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💻 STREAMING
Street Flow (Banlieusards) 🎥 (Netflix, 3 a.m.): A French import about a 15-year-old from the suburb of Paris who is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow: the lawyer student or the gangster. A difficult decision.
EARLY PRIMETIME
The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes (Oxygen, 7 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. In yet another true crime show, Paul Holes and Yolanda McClary investigate a double homicide that's left a small town in Iowa spooked for nearly 40 years.
Doctor Who 📺 (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): Jo and the Doctor discover the Master is working with, not imprisoned by, a mysterious underwater race, the Sea Devils, to conquer the world.Meeting Gorbachev (History, 6 p.m.): SPECIAL. In this doc, Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements, including the reduction of nuclear weapons, the reunification of Germany, and the dissolution of his country.
FOR THE RECORD: Murder for Hire (Oxygen, 6 p.m.)
🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL
Happy Death Day 2U 🎥 (HBO, 8 p.m.): College student Jessica Rothe becomes the target of a masked killer when she wakes up in an alternate reality. When the psychopath targets her friends, she realizes that she must die over and over again to save them.
The College Admissions Scandal 🎥 (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Well, that didn't take long. Two wealthy mothers share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best colleges, so they turn to ensure their admissions. The New Yorker really liked it and you never know... the topical subject matter could garner it an Emmy nod.
All That (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): Marie Kiddo helps declutter a treehouse, Dracula reviews new technology with the Invisible Man, Nathan cancels trick or treating, and Girl Scouts go camping to earn coveted badges.
Henry Danger (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): Big steaks are on the line when Henry claims he can't be scared. Schwoz uses a machine that allows Henry to virtually experience the spooky stories that everyone in the Man Cave tells him in an attempt to prove Henry wrong.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Discovery Family, 8 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. A goodbye in primetime fashion! When a villainous alliance unleashes its unified might on Equestria, it's up to the Mane Six (Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, & Pinkie Pie) to save the kingdom. Princess Twilight looks back on her time spent with the Mane Six when she is visited by a student with a friendship problem. I've watched the first half of this show and you know what... it's really damn good.
Svengoolie: The Mummy 🎥 (MeTV, 8 p.m.): In this quality Universal monster flick, a resurrected Egyptian mummy (Boris Karloff) stalks a beautiful woman (Zita Johann) he believes to be the reincarnation of his lover and bride.
FOR THE RECORD: Crikey! It's the Irwins (Animal Planet)
🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL
⭐ The Banana Splits Movie 🎥 (Syfy, 9 p.m.): Inspired by the Sid and Marty Krofft's 1970s children's show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, which aired on NBC for a couple seasons before a decade-long run in syndication, a family visits a taping of the The Banana Splits TV show for young Harley's birthday — he loves Snorky. However, word arrives that the show has been canceled, and the taping soon plunges into madness when the body count rises. The robot cast wants to ensure the show will go on forever. (The internet would like you to know this basically a Five Nights at Freddy's ripoff.)
Love, Fall & Order 🎥 (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): A woman heads back to her hometown on a mission to help save her father's annual Fall Fest, which is held on her family's pumpkin farm. She probably finds love on the way.FOR THE RECORD: Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild); First Time Flippers (DIY); Live PD (A&E); Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN); Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet)
🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL
Beyond the Headlines: The College Admissions Scandal with Gretchen Carlson 🎥 (Lifetime, 10 p.m.): In this nonfiction follow-up to the movie, the real-life events of the scandal get put under the Lifetime microscope.
Thriller 📺 (Decades, 10 p.m.): This weekend's binge starts around the mid-point of season one of this classic anthology, hosted by Boris Karloff. By the late evening, the show has embraced its horror and suspense strengths, really kicking off with this episode. An artist pawns his soul to the devil and must retrieve it by painting a portrait of another person whose soul will be exchanged for his. Let me assure you, this episode is a thriller. (I highly recommend the episode, "Masquerade," airing at noon Sunday, featuring Tom Poston and Elizabeth Montgomery... I love the ending.)
FOR THE RECORD: 48 Hours (CBS); Amanda to the Rescue (Animal Planet); Fear Thy Neighbor (ID); House Hunters Renovation (HGTV); Ready to Love (OWN)
🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 📺 (MeTV, 11 p.m.): In the silliest episodes of the first season, Buck must stop an evil plot to subliminally target youth through a popular band and cause a riot.
One-Punch Man (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.): PREMIERE. In this Toonami favorite (I couldn't quite get into it), while out shopping, Saitama and Genos come across G4, a demonic robot on a mission to eliminate King. Sitch recruits cutthroats, villains and assassins to help the Hero Association.
Hill Street Blues 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 11 p.m.): Tonight's group of episodes is highlighted by the fall of coroner Wally Nydorf (Pat Corley), who has botched numerous autopsies and dominoes fall against his favor. Also of note: the episode titles: "No Body's Perfect" and "Santaclaustrophobia," the latter is pretty meh.
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Black Clover (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): The Black Bulls meet their hideout's secret occupant, a man who can change the building's shape at will.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): Snarky remarks from older ninja irritate Boruto, whose mood sours even further during his birthday party when word comes that his father cannot attend. Team 7 heads to a neighboring area where a gang of thieves reported a monster attack.
Demon Slayer (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. A youth begins a quest to fight demons and save his sister after finding his family slaughtered and his sister turned into a demon.
Fire Force (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Company 8's investigation into the Evangelist continues, leading them to Company 7. Hinawa looks back upon the company's origins.
Dr. Stone (Adult Swim, midnight): Wanting to make antibiotics, Senku explains how to Chrome and Kohaku. A child named Suika offers to help Senku. Senku also decides to make ramen to appease the villagers and use their manpower.
Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Soma's dish is deflating and it will take focus to get back on track.
Grace Under Fire 📺 (Laff, 2:30 a.m.): In this series highlight and start of a recurring story, Grace receives a letter from her college-aged son Matthew (TOM EVERETT SCOTT), who she gave up for adoption when she was a teenager. He wants to meet her.
The Invaders 📺 (MeTV, midnight): Vincent pursues an alien (Gene Hackman) whose case contains spores that will produce mature aliens when opened. They're here already! You're next!
Lost in Space 📺 (MeTV, 1 a.m.): While spacewalking Doctor Robinson is pulled down onto a planet. Major West lands the ship to search for him. We can safely assume Dr. Smith is behind it.
Lupin the Third Part 5 (Adult Swim, 3:30 a.m.): Three years after a count's unsolved murder, his widow gathers three suspects together and asks Lupin to play the role of detective, but a blackout and further deaths compound the mystery.
LATE-NIGHT TV
Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Maggie Rogers
The Greg Gutfeld Show (Fox News, 10 p.m.): Walter Kirn, Mark Steyn, Kat Timpf, and Tyrus
Johnny Carson 📺 (Antenna TV, 10 p.m.): Leonard Waxdeck and his student bird callers, James Coco, Kelly Monteith, and Barbara Howar (2 Jun 1978)
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): David Harbour and Camila Cabello (live-thread page)
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