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Masters of Illusion

Magic! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, June 25!

Our Top Pick tonight is the magic showcase series Masters of Illusion (The CW, 9 p.m.). Each episode features a few magicians/magic acts where they try to impress the studio audience. It is very filler, but you know, it has produced more than 130 episodes. One-hundred thirty!!

Elsewhere, Murdoch solves the last mystery of his 15th round, macaques get BBC Earth profiled, Hallmark goes to Paradise, A&E gets too close to serial killers, Lupin searches for a fossil, 

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)

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STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

📺 Doctor Who (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): In Tombstone, the Doctor, Steven, and Dodo Chaplet get involved with the events leading up to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): When a man resembling Murdoch is shot, he must find the killer before the killer finds him.

📺 Legends of the Hidden Temple (Paramount+, now): The CW remake didn't survive its programming slash, but the original that was a staple for many kids of early 1990s lives on. The show put young contestants in physical challenges that was a mix of American Gladiators and Indiana Jones. I used to get up at 6 a.m. Saturdays to watch reruns circa 1996. I can't say I've watched an episode in-full since Nick pulled reruns a couple years later.✔️

Legends of the Hidden Temple (via Giphy)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

🎥 Two Tickets to Paradise (Hallmark Channel): When two weddings are ruined by both the bride and groom getting left at the altar, they still decide to take their honeymoons, not knowing they are heading to the same resort in Hawaii. Oh those white people, what will they do next?

🎥 He's Not Worth Dying For (Lifetime): When Isla and Grace discover that Jake was cheating on them, the girls turn on each other in a jealous rivalry and use their arsenal of social media platforms to badmouth and attack one another.

Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation): SEASON FINALE. With his family in hiding, Murdoch tries to discover who is behind attempts on their lives. Murdoch will return for season 16.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Dynasties (BBC America): Macaques

Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN)

Nickelodeon Slime Cup (Nickelodeon): Special

Superstar Racing Experience (CBS)

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV): How to Make a Monster

Would I Lie to You? (The CW, 8:30 p.m.): Naomi Fry, Isaac Mizrahi, Helene York, Negin Farsad

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

📺 Riptide (Decades): Spend the weekend with NBC's A-Team copycat as two army buddies (Perry King, Joe Penny) and a computer geek (Thom Bray) run a detective agency in Los Angeles. Hot take(?): I like the theme song. In this episode, "The trio save an elderly woman from a pair of thugs and soon find out that she was once a famous movie star who disappeared over fifty years earlier."

First Blood (A&E): SERIES PREMIERE. "First Blood examines some of America’s most notorious serial killers through the prism of their first known kills to reveal what drove them to the moment when violent fantasy and curiosity became a devastating reality." Hard pass.

⭐ Masters of Illusion (The CW): Tonight's magical acts are: Levent, Murray SawChuck, The Clairvoyants, Jeff Hobson and My Uyen

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Love & Marriage: D.C. (OWN)

Murdoch Mysteries (via Giphy)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

📺 The Rockford Files (Get TV): After being taken by a father-daughter swindle team, Rockford puts his own con game into motion.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

CNN Heroes Salutes (CNN): José Andrés, Sean Penn, Mila Kunis, Glenn Close

Heartland Docs, DVM (National Geographic Wild)

The Nightcap with Carlos King (OWN): Jamie Tyler, Erana Tyler, Belle Collective cast

Panic 9-1-1 (A&E): Season premiere

Portals to Hell (Travel Channel)

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Lupin the 3rd Part 6 (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Lupin and Fujiko need to dig up a certain infamous fossil, but the truth they uncover is even more ancient than the fossilized bird they've been tasked with obtaining.✔️

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2 & 2:30 a.m.): The genin are unable to figure out the answer and start to panic. Later, the entrants for the second exam gather in the cafeteria, and a brawl breaks out.

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1 & 1:30 a.m.): "A Massive Confused Fight! The Straw Hats vs. the New Fish-Man Pirates" It's the fight that never ends.

📺 Star Trek (MeTV, 11 p.m.): Capt. Kirk is pitted against the reptilian captain of an alien ship by a superior alien race.

📺 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (MeTV, 2 a.m.): The men of the Seaview investigate a mysterious weapon that destroys high-flying aircraft over a Middle Eastern nation.

Lupin the Third (via Giphy)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it

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Happy watching, everyone!