What's On Tonight (Sunday): The Augustus wife

Domina

Happy Romance Awareness Month! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, August 1!

Tonight's Top Pick is Epix's British drama Domina, which might conclude its run tonight. The historical fiction-ish drama is about Livia Drusilla (Kasia Smutniak), wife of Caesar Augustus, and her point of view of Roman power struggles in the empire's early years. She has plans to keep Rome a republic.

Elsewhere, there are vampires in Wellington, a shark terrorizes Tubi, Showtime's The Chi, Black Monday, and Flatbush Misdemeanors wrap seasons, sitcoms help us understand race, the Johnsons ([*Buster and Babs voice* "No relation."] go to Bounce, war comes for the aliens, and HBO Max shouts "Attica! Attica!"

DAYSIDE ON THE SITE

🎶 Totally Tunes (What's On Tonight & Pop Culture, 12:30 p.m.): Our weekly discussion about a particular type of music. This week: birthdays.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

📺 30 Rock (Netflix, 3 a.m.): THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT for $400: Tracy Morgan, on this Tina Fey sitcom: "Heavy is the head that eats the crayons" (22 Sep 2017) (More on Netflix this month.)

🎥 Betrayal at Attica (HBO Max, 3 a.m.): A documentary about the four-day Attica prison riot 50 years ago. 43 people died.✔️

🎥 Brokeback Mountain (Peacock, 3 a.m.): I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE for $600: Annie Proulx said she was driving while she wrote most of the article that became this Wyoming-set film (26 Jul 2007) (More on Peacock this month.)

🎥 Empire of the Sun (HBO Max, 3 a.m.): THE MOVIES for $600: This Spielberg epic set in WWII China was one of Ben Stiller's first films (31 Mar 2000) (More on HBO Max this month.)

🎥 Jaws (Tubi, 3 a.m.): SEQUELITIS for $400: The killer in the "Revenge" sequel to this movie eats 1 Brody off Amity Island, then looks for more of them in the Bahamas (11 Dec 2006) (More on Tubi this month.)

🎥 Swim (Tubi, 3 a.m.): A family trapped in their storm-flooded vacation rental must keep going further and further up to higher floors as they seek to escape a hungry shark that's made its way into the house. Joey Lawrence is among the stars. (This was almost the Top Pick.)

🎥 Thelma & Louise (Hulu / Paramount+, 3 a.m.): NAME THE MOVIE for $800: 1992: "You be sweet to your wife. My husband wasn't sweet to me and look how I turned out" (20 Apr 2001) (More on Hulu this month; more on Paramount+ this month.)

NOTICES:

2021 Olympics Summer Games (NBCUniversal networks): Diving, beach volleyball, gymnastics, track and field, men's water polo, golf, men's basketball

BRIEFLY: Charmed to Death (Oxygen, 7 p.m.); Love Island: UK (Hulu, 3 a.m.); Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m.)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

A Discovery of Witches (AMC, 8 p.m.): Matthew and Diana arrive in Bohemia to search for the Book of Life. They meet Emperor Rudolf II, who immediately expresses a lascivious interest in Diana.

The End (Showtime, 8 & 8:30 p.m.): Kate and Josh take things to the next level, and Edie plays a dangerous game with Henry. Later, Edie crosses a line to help Art, and Josh and Kate get closer.

Johnson (Bounce TV, 8 & 8:30 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. In this new sitcom, "four Black men, Omar, Greg, Keith and Jarvis met in grade school and have been best friends ever since, and they all just so happened to have the same last name, Johnson...no relation. After 25 years of friendship, they are finding themselves in vastly different places in their lives, threatening the unity that has always been so strong."✔️

Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz, 8 p.m.): "Stick and Move"

🎥 Waking Up to Danger (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A young mother attempts to pick up the pieces after a horrible accident damages her memory, but she soon begins to suspect that her husband's indiscretions are what caused her suffering.

NOTICES:

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (Reelz): Jerry Lewis

A Year in Music (AXS TV, 8:30 p.m.): 2011

BRIEFLY: 36th Stellar Gospel Music Awards (BET); 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (TLC); Big Brother (CBS); Naked & Afraid (Discovery Channel, season premiere); The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo)

🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL

Animal Kingdom (TNT, 9 p.m.): Deran follows up on Smurf's will and loses patience with J calling the shots. Pope's mental state is fragile. Craig deals with being a solo dad.✔️

Blindspotting (Starz, 9 p.m.): Sean has a bad day, so the family goes bowling to try and cheer him up. Trish and Jacque figure out how to be their own bosses.

The Chi (Showtime, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. Emmett asks Tiff to make a difficult decision. Jake comes clean to Jemma. Tracy throws a block party, and Nina and Dre help someone in need.

Dead Pixels (The CW, 9:30 p.m.): Meg tries to impress the water heater repair man. Nicky turns up the heat on his new lady friend Daisy.

The Deceived (Starz, 9:30 p.m.): Ophelia starts to fear that Michael isn't telling her everything, and must decide whether she's losing her mind or something sinister is afoot.

History of the Sitcom (CNN, 9 p.m.): "In many homes, difficult conversations about race and diversity have first happened on the sitcom screen, helping pave the way for progress with hilarity and laughter."

Kevin Can F**k Himself (AMC, 9 p.m.): Season finale. Detectives question Allison about the night before. What a night it was. After the trauma of the break in, Kevin searches for meaning by running for city council. [*studio audience laughs*] Kurt plants a seed of doubt, while Allison and Patty deal with the repercussions of their actions.

Mystery 101 (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9 p.m.): A woman's uncle goes missing and the initial clues have her and her partner fearing the worst.

Unforgotten (PBS, 9 p.m.): Cassie and Sunny discover Walsh was chased by all four suspects on the night in question. Willets realizes Fiona's blood sample may have been deliberately lost by Liz.

War of the Worlds (Epix, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. The survivors prepare for a final attack on the aliens that could change the entire course of recent events.

Wellington Paranormal (The CW, 9 p.m.): "Over the course of a single night, Officers Minogue and O'Leary encounter a series of incidents, including a suspicious plastic bag, a gang of creepy clowns, a human sacrifice ritual and a theft from the hospital blood bank." The episode is titled "Vampire." What We Do in the Shadows crossover, please. 

The White Lotus (HBO, 9 p.m.): After Shane shoots down her latest career plans, Rachel is blindsided by an unexpected arrival. Tanya's attention turns to a hotel guest, and Armond's renewed commitment to sobriety is put to the test.

NOTICES:

Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic, season finale): Finland

Machines That Built America (History): Motorcycles

BRIEFLY: 60 Minutes+ (Paramount+); Buddy vs. Duff (Food Network); Love Island (CBS); Shahs of Sunset (Bravo); Wipeout: The Suicide Squad Special (TBS, special)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Black Monday (Showtime, 10 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. On New Year's Eve in 1989, Mo's "wedding day," he and Dawn, Blair, Keith, and Yassir work together to make sure they live to see another decade.

Domina (Epix, 10 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. "As Livia finally approaches her sons about their role in her Mission, the truth behind her role in Marcellus' death threatens to come out and destroy everything when Aprio's skeleton is discovered with damning evidence at Baiae."

Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime, 10:30 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. After a shocking tragedy as a result of Kevin hanging out with Drew, Dan and Kevin argue about the merits of their friendship.

Professor T (PBS, 10 p.m.): Professor T helps investigate the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl while tensions rise between Paul Rabbit and Professor T.

NOTICES:

Unknown Waters with Jeremy Wade (National Geographic): African lakes

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo): Ryan O'Connell, Ashley Darby

BRIEFLY: 100 Foot Wave (HBO); Bar Rescue (Paramount Network); Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury (CNN); Modern Marvels (History); Snackmasters (Cooking Channel, season finale)

💤💤😴💤💤

Beach Cabana Royale (HGTV, 11 p.m.): Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi hosts a competition in which designers have one day to transform beach cabanas for three families.✔️

📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): The kingdom of Bahkan has been asked by Igor Stravos, finance minister to the Federated People's Republic, to redeem his perfectly counterfeited currency in gold. If Bakhan can't prove Stravos' notes are counterfeit, the country's gold reserve will be decimated.

Rick and Morty (Adult Swim, 11 p.m.): "Looking at ferrets; keeping it in the family."

Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.): The gang visits Tuca and Bertie's families during Corpse Week, where morbid imagery meets complicated family dynamics.

NOTICES:

2021 Olympics Summer Games (NBCUniversal networks): Women's volleyball, field hockey, badminton, golf, canoe spring, women's basketball

Desus & Mero (Showtime, 11 p.m.): Zazie Beetz

BRIEFLY: 90 Day Pillow Talk: Happily Ever After (TLC, 11 p.m.); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 11 p.m.)

Snookie! (via Giphy)

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Happy watching, everyone!