What's On Tonight (Sunday): After four decades, the Golden State Killer becomes a defendant

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Salutations! Tonight's pick is HBO's excellent docuseries I'll Be Gone in the Dark, which reconstructs true crime author Michelle McNamara's life journey in writing her book about the Golden State Killer. The documentary has a strong balance between McNamara's personal life and her work on this unsolved case, and over the course of the series, shows how each influenced the other and/or offered life reflections. Last week's moving episode covered her death in 2016 and how her family, friends, and colleagues grappled with both her death and finishing the book she started. She had had many breakthroughs in her final months. Tonight's finale covers what happened after the book was published. The Golden State Killer (or Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, Diamond Knot Killer, or Night Stalker, among others), who had terrorized various California communities in the 1970s and '80s, is arrested.

Elsewhere, I'll Be Gone in the Dark isn't the only docuseries wrapping up tonight. Showtime's Outcry also ends while The CW imports a competition show about a war at the refrigerator and the popular British Taskmaster. Plus, Netflix gets its science on, SharkFest keeps on swimming, History remembers Hiroshima, Epix brings Britannia to the TV, the Osbournes are back doing... something, and W. Kamau Bell examines inequality in public education.

I fight to protect a world that doesn't even know we exist, here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, August 2!

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

60 Minutes (CBS, 7 p.m.): Regulations and a robust black market cut into legal pot profits in California... original copies of a letter written by Christopher Columbus being replaced with forgeries... a mysterious holy site visited by Ethiopian pilgrims.

Connected (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Science journalist Latif Nasser investigates the surprising and intricate ways in which we are connected to each other, and even, the universe.

Doctor Who 📺 (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): Despite the serial's title, the Doctor does neither battle the vampire Selene nor help her in the slaying of the lycans. Rather in Underworld, the crew of a Minyan spaceship go on a 100,000-year quest in search of a ship containing a genetic bank that would restore the their species. Minyans are not fans of Time Lords.

Love by Accident 🎥 (UPtv, 7 p.m.): Ehh... you don't care.

FOR THE RECORD: It's Okay to Not Be Okay (Netflix, 3 a.m.); Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m.)

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Fridge Wars (The CW, 8 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. And now an import from our neighbors to the north. Acclaimed culinary superstars Matt Basile and Massimo Capra attempt to spice things up by fueling one fit family and stretching it out for another.

A Murder to Remember 🎥 (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A woman finds herself in grave danger when her husband dies in the wilderness and she accepts help from a seemingly friendly camper.

P-Valley (Starz, 8 p.m.): "Mercedes and Autumn make major moves toward building new lives for themselves. At the Pynk, gossip spreads like wildfire, and patrons flood in for a big night." This describes the series in general.

Shark vs. Surfer (National Geographic, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Accounts of shark attacks on surfers, caught-on-camera encounters, and interviews with the victims.

THE TOPIC & GUEST LIST:
Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (Reelz): David Cassidy
The Top Ten Revealed (AXS TV): Songs of 1992

FOR THE RECORD: 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (TLC); Mystic Britain (Smithsonian Channel); Naked & Afraid XL (Discovery Channel); The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo, season premiere); Renovation Island (HGTV); Rock Legends (AXS TV, 8:30 p.m.); Sunday Best (BET); Unearthed (Science)

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The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (TNT, 9 p.m.): After a Lying-In Hospital employee is murdered, the team is hot on the heels of the killer/ Sara enlists the help of Joanna to tail their prime suspect. Later, Sara and Moore search for new information about their suspect, even teaming with their adversary, former Commissioner Thomas Byrnes, to rescue another missing child. Also... HATS!

Britannia (Epix, 9 p.m.): This British historical fantasy drama is not new; it's arrived courtesy Amazon in 2018. However, the second series has never aired stateside and Epix is co-producing a third season, so get to know Britannia. In the first episode... Nine decades after Caesar failed to conquer Britannia, the Romans are back on the island, led by a determined general named Aulus Plautius. Standing against him is a tribal people at war within and the mystic druids and their gods.

The Chi (Showtime, 9 p.m.): Ronnie laments a loss. Emmett and Dom get help from landlord Zeke. Kiesha is resigned to her fate but vows to fight. She persisted!(?) Jemma melts Kevin's heart, which sounds really morbid. Politics pit Douda against Camille.

Hiroshima: 75 Years Later (History, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. Told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors, this presents the moral, scientific and military conundrums of the atomic bomb as felt by those closest to it.

The Odd Couple 📺 (Decades, 9 p.m.): In this Odd Couple classic, when Oscar burns up Felix's bed, he tries to set things right by suggesting Felix appear on Let's Make a Deal, hosted by Oscar's college friend, Monty Hall.

Perry Mason (HBO, 9 p.m.): Mason puts Herman Baggerly on the stand in hopes of exposing the hidden link between the Radiant Assembly's staggering debt and Charlie's ransom. Meanwhile, Strickland loses track of a key witness, and Drake's detective work opens a new avenue in the case. Wait, are we waiting a whole season for a single Perry Mason witness confession? The finale is next week.

Taskmaster (The CW, 9 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. The popular British oddball Taskmaster comes to the US of A. Will it click with audiences? Every episode, five comedians are set tasks challenging their creativity and wit. The tasks are supervised by Alex Horne but the Taskmaster, Greg Davies, always has the final word. In this first episode, which is really the beginning of the eighth season, contestants take on hilarious challenges, including Baby Monitors, Powerful Smells, and Seductive Dummies.

Yellowstone (Paramount Network, 9 p.m.): Jamie has a major revelation. Beth makes plans for her future, which might well be lounging naked in a tub outside for no reason. Jimmy meets a rodeo legend. Rip's patience is tested.

THE TOPIC & GUEST LIST:

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (Reelz): Larry Hagman

Live from Daryl's House (AXS TV, season finale): Sammy Hagar

FOR THE RECORD: American Monster (Investigation Discovery); Barnyard Builders (DIY Network); La Voz (Telemundo); Lone Star Law (Animal Planet); Mexico Life (HGTV); Mighty Trains (Smithsonian Channel); Paranormal Caught on Camera (Travel Channel); Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa (Nat Geo Wild); Very Scary People (HLN); Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks (National Geographic); Worst Cooks in America (Food Network, season finale)

The Odd Couple, "Let's Make a Deal"

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Elizabeth Smart: Finding Justice (Lifetime, 10 p.m.): SPECIAL. Candra Torres sits down with fellow kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart to discuss life in captivity at the hands of a master manipulator and murderer.

Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story (PBS, 10:30 p.m.): SPECIAL. "Insights from people across the U.S. about what it means to be part of an American family."

Helter Skelter: An American Myth (Epix, 10:15 p.m.): All the ingredients were there for Helter Skelter. How a storm of circumstances broke a young boy and helped create one of the most enigmatic criminals of all time.

I'll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO, 10 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. As a former police officer's arrest unfolds in real time, chilling facts materialize to illuminate Michelle's foreshadowing of the events.

NOS4A2 (AMC / BBC America, 10 p.m.): Bing Partridge has some questions for Charlie Manx, who revisits his difficult childhood. Millie meets an old friend.

The Osbournes Want to Believe (Travel Channel, 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. The Osbournes are back...? And this time they... want to get into the paranormal business? "Jack shows a video of alleged paranormal activity to Sharon and Ozzy, who are skeptical of it." Riveting.

Outcry (Showtime, 10 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. Greg has been in legal limbo for nearly two years, waiting for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to decide on his case. A decision is finally handed down by the courts, and Greg's fate is determined.

United Shades of America (CNN, 10 p.m.): W. Kamau Bell explores inequities in the public education system through two very different school districts near Cleveland, Ohio.

Wynonna Earp (Syfy, 10 p.m.): "Wynonna works with a new ally to rescue her family, but reunions come at a price."

THE TOPIC & GUEST LIST:
The Johnny Cash Show 📺 (getTV): Ray Charles, Neil Diamond, and Tammy Wynette (11 Feb 1970)

FOR THE RECORD: Beat Bobby Flay (Food Network, 10:30 p.m.); Caribbean Life (HGTV); Collector's Call (MeTV); Mummy Unexplained Files (Science); On the Case with Paula Zahn (Investigation Discovery); Outback Lockdown (Discovery Channel); Smothered (TLC); Tournament of Laughs (TBS, season finale)

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THE GUEST LIST:
The Johnny Cash Show 📺 (getTV, 11 p.m.): Waylon Jennings, Jackie DeShannon, and Michael Parks (25 Mar 1970)

FOR THE RECORD: Mexico Life (HGTV); Pillow Talk: Happily Ever After? (TLC)

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Mission: Impossible 📺 (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Two scientists and their wives have been kidnapped by enemy agent Eric Stavak. If Stavak doesn't get hold of a third scientist, the other two are useless and will be killed. If he gets the third, Stavak will have the key to an "ultimate weapon."

Mutant X 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 3 a.m.): Remember when syndicated shows were all over local stations? Well, this early 2000s syndication action show (from Marvel) about genetically-mutated people, who live in the shadows of society, fighting a bad guy and his dream of controlling them, cycles over. Like X-Men, but often really stupid. I watched the whole series. It starts off at barely mediocre and proceeds to go downhill fast. It ends on a cliffhanger.

LATE-NIGHT TALK & SATIRE

Desus & Mero (Showtime, 11 p.m.): Stephen A. Smith
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 11 p.m.)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen: @ Home (Bravo, 10 p.m.): Gizelle Bryant, Keke Palmer

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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!