What's On Tonight (Friday): This Triangle Film is a Nightmare but It Makes Three Good Points...

 

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It's that time again.  The time when we look at all of the new shows and movies and sports and realize that the true Top Pick was friendship all along.  And what better friend is there than the Lifetime Movie Network?  Every week they bestow us with treasures to delight and most of the time we thumb our collective nose at them as if we're somehow better than them.  But you know what?  We're not.  So today I once again bestow Top Pick status to LMN and their movie of the week: Love Triangle Nightmare.  I love Lifetime movies, and when you hit your knees tonight, ask God to love them too.

Elsewhere...

*That Amazon Magellan show I thought premiered last week, apparently premieres this week.  I apologize for my error, although surprisingly, there were no complaints filed.

*Apple has new movie, Cha Cha Real Smooth, which is simultaneously a great title and giving me flashbacks to every wedding reception I've ever been to.

*CBS has a Watergate retrospective, which couldn't possibly be less timely.

TOP PICK

⭐🎥 Love Triangle Nightmare (LMN, 8:00 PM) 'New divorcee Brittany falls for a handsome stranger who appears to be everything her ex-husband, Austin, is not. Austin seriously questions his former wife's new relationship, but his warning falls on deaf ears until it is too late.'

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PREMIERES

🔔 Boundless (Amazon, 12:01 AM) LIMITED SERIES. 'The story of the first boat trip around the world. Magellan and Elcano embarked on a journey trying to prove that the earth was not round and that it was possible to establish new trade routes. In 1519, 239 sailors began the voyage. Three years later, only 18 returned.'

🔔 The Lake (Amazon, 12:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Follows Justin (Jordan Gavaris) as he returns from living abroad after a break-up with his long-term partner, in the hope of reconnecting with the biological daughter that he gave up for adoption in his teens. His plans to create new memories with his city-loving daughter Billie at the idyllic lake from his childhood go awry when he finds out his father left the family cottage to his "picture-perfect" stepsister, Maisy-May (Julia Stiles).'

🔔 The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon, 12:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'a multigenerational drama that hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendship. It is a coming-of-age story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.'

🔔 Suzhal: The Vortex (Amazon, 12:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'A crime thriller that goes beyond the routine investigation and threatens to shake up the cultural societal fabric, when a crime hits a small town in India. Set against the backdrop of a unique micro-festival, ancient myths collide with the troubling present as we are drawn into the eye of the storm.'

🎥 Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple, 12:01 AM) 'Fresh out of college and stuck at his New Jersey home without a clear path forward, 22-year-old Andrew begins working as a party starter for bar/bat mitzvahs - where he strikes up a unique friendship with a young mom and her teenage daughter.'

🎥 Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Hulu, 12:01 AM) 'Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow, is yearning for some adventure, human connection, and some sex--some good sex.  Starring Emma Thompson.'

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🎥 I Am Mortal (AMC+, 3:01 AM) 'Set 200 years in the future, a small band of rebels face off against the status quo where humans have achieved immortality through genetic engineering.'

🎥 The Martha Mitchell Effect (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'This documentary profiles the Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate — and the Nixon administration's campaign to gaslight her into silence.'

🎥 Spiderhead (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he's testing for a pharmaceutical genius.'

🔔 You Don't Know Me (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'When all the evidence points towards his guilt, a man on trial for murder uses his closing argument to recount his love affair with a mysterious woman.'

🎥 Jerry and Marge Go Large (Paramount+, 3:01 AM) 'Based on the true story about couple Jerry and Marge Selbee, who win the lottery and use the money to revive their small town.'

🎥 The Stepmother (Tubi, 3:01 AM) 'After a recently widowed single father moves to a new town, a new mysterious woman threatens his relationship with his son and their safety.'

🎵 Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom - A Juneteenth Celebration (ABC, 8:00 PM) 'Celebrating Juneteenth with live performances and conversations with some of music's biggest stars, including Ciara, Patti LaBelle, Jon Batiste, Marvin Sapp, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; Jimmie Allen hosts.'

🔔 Watergate: High Crimes in the White House (CBS, 9:00 PM) 'A look at the crimes and cover-up that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation, including insight from journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, FBI investigator Angelo Lano and former prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste.'

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RETURNING SHOWS

🏠 Home (Apple, 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🍴 Magnolia Table (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) SEASON SIX PREMIERE.

🏠 Where We Call Home (Discover+, 3:01 AM)

🔔 She (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🔔 The War Next Door (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🔔 Chrissy's Court (Roku, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

💰 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (Discovery, 8:00 PM) SEASON FIVE PREMIERE.

STREAMING

🔔The Boys (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🚀 For All Mankind (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Game Changer"

🔔 Now and Then (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Elections"

🔔 Physical (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Don't You Go Far"

🔔 Tehran (Apple. 12:01 AM) SEASON FINALE.  "Blood Funeral"

🔨 Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 

💖 Love in Paradise: The Caribbean (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔨 Mind for Design (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔨 Restoration Road with Clint Harp (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🌸 The Retro Plant Shop with Mikey and Jo (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Rooms We Love (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Trixie Motel (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🍰 Zoe Bakes (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (Paramount+, 3:01 AM) 

👮‍♂️ Cops (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

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SPORTS TONIGHT TODAY LIVE

🏌️‍♂️ LPGA Tour Golf: Meijer LPGA Classic, Second Round (Golf, 3:00 PM)

🏌️‍♂️ 2022 US Open Golf Championship: Second Round (NBC, 4:00 PM)

🏎 Formula 1 Racing: Canada Grand Prix, Practice 2 (ESPNU, 4:55 PM)

🏀 WNBA Basketball: Seattle Storm at Connecticut Sun (CBSSN, 7:00 PM)

⚾ 2022 Men's College World Series: Game 2: Teams TBA (ESPN, 7:00 PM)

🏈 CFL Football: Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Ottawa Redblacks (ESPN2, 7:30 PM)

⚾ Friday Night Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros (Apple, 8:00 PM)

⚾ Friday Night Baseball: Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Dodgers (Apple, 10:00 PM)

🥊 Professional Fighters League: PFL 4: Lightweights & Light Heavyweights (Main Card) (ESPN, 10:00 PM)

EARLY PRIMETIME

🏠 The Loud House (Nickelodeon, 7:00 PM) 'Luan thinks Mr. Coconuts is out for revenge when she replaces him with Lola in her act; hoping to drive out to the outlets to meet Lori, Leni looks for alternative ways to get her driver's license.'

🔔 Bunk'd (Disney, 7:30 PM) 'Parker learns about the camp's history.'

💲 Chain Reaction (GSN, 5:00 PM) 
🔔 Kiri and Lou (Nick Jr, 6:00 PM) 
💲 America Says (GSN, 7:30 PM) 
🔔 The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon, 7:30 PM) 

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🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

🔔 Rugrats (Nickelodeon, 8:00 PM) 'Susie and Angelica disagree on how to use their newfound ability to move things with their minds; Tommy and his friends fear Tommy's dad has turned into a fantastical beast and it's up to them to turn him back.'

🎵 Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom - A Juneteenth Celebration (ABC, 8:00 PM) 
💃 Come Dance with Me (CBS, 8:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
💀 Dateline NBC (NBC, 10:00 PM) 
🔔 Treehouse Masters: Branched Out (Animal Planet, 8:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (Discovery, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 The Villains of Valley View (Disney, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Sins of the Father (ID, 8:00 PM) 
🎥 Love Triangle Nightmare (LMN, 8:00 PM) 
🏠 House Hunters (OWN, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 The Wedding Planners (UPtv, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (Disney, 8:30 PM) 
🔔 Tooned In (Nickelodeon, 8:30 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🎭 Great Performances at the Met (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Baritone Quinn Kelsey portrays the title role in director Bartlett Sher's rendition of "Rigoletto"; host Isabel Leonard.'

🍴 Guy's All-American Road Trip (Food Network, 9:00 PM) 'The Fieris continue their epic road trip as gingerbread house baking turns into a decorating showdown and a traditional Bavarian meal; plus, there's a zipline adventure, campground curry, over-the-top burgers and milkshake mania at a retro diner.'

🔔 Watergate: High Crimes in the White House (CBS, 9:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine (Discovery, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Raven's Home (Disney, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 Vacation House Rules (HGTV, 9:00 PM)
🔔 We Feed People (NGC, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Nick Shorts Showcase (Nickelodeon, 9:00 PM) 
🎥 The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder, 9:00 PM) 
👻 Ghost Adventures (Travel, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 The Wedding Planners (UPtv, 9:00 PM) 
🤮 Mama June: From Not to Hot (WE, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:01 PM) 

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🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 10:00 PM) 
💰 Outback Opal Hunters (Discovery, 10:01 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 Pause with Sam Jay (HBO, 11:00 PM) 

🔔 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM) 'Actress Tracee Ellis Ross; comic D.J. Demers.'

🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 'Actor Martin Lawrence.'

🔔 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 PM) 

🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'Actor Adam Sandler; Post Malone; author James Patterson; Joe Russo sits in with the 8G Band.'

🔔 The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 AM) 

🔔 Nightline (ABC, 1:07 AM) 

📺Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO Binge📺

📺 The Andy Griffith Show (Sundance, 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM); Quantum Leap (6:00 AM - 6:00 AM); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (VH1, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Roseanne (CMT, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); The Golden Girls (Hallmark, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); ER (Pop, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM); Living Single (TVOne, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Hawaii Five-0 (Ion, 10:00 AM - 3:00 AM); Gunsmoke (TVLand, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM); Law & Order (Sundance, 12:00 PM - 1:00 AM)); House (Pop, 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 8:00 PM -10:00 PM); Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Land, 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM); Good Times (TVOne, 8:00 PM - 3:00 AM);  King of Queens (TV Land, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM); Barney Miller (Antenna, 11:30 PM); Maude (Antenna, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM); Alice (Antenna, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM) 

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'Burt Reynolds; Lillian Carter; Carol Wayne; The Mighty Carson Art Players.'

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