July 19 – July 25
A new ‘Time Bandits,’ Harry Connick Jr. rocks & Morgan Freeman’s escape routes
All times Eastern.
Apple TV+’s ‘Time Bandits’ puts a next-gen spin on classic Monty Python humor.
FRIDAY, July 19
Find Me Falling
Hey, is that Harry Connick Jr. (below) in this new movie about an aging rock star taking a break…and discovering an old flame in an unlikely place? Why yes, it is! (Netflix).
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer
For all you true-crime fans who can’t seem to get enough, this docuseries looks at the real-life Dr. Anne Burgess, whose profiling innovations changed history and stopped many a serial killer (Hulu)
SATURDAY, July 20
Dinner & a Movie
Movie hosts Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen join Food Network chef Shirley Chung for appetizing munchies to accompany the film Crazy Rich Asians (10 p.m., TBS).
SUNDAY, July 21
Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo
Six rising comedians explore the diversity of the United States in their standup (10 p.m., PBS).
How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin
Series returns with a two-hour look at the 1996 bombings at the centennial Olympics in Atlanta, where security guard Richard Jewell was investigated after finding a suspicious backpack under a bench (9 p.m., CNN).
MONDAY, July 22
Candice Renoir
Season nine begins tonight of this import crime drama about a female detective—and frazzled mom (Cecile Bois)—cracking into crime in a French harbor town (Acorn TV).
History’s Greatest Escapes
Host Morgan Freeman (above) returns for season two and exploring daring real-life prison breaks, including Devil’s Island and a WWII death camp (9 p.m., History).
Dress My Tour
Actress/model Kate Upton (below) hosts as 11 aspiring fashion designers as they create stage outfits for some of musicdom’s biggest artists, including Toni Braxton and Paul Abdul (Hulu).
TUESDAY, July 23
Gods of Tennis
Court is in session (get it?) with this new docuseries revolving around the world-famous Wimbledon tournament and players (including Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe and Chris Everett) who changed the sport forever (Prime Video).
WEDNESDAY, July 24
Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine
Find out about a sea within the sea, a body of water that’s warming almost twice as fast as the global ocean elsewhere, and what it means for ocean life, and for us (9 p.m., PBS).
Time Bandits
Embark on a rollicking comedic journey through time and space with a group of ragtag thieves and their newest recruit, an 11-year-old history buff named Kevin. Inspired by the 1981 film by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam, this one stars Taika Waititi, Lisa Kudrow and Jermaine Clement (Apple TV+).
THURSDAY, July 25
Beat Bobby Flay
Comedian Leslie Jones brings the nuttiness as chefs battle to beat host Bobby Flay at his own game (9 p.m., Food Channel).
BRING IT HOME
Go to the “dark side of the moon” with Have You Got It Yet? (Mercury Studios), a rock-doc DVD about 1970s psych-rock pioneers Pink Floyd and the life and genius of co-founder Syd Barrett. Did you know Pink Floyd was named after a pair of obscure blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council?
Ryan Reynolds and Emily Blunt look like they’re having a ball in The Fall Guy (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment), a rollicking action-movie comedy spinoff from the 1970s TV series about a Hollywood stuntman who finds himself in some real-world slam-bang action. With loads of bonus content, including gags, alternate scenes and an inside look at the filming in Australia.
READ ALL ABOUT IT
How did some of history’s most lauded, successful civilizations and cultures fail, like the mighty Roman Empire, the Aztecs and ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia and Byzantium? Author Paul Cooper, a historian and podcaster, takes an enlightening look in Fall of Civilizations (Hanover), with timely insights into how a once-mighty global empire can crumble into a hemispheric has-been.
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