Innholdsfortegnelse for August 5, 2024 i TV Guide Magazine

It’s only August, but it’s not too early to get excited about the new season of TV! We’re dipping our toes into it with this Fall Sneak Peek issue and our cover story about Fox’s upcoming lifeguard drama Rescue: HI-Surf. It may look like another Baywatch—which in 1996 was the most watched TV show in the world (over a billion viewers per week!)—but these next-gen first responders will be doing a little less slo-mo beach running and a little more life-saving. They’re also on the shores of Oahu in surf that’s more dangerous than the waters off the beaches of Los Angeles County. Another new fall show we’re covering: Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, a spinoff of the just-concluded Young Sheldon, last season’s most popular comedy. Look for Rescue in September…

Rescue: HI-Surf SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, Sept. 22, 8/7c Fox A TOWERING WAVE on Oahu’s North Shore threatens to engulf gutsy Honolulu County lifeguard Emily “Em” Wright (Arielle Kebbel, 9-1-1) in the opener of this new action drama. She’s clinging to a rescue sled being pulled by a jet ski, using her body to shield an unconscious victim. If she can’t outrace the powerful water to make it to shore and revive him, he’ll die. The scene is Kebbel’s favorite that she’s shot so far in this series about a lifeguard team making seemingly impossible rescues and navigating choppy personal lives in their dream gig protecting Hawaii’s world-famous beach. It’s from executive producer John Wells, developer of such lauded and grittily realistic “work family” series about first responders as ER and…

Married…With Children 4/3c, Cozi TV Retro Pick Love and marriage go together a lot better than Peg and Al Bundy (above) most of the time, but that’s probably why we love them. For 11 seasons, Ed O’Neill’s unlucky shoe salesman and Katey Sagal’s domestically challenged housewife kept us laughing as the bickering Chicago couple who, along with their ne’er-do-well kids Kelly and Bud (Christina Applegate and David Faustino), turned tacky fashions and crass comedy into Fox’s longest-running live-action sitcom. Now, the Bundys are coming to nostalgia channel Cozi TV for two-hour weekday blocks, kicking off with the series’ first four episodes, from 1987. Don’t be surprised if some of the jokes aren’t exactly politically correct! Intervention 8/7c, A&E Corinne, 30, met Joey, 36, when she was babysitting his three kids…

Don’t Forget the Lyrics! SEASON FINALE 8/7c, Fox In this two-hour Season 3 finale, host Niecy Nash-Betts (above) challenges a Junior Olympian gold medalist and a doctor to sing. When getting up on the big stage, the contestants croon along, but when the music cuts, and the lyrics leave the screen, will they still remember the words? If they’re able to sing their way through nine songs, their last challenge will be a random No. 1 hit, giving them a shot at the $1 million prize. If successful, then “hoo hoo…go on, take the money and run.” SHE’S GOT HAPPY FEET! Summer Under the Stars: Eleanor Powell 6am/5c, TCM Tap your troubles away with 12 musicals from the brief but brilliant film career of Eleanor Powell, beginning with The Great…

American Godfathers: The Five Families SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, History “Omertà [the code of silence] was the key to their success,” executive producer, narrator and The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli (right) says of New York’s five mob families in this “unfuggedable” three-part doc. From early 20th century Sicilian immigrant Lucky Luciano (“the godfather of the godfathers”) forming the commission of five families in 1931 to the Mafia’s 1950s heyday to the last don, the violent and charismatic wise guys cornered bootlegging, drug trafficking, extortion (“the mob tax”), gambling and more. “The life” under bosses like ruthless Vito Genovese, the more public-facing Joe Colombo and tabloid star John Gotti is colorfully described by historians, Mafia affiliates and law enforcement. Crime photos and archival media reports reveal the bloody and tragic price of…

Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement MOVIE PREMIERE Friday, Aug. 23, 9/8c, Hallmark Mystery PICK OF THE WEEK! LEE AND ROSEMARY COULTER, is that you? When Calls the Heart stars Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith (above) may be reuniting for this new Hallmark Mystery movie, but their roles are a far cry from the Hope Valley power couple they play on the Western romance series. Hutton stars as advice columnist Nelly Parker, whose childhood best friend becomes the prime suspect when her boyfriend is murdered. Nelly teams up with Michael Hogan (Smith), the town’s new detective, to prove her friend isn’t a killer. “I wanted something physically different for Michael, so he’s a little scruffier,” Smith says, comparing his new character to Lee. “You can see the wrinkles in his…

Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, National Geographic From BBC Studios and based on a New York Times bestseller, this three-part docuseries (all episodes air tonight) tells the true story of maverick scientist Tommy Thompson and his resourceful team, who in 1989 recovered three tons of gold from the famous 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The show follows the 30-year story of adventure, deception and personal turmoil that took Thompson from being a celebrated explorer to an infamous fugitive who ultimately landed in a prison cell. Wayne Brady: The Family Remix 10/9c, Freeform When Wayne is faced with the tragic death of Grandma Val, he decides to take some time to deal with the loss, and his emotions, head…

Summer Under the Stars: Grace Kelly 6am/5c, TCM It’s been a surprisingly long wait, but Grace Kelly, who was both Hollywood and actual royalty, finally graces TCM’s day-long tribute to a silver screen great. The lineup has 11 of her films, beginning with her feature debut in 1951’s Fourteen Hours (6am/5c). Highlights include her Oscar-noninated role (for Best Supporting Actress) in 1953’s Mogambo (8am/7c); and her Oscar-winning performance (for Best Actress) in 1954’s The Country Girl (noon/11am c); and her three collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock from the 1950s: Dial M for Murder (6/5c), To Catch a Thief (8/7c) and Rear Window (10/9c). Stay up late to enjoy 1956’s High Society (2:30am/1:30c), a musical costarring Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra that was Kelly’s final film before marrying Monaco’s Prince Rainier…

THURSDAY, AUG. 8 It’s raining twists and turns for the action dramedy’s six-episode fourth and final season, which finds the now-grown superhero kids far from all right. Having reset the universe using an interdimensional machine, Viktor (Elliot Page, above), Luther (Tom Hopper) and the rest of the adopted Hargreeves siblings are stuck in a new reality where they are mere mortals trying to make it on their own. But as a new threat takes shape, they are drawn back together once more. Because the family that saves the world together, stays together…or dies separately.…

AVAILABLE NOW Some companies were forced to bend over backward to survive the pandemic. That was no joke for Cirque du Soleil. The acrobatics entertainment company filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and laid off over 3,400 workers. This inspiring doc from producer Mark Burnett and director Dawn Porter (Trapped) shows how the “Circus of the Sun” bounced back after 400 days on hiatus, both financially and through a huge swing—its production of O at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, an awe-inducing water-centric show featuring 1.5 million gallons of water and over 250 performers and crew.…

AVAILABLE NOW “I learned no one is ever going to push me or my family around—no one,” declares LC Duncan (Ernie Hudson) in Season 5 of Carl Weber’s crime drama. But what if the threat comes from inside the family? That’s only one dilemma LC, Charlotte (Valarie Pettiford, left, with Hudson) and the fam face as the Duncans—exotic car dealers by day, underworld criminals by night—deal with a father-son civil war. Along for the action is Patrick Duffy, costar of one of Weber’s favorite shows as a kid, Dallas, playing a corrupt sheriff.…

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage SERIES PREMIERE Thursday, Oct. 17, 8/7c, CBS “HE’S 19 AND he dropped out of high school. How smooth can it be?” That’s how executive producer Chuck Lorre describes the domestic life of Georgie Cooper (Montana Jordan) and his 31-year-old bride, Mandy (Emily Osment), the main characters of Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, CBS’s new comedy about the older brother of Young Sheldon’s boy genius (Iain Armitage). As Jordan teases, “it’s going to be very hectic.” “It’s a bumpy ride, but the bumps are comedy if handled correctly,” Lorre echoes. “There’s dramatic moments as well, because they will face inevitable obstacles to staying together.” One of those hurdles? Learning how to coexist with the McCallisters, Mandy’s dad Jim (Will Sasso) and mom Audrey (Rachel Bay Jones). “There’s…

Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Chicago Bears SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, HBO The Chicago Bears, one of the NFL’s oldest and proudest franchises, are clawing their way back to contention. The Bears took quarterback Caleb Williams (above), the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner from USC, with the No. 1 overall selection at the NFL Draft. Eight picks later, they took Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze. And now the NFL is taking notice. The Bears make their first appearance on HBO and NFL Films’ training camp docuseries when Season 19 airs Tuesdays through September 3. Expect to see plenty of Williams and Odunze in the premiere as head coach Matt Eberflus and his staff get the rookies ready for their pre-season debuts against the Houston Texans at the Pro Football Hall of…

Descendants: The Rise of the Red MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Disney Channel You can’t change the past…or can you? That’s what perfectionist Chloe Charming (Malia Baker, above center, with Brandy Norwood and Paolo Montalban) and rebellious Red (Kylie Cantrall) are about to find out in this follow-up to the 2021 animated special Descendants: The Royal Wedding. When the at-odds teens are sent back in time, they learn how a prank gone wrong set Red’s mother, the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora), down a villainous path—and kicked off her rift with Chloe’s mom, Cinderella (Norwood, reprising her role from the 1997 musical). Chloe and Red reluctantly team up with a vow to make things right in the future. “We go on similar self-discovery journeys,” Cantrall says. And they discover they might not…

OceanXplorers SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, Aug. 18, 9/8c, National Geographic PICK OF THE WEEK! JAMES CAMERON, THE director of Titanic, The Abyss and a real-life adventurer who has led deep-sea expeditions, narrates this six-part underwater discovery series that follows an expert team of scientists and explorers aboard the OceanXplorer, a state-of-the-art scientific research vessel, as they investigate uncharted frontiers in the world’s oceans. The ship, with all of its advanced technology and gadgets—including two submersibles and a helicopter—is pretty amazing, but even more awe-inspiring are the creatures that the crew encounters and documents, some for the first time ever. National Geographic’s exploration series are consistently top-notch (Hostile Planet with Bear Grylls and Welcome to Earth featuring Will Smith, for example), yet still OceanXplorers manages to take things to breathtaking levels, especially…

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown 8/7c, 9/8c and 10/9c, National Geographic The network’s Emmy-winning One Day in America franchise presents a harrowing chronicle of November 18, 1978, and the tragic events that occurred in Jonestown, the “utopian” commune in Guyana (below) led by the infamous Jim Jones (above). On that day, the cult leader drove a mass murder–suicide that left 918 dead. Using accounts from survivors and eyewitnesses as well as rare footage and recordings of Jones, these three episodes—also currently streaming on Hulu—offer an immersive look into the chilling hours that led to one of America’s darkest chapters. THE LADY IN THE LAGOON The Real CSI: Miami 10/9c, CBS In this installment of the docuseries, pet DNA helps identify the body of a woman who was found in…

A Costa Rican Wedding MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Surf, swell and sand are at the center of the network’s newest original romance, where a clumsy maid of honor named Emily (Rhiannon Fish, My Norwegian Holiday) puts the big day of her best friend Phoebe (Brittany Carel, Fatal Fixer Upper) at risk. After monkeys steal Emily’s bag—which of course holds the priceless heirloom rings she’s responsible for!—she’s forced to team up with the best man, Ryan (Operation Nutcracker’s Christopher Russell, above, with Fish). Normally, Emily would welcome the help, but Ryan also happens to be her longtime rival. But there’s good news: He’s a local tour guide and can help her navigate around the tropical paradise. The bad news: He might not be as knowledgable about the country as he…

MAFIA CAPO TURNED COWBOY Tulsa King 8/7c, CBS The problems are piling up as the Sylvester Stallone crime drama winds down Season 1. (Two more episodes air after tonight’s, and Season 2 arrives on streamer Paramount+ September 15.) After a deadly shoot-out, mob enforcer Dwight Manfredi (Stallone, above) has gained another business associate—and a new body and evidence to dispose of. You can bet his ATF agent lover Stacy Beale (Andrea Savage) won’t be happy about that. Meanwhile, weed shop owner Bodhi (Martin Starr) pitches a new scheme that could turn the gang into cyber criminals. Snowpiercer 9/8c, AMC It seems no one really knows what to do with Wilford (Sean Bean). As more samples for experiments are needed, Admiral Milius (Clark Gregg) sends Wilford out for collection, but will…

1 Emily in Paris Thursday, Aug. 15 NETFLIX Mais oui! This stylish romantic comedy’s third season ended with chic American marketing pro Emily Cooper (Lily Collins, above) blamed for the failed wedding of her ex-lover, French chef Gabriel (Lucas Bravo). Then she got dumped by British financier boyfriend Alfie (Lucien Laviscount). “There are no silver linings,” Emily laments to song-stress bestie Mindy Chen (Ashley Park) in the premiere (five episodes drop now; five more September 12). Maybe gold? Emily makes career strides, and the guys compete for her love in glam locales! —Kate Hahn 2 The Chosen Available now PRIME VIDEO Strap on your sandals—the worldwide phenomenon’s fourth season has arrived on Prime Video. But it’s not all miracles and smiling disciples in this emotional round, which will conclude at…

THURSDAY, AUG. 15 All you need is a dollar—and a nightmare. That’s the situation in this futuristic dark comedy about struggling actress Katie (Awkwafina), who arrives in Los Angeles circa 2030, unaware she’s holding a winning $3.6 billion super-lottery ticket. She also doesn’t know that, for one day, Angelenos can kill lottery winners and claim the prize. So Katie hires a burly and ultra-sensitive jackpot protection agent (John Cena, above, with Awkwafina) in director Paul Feig’s (Bridesmaids) latest. “For me, it’s the Jackie Chan movie I’ve never gotten to make,” says Feig, who adds that when he first got the script, it was called Grand Theft Lotto. “I got 40 pages into it and went, ‘I have to do this movie. I don’t even care how it ends. It’s just…

AVAILABLE NOW René Redzepi (right), renowned restaurateur and chef, takes the axiom “You are what you eat” to another level through an immersive celebration of food in this eight-part series. “Cooking is what makes us human,” he says. “Behind each bite, there’s always something bigger at work.” He finds that as he explores culinary traditions (traveling to Denmark, Djibouti and France, among a host of locations) and digs into how eight ingredients—bananas, chilies, coffee, corn, pork, rice, salt and tuna—shape international heritage. “Food is never just food,” he says. “It’s who we are.”…

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS The Young and the Restless stars Lauralee Bell (Christine Blair) and Michael Damian (Danny Romalotti) will cross over in character to The Bold and the Beautiful in scenes airing August 13 and 14. Their appearance came about after Lauralee’s brother, Bradley Bell, B&B’s executive producer and head writer, saw an episode of Y&R where Christine had joined rock star Danny on a world tour. “It’s like Travis [Kelce] and Taylor [Swift],” quips Damian. Bradley then scripted the duo stopping in Los Angeles and visiting B&B’s Forrester family at their home during a party. “Brad sends me an email and says, ‘You’re going to sing “Rock On” on Bold and Beautiful,’” relays Damian of his No. 1 hit from 1989. “And what’s really crazy is that…

The Great American Recipe SEASON FINALE 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) It’s been a long road of multicultural culinary crafting for contestants like Jon Hinojosa and Ingrid Portillo (above, from left). The three finalists are gifted a box containing a letter from home and some of their favorite ingredients. Their task? Use them to prepare a unique meal—and make it tasty enough to be dubbed victorious. Name That Tune 8/7c, Fox In the first song-guessing contest, drama teacher Brigid battles flight attendant Jason. Then, teacher Calvin and barista Amore go head-to-head. The biggest prize of the season is at stake! NEW DOCUSERIES! Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c and 10/9c, A&E This new series aims to expose the dark side of sorority and…

Chimp Crazy SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, HBO “Tonka and I just found each other,” says Tonia Haddix (above). “I’ll do anything to protect that primate.” The animal Haddix is talking about is her 32-year-old pet chimpanzee (the retired Hollywood star of ’90s films like George of the Jungle and Buddy), whose childlike relationship with the former nurse turned animal broker is at the heart of the network’s captivating four-episode docuseries. Haddix isn’t the only “chimp mom” out there, but she might be the most dedicated. A self-proclaimed “Dolly Parton of chimps,” she spends her days caring for her animals at her Missouri home. But in 2016 she became embroiled in a legal battle with PETA. When Haddix faked Tonka’s death in 2021, she set off a yearslong saga with authorities and…

Beat Shazam 8/7c, Fox Host Jamie Foxx welcomes more contestants to try to name some tunes as they battle the clock, and some Nirvana, all in a quest for a million-dollar jackpot. America’s Got Talent 8/7c, NBC New this season in the quarterfinals, a live show Golden Buzzer will send one act directly to the finals as 11 acts take the stage live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. SWIPE RIGHT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED The Quiz With Balls 9/8c, Fox In this game show, contestants use their big brains to avoid being pushed into a pool by even bigger balls. With a shot at $100,000, two families will be tested on such subjects as 1990s TV, dating apps and more. Who will win and who will swim? Jay Pharoah hosts.…

The New York Times Presents: Lie to Fly 10/9c, FX Terror took hold of an Alaska Airlines flight last year when an off-duty pilot—on psychedelic mushrooms because he feared mental health treatment would derail his career—was accused of trying to crash the plane and kill 83 people on board. The New York Times explores the story and follows a movement to reform of the Federal Aviation Administration’s rules around pilot mental health, which many claim leave the public at risk. ALIENS AND MONSTERS The Very Very Best of the 80s 8/7c, AXS TV Blade Runner? Dune? Tron? Find out what made the list as the net counts down the best sci-fi flicks of the ’80s. Todd Bridges, Anson Williams, Joely Fisher and other familiar faces give their opinions on these…

THURSDAY, AUG. 1 Here’s the Lowe-down: The second season of this snappy, marvelously silly comedy magnifies the chemistry of its real-life father-son leads: Rob Lowe in top form as the celebrated Ellis Dragon, a willfully bizarre and narcissistic biotech genius, and John Owen Lowe (above left, with his dad) as Jackson, his chronically embarrassed son who only wishes to escape Ellis’ considerable shadow. Easier said than done. Ellis begins training his obsessive energy on a mission to prepare Jackson to be the next leader of his wacky workplace, even as a talented and charismatic tech rival (New Girl’s Lamorne Morris) threatens to upstage them both. It’s always fun watching the deadpan John Owen try to keep a straight face when confronted with twisted-logic Ellis-isms like “Stop trying to be like…

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21 Let’s not call them “nice girls.” They are, in fact, top cops forced to work together in Nice, on the Riviera, in this beautifully paced French action film. First up is Léo (Alice Taglioni), who fancies herself the best police officer in the region. When her close friend and colleague Ludo is mysteriously killed, she’s forced to investigate alongside German super-cop Mèlanie (Stefi Celma, left), who, it turns out, knew Ludo even better. With a huge threat coming to the area, the pair must set aside their differences and solve the case—for Ludo.…

AVAILABLE NOW No one denies the incredible challenge of reaching the peak of Mount Everest, but for legendary climber Lhakpa Sherpa (above)—the first Nepali woman to ever summit and survive—other daunting trials have proved more pressing. The U.S. immigrant, deprived of an education as a child and survivor of an abusive marriage, hopes her 10th ascent of the mountain will inspire her daughters. As she says in this doc, “Everest [fixes] my soul—like magic.”…

THURSDAY, AUG. 8 Season 3 of this breezy procedural set on Spain’s cinematic Mediterranean island Mallorca comes over from BritBox. (Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Freevee and Prime.) Working for the Spanish National police, amusing Moonlighting-esque detective partners—uptight Brit Miranda Blake (Elen Rhys) and laid-back German Max Winter (Julian Looman, above, with Rhys)—solve crimes in a paradise that hides lots of thefts and homicides among the rich and famous. Now, the duo race to rescue the kidnapped creator of an island-wide treasure hunt.…

SUNDAY, AUG. 11 “The fire is where I belong,” says team leader Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz, right) to his girlfriend Mandy (Jessica Paré) before deployment in this seventh and final 10-episode season of the military drama. SEAL has never balked at depicting the scars those beckoning flames leave on soldiers. In the sixth season’s finale, single dad Jason went public about his battlefield-induced traumatic brain injury at a ceremony where he received the Navy Cross. Now he and the unit, including a new team member, Chief Petty Officer Drew Franklin (Beau Knapp), head out on a top-secret op. Let’s hope they get home safe.…

FRIDAY, AUG. 23 “Why do some people in the world manage to survive while others do not?” marvels elderly Sunja (Yuh-jung Youn), the heroine of this sprawling saga (with English subtitles) about Koreans displaced in Japan before, during and long after World War II. In Season 2 of the often heartbreaking drama, a younger Sunja (Minha Kim, second from right) and her extended family wait out the war in the countryside, provided for by a benefactor whose secret history could destroy their hard-fought harmony. With a soul of steel, Sunja looks back on this time of sacrifice from the late 1980s, when her ambitious grand-son Solomon (Jin Ha) schemes to make his name in high finance. If he needs a lesson in survival, he need look no further than his…

TUESDAY, AUG. 20 Found in a shallow grave: the remains of a young woman, probably strangled and discovered after about four years. Swedish police officer Veronika Gren (Alexandra Rapaport) has her theories about the killer…but she also has her demons, which interfere with the clarity of lifelong psychic visions in this taut eight-episode Nordic noir thriller. As Veronika’s husband Tomas (Tobias Santelmann, left, with Rapaport) wonders about his wife’s sanity, Veronika yearns to connect this murder to others—and to the traumas of her own childhood.…