What's On Tonight (Friday): It's Time To Play The Music, It's Time To Light The Lights

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Muppets! Muppets! Muppets Now for What's On Tonight on Friday, July 31st. 

Top Pick
🔔 Muppets Now (Disney+, 3:01 A.M.) They're back! Again! Hopefully better than the last time! 'The Muppets Studio’s first unscripted series lands on Disney+ and so far the reviews are promising.

Highlights
🔔 Umbrella Academy (Netflix, 3:01 A.M.) Complete second season.

🏀 NBA Basketball (ESPN, 6:45 P.M.) The Celtics and Bucks face off in Lake Buena Vista's HP Field House.

⚾ Classic MLB Baseball (ESPN Classic, 8:00 P.M.) 'From 2002: Minnesota at Oakland in Game 5 of a division series. The Twins won 5-4, with A.J. - ' Whoa, TV Guide, spoilers!

🔔 🎥 Little Women (Starz, 8:00 P.M.) Latest version of Louisa May Alcott's novel; your mileage may vary.

🎥 Police Academy (AMC, 8:00 P.M.) The original 'classic' starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall and Bubba Smith.

🔔 The Greatest #AtHome Videos (CBS, 8:00 P.M.) 'Mining internet gold.' I'll take their word on that.

🔔 Upside-Down Magic (Disney, 8:00 P.M.)

🔔 Bigfoot In Alaska (Travel, 9:00 P.M.) Has the 'sinister Sasquatch' relocated from CalabasasOregon to the 49th state to terrorize the 'Alaska Triangle'?

Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 P.M.) 'In Cold Blood,' which is not about the Clutter family murders but a different crime that happened in Jacksonville, Florida over a Halloween weekend.

🔔 🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives (Food Network, 9:00 P.M.)

🎭 Great Performances (PBS, 9:00 P.M.) Encore. 'A revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter features Kevin Kline, Kate Burton, Kristine Nielsen and Cobie Smulders.'

🔔 🎶 The Go-Go's (Showtime, 9:00 P.M.) Premiere of the documentary about the groundbreaking '80s pop group. Gwen Ihnat gave the film a B+.

20/20 (ABC, 9:00 P.M.) Two-hour repeat of the episode 'Sole Survivor.'

🔔 Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 P.M.) Everyone's favorite edgelord is back from vacation with guests Kerry Washington, Jim Carrey, Thomas Chatteron Williams and perpetually 'censored conservative' Bari Weiss.

🔔 🌺 Martha Knows Best (HGTV, 10:00 P.M.) Series Premiere (back-to-back episodes). The iconic lifestyle guru is back to help Queer Eye's Antoni navigate the creation of balcony vegetable garden and, of course, Snoop Dogg as she explores the 'world of container gardens.'

🔔 United Sharks Of America: Shark Bite Capitals (National Geographic, 10:00 P.M.) Shark Week begins on Sunday and that means endless shark-related programming on a few boutique channels for the foreseeable future.

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Blast From The Past
🎥 Carrie (TMCX, 8:15 P.M.) Sissy Spacek's star-making turn in the titular role is just one reason to check out this Brian DePalma classic.

Chet Huntley Retired From 'The Huntley-Brinkley Report' On July 31, 1970

Source(s): Zap2It, OnThisDay, HGTV, Twitter, The A.V. Club, Disney+, TV Guide.