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¡Buenos dias! Tonight's Top Pick goes to the new HBO horror drama Lovecraft Country, which might just finish up its source material tonight. Inspired by the stories of H. P. Lovecraft, the series is about Jonathan Majors who travels the segregated country in the 1950s searching for his father, and he's accompanied by his friend Jurnee Smollett and his uncle Courtney B. Vance. On the way, he learns of dark secrets plaguing a town with him at the center. By the end of episode two, it had burned through at least a season worth of material.
Elsewhere, the Sunday pickings are getting slimmer. MTV awards the best in video music, Helter Skelter finishes its Manson tale, Uncle Clifford goes to war, W. Kamau Bell wraps the Shades for 2020, Top Gear goes to Nepal, and the Earps go on a break, airing the last of its pre-coronavirus episodes.
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide, here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, August 30!
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
Da 5 Bloods 🎥 (Netflix, now): RIP Chadwick.
Get On Up 🎥 (HBO Max, now): RIP Chadwick.
Lincoln Heights (Hulu, now): Toward the end of this Freeform drama, a young Chadwick Boseman joined the cast.
FOR THE RECORD: Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m., season finale); Stranger (Netflix, 3 a.m.)
🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL
2020 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV / CMT / Comedy Central / Nickelodeon / The CW, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Lady Gaga performance! And to end the weekend, The Weeknd!
Black Panther 🎥 (ABC / TBS, 8 p.m.): RIP Chadwick. The movie is commercial-free on ABC.
P-Valley (Starz, 8 p.m.): Uncle Clifford goes to war for the hearts and minds of Chucalissa. Back at the club, the Pynk family comes together to prepare for its biggest night yet.
Renovation, Inc. (HGTV, 8 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. It's like Batman, Inc., but HGTV style. Maybe? I have no idea.
Renovation, Inc. (HGTV, 8 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. It's like Batman, Inc., but HGTV style. Maybe? I have no idea.
Secrets in the Woods 🎥 (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A woman discovers a horrifying secret about her boyfriend's father during a romantic getaway in the woods.
Top Gear: Nepal (BBC America, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Paddy, Freddie and Chris set out on a high-altitude voyage from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, to the Forbidden City of Lo Manthang on the far side of the Himalayas.
Behind Closed Doors (Reelz): Valerie Harper
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🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL
Love Fraud (Showtime, 9 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Tracy and Mickey's courtship is a dizzying ride that ends with an engagement ring, but Tracy's daughters think it's all moving too fast and break into Mickey's truck to find out the truth.✔️
⭐ Lovecraft Country (HBO, 9 p.m.): Leti turns a ramshackle Victorian on Chicago's North Side into a boarding house, an endeavor that stokes racism and awakens dormant spirits stuck in the house. George's wife, Hippolyta, presses Atticus for the full story of what happened in Ardham.
United Shades of America (CNN, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. In back-to-back episodes to wrap up the season, Kamau visits New York City to talk to recent Iranian immigrants and those who came here decades ago. Then he ventures to the notorious Skid Row in Los Angeles and explores its racial, socio-economic, and statistical dynamics. Seriously, YOU NEED TO BE WATCHING THIS SHOW.
Voices Magnified: Policing in America (A&E, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. Examines what it will take to transform the way we police our streets so people of all races can feel safe and respected by those who are charged with protecting them.
FOR THE RECORD: Apocalypse Earth (History); Barnyard Builders (DIY Network); Carnival Eats (Cooking Channel, season premiere); Chopped (Food Network); Evil Lives Here (Investigation Discovery); Expedition to the Edge (Discovery Channel); How It Really Happened with Harper Hill (HLN); Lone Star Law (Animal Planet); Love Island (CBS); Mexico Life (HGTV); Paranormal Caught on Camera (Travel Channel); Race to Victory: WWII Pacific (Smithsonian Channel, special); The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo); United Vets of America: A Game of Cat and Lynx (Nat Geo Wild, special); Weather Gone Viral (The Weather Channel); Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks (National Geographic)
🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL
Chadwick Boseman: Tribute to a King (ABC News Special) (ABC, 10 p.m.): SPECIAL. ABC tribute special for Chadwick.
The Vow (HBO, 10 p.m.): After seven years, Bonnie leaves NXIVM for Los Angeles and tries desperately to get through to Mark, who reassures her all is well. Mark remains loyal to Keith and NXIVM, but a series of phone calls begins to sow doubt within him.
We Hunt Together (Showtime, 10 p.m.): Baba and Freddy got away with murder and they celebrate with a trip to Freddy's old school. Lola and Jackson wander around in search of a stick.
Wynonna Earp (Syfy, 10 p.m.): "The gang races to save one of its own but are hindered by unseen forces." The Earps will return... when they finish the post-production of the COVID-era-shot episodes.
🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL
FOR THE RECORD: 90 Day Pillow Talk: Happily Ever After? (TLC); Bahamas Life (HGTV)
💤💤😴💤💤
Mission: Impossible 📺 (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Dr. William Bennett, an archaeologist, is in a foreign country and has a heart attack. Head of Security Stephan Gomalk is preparing to assassinate his friend and the president, Rurich, and believes Bennett is a spy. The IMF must get Bennett out of the country and foil the assassination scheme.
YOLO: Crystal Family (Adult Swim, midnight): SEASON FINALE. After one too many drinks, Rachel stumbles into the bush to take a leak against a tree, where she unwittingly falls through a portal into the Bushworld dimension. Later, when Sarah's husband dies suddenly, she tackles her grief by losing herself in pottery.
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LATE-NIGHT TALK & SATIRE
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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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