emmy-nominated series based on the High School Musical movie franchise, about a group of high schoolers puttin’ on one last, blowout show (Disney+).
Superfan
Unscripted series—call it reality TV if you’d like—about six music-superstar acts (Kelsea Ballerini, Gloria Estefan, Little Big Town (above) , LL Cool J, Pitbull and Shania Twain—and their biggest fans (8 p.m., CBS).
THURSDAY, Aug. 10
Painkiller
Matthew Broderick (above), Taylor Kitsch and Uzo Aduba lead the cast in this new fictionalized series about America’s opioid crisis, its perpetrators and its victims, and a system of accountability that repeated failed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Hello, Emmy nominations (Netflix).
Rap Sh!t
Season two begins tonight of the Issa Rae-produced drama about a pair of high school friends (Aida Osman and KaMillion, above) who form a rap group but are challenged to conform to the demands of the music industry (Max).
The Media Tourist 