Innholdsfortegnelse for July 28, 2025 i TV Guide Magazine

The doctor will see you now! When the second season of the Zachary Quinto–led NBC series Brilliant Minds returns in September, a new face will be joining the crew at Bronx General: Scandal’s Bellamy Young (center), in a recurring role. Young will play Dr. Amelia Frederick, a clinical director for a long-term mental healthcare facility—which means her familiarity with the same system that Quinto’s Dr. Wolf is well-acquainted with makes her a formidable rival for the neurologist. Young is the latest casting addition to the show, whose first season ranked as one of the network’s highest-rated dramas. Brian Altemus and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’s John Clarence Stewart were also recently announced as new series regulars. Sounds pretty brilliant to us! ON THE COVER: MICHAEL WEATHERLY AND COTE DE PABLO WERE…

GENERAL HOSPITAL It’s been a standout year for General Hospital’s Kate Mansi. The actress has been front and center as Kristina Corinthos-Davis; she tied the knot in late May; and she is now celebrating a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress. “I’m so excited,” says Mansi, who previously won in the same category in 2017 while playing Days of Our Lives’ Abigail Deveraux. “I feel very honored and grateful.” Following a dramatic storyline in which the baby Kristina carried for her sister died, Mansi says selecting her submission reel took careful thought. “Kristina had such an intense sequence of events,” Mansi explains. “I feel that the scenes that I submitted, performance-wise, were a summation of my deep relationships with people who have experienced loss, and it was a place…

IN THE WINDSWEPT Scottish Highlands, laughter comes from behind a stand of twisted trees along a stone wall. The source of the hilarity: Hermione Corfield and Jeremy Irvine, who’ve just finished shooting a scene from the premiere of Outlander: Blood of My Blood that’s too steamy for a set visitor’s eyes. They play the parents of Outlander heroine/accidental time traveler Claire (Caitríona Balfe), and their story parallels that of the equally fiery mother and father of Claire’s soulmate, 18th century Highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Turns out, the central couple in the original global hit based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling novels have plenty of lust woven into their DNA. As young marrieds, brainy suffragette Julia Moriston (Corfield) and lawyer Henry Beauchamp (Irvine), a war veteran, are on a driving holiday…

Chasing the West SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, HGTV Oh, give them a home where the buffalo roam… Originally set to premiere earlier in the month, this home-renovation series from the Property Brothers twins Jonathan and Drew Scott (above) sees them make buyers’ Wild, Wild West dreams come true. Human Footprint SEASON FINALE 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Whether it’s fossils entombed in tar or cells frozen today, biologist Shane Campbell-Staton traces the arc of extinction from prehistory to the present in this fascinating sophomore season finale of the scientific docuseries. My Strange Arrest 10/9c, A&E Yes, people keep finding weird ways to flout the law—and sometimes even the way they’re apprehended is quite unexpected. As the series’ third season continues with two back-to back episodes tonight, police chase a…

Monster Month 8am/7c, Story Television Each Saturday in August, the day’s programming centers on a different beastly creature, starting with the notorious Bigfoot. First up: episodes of Ancient MonsterQuest. Later, 2015 doc Bigfoot Captured (with Lee Adams, above) airs at 11am/10c. The day wraps with episodes of Monster-Quest, beginning at 1/noon c. Heart & Hustle: Houston SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, OWN This docuseries shines a light on six Black female entrepreneurs in Houston, Texas. There’s drama—but for the most part, these powerful ladies support each other through marriage messes and more trauma. It’s some wholesome reality TV, y’all! TODAY’S SPORTS PICK MLB BASEBALL 7/6c, Fox Speedway Classic It’s not the roar of engines but the crack of bats you’ll hear at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway as the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati…

Daredevil: Born Again 9/8c, FX Catch the shocking season finale that originally streamed on Disney+. “The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen,” aka vigilante Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox, above), teams up with Frank Castle/The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) to battle crime boss Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio). Las Culturistas Culture Awards 9/8c, Bravo This isn’t your typical awards ceremony, and its fourth annual outing will be airing on television for the first time! Unique categories include “Filet Mignon Award for Best Beef,” “Worst Sticky Feeling” and “Borders Award for Stores That Should Come Back.” Haunted Hospitals SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, Travel Channel More eerie tales are in store for horror lovers as this spooky series returns for its fourth season with the story of a medical assistant who may not…

Resident Alien SEASON FINALE 10/9c, USA The end is near! And that’s not just an ominous threat… it’s also the title of Season 4’s finale, which will see eccentric E.T. Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk, above, with Taylor Blackwell) facing what is being described as “one final threat.” Despite escaping space jail on the moon and disposing of the shape-shifting Mantid that had been posing as him in his absence, our favorite visitor from the Mizar-Alcor star system (located within the Big Dipper, FYI) is far from seeing things settle down. There are still those baby-stealing aliens known as the Greys terrorizing Mayor Ben (Levi Fiehler) and wife Kate (Meredith Garretson) to deal with, as well as some very human problems that have developed between besties Asta (Sara Tomko) and D’Arcy…

Survival Mode 10/9c, NBC THIS IS A disaster docuseries that goes beyond the attention-grabbing headlines and straight to the heart of the matter. Over nine episodes, NBC News crews interview ordinary folks, first responders and loved ones who persevered in the face of utter tragedies—some caused by Mother Nature, some man-made. Tonight’s episode is a bit of both. In February 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas, an unusual winter freeze brought black ice onto a highway during a pre-dawn commute that resulted in a 133-car pile-up, six fatalities and at least 65 injuries. “Everyone coming down the hill and around this turn [on the highway] couldn’t see it until it was too late,” showrunner Chris Cassel explains. “By the time the sun rose, it was just a scene of incredible devastation.”…

Jurassic Park Marathon 3/2c, Comet Relive the “adventure 65 million years in the making” with these three Jurassic Park movies. The afternoon starts with 1993’s iconic first film, followed by 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park (5:30/4:30c) and Jurassic Park III (8/7c). True Crime Story: Smugshot SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, SundanceTV Fame. Money. Revenge. Freedom. Status. These are just a few of the many reasons that compel entitled people to break the law. This series recounts cases that range from quirky to disturbing to devastating, committed by people who thought they could get away with it—and the surprising stories behind them. TODAY’S SPORTS PICK MLB BASEBALL 8:30/7:30c, FS1 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies The Diamondbacks and the Rockies open a four-game NL West series at Coors Field in Denver. Revival SEASON…

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Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 TUESDAY, JULY 29 How did a sarcastic 2019 Facebook post about the alien secrets allegedly kept inside Nevada’s classified Area 51 morph into a media circus and low-level riot outside the facility? This installment of the Trainwreck doc franchise goes behind the headlines with the jokesters who thought it would be funny to see if anyone would be stupid enough to try to break into a guarded military base. Spoiler alert: Some people were. —Damian Holbrook Critical: Between Life and Death AVAILABLE NOW This gripping medical doc series unfolds over 21 days inside the four hospitals of the London Major Trauma System. These six fast-paced episodes capture urgent interventions of the U.K.’s National Health Service—from a fairground ride disaster to a head injury from assault—offering a…

@damianholbrook Cheers to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s brilliant July 23 episode (directed by Happy Endings fave Zach Knighton) for revealing how FXX’s comedy hit (with Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day and Rob Mac, above) is secretly Succession with trash humans. Cheers to Dexter: Resurrection for raising the dead. Paramount+’s latest Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) series fittingly launched with fearly departed baddies Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits), the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) and his own awful dad (James Remar) giving ghostly advice to a comatose Dex. Killer idea. Cheers to Big Brother for changing the game. By adding a touch of The Traitors with its Hotel Mystère setting and a secret saboteur among the houseguests, CBS has gamely turned the 27th season of Julie Chen Moonves’ shut-in showdown into a fun lockedroom thriller. Cheers to American Idol alums scoring…

MONDAY, JULY 28 Christmas at Sea SERIES FINALE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel On the final day of the Hallmark Christmas Cruise, and the last episode of the series documenting it, romance, joy and a little holiday magic take center stage for the fans aboard (like the one above). Plus, a heartwarming moment unfolds involving a surprise celebration with Hallmark stars Paul Campbell, Andrew Walker and Nikki DeLoach. Lego Masters SEASON FINALE 8/7c, Fox It’s time for the Master Build as the fifth season comes to a close. The remaining teams leave all their bricks on the table as they get one final chance to stun the judges by constructing an enormous creation that best shows off their personality. Mysteries of the Unknown SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Travel Channel In the show’s 10th-season…

Project Runway SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, Freeform HEIDI KLUM IS back in fashion again… literally! After leaving the Runway in 2018, the German-born model is returning to host the 21st season of the clothing-design competition that has, since its launch in 2004, been spotted on Bravo, Lifetime and now Freeform. Like the best revivals of timeless styles, this one adds some new touches, including celebrity stylist Law Roach joining original judge Nina Garcia and former standout turned industry icon Christian Siriano (right, with Klum), who is filling Tim Gunn’s shoes as the contestants’ mentor. As always, it’s all about the up-and-coming talent ruching for their lives to prove they can cut it in couture. And this batch has a few who drew our attention—for better or worse—during the two-episode season premiere’s…

Grantchester SEASON FINALE 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) THE PARENT-CHILD CONFLICTS that have been simmering throughout 1962 get some resolution as Masterpiece’s British mystery series closes the case on its 10th—and penultimate—season. Vicar Alphy (Rishi Nair) makes a decision about whether to try to contact the mother who abandoned him when he was a baby, while police detective Geordie (Robson Green, far right, with Nair), who has been harsh with his only son David (Carter-Jae O’Neil) since he saw the boy frolicking in a dress, tries to forge a connection with the 10-year-old. Also, former curate Leonard (Al Weaver), who’d been drinking to deal with his late father’s rejection, musters up the courage to meet the mother (Bríd Brennan) of his partner Daniel (Oliver Dimsdale). Amid these challenges,…

Family Law 9/8c, The CW TONIGHT’S CASE TAKES us into the high-stakes world of tennis. Recovering-alcoholic attorney Abby (Jewel Staite) and her half brother Daniel (Zach Smadu, right)—who both work in their father’s law firm—represent a star player looking to be un-adopted. The investigation hits a wrinkle, however, when they find out their client was never adopted in the first place. “In between seasons, when we’re not shooting, any time somebody sees a story or an article in the newspaper, we’re forwarding it to each other,” says showrunner Susin Nielsen of how, four seasons in, the dramatic series continues to find unique cases to highlight. “I think that’s the amazing thing about working in the world of family law—there are just so many permutations of the ways that families quarrel…

Alien: Earth SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, FX A remarkable new heroine defends humanity from outer space creepy-crawlies in this eightepisode addition to the Alien franchise. Evoking the original 1979 sci-fi/horror blockbuster in all its grimy, gooey and gutsy glory, Alien: Earth is set in 2120, shortly before the events of the mothership film that featured warrant officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) trapped on a spacecraft fighting a face-sucking monster. In this thrilling new series, a deep space research vessel crash-lands on Earth and a brave but inexperienced young fighter, Wendy (Sydney Chandler, above, third from left), joins the rescue mission. She’s been mentored by an android named Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant, center). The cargo turns out to be a terrifying menagerie of intergalactic life forms collected for an entity familiar from Alien, the…

Nautilus SEASON FINALE 9/8c, AMC Season 1 docks with a doubleepisode adventure that kicks off with Nemo (Shazad Latif) on trial for his life after Valkyrie warriors take the crew by force. But even if they can escape their Norse captors, there may not be enough time to get back to dry land and upend the East India Mercantile Company’s shareholder meeting. Women Wearing Shoulder Pads SERIES PREMIERE Midnight/11c, Cartoon Network Dive into the absurd in this new stop-motion animated series from Gonzalo Cordova (Tuca & Bertie). The network’s first Spanish-speaking show follows a wealthy woman who moves to Ecuador hoping to build a business—and the result is a lot of colorful fashion and campy fun. TODAY’S SPORTS PICK NFL PRESEASON 8/7c, Fox Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears The action…

@TVGMMattRoush The Institute Sundays, 9/8c, MGM+ KIDS WILL BE kids—but in the world of Stephen King, childhood often goes hand-in-hand with peril. (The terrified youths in It, for example.) This is especially true for the gifted adolescents whose psychic abilities become a curse when they’re snatched away from their normal daily lives and awaken in the creepy prison of (wait for it) The Institute. The surefire premise of King’s 2019 novel, adapted into an overlong and sluggish eight-part thriller, is strongest at depicting the plight of these young heroes, most notably the noble brainiac Luke (Joe Freeman), trapped in a top-secret facility nestled in rural Maine. It’s a chamber of horrors and torture as a staff of zealots and sadists, led by an ice-cold Mary-Louise Parker, grooms the youngsters to…

Destination X SEASON FINALE 10/9c, NBC LAST STOP! THIS globe-trotting reality competition hosted by gruffly charming Jeffrey Dean Morgan (above) will choose a $250,000 winner tonight. The remaining three players are pro bird watcher/group “dad” Rick Szabo; Chattanooga sports bettor Biggy Bailey and pilot Peter Weber of The Bachelor. They and other contestants crisscrossed Europe in a bus with blacked-out windows trying to answer one simple question: “Where the hell am I?” Clues were revealed in challenges, and each week, the player guessing the location farthest from the actual spot was sent packing. Executive producer Andy Cadman explains the power behind the last men standing: “Rick’s biggest strength was his all-round knowledge, which made him a threat from the start. Biggy used a perfect combination of social game and smarts.…

Marc Maron: Panicked 8/7c, HBO Worries? Who needs ’em when comic Marc Maron (above) is downright Panicked in his sixth stand-up special? After lighting up screens with his performance in Apple TV+’s summer golf comedy Stick, the funnyman is addressing the uncertainties of the world in this set, which covers everything from the corralling of his cats while evacuating during this year’s California wildfires—three cats, one carrier!—to current politics. “I don’t know what to do, really,” Maron tells his captive audience. “I’ve no solutions, but I mean, so much is happening it’s hard to even know what to protest against.” Cheers to 20 years! Padalecki, Ackles and Collins blow out the candles on… a pie, of course! The self-deprecating performer, who also has been entertaining listeners for years with his…

The Librarians: The Next Chapter SEASON FINALE 10/9c, TNT PREPARE FOR BOTH action and tears in the first-season wrap-up of this fantasy-adventure spinoff. Librarian Vikram Chamberlain (Callum McGowan), a time-traveling member of an ancient organization that protects the world from destructive magic, begins to atone for his past actions and bids farewell to a loved one. “No matter what he does, he can’t get out of his own way, and he hurts the people he loves the most,” explains McGowan (above center, with Jessica Green and Bluey Robinson). This week, the original show’s Librarian Jacob Stone (Christian Kane) visits the Serbian Library Annex. Unfortunately, he’s there to discharge Vikram’s crew: Charlie Cornwall (Green), Connor Green (Robinson) and Lysa Pascal (Olivia Morris). He also plans to lock up Vikram—“whom he sees…

Homicide Squad New Orleans 9/8c, A&E Back on the streets of the Big Easy for a second season, this docuseries follows real NOLA homicide detectives (like Sgt. Rob Barrere, above) as they tackle a different case each week. Tonight, an innocent bystander is shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on iconic—and crowded—Bourbon Street. “When you have any incident that takes place in this area, there’s an extra level of scrutiny,” says executive producer Robyn Younie. “There’s a lot of added pressure in finding the people responsible.” Documenting cases in real time, the crew follows the process “from the moment a 911 call comes in through, hopefully, apprehension and arrest,” says Younie. There are personal stakes for the homegrown detectives, he notes, who are “united to safeguard the city they…

Back to School Marathon 6/5c, Dabl Get ready for the kids to head back to class with this marathon of classic Black sitcom episodes from the ’90s and early 2000s. It kicks off with Half & Half, as Dee Dee (Essence Atkins) competes for a job against her law school rival. The Jamie Foxx Show finds the star (above) going to traffic school, and on The Parkers, Nikki (Mo’Nique) gets fed up with her sorority rush. The Chicken Sisters SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Drama gets in the way as the rival fried-chicken-eatery owners try to put their differences to rest in Season 2. Plus, JAG alum David James Elliott drops by as a mystery man from Gus’ (Wendie Malick) past. TODAY’S SPORTS PICK NASCAR 2/1c, USA Cup Series: Go…

Elvis Marathon 8am/7c, HDNet Elvis Presley lives—through his music and his 31 movies (not counting concert films), five of which are featured in a daylong marathon marking the 48th anniversary of his death. He remains timeless in these chestnuts from his 1960s cinematic heyday, including two films released after his discharge from the U.S. Army. In Blue Hawaii (8am/7c, repeated at 8:15/7:15c), he’s an Army veteran who leads tourists around the Aloha State, with Joan Blackman (right, with Presley), only 10 years his elder, playing his mother. In G.I. Blues (5:45/4:45c, again at 1am/midnight c), he’s a singing Army specialist wooing a club dancer (Juliet Prowse). Also on the playlist: Roustabout (10:45am/9:45c), opposite film legend Barbra Stanwyck; Easy Come, Easy Go (1:15/12:15c); and Frankie and Johnny (3:35/2:35c), opposite The Beverly…

ACROSS 1 Chris Colfer’s role on Glee 5 ____ Behaving Badly 8 Mr. Robot and The War at Home actor Malek 12 Ripley’s Believe ____ Not! (2 wds.) 13 Air-quality group (abbr.) 14 thirtysomething actor Ken 15 Scully’s first name on The X-Files 16 Stimpy’s animated friend 17 Game show Break the ____ 18 Sitcom that starred Elisha Cuthbert and Eliza Coupe (2 wds.) 21 Buddy 22 Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sharknado film series actor Ziering 23 Bob of Full House 26 Like Lucille Ball’s hair 27 ____ in the Family 30 Tabatha Takes ____ 31 ____ Vegas Gambit 32 Son on The Cosby Show 33 The ____ King Cole Show 34 Successful series 35 ____ Incredible! 36 Dandy dresser 37 Misfortune 38 Show starring Joe Locke and Kit Connor (2 wds.) 44 Yellowjackets actress Purnell 45…

NETFLIX Available Now Jaws (1975) What would summer be without this 50-year-old classic? Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss hunt a shark—and they’re gonna need a bigger boat. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) George Miller’s astonishing postapocalyptic reboot in a world where gas and water are scarce has visionary effects. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron are great. Mission: Impossible (1996) Five films in the franchise stream, starting with our intro to Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), who seeks the mole who framed him for the murder of his intelligence team. The Notebook (2004) This four-tissue romance follows the long love tale of Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams). Based on the bestseller. A Star Is Born (2018) You can say that about Lady Gaga, who wows in Bradley Cooper’s remade tale of a musician…