What's On Tonight (Friday): Be Part Of 'Howard's' World

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Settle in for a melodious What's On Tonight for Friday, August 7th.

Top Pick
🔔 Howard (Disney+, 3:01 A.M.) A documentary premiere about the great lyricist Howard Ashman, taken from us too soon. Watch the trailer here.

Highlights
🔔 Berlin, Berlin: Lolle On The Run (Netflix, 3:01 A.M.) A movie sequel to the German TV series.

🔔 Muppets Now (Disney+, 3:01 A.M.)

🔔 Selling Sunset (Netflix, 3:01 A.M.) Season three release.

🔔 Wizards: Tales Of Arcadia (Netflix, 3:01 A.M.) Series premiere. 'Merlin’s apprentice joins Arcadia’s heroes on a time-bending adventure in Camelot, where conflict is brewing between the human, troll and magical worlds.'

🔔 Work It (Netflix, 3:01 A.M.) Alicia Keys is one of the producers of this 'coming-of-age comedy' about a 'brilliant but clumsy' teenager who uses dance to transform herself and gain admittance to her father's alma mater.

🔔 🏌️‍♂️ PGA Championship (ESPN, 4:00 P.M.) Continuing coverage; round two.

🔔 Jonestown: Cult Of Personality (REELZ, 8:00 P.M.) Can't speak for the quality of this documentary but Powers Boothe turned in a chilling performance - and won the Emmy Award - as Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones. You can watch that CBS original movie here.

Man V. Food (The Cooking Channel, 8:00 P.M.) A marathon of season eight episodes.

🔔 Masters Of Illusion (The CW, 8:00 P.M.)

🔔 The Greatest #AtHome Videos (CBS, 8:00 P.M.)

🔔 WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 P.M.)

🔔 Being Reuben (The CW, 9:00 P.M.) Series premiere. A British reality show that focuses on a teenage 'YouTuber and beauty influencer,' two things that should not exist.

🔔 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 P.M.)

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

🎭 Great Performances: In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams (PBS, 9:00 P.M.) Encore.

🏀 NBA Basketball (TNT, 9:00 P.M.) The Celtics take on the Raptors.

🔔🌺 Martha Knows Best (HGTV, 10:00 P.M.) Back-to-back episodes have Martha tackling trees and pets.

🔔 Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 P.M.) Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh just when I thought I was out, it pulls me back in by booking Chris Evans as a guest. Other guests this week: Colonel Laurence Willkerson, Meghan Daum and Paul Begala.

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🔔 The New York Times Presents: Dominic Fike, At First (FX, 10:00 P.M.) The second episode of this original documentary series centers on the attempted making of a pop star out of thin air.

Blast From The Past
🎥 Sabrina (TMC, 8:00 P.M.) Sydney Pollack's dubious remake of Billy Wilder's classic, with Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond and Greg Kinnear trying to substitute for Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, respectively.

Former World News Tonight Anchor Peter Jennings Died On August 7, 2005

Sources: Zap2It, Futon Critic, OnThisDay, Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, Variety, HBO.