What's On Tonight (Sunday): Keep your head, Heels, and standards high

Heels

Conscience, conviction, and courage! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, September 5!

Tonight's Top Pick is the wrestling drama Heels (Starz, 8 p.m.), starring Not-Oliver Queen as the "heel" in the Duffy Wrestling League. His brother, Alexander Ludwig, is his rival in and out of the ring as they battle over their late father's wrestling promotion and attempt to get it national exposure. I watched the first episode and quite enjoyed it. Like a lot of Starz shows, the cast is packed with names you're not likely to recognize. But there is Mary McCormack. And Kelli Berglund, for you Disney XD-ers.

Elsewhere, Franko has Thoughts, Lucy Worsley goes Gregorian, Evil finds the God Helmet, CNN revisits 9/11, Buzzr unearths Whew!, Sara and Ava have a Legends plan, Rick and Morty annihilate their season, Abby has a Work dilemma, and Daryl and Dog are captured — but not Dead.

DAYSIDE ON THE SITE

🤔 Thoughts On (The Women of 1988) (8 a.m.): Have you stayed current with Dangerous Liaisons, The Accused, Working Girl, and Gorillas in the Mist so far? If you have, then you're ready for A Cry in the Dark.

🎶 Totally Tunes (12:30 p.m.): Our weekly discussion about a particular type of music. This week: rain.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

Evil (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): Kristen, David, and Ben are sent to Cornell University, at the request of Bishop Marx, to investigate an electrode-based experiment dubbed the "God Helmet." This sounds like the origin for a Marvel villain.

🎥 A Vineyard Romance (UPtv, 7 p.m.): Do you have wines? Yes, they do.

The Walking Dead (AMC+, 3 a.m.): Daryl and Dog get captured by the Reapers and are taken to the Meridian where they reconnect with a familiar figure from their past.

📺 Whew! (Buzzr, 8 p.m.): After 41 years, this short lived 1979-80 daytime game show is back on TV screens! The show, created by Jay Wolpert, revolves around contestants correcting "bloopers," factual statements in which one word had been changed. It also features an animated opening title sequence by Hanna-Barbera.✔️

BRIEFLY: 2021 Paralympic Games (NBC, 7 p.m.); Charmed to Death (Oxygen, 7 p.m., season finale); Love Island: UK (Hulu, 3 a.m.); Naked & Afraid of Love (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m.)

CBS daytime in the era of Whew!

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

🎥 9/11 (CNN, 8 p.m.): "The seminal documentary 9/11 by the Naudet brothers, French filmmakers who were embedded with New York City firefighters on that chaotic day, is revisited 15 years later."

Chesapeake Shores (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.): Jess and David host visitors in town for the traditional Snallygaster hunt. Mick and Thomas revisit a weekend-long hiking trip from their youth.

CIA vs Bin Laden: First In (Reelz, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Go inside the Central Intelligence Agency's 10 year hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The documentary features interviews with former Directors, CIA case officers, military leaders, members of European intelligence services, and U.S. Congressmen who played direct roles in the hunt and elimination of the world's most wanted terrorist.

Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets (PBS, 8 p.m.): Lucy digs behind the facade of Georgian elegance to reveal the fibs that helped conceal a darker side to the Regency and suppressed rebellion in an age of revolution.

Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. When Sara realizes Bishop's plan, Ava convinces Sara to allow the Legends to make exception to the rules to help fight back. Also, Sara and Ava make an important decision.✔️

NYC Epicenters 9/11-> 2021½ (HBO, 8 p.m.): HBO doesn't have a episode-specific synopsis.

📺 One Day at a Time (Antenna TV, 8 p.m.): This is it! Series premiere! Ann Romano leaves her husband and takes their two daughters and moves to an apartment in Indianapolis. Barbara is a bit tomboy in the first season than the rest of the series. I love the first season. The finale is fanastic.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz, 8 p.m.): Kanan and Marvin's side hustle goes awry. Raq seeks revenge for the attack on Scrappy. Jukebox suffers a devastating blow.

🎥 Webcam Cheerleaders (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): The pandemic has really altered all careers.

BRIEFLY: 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (TLC); Big Brother (CBS); Buddy vs. Duff (Food Network, season finale); Gossip (Showtime); Renovation Island: The Lake House (HGTV)

Legends of Tomorrow

🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL

Animal Kingdom (TNT, 9 p.m.): Local law enforcement turns up the heat on the Codys as further secrets threaten to destabilize the family. Craig discovers Renn has been keeping a secret.

Billions (Showtime, 9 p.m.): Fall premiere. Axe sends Wags to dig up dirt on Prince, discovering one of his weaknesses. A visit to Axe Cap puts Wendy and Tanner at odds. Chuck looks for alternative methods to save his father, but an old mistake threatens to sidetrack him.

Guilt (PBS, 9 & 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. In this crime comedy, two brothers accidentally run over and kill an old man. Despite covering their tracks, their lives start to fall apart when neighbors and relatives of the dead man begin to have doubts about the way he died.✔️

⭐ Heels (Starz, 9 p.m.): After a house fire forces Jack and his family to move in with Carol and Ace, the two brothers put their differences aside and their heads together to generate a DWL promo to further grow the league's fan base.✔️

The Walking Dead (AMC, 9 p.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.

Wellington Paranormal (The CW, 9 p.m.): When Sergeant Maaka brings Minogue's dead doppelgänger into the station, O'Leary and Minogue look for answers.

BRIEFLY: Barnwood Builders (DIY); Hawaii Life (HGTV); North Woods Law (Animal Planet); Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks (National Geographic)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

The 9/11 Classroom: Front Row to History (CNN Special Report) (CNN, 10 p.m.): Victor Blackwell documents the dramatic events of 9/11 through the eyes of the second grade students, their teacher, and the former White House aids who were in the classroom with President Bush, when he got word about the attack.

The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime, 10 p.m.): Bette, Tina and Carrie are come together to support Angie. Shane is surprised when someone from her past re-enters her life. Alice and Tom question what they are to each other.

NOTICES:

Uncensored (TV One): Bebe Winans

BRIEFLY: Beachfront Bargain Hunt (HGTV, season finale); I Love a Mama's Boy (TLC); Jade Fever (Weather Channel); The Osbournes Want to Believe (Travel Channel); Secret Nazi Ruins (Science)

💤💤😴💤💤

📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Donnelly Rhodes has gathered blackmail evidence on ranking U.S. government officials and plans to turn it over to the Syndicate. The IMF must destroy him and the blackmail file.

Rick and Morty (Adult Swim, 11 & 11:30 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. Two Crows, broh. These guys are mad smart. Tryin something new, broh. Doin' it big.

Work in Progress (Showtime, 11 p.m.): A catastrophe at work gives Abby a chance to rise to the occasion in front of her visiting nephew, Matty.

BRIEFLY: 90 Day Pillow Talk: The Other Way (TLC, 11 p.m.); Beach Hunters (HGTV)

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Note: All times are Eastern.
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