The Media Tourist

Sept. 13 – Sept. 19

A ‘Men in Black’ marathon, plus all about child stars, the hair-metal ’80s and big cats!

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Sept. 13
How to Die Alone
Natasha Rothwell stars in this new comedy series as a broke and lonely JFK airport employee whose brush with death spurs her onto a journey to find love and start living anew (Hulu).

Three Women
Shailene Woodley (below), Betty Gilpin and DeWanda Wise star in this new series based on the bestselling book, about three women who change courses in their relationships, altering their lives forever (10 p.m., Starz).

SATURDAY, Sept. 14
Have I Got News for You
Comedian and actor Roy Wood Jr. hosts this new American version of a long-running BBC comedy quiz show, with a smart and edgy spin on real weekly news (9 p.m., CNN).

Men in Black Marathon
Tune in for all the space-alien comedy in all three of the Tommy Lee Jones/Will Smith films back to back…followed by an Ocean’s heist-caper marathon (Ocean’s Thirteen, Oceans Twelve and Ocean’s Eleven (starts 11 a.m., TBS).

SUNDAY, Sept. 15
The Emmy Awards
The annual event honoring the best of television returns live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by father-son acting duo of Eugene and Dan Levy (8 p.m., ABC).

Tulsa King
Sylvester Stallone returns for season two of the mob drama set in Oklahoma as a transplanted Chicago capo and his crew grow their new crime empire and fend off threats from interlopers (Paramount+).

MONDAY, Sept. 16
Celebrity Family Feud
Tonight it’s the casts of Jury Duty and 9-1-1 facing off for fun and charity, followed in the next hour by Deadliest Catch vs. Star Trek (8 p.m., ABC).

TUESDAY, Sept. 17
High Potential
New procedural based on a hit French series stars Kaitlin Olson (above) as a mom with exceptional organizational skills who’s onboarded to become part of a crime-solving team (10 p.m., ABC).

Child Star
What’s it like to be a famous showbiz kid? This new doc features interviews with actors who got their starts as kids, including Drew Barrymore, Kenan Thompson, Raven-Simone and Christina Ricci (Disney+).

Nothin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of ‘80s Hair Metal
Come to this three-part headbanger’s ball with the inside story of life in the heavy-metal fast lane, told by those who lived it…and lived through it, like Poison (below) (Paramount+).

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18
Big Cats 24/7
Six-part series follows lions, leopards and cheetahs day and night, revealing their round-the-clock lives like never before (8 p.m., PBS).  

The Golden Bachelorette
In tonight’s season premiere, two dozen men strut into the spotlight trying to impress Bachelorette Joan Vassos. Who’ll be the lucky fella a few weeks from now?  (8 p.m., ABC).

THURSDAY, Sept. 19
Frasier
Kelsey Grammar’s TV comeback as TV’s favorite on-the-air shrink heads into season two tonight (Paramount+)

The Penguin
Colin Farrell reprises his role from The Batman as Oz Cobb (above), better known in Gotham City’s criminal underworld as The Penguin (HBO and MAX).

READ ALL ABOUT IT

Is there any multimedia hill that Dolly Parton can’t summit? Now the superstar entertainment mogul has released a new cookbook, Good Lookin’ Cookin’ (Ten Speed Press), with her sis, Rachel Parton George. It’s a sumptuous collection of down-home recipes for year-round scarfin’, including ham and biscuits, meatloaf, spare ribs, and Slaw of Many Colors—of course!

In The Road to Wisdom (Little, Brown), author Dr. Francis Collins tackles some big issues—about faith, facts and medical breakthroughs—while addressing the elephant in the room: the growing distrust of science and its politicization, especially among those who profess their religion. It’s all the more pressing for the author, because he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.