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@TVGMMattRoush While I’m fine with HBO’s different take on Perry Mason, I have to wonder why, why, why didn’t they revive what is, for my money, one of the Top 10 instrumental themes in TV history? —Ed, Watervliet, New York MATT ROUSH: Seems to me that like every other decision made involving this revisionist origin story, removing the theme is meant to provide distance from the iconic original series. You hear Fred Steiner’s snazzy, jazzy and boldly authoritative music, you’ll conjure an image of a Perry Mason who doesn’t yet exist in the world of this show. The Perry played by Matthew Rhys lacks the agency and confidence projected by Raymond Burr, and perhaps in a future season, if there is one, he’ll earn the right to that classic theme.…

SHE WAS THE queen of Glee’s best zingers, whose closeted cheerleader turned proudly out Broadway contender Santana Lopez became a fan favorite and an LGBTQ role model. Naya Rivera rose to fame with the 2009 launch of Fox’s hit musical, winning raves for her singing and dancing as well as her deft delivery of Santana’s shady insults. The Southern California native and former child actress with credits on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Baywatch and Even Stevens graced the cover of TV GUIDE MAGAZINE twice during the course of Glee’s six seasons and released a single titled “Sorry” in 2013. In the last few years, she had recurring roles on Lifetime’s Devious Maids and YouTube’s Step Up: High Water, which was recently set to move to Starz. Rivera was declared…

MOVIES 11am/10c In a Lonely Place (1950) Movies! 12:30/11:30am c A Bronx Tale (1993) AMC 12:35/11:35am c The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) FXM 1/noon c and 8/7c Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) This TV 2:05/1:05c Witness (1985) Showtime Extreme 2:55/1:55c Hanna (2011) HBO 3/2c The Mountain Between Us (2017) FXM 6/5c Alien (1979) HBO2 6/5c Training Day (2001) BET 7:09/6:09c Night at the Museum (2006) Starz Encore 8/7c Independence Day (1996) AMC 8/7c and 10:30/9:30c Jurassic World (2015) FX 8/7c and midnight/11c The Green Mile (1999) BBC America 9/8c RoboCop (1987) Indieplex 10/9c American Sniper (2014) USA 10/9c On the Town (1949) TCM 11:31/10:31c Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019) Starz 11:40/10:40c La La Land (2016) HBO Comedy Coroner SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, The CW Newly appointed Toronto coroner Jenny Cooper (Ballers’ Serinda Swan, above) is a grieving family’s last hope for answers and closure. In this…

Criminal Minds 10am/9c, WE tv Take a trip back to 2005–06 with the CBS procedural’s first 15 episodes, when the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit was led by Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) and Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson). Rhoda Noon/11am c, Decades Daytime Pick Today’s alternate binge: 42 hours with wisecracking New Yorker Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper, above). Decades skips her wedding, but pal Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) visits at 10:30/9:30c. License to Kill SEASON PREMIERE 6/5c, Oxygen What could go wrong with a “snap-on” hairpiece for hair-challenged individuals? A lot, according to host Dr. Terry Dubrow (Botched). The true-crime series about medical professionals kicks off Season 2 with a horrifying look at New York plastic surgeon Anthony Pignataro, who invented said hairpiece, falsified credentials and botched routine cosmetic surgeries before trying…

WORLD’S TOUGHEST RACE: ECO-CHALLENGE FIJI SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, AUG. 14 It’s barely 7am in muggy Fiji, but the tiny village of Draubuta is already teeming with activity. TV GUIDE MAGAZINE is there as a swarm of people from all around the world head down a narrow pathway to the Wainibokasi River. They break off into 66 teams of four, scrambling down a steep embankment to load their packs into waiting camakau (Fijian outrigger canoes) and discuss last-minute strategy for the epic adventure they’re about to start. Over 11 days in this ninth Eco-Challenge, the teams will travel more than 400 miles across the South Pacific archipelago, hiking, boating, biking and climbing their way through scorching beaches, wild rivers, dense jungles and steep ravines. (A fifth member, who cooks for the…

Star Trek: Enterprise Midnight/11c, Heroes & Icons Late-Night Pick The 2005 two-parter “Demons” and “Terra Prime” (the latter airs Sunday, same time) does the original Trek proud with its message of unity. Xenophobic human Paxton (guest star Peter Weller) tries to disrupt an interspecies conference setting up a trade coalition that will become the franchise’s governing United Federation of Planets. Summer Under the Stars: Steve McQueen 8/7c, TCM Hot enough for ya? Chill with the King of Cool, Steve McQueen. A quadruple feature opens with 1968’s The Thomas Crown Affair (right), in which McQueen is the suave mastermind of a bank robbery, followed by a star turn as a World War II POW in 1963’s The Great Escape (10/9c). Next comes another daring breakout, in 1973’s Papillon (1am/midnight), with the actor playing…

LEO LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) The full moon in your love zone means a conclusion is coming for at least one of your most important relationships. Don’t panic. Good relationships could go to the next level, but feeble ones may crumble. If that’s the case, let them go. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) As much as you need to focus on your career, find a balance between the hours you put in at work (or look for a new job) and the people in your life who depend on you. Also, don’t let worrisome thoughts drive you crazy! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) The full moon is in your sign, Aquarius, so it’s time to turn a corner. What about 2020 are you ready to leave behind? (Lockdown hair springs to mind!)…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! Cheers to United We Fall for presenting a united parental front. Even though ABC’s latest comedy is a classic case of “big lug hubby and hot wife,” it’s refreshing to see a frazzled married couple—likably played by Will Sasso and Christina Vidal Mitchell (left)—who actually seem to like each other. Now that is a modern family. Cheers to Peacock for heating up an English-class staple with the original series Brave New World. If Aldous Huxley’s tale of a dystopian future had been as ballsy as the new streaming service’s updated take (starring Alden Ehrenreich, right, and Joseph Morgan), we would have managed to get through the book as a teen! Cheers to The Alienist for mixing history with mystery. Loaded with stellar talent (Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans…

FAN LOVE How can you jeer ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for having a great Season 7 [July 6]? This should definitely be a Cheer. You can’t put them down for doing well, even if you didn’t like the previous seasons, which I also disagree with. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been more than “OK-ish.” Thanks for the veiled recognition, though. —John BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES It was great to see Ronn Moss again on CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful repeats. I still miss him as Ridge Forrester. —Rita CAN YOU FEEL IT? World of Dance—or World of Stunts? When moving from one I’ve-never-seen-that-before gymnastics pose to another, where’s the communicative soul of dance on the NBC show? Yes, the precision is astounding, but I’d rather watch Fox’s So You Think You…

@TVGMMattRoush Muppets Now Fridays, Disney+ PUTTING ON A modern-day Muppet show now requires uploading sketches digitally to a streaming audience. But even as the Muppets once again adapt to the technological times, with Zoom-esque chat rooms and texts keeping everyone connected, some things never change. Look closely at the list of 100 ideas that the proudly corny Fozzie Bear pitches to Scooter in hopes something will make it to air, and one stands out: Agents of S.C.H.T.I.C.K. Sounds about right. Self-described as “unscripted” and “filled with improv comedy,’’ the freewheeling and often frantically rib-tickling Muppets Now is as close as these puppet masters have come in a while to recapturing the joyfully anarchic spirit of the classic The Muppet Show of the 1970s. Behind-the-scenes antics are kept to a minimum…

MOVIES 8am/7c Revolutionary Road (2008) Cinemax 9:51am/8:51c Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Starz Encore 10:15am/9:15c and 10/9c Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) Showtime Next 11:30am/10:30c X2: X-Men United (2003) AMC 1:10/12:10c Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Epix 1:30/12:30c A Bridge Too Far (1977) This TV 3:05/2:05c Fight Club (1999) HBO2 4:50/3:50c Us (2019) MoreMax 8/7c The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) This TV 8/7c Minority Report (2002) Showtime 2 9:50/8:50c Rain Man (1988) Epix 10/9c Creed (2015) Paramount Network 10:30/9:30c True Lies (1994) AMC 12:15am/11:15c The Dark Past (1948) Movies! 12:30am/11:30c Under the Skin (2014) Showtime 2 12:32am/11:32c My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) HBO Family 1:30am/12:30c From Here to Eternity (1953) TCM MLB GAMES TO WATCH This season of Major League Baseball is a sprint, not a marathon, and teams are hot off the starting blocks. Tonight at 7/6c, Fox gives fans one…

Being indoors this summer could spare you from more than bad sunburn, as proven by these comedies, all on Hulu, which feature crazy getaway episodes that got out of hand. Married…With Children, “We’ll Follow the Sun,” Season 5, Episode Fed up with everyone having more fun than him, patriarch Al (Ed O’Neill) ropes the Bundys into a Labor Day road trip that goes nowhere—literally—thanks to a holiday traffic jam. Good thing Peg (Katey Sagal) has her beloved TV GUIDE MAGAZINE Fall Preview issue for entertainment! Seinfeld, “The Hamptons,” Season 5, Episode 21 You gotta see the baby! And viewers have to see this instant classic that sent the group of pals to Long Island, where they meet their friends’ shockingly unattractive infant, later spurring Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) to say with…

MOVIES 10am/9c Gandhi (1982) Showtime 11:40am/10:40c Blue Hawaii (1961) HDNet Movies 4/3c The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) TCM 4/3c First Blood (1982) AMC 44/4:44c Little Women (2019) Starz 30/5:30c Into the Wild (2007) Indieplex 7:06/6:06c Panic Room (2002) Starz Encore 8/7c Rain Man (1988) This TV 10/9c Rush Hour (1998) USA 10/9c and 1am/midnight c Straight Outta Compton (2015) FX 11/10c Winter’s Bone (2010) HBO Signature Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. SERIES FINALE 9/8c, ABC After more than 130 episodes, the action-packed sci-fi drama that saw its heroes stranded in deep space, stuck in a hellish virtual world and, currently, time-hopping to save the planet, signs off for good with an epic two-hour finale. As the tireless S.H.I.E.L.D. agents’ battle against the evil, semi-robotic Chronicoms comes to an explosive conclusion, will the whole gang (including, above, Jeff Ward, Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennet)…

Birds of Prey 8/7c, HBO Breaking up is hard to do, but try getting dumped by the Joker and having the Black Mask (Ewan McGregor) plus most of Gotham City’s underworld after you! In this action comedy from February—full title: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)—Margot Robbie (above) reprises her off-the-rails role from 2016’s Suicide Squad, with Jurnee Smollett-Bell (as Black Canary) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (the Huntress) joining to play fellow vigilantes. NCIS: New Orleans 9am/8c, TNT Revisit the 2014 series premiere of the NCIS spinoff starring Scott Bakula as Big Easy native Dwayne Pride, head honcho at the New Orleans field office. First case: His team investigates the murder of a petty officer whom Pride had once mentored. DO LOOK DOWN! Earthflight 8/7c,…

ACROSS 1 Grey’s Anatomy home 4 Never Have I ____ 8 Actress Downey 12 Stephen of Counterpart 13 Casual pants creator 14 The same 15 Neighboring ranch owner on Ponderosa (2 wds.) 18 “Happy Homemaker” Nivens (2 wds.) 19 Emilia of Game of Thrones 20 Lamb Chop sound 21 Thing is one on The Addams Family 22 The Facts of ____ 25 Female sibling (abbr.) 26 A League of Their ____ 29 Dined at Bob’s Burgers 30 ____ Like Us 32 Stamped addressed envelope, for short 33 Common conjunction 34 The ____ and Jinx Show 35 Adam of Family Guy 36 Ellen of Beauty and the Beast 38 No ____ Out 40 1920s Olympian Bud 42 Mickey Spillane detective 46 Switched at Birth neighborhood (2 wds.) 48 When the other ____ drops 49 Roman emperor 50 Apprehend…

TV VETERAN GAME SHOW HOST ALEX TREBEK HOW’S THIS FOR a Daily Double? Not only did Jeopardy!’s venerated master of posing answers as questions win Favorite Game Show Host, but he also walked away with Favorite TV Veteran (besting icons including Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno—even Oprah Winfrey!). And it’s not just our readers who buzzed in with love for the silver-haired television staple. “He’s simply the best in the business, a class act and as professional and engaged behind the scenes as he appears on camera,” raves Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards. “He cares deeply about the integrity and quality of the show, and I think that’s something viewers appreciate, even if they can’t see the hard work, preparation and care he puts into making each episode the best it…

Return to… Men’s Track 8/7c, Olympic Channel On your mark, set, go to the Olympic Channel to relive legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s (below) historic threepeat as the World’s Fastest Man. After dominating in the 100m and 200m at Beijing 2008, he adds more gold to his collection in London 2012 (8:30/7:30c) and Rio 2016 (9:30/8:30c). The network’s classic programming continues through Sunday. What’s It Worth?/Extreme Unboxing SERIES PREMIERES 9/8c and 10/9c, A&E Two new series debate the age-old question, is it trash or is it treasure? First, in a sort of virtual Antiques Roadshow, comedian Jeff Foxworthy and experts check the value of folks’ dusty heirlooms. Then, in the Storage Wars vein, business owners buy mystery boxes of liquidated merchandise and pray for pricey contents. GET YOUR SUGAR HIGH…

THE SPEED CUBERS NEW DOCUMENTARY AVAILABLE NOW Think trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube is pure fun? This fascinating doc dives into the competitive world of Rubik’s Cube tournaments that are high on tension (average six-sided cubes are typically solved in under seven seconds), but low on trash talk. “Cubers will teach each other faster algorithms, they’ll fix their friends’ cubes and cheer for each other,” director Sue Kim says of the fiercely supportive atmosphere. At the heart of the film, viewers will see if the friendship between two cubers—23-year-old Aussie Feliks Zemdegs (left, the only contender to win the World Cube Association World Championship twice) and 17-year-old American rival Max Park—can hold up as they vie to win at the 2019 World Championships. —Jim Halterman PROJECT POWER MOVIE PREMIERE…

Newly Available The Devil’s Advocate (1997) A talented young attorney (Keanu Reeves) accepts a job working for a high-powered New York lawyer (Al Pacino)… who’s actually Satan! Donnie Brasco (1997) An FBI agent (Johnny Depp) goes undercover to infiltrate a Mafia family in the 1970s. Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Sing along to “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “Sunrise, Sunset” and other favorites from this hit musical about a Jewish family in early-20th-century Russia. The Firm (1993) A recent law school grad (Tom Cruise) realizes the Memphis law firm where he accepted a job is ethically unsound (i.e., they murder people). The Karate Kid (1984) Before the new season of spinoff Cobra Kai arrives on Netflix, watch young Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) wax on and wax off his way to martial-arts stardom. The…

The Titan Games SEASON FINALE 8/7c, NBC One man and one woman are crowned Titan Champions as the grueling competition comes to a close. Six superhuman finalists tackle a tougher version of last hurdle Mount Olympus—they have to kick through walls blocking the cage crawl’s entrance and exit! Combat Ships SEASON FINALE 8/7c, Smithsonian Channel Tonight we learn the fascinating stories behind the Vietnam War’s notorious Swift Boats (former presidential candidate John Kerry served on one); the Navy’s newly built, heavily armed Littoral Combat Ships; and Britain’s last surviving WWII Landing Craft Tank. 10 Things You Don’t Know SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, E! Each week, this countdown series for the pop-culture obsessed sheds new light on a favorite celebrity (Brad Pitt! Keanu Reeves!) with fun facts and, perhaps, freaky tidbits even…

MOVIES 6am/5c Sylvia Scarlett (1935) TCM 10am/9c Wonder Woman (2017) TBS 10:30am/9:30c 22 Jump Street (2014) FX Noon/11am c Sully (2016) TNT 2/1c and 8/7c Shrek (2001) Comedy Central 3/2c Ghostbusters (1984) SundanceTV 3:27/2:27c and 3:10am/2:10c Road to Perdition (2002) BBC America 4/3c Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Paramount Network 6:30/5:30c Mission: Impossible—Fallout (2018) Epix 6:30/5:30c and 11/10c Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Paramount Network 7/6c and 12:15am/11:15c Goodfellas (1990) AMC 8/7c The Fallen Sparrow (1943) Movies! 8/7c For a Few Dollars More (1965) Grit 8/7c To Catch a Thief (1955) TCM 9:55/8:55c Long Shot (2019) Cinemax 11:55/10:55c Matilda (1996) Freeform 12:25am/11:25c Roustabout (1964) HDNet Movies 12:35am/11:35c Jaws (1975) HBO2 Fran Drescher: In My Own Words 10/9c, Reelz FUNNY, HONEST, INSPIRING. Fran Drescher is all three in this riveting profile, which traces her rise from a beautiful 9-pound, 2-ounce newborn who captivated strangers in the hospital nursery to cocreator and star of the hit…