What to Watch, and More! Week of Aug. 21 – Aug. 27
Monsters mash, NFL’ers nosh & a sneak peek at the new ‘Grand Theft Auto’
King Kong, a mega shark and dinos do the monster mash on TBS.
FRIDAY, Aug. 21
9/11: Reunited
Survivors of one of modern history’s darkest days tell their stories and reflect on their unlikely bond (9 a.m., National Geographic).
Monster Movie Marathon
Buckle up for the outsized monster-mash thrills and chills of Jurassic World: Dominion, Kong: Skull Island and Meg 2: The Trench (8 p.m., TBS).
SATURDAY, Aug. 22
The Las Vegas Songwriters Festival
More than 100 hitmaking country and Americana tunesmiths—including Bob DiPiero, Dean Dillon, Billy Montana and Keith Stegall—come to the Glitter City to spin their musical tales in this showcase event (check listings, The Heartland Network).
The Run for a Million
Fast-paced equestrian competition where 16 riders guide horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins and stops in pursuit of reining’s highest honor—and $1 million prize (8 p.m., CBS).
SUNDAY, Aug. 23
Celebrating Katherine Hepburn
Spend all day and most of the night with a slate of classic films, including Little Women (1933), Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967), Rooster Cogburn (1975) and more (begins 8 a.m, TCM).
MONDAY, Aug. 24
Revival
New supernatural horror series—based on a comic book about the dead coming back to life in a small town—stars Melanie Scrofano, Romy Weltman and David James Elliott (Netflix).
NFL Hometown Eats
Celebrity superfans Eva Longoria, Joel McCale and Rebel Wilson, above, huddle with NFL players to explore the best restaurants around their home stadiums (Roku Channel).
TUESDAY, Aug. 25
Jeopardy! Masters
Former champs of the brainy game show return in a tournament to see who’ll bring home the grand prize of half a million dollars (8 p.m., Hulu).
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
American Masters doc about the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, with readings of her work by Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Colbert, Steve Buscemi and Oprah Winfrey (9 p.m., PBS).
The Deb
Actress Rebel Wilson makes her directorial debut and stars in this musical comedy. above, about a pair of cousins hoping to attend a debutante ball in a small Australian town (available on demand).
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 26
The Last Sunrise
A college student with a chronic illness finds romance with a young man on a summer vacation before her condition suddenly worsens and everything begins to unravel. Starring Maia Reficco, Eva Longoria and Fernando Lindez (Prime Video).
THURSDAY, Aug. 27
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
Gamers can get a sneak peak of the features, storylines and characters of the newest edition of the hit videogame ahead of its on-sale date of Nov. 19 (Netflix).
The Undeclared War
Tonight begins season two of the British thriller starring Simon Pegg, about a counterintelligence team dealing with the devastating aftermath of a Russian cyber-attack (Peacock).
The Adults
Season two of the comedy series about 20-somethings in New York trying to navigate friendship, jobs, love, work and family (9 p.m., FX).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
It’s here today. But will it be gone tomorrow? Historian James Crawford’s The Vanishing Earth (Bloomsbury) examines how humanity has taken more from the planet than this ol’ globe could ever give back, exacting an enormous toll on resources like rock, metal, sand, water…and even our thoughts. What’s been the cause of our insatiable appetites, and can we possibly save our relationship with nature?
BRING IT HOME
The Sheep Detectives (Alliance Home Entertainment) is a heartwarming whodunnit—about sheep who become detectives, duh!—starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson. Find out why this all-ages charmer was a critically hailed success all over the world.
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in Power Ballad (Lionsgate Home Entertainment), about a past-his-prime wedding singer and a fading boy-band star, and what happens when they have a hit song. It’s a toe-tapping, feel-good buddy comedy.
Saddle up with Marshals (Alliance Home Entertainment), season one of the hit CBS series starring Luke Grimes—a long way away from his previous roles in two Fifty Shades movies—as a former U.S. Navy SEAL now in a special group of U.S. Marshals in Montana.
Season three of Reacher (Alliance Entertainment), based on the popular novels by Lee Childs, stars Alan Ritchson as former military police officer Jack Reacher, now living as a drifter and confronting more bad guys, corruption and conspiracies. With Sonya Cassidy and Anthony Michael Hall.
Now available on Blu-ray, filmmaker Ken Burns’ sprawling, 12-hour, six-part PBS series on The American Revolution fleshes out the roots, and the revolutionaries, of the rebellion that led to the United States of America. And if you’re watching (and listening) closely, you’ll catch the celebrity character voices of Adam Arkin, Ethan Hawke, Kenneth Branaugh, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and more. Buy it HERE
For the first time, 1998’s Practical Magic (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) is available of super-hi-definition 4K. The romantic fantasy stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as sisters descended from a long line of witches, now schooled in “practical magic.” But will their modern witch-y know-how come in handy when an evil spirit takes over one of their boyfriends?
NOW HEAR THIS
Ready to rock and roll all night? KISS Destroys Anahem ’76 is a new sonic souvenir of the band’s fan-packed California show in their heyday, wowin’ the crowd with “Detroit Rock City,” “Strutter,” “Shout It Out Loud,” “Rock and Roll All Night” (of course) and many more blasts from the past.