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| Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series |
Survey says! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, July 10!
Our Top Pick tonight is the short film anthology Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series (Showtime, 7 p.m.). Each episode of the half-hour program features 2 or 3 short films from emerging filmmakers. Tonight is the final episode. You might not know any of the people in or making these shorts, but one day they could be a household name. I love short films.
Elsewhere, ABC breaks out the fun & games, CNN profiles Patagonia, Cobra strikes the UK, Dark Winds calm, Epix celebrates Women Who Rock, Grantchester finds more crime to solve, SkyMed takes medical drama to the skies, Arizona has some United Shades, A&E loves the WWE, Tuca & Bertie hit the streets, Westworld grabs a shovel, Riverdale needs Sabrina, Bounce airs its Johnson, NBC wants to know You Are, HBO explores Anarchists, and Showtimes goes to the Supreme.
Elsewhere, ABC breaks out the fun & games, CNN profiles Patagonia, Cobra strikes the UK, Dark Winds calm, Epix celebrates Women Who Rock, Grantchester finds more crime to solve, SkyMed takes medical drama to the skies, Arizona has some United Shades, A&E loves the WWE, Tuca & Bertie hit the streets, Westworld grabs a shovel, Riverdale needs Sabrina, Bounce airs its Johnson, NBC wants to know You Are, HBO explores Anarchists, and Showtimes goes to the Supreme.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
Dark Winds (AMC+, 3 a.m.): SEASON FINALE. Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito descend on the hiding place of the Buffalo Society, only to be confronted with hard decisions that could change the outcome of the rest of their lives. The show will return for season 2. (Last week's episode: AMC, 9 p.m.)
Evil (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): Sister Andrea's career and sanity are on trial as she battles Leland. Meanwhile the team investigates an alleged angel sighting.
📺 Little House on the Prairie (Peacock, now): A couple years ago, it was announced that a remake of Little House on the Prairie was in early development. That means, you still have time to revisit the original series about the Ingalls family (Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson) and their farm in late 19th century Minnesota, all based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series. Yes, it is dated, but some of the episodes still hit all the right notes.
SkyMed (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): SEASON ONE. In this Canadian co-production medical drama, we follow the intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying air ambulances.
⭐ Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series (Showtime, 7 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. He Wants to Know My Number addresses the double standard targeting female sexuality... In Ponyboi, an intersex sex worker looks for love and a way out of his seedy life in New Jersey.
Unprecedented (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): LIMITED SERIES. A 3-part documentary series "with exclusive access to President Donald J. Trump and the First Family as he launches his 2020 re-election campaign, disputes the results of the Presidential election and shakes the foundations of American democracy."
We Hunt Together (Showtime, 7:30 p.m.): The hunt for serial killer The Birdman intensifies as Lola and Jackson desperately search for a link to Freddy, who is playing her own dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the killer.
Who Do You Think You Are? (NBC, 7 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. 4 years since its run on TLC ended and 3 years since NBC announced its return to the network, this genealogy documentary series is back! Up first getting family tree treatment in this revival: Billy Porter. I really like it, though it is inferior to the original British series.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Collector's Call (MeTV, 6:30 p.m.): Ghostbusters
🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
Becoming Elizabeth (Starz): Elizabeth is determined to not fall into the same traps she did when she was at Chelsea. While the court has been rocked by Mary's defiance, the Lord Somerset is still more concerned with the war in Scotland.
Hotel Portofino (PBS): Danioni gives a compromising letter to Bella's husband. The Ainsworth family heirloom goes missing.
Johnson (Bounce TV): SEASON PREMIERE. Greg and Jarvis try to convince Omar to finally patch things up with Keith. Sparks fly when Keith runs into Jackee at a record store while Jarvis reconnects with his old assistant Danni during a protest against his arrest.
🎥 Nightmare PTA Moms (Lifetime): Hoping to get more involved at her daughter's new middle school, a woman joins the PTA, only to encounter a power-hungry mother who has a penchant for backstabbing.
Riverdale (The CW): When several of their own fall prey to Percival's latest plan, Cheryl calls upon fellow witch Sabrina the teenage witch for help. Percival gives Reggie an ultimatum.
We Hunt Together (Showtime, 8:15 p.m.): Freddy's games with The Birdman take an unexpected turn as Jackson ends up being confronted with both a personal and professional crisis. Lola's suspicions of Liam intensify.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
90 Day Fiancé (TLC)
Big Brother (CBS)
💲 Celebrity Family Feud (ABC): cast of Abbott Elementary, cast of Hacks, Kal Penn, Erika Christensen; season premiere
Biography: WWE Legends (A&E): Undertaker; season premiere
How Did They Build That? (Smithsonian Channel): Season premiere
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo)
The Story of the Songs (Reelz): Def Leppard)
Wicked Tuna (National Geographic, 8:30 p.m.): Season finale
🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
Animal Kingdom (TNT): The Codys stage a jewel robbery. In 1992, Julia and Baz spend more time together. Maybe it's just a story of them watching A League of Their Own for the first time.
The Chi (Showtime): Emmett and Kiesha bond over single parenting. Jada confronts Suede. Trig and Jake enjoy Christmas morning. Tiff and Rob's relationship grows stronger after a holiday mishap.
💲 The Final Straw (ABC): SERIES PREMIERE. 4 teams face off to combat tremendous tipping towers. Each life-sized themed tower is chock full of various objects ranging from basketballs to small kitchen appliances as contestants try to successfully pull items from the stack without tipping it over in order to earn prizes. So, basically Jenga.✔️
Grantchester (PBS): SEASON PREMIERE. Will and Geordie find themselves investigating stories of lost love and family inheritance after a dead body is found on a local estate.
Patagonia (CNN): SERIES PREMIERE. A documentary series, narrated by Chilean-born actor Pedro Pascal, explores the wonders of one of the wildest places on Earth through the lives of extraordinary animals and people that inhabit it. Filmed over one dramatic year, we reveal what it takes to survive and thrive at the edge of the world.✔️
🎥 Stranger Next Door (TV One): A recently divorced and retired policewoman meets a handsome stranger who turns out to be Mr. Wrong. Definitely not a perfect stranger.
Westworld (HBO): "You can never go back again. But if you do, bring a shovel."
Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell? (Starz): SERIES FINALE. A police investigation into the sexual abuse of dozens of underage girls marks the beginning of the end for Maxwell. It initiates a domino effect which leads to an ultimate reckoning, a criminal trial that found her guilty in December 2021.
Women Who Rock (Epix): SERIES PREMIERE. A 4-part docuseries paying homage to the legion of women pioneers in music who have stormed the stage, wielded their instruments, and sung the soundtrack of our lives. Celebrating women artists, in their own words, on power, fame, truth, defiance, artistic expression, hard-won success, and most importantly, the insights and tales behind their anthemic music.✔️
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Battle on the Beach (HGTV): Season finaleCarnival Eats (Cooking Channel): Season finale
The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network)
Married to Medicine (Bravo, 9:15 p.m.): Season premiere
🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
The Anarchists (HBO): SERIES PREMIERE. This docuseries spotlights Jeff Berwick, a Canadian entrepreneur turned provocateur, who in 2015 launched a conference in Acapulco, Mexico in hopes of promoting anarchy in its purest form. The event draws an international array of libertarians, fugitives, and families seeking to "unschool" their children to protect them from the bureaucracies of modern life, as well as crypto-currency evangelists and others attracted to the idea of creating a stateless community, free from governments and central banking systems.✔️
Bridge and Tunnel (Epix): SEASON PREMIERE. Jimmy and Jill brace for an awkward reunion. Pags looks to Tammy to help his sister's band find a drummer for their big concert. Stacey has issues with Jill's new, married boyfriend.
Cobra (PBS): SEASON PREMIERE. Sutherland and Amrshall assemble the COBRA emergency committee to respond to a potentially explosive situation in Kent. Meanwhile, Former Home Secretary Archie Glover Morgan plots a return to power.
P-Valley (Starz): Andre's mayoral campaign picks up speed as Autumn and Uncle Clifford wage war. Mercedes finds herself further entangled in Memphis. Back in Chucalissa, Lil' Murda helps Big Teak find his footing in a broken new world.
Supreme Team (Showtime): SERIES PREMIERE. A three-part limited docuseries that takes an in-depth look at the notorious Queens, New York gang, and tells the real story from the mouths of its two leaders and family members, Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff and Gerald "Prince'' Miller.✔️
United Shades of America (CNN): SEASON PREMIERE. Kamau visits Arizona, on the front lines of a culture war, where the term "woke" has become a fight for control of the nation's future. He talks with parents and educators to hear both sides of CRT and how it is being used as a weapon.
WWE Rivals (A&E): SERIES PREMIERE. Actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. leads a roundtable discussion of WWE luminaries to delve into the storylines and characters as well as show archival footage from WWE’s library. First up: Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
💲 The $100,000 Pyramid (ABC): Lindsey Vonn, Russell Peters, Jason Alexander, Wayne Knight; season premiere
Beachside Brawl (Food Network)
Camo Sharks (National Geographic): Special
Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe (Science): Special
The Story of the Songs (Reelz): Bon Jovi
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo, 10:15 p.m.): Eva Marcille, Heavenly Kimes
💤💤😴💤💤
Birdgirl (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.): "Birdgirl falls hard for a musky vigilante."
Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime, 11 p.m.): Zayna discovers the downside of living on her own and the responsibility that comes with it. Kevin and Dan's professional lives are put on hold when they attend the funeral of an old friend.
📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): The IMF topple a man who runs a dockyard for organized crime by making it seem that he's losing his mind.
Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim, midnight & 12:30 a.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Tuca's got a new job and love interest. Meanwhile, Speckle's making a big splash at work. Later, Tuca is forced to confront a mysterious chronic health issue, and Bertie accidentally takes a liking to Tuca's beau.
WWE Smack Talk (A&E, 11 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Booker T, Hot 97, Peter Rosenberg and Jackie Redmond "break down the biggest moments from each Sunday's episode of Biography: WWE Legends and WWE Rivals as well as reveals new information that didn't make the cut."
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Backyard Bull Sharks (National Geographic): Special
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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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