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| My Hero Academia |
[*waves hello*]! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, July 31!
Tonight's Top Pick is another anime show courtesy Toonami. This time it's My Hero Academia, which takes place at a specialized high school in a world where most humans have a superpower (a.k.a. quirk), though rarely do any two have the same type. In the current fifth season, teams of students went through various matches. Tonight, with Dr. Stone wrapped and a new show still two weeks away, Toonami offers two new episodes.
Elsewhere, global sportballs continue, Toonami gives us a double dose of Food Wars!, the Untamed Namib Desert is profiled, Jessica McClure gets documentary treatment, Orochimaru exits the Hidden Leaf, the Half-Demon find an abandoned child, and puppies play games.
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
Heartbreak Island (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Discovery+ dips another toe into the dating show genre.
Puppy Bowl Presents: The Summer Games (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): SPECIAL. Puppers!! "Each team will go head-to-head in three rounds of increasing competition and challenges to determine who is the best duo of human and canine." Kym Whitley hosts and McKayla Maroney serves as one of the judges.
🎥 Spotlight (Netflix, now): This excellent and Academy Award-winning movie about Boston Globe reporters uncovering the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese leaves the streamer after today.
🎥 Troll 2 (HBO Max, now): This truly awful movie is one of the many movies exiting the streamer after today. (It was either list Troll 2 or The Prophecy franchise, which I'm sure most people are unfamiliar with... I've seen all five.)
BRIEFLY: The Globe (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Love Island UK (Hulu, 3 a.m.)
🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL
Eden: Untamed Planet (AMC / BBC America, 8 p.m.): The Namib Desert is one of the oldest deserts of all. It's also one of the most diverse with 50-degree temperatures and half a millimeter of rainfall annually.
🎥 A Madea Family Funeral (BET, 8 p.m.): At the end of the Madea franchise, a "joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unsavory family secrets."✔️
🎥 Tom and Jerry (HBO, 8 p.m.): In this poorly-received movie that I already forgot was recently a thing, a chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives.
🎥 You're Not Safe Here (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): After surviving an accident, a young pregnant woman wakes up in the home of an isolated couple who live in the woods. And you're not gonna believe this... but then she fears for her life.
NOTICES:
2021 Olympic Summer Games (NBCUniversal networks): Beach volleyball, track and field, swimming, BMX freestyle, men's golf, men's soccer, women's volleyball
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| Suburgatory (Dalia) on Tyler Perry |
🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL
🎥 58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story (CNN, 9 p.m.): In 1987, 18-month-old Jessica McClure fell into a well. A nation watched live on TV as rescuers worked, and her family's fears were felt across the country. The short film reveals the impact on the local community after the cameras left town.✔️
📺 The Jeffersons (TV One, 9:30 p.m.): Jenny gives her brother an ice-cold reception when he suddenly appears after a two-year absence. George is the only one who understands Jenny's strange behavior and, unfortunately, he makes no bones about saying so.
🎥 Love, for Real (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): Hayley and her best friend, Bree, go on a reality dating show to publicize her fashion line, but nothing goes as planned when love, friendship and careers are on the line.
🎥 Super Reviewers: Rate, Review, Repeat (CNN, 9:30 p.m.): Super reviewers leave thousands of reviews at online websites. Their personal dispatches seem like the best evidence we have when making decisions. The short film captures an idiosyncratic portrait of the lengths people go to feel like somebody.
This Weekend in Pop Culture (WOT&Pop Culture, 9:30 p.m.): What pop culture have you consumed lately?
🕙 10:00 EASTERN / 🕘 9:00 CENTRAL
📺 Daniel Boone (Decades, 10 p.m.): Spend the weekend with Daniel Boone, a big man with an eye like an eagle, tall as a mountain as well as brave, fearless and tough as an oak tree. In this episode, Boone's efforts to save Mingo from a mob, intent upon hanging him for killing a white trader's family, nearly fail until he can find the real culprit.
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Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1:30 & 2 a.m.): The first bout is in full swing. Satoshi's loyalties are called into question and the judges reveal themselves. Later, Nene and Soma present their soba dishes to the judges, but Soma's making questionable decisions through the entire match.
⭐ My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, midnight & 12:30 a.m.): U.A. High's Class 1-A students celebrate Christmas with a party, gift exchange and a visit from Santa Claus. Later, Hawks acts strange when he meets Endeavor and his work study students on their way to Endeavor Agency.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Moroha, Towa and Setsuna find an abandoned child while traveling through a mountain pass and bring her back to her village.✔️
📺 The Rookies (Heroes & Icons, 2 a.m.): A college girl from Jamaica witnesses the murder of a notorious drug pusher, and Terry Webster is assigned to get her testimony. In the days that follow, they fall in love, but the girl is tracked down by the murderer.
📺 That Girl (Antenna TV, 11 p.m.): Ann tells Donald about one Christmas she spent with a student while she was a teacher.
📺 The Time Tunnel (MeTV, 3 a.m.): In an Iron Curtain country, Tony and Doug pose as scientists to investigate a primitive enemy time-tunnel in 1956.
NOTICES:
2021 Olympic Summer Games (NBCUniversal networks): Beach volleyball, BMX freestyle, swimming, badminton, wrestling, men's golf, fencing
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| Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (via Tumblr) |
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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it⭐: Top Pick
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Happy watching, everyone!
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