What's On Tonight (Sunday): So many Johnsons

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Yo! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, August 29!

Tonight's Top Pick is the single-camera comedy Johnson (Bounce, 8 p.m.), which follows the lives of four life-long friends (Derrex Brady, Thomas Q. Jones, Philip Smithey, Deji LaRay) who happen to share the same last name. The Johnsons from Black-ish are not involved. That would be Johnson-ish. We see this foursomes ups and downs in their personal and professional lives, and they're helped by radio personality D.L. Hughley.

Elsewhere, Evil is back, a '30s ghost returns to Wellington, Lucy Worsley blesses us with royalty history again, Nat Geo begins its 9/11 docuseries, Maggie's Walking team gets separated, CNN explores gun violence, a child dies at Chapelwaite, a billion arrives in Chesapeake, and Wicked gets profiled.

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: moving.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

Evil (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): The team is dispatched to a monastery to investigate the corpse of Father Thomas, whose body has not decayed in the year following his death.✔️

The Ingenuity of the Househusband (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. In this anime, a "tough guy with a knack for housework tackles household tasks with meticulous care."

🎥 Love's Match (UPtv, 7 p.m.): Sparks fly between the owner of a dating website and a rival matchmaker who's helping her find love for a client. Ugh.

Renovation, Inc.: The Beginning (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. The story of the first renovation in the stone ages. Renovations are so easy a caveman can do it.

Slasher: Flesh & Blood (Shudder, 3 a.m.): Paranoia and suspicion grow among the surviving group, as another body is discovered and terrible secrets from the past come to the surface.

The Walking Dead (AMC+, 3 a.m.): Maggie's mission team gets separated and hunted by the Reapers. Carol, Rosita, Magna, and Kelly attempt to catch horses for Alexandria. Judith, RJ, Hershel, and Gracie cope with their parents going away.

BRIEFLY: 2021 Paralympics (NBC, 7 p.m. / NBCSN, 9 p.m.); Black Stories Presents: Your Attention Please (Hulu, midnight); Naked & Afraid of Love (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m.); Talking Dead (AMC+, 3 a.m.)

Evil (via Giphy)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

Chesapeake Shores (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.): O'Brien Construction's eccentric billionaire client, Evan Kincaid, comes to town and throws Abby and Mick off their game.

Gossip (Showtime, 8 p.m.): The launch of A Current Affair fuels Rupert Murdoch's empire. The New York Post's influence knew little bounds, yet Murdoch must sell the paper due to U.S. federal rules.

⭐ Johnson (Bounce TV, 8 p.m.): Tensions rise during a pick-up basketball game as Jarvis' and Greg's disagreements come to a head. Greg encounters the infamous Atlanta 'Water Boys' when his car is broken into.

Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.): When Astra and Spooner find themselves as stowaways, they learn that Constantine is still chasing the Fountain of Imperium.

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets (PBS, 8 p.m.): Summer premiere. Lucy Worsley discovers how the history of the Reformation has been manipulated and mythologized by generations of politicians and writers.✔️

NYC Epicenters 9/11-> 2021½ (HBO, 8 p.m.): Spike Lee hears from New York lawmakers who were at the Capitol on January 6. A Queens nurse becomes the U.S.'s first COVID vaccine recipient.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz, 8 p.m.): Lou's new artist showcase becomes the nexus of the rivalry between Raq and Unique. Kanan cooks up a drug-selling scheme with Marvin.

🎥 The Wrong Cheer Captain (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A young cheerleader suspects the new captain had something to do with the mysterious death of her main competitor.

NOTICES:

Breaking the Band (Reelz): Metallica

💲 Celebrity Family Feud (ABC): NFL all-stars, NFL legends, Oliver Hudson, Joe Buck

BRIEFLY: 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (TLC, season premiere); Big Brother (CBS); Mighty Trains (Smithsonian Channel); Naked & Afraid (Discovery Channel); The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo)

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets (via Giphy)

🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL

9/11: One Day in America (National Geographic, 9 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Following the first firefighters on the scene and their race against time to rescue trapped civilians.✔️

Animal Kingdom (TNT, 9 p.m.): Pope helps a new friend. Deran, J, and Craig deal with the fallout from past mistakes as they make new friends and enemies.

Godfather of Harlem (Epix, 9 p.m.): Bumpy Johnson must fend off rivals to receive the largest dope shipment in New York history, while Harlem riots. Malcolm X reluctantly agrees to protection from an unusual source.

Heels (Starz, 9 p.m.): In an attempt to drum up more heat, Jack enlists the help of wrestling veteran Ricky Rabies, setting Ace up with a full house for his comeback match against Bobby Pin.

🎥 The Price of Freedom (CNN, 9 p.m.): "A look at the gun violence epidemic in America and the role the National Rifle Association has played over time. Featuring interviews with government leaders, NRA representatives and people whose lives have been personally touched by gun violence."

UFO (Showtime, 9 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. When an acclaimed Harvard psychiatrist investigates the phenomenon of alien abductions, he proves that these bizarre experiences can't be so eagerly dismissed.

The Walking Dead (AMC, 9 p.m.): Maggie's mission takes the team through a subway tunnel, challenged by lurking walkers and a recalcitrant Negan. With Eugene's group, Yumiko seeks answers about her brother and demands expedited processing into the Commonwealth.

Wellington Paranormal (The CW, 9 p.m.): Officers Minogue and O'Leary mistakenly free the ghost of a 1930s cop whose immediate mission is to get things back to the "good ol' days." Lol.

Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score (PBS, 9 p.m.): Exploring the music of the Broadway production Wicked with hosts Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel. (Hot take?: Wicked isn't good.)

NOTICES:

Breaking the Band (Reelz): AC/DC

Inside the Factory (Smithsonian Channel): Milk

Machines That Built America (History, season finale): Household electronics

BRIEFLY: Buddy vs. Duff (Food Network); 💲 The Chase (ABC); North Woods Law (Animal Planet); Renovation Island: The Lake House (HGTV, season premiere); Shahs of Sunset (Bravo)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Chapelwaite (Epix, 10 p.m.): A child in town dies of a mystery illness and on her deathbed, credits Stephen Boone. Hysterical townsfolk demand that Charles dig up his cousin's grave. He refuses, but in private opens the grave and is shocked by what he finds.✔️

The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime, 10 p.m.): Bette goes on a mission. Angie learns more about her donor. Alice is pushed by Tom to get in touch with her emotions. Sophie, Finley, and Micah are all affected by the way Dani chooses to deal with the fallout of Rodolfo's actions.

NOTICES:

💲 To Tell the Truth (ABC): Nico Santos, Kate Flannery, Joel McHale

Uncensored (TV One): Loretta Devine

BRIEFLY: Bravo's Chat Room (Bravo, season finale); Dog: Impossible (Nat Geo Wild, season finale); I Love a Mama's Boy (TLC, season premiere); The Machines That Built America (History, season finale); Sex & Murder (HLN, season premiere)

Chapelwaite (via Tumblr)

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📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Deputy Premier Kamirov is keeping his premier "alive" by substituting a double, "Gemini." Kamirov plans to force Gemini as premier to announce his retirement and name Kamirov his successor. Kamirov will then kill Gemini and ally with the Iron Curtain again.

Work in Progress (Showtime, 11 & 11:30 p.m.): Abby and Campbell provide moral support for each other as they power through a full day of supposedly fun family gatherings. Later, haunted by her "crime against the entire queer community," Abby sets out on a pilgrimage of new age healing.

BRIEFLY: 90 Day Pillow Talk: The Other Way (TLC, 11 p.m., season premiere); Beach Hunters (HGTV); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 11 p.m.)✔️

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (via Giphy)

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