Friday, July 29, 2022

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Seeds have sprouted in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic: The Origin

What does a yellow light mean! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, July 30!

Our Top Pick tonight is the finale of the prequel series Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). The 4-episode, 6-hour miniseries, based on V.C. Andrews books, follows the early lives of Olivia (Jemima Rooper) and Malcolm Foxworth (Max Irons), the grandparents of Flowers' protagonists Dollanganger children, and spans many years -- and secrets. The guest cast includes Kate Mulgrew, Harry Hamlin, and Kelsey Grammer.

Elsewhere, let's get Afraid of the Dark again, Disney goes to Chibiverse, the Straw Hats face the a navy, Decades goes to the Sunshine Cab Company, Naruto whips up okonomiyaki, and the Princess Half-Demon returns.

(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

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Nickelodeon, 7 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Four best friends encounter terror locked away in one of the rooms after checking into a hotel on a resort island. As the kids try to enjoy summer vacation, they are pulled back into the mystery of the island's ghosts.✔️

📺 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (CW app, now): It's been nearly a quarter century since this improv show arrived stateside and we have yet to have a definitive answer to the title question. But if you wanna get the whole picture, I imagine you need to watch every episode and maybe you can piece together the answer.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
🦈 Air Jaws: Top Guns (Discovery Channel, 7 p.m.)
OG Are You Afraid of the Dark? (via Giphy)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

Chibiverse (Disney Channel): SERIES PREMIERE. Molly McGee (The Ghost and Molly McGee) and Tilly Green (Big City Greens) bring adventures from all across the Chibiverse. Scratch and Cricket Green argue over whether to end their show with a pizza party or with fireworks. From the Disney wiki: "As the intro explains, a group of scientists took objects from the various Disney Channel shows and films and put them in a machine, resulting in the creation of a small glowing bean that, when viewed underneath a microscope, showed a chibi-fied world inhabited by characters from the various shows."

⭐ Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (Lifetime): SEASON FINALE. After losing all of her children to tragedy and tension, Olivia develops a desire to wreak vengeance on those around her, soon becoming the most notorious and terrifying version of herself.

🎥 A Splash of Love (Hallmark Channel): A Ph.D student expands her studies to include the whales of the Pacific Northwest. As she relies on the expertise of a whale-watching tour guide, they soon find themselves bonding over more than just orcas.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Liam Gallagher: As It Was (AXS TV): Special
🦈 Monsters of the Cape (Discovery Channel)
Say Yes to the Dress (TLC)
🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV): The Devil's Rain

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

📺 Taxi (Decades): Spend a weekend at the Sunshine Cab Company and those loveable, down-on-their-luck cab drivers. In this two-part episode of the groundbreaking sitcom, the "cabbies go on strike to get the vehicles better maintained." Poor Elaine will end up going on a date with Louie, the worst TV character as well as the best. Danny DeVito only won one Emmy for the role.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON
American Pickers (History)
The Incredible Dr. Pol (National Geographic Wild)
Love & Marriage: D.C. (OWN): Season finale
🦈 Sharks in Paradise (Discovery Channel)
Steal This House (HGTV)
Taxi (via Gfycat)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

📺 The Rockford Files (Get TV): The state provides Angel with luxurious protection in return for testimony against a syndicate hit man.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Black Love (OWN)
Eminem: Rebirth (AXS TV): Special

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Lupin the 3rd Part 6 (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): A bank robbery abroad becomes a family matter when a rival thief reveals a startling connection to Lupin, but tracking her down may provide more questions than answers.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): Tenten pulls out a scroll that contains all the ingredients for okonomiyaki.

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 & 2 a.m.): "The Secret Revealed! The Truth About the Ancient Weapon!"and "The Straw Hats Stunned! The New Fleet Admiral of the Navy!"

📺 Star Trek (MeTV, 11 p.m.): The Enterprise arrives at a planet to establish diplomatic relations and finds itself in the middle of a "peaceful" war that threatens to destroy the ship.✔️

📺 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (MeTV, 2 a.m.): Enemy agents plot to prevent the recovery of the U.S. President from the Seaview.

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Sesshomaru hands the broken Tenseiga to a grieving Towa. Leaving Setsuna's fate in her hands.
Star Trek (via Giphy)

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⭐: Top Pick
🎥: Movie
🦈: Sharks!
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!

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