What's On Tonight (Sunday): I love Lucy

Lucy Worsley Investigates

Good for you! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, September 25!

Our Top Pick tonight is the return of my favorite British historian and her docuseries Lucy Worsley Investigates (PBS, 8 p.m.). The show is pretty straightforward in its storytelling and doesn't venture into the glam and costuming as other Worsley docs, where even Worsley, the Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, gets into costume and observes the recreations. Still, I love her narrating and presentation of historical people and events. I wish American TV had a Lucy.

Elsewhere, Jeopardy! has celebrities, Animation returns for more Domination, Chesapeake Shores reveals a baby's gender, The Serpent Queen wants a baby, Big Brother crowns a winner, Mallory Jansen loves a mystery, Disney kicks of its spooky season, The Murdochs get docuseries treatment, and Van Der Valk returns to investigate Amsterdam's underside.

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

ON THIS SITE

Cancellation League (3 p.m.-ish): Whew! First week down. 35 weeks to go.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

60 Minutes (CBS, 7 p.m.): Secretary of State Antony Blinken... former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA)... Rebuilding Florida's endangered reefs.

Blood & Treasure (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): "The Year of the Rat"✔️

Malory Towers (BYUtv, 7:30 p.m.): Darrell's temper rears its head again when Miss Johnson introduces tough new school rules.

SEAL Team (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): BRAVO is deployed on a high-stakes mission in Russian controlled territory (Mar-a-Lago?) as Clay battles with his recovery.

📺 Who Do You Think You Are? (Discovery+, now): The long-delayed revival by NBC was good. And the original run of the NBC/TLC series can still be found on Discovery+. You can see Brooke Shields, Marisa Tomei, Steve Buscemi, America Ferrera, Aisha Tyler, and Jean Smart, among many others venture to places both foreign and domestic where there ancestors once were.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Black Widow Murders (Oxygen, 7 p.m.): Series premiere

Global Citizen Festival (ABC, 7 p.m.): Special

Little Women (Netflix, 10 a.m.)

Power Trip: Those Who Seek Power and Those Who Chase Them (ABC News Special) (ABC, midnight)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

💲 Celebrity Jeopardy! (ABC): SERIES PREMIERE. Host and celebrity Mayim Bialik leads the new primetime Jeopardy! spinoff that features celebrities, as the title clearly states. In the first episode we have Shang Chi's Simu Liu, SNL's Ego Nwodim, and previous celebrity Jeopardy all-star Andy Richter, who in a better timeline, would be the permanent post-Trebek host.✔️

Chesapeake Shores (Hallmark Channel): Kevin learns something new while David questions what he thought was true. Bree finds out that she and Luke share a birthday. Kevin discovers the gender of the baby.

The Great North (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Honeybee and Wolf discover an Outback-themed restaurant they can't stop going to. Beef confronts his fear of small talk.

⭐ Lucy Worsley Investigates (PBS): "How the Black Death changed Britain and how the huge death toll affected religious beliefs, class structure, work, and women."

Ruby and the Well (BYUtv): Ruby's latest wisher hopes to find someone, but figuring out who turns out to be the hardest part of a wish yet.

The Serpent Queen (Starz): Prince Henri returns from war with new mistress Filippa and a baby. Catherine resorts to extreme measures to produce an heir.

The Simpsons (Fox): SEASON PREMIERE. After Homer humiliates himself in a town meeting, he looks for acceptance in an internet group hunting for a missing tortoise... but finds something much more sinister.

🎥 Under Wraps 2 (Disney Channel): "Three friends spring into action when they learn their mummy pal, Harold, and his beloved Rose face the wrath of an evil mummy with a 1,000-year-old grudge." I looked at the cast and, hey, there's Adam Wylie! The kid from Picket Fences!

WHAT ELSE IS ON

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (TLC)

Big Brother (CBS): Season finale

The Circus (Showtime)

Immaculate Concussion: The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome (CNN Special Report) (CNN)

The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo)

Celebrity Jeopardy!? (via Giphy)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

American Gigolo (Showtime): Julian tries to interpret a dead woman's message as Colin finds himself on the run from his father's violent associates. Meanwhile, Michelle realizes her son is in more danger than she thought... and so is Julian.

Bob's Burgers (Fox): SEASON PREMIERE. Bob, Linda, and the kids help Mr. Fischoeder put on a play to get his brother Felix to confess to a theft. I wonder if this has any reference to the movie, which also featured the Fischoeders. Also, "Louise is jealous of Tina's hands."

Bunk'd (Disney Channel, 9:30 p.m.): SPECIAL. A mysterious handyman tells the camp three spooky stories set on the ranch involving a cursed bracelet, a possessed scarecrow and a magic wishing well.

Family Guy (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. In this premiere episode in [*checks calendar*] 2022, the Griffins perform a retelling of three Oscar-winning stories: The Silence of the Lambs, American Beauty and Forrest Gump. And people say SNL has bizarre timing to do parodies of yesteryear things.

🎥 Francesca Quinn, P.I. (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries): Galavant's Mallory Jansen takes a shot at getting a Hallmark mystery series. "A private investigator is hired to find her fiancée's killer. In order to solve the case, she will need to work with her ex and the person who broke them up."

House of the Dragon (HBO): I'd give a likely synopsis after the closing scene in the last episode, but this show loves time jumps that makes for bad pacing and fleshed-out storytelling.

The Murdochs: Empire of Influence (CNN): SERIES PREMIERE. "Behind the scenes of the improbable rise of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, his outsized influence around the globe, and the intense succession battle between his children over who will inherit his position."✔️

Van Der Valk (PBS): SEASON PREMIERE. "Van der Valk is called in to investigate the grisly and theatrical murder of a lawyer whose body is found with a cryptic note."

War of the Worlds (Epix): With Richard's help, Catherine discovers she can travel to another world. Meanwhile, a new revelation puts Martha's loyalties to the test, and Zoe breaks Bill out of prison.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

💲 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC): Amanda Seales, Snoop Dogg, Mark Duplass; season premiere

Halloween Wars (Food Network)

Married to Medicine (Bravo)

Unsung (TV One): Tony Terry

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

City on a Hill (Showtime): SEASON FINALE. Decourcy prepares for trial. Jackie tracks down a witness.

The Rookie (ABC): SEASON PREMIERE. Nolan is once again face to face with serial killer Rosalind. Bradford and Chen work under cover with Det. Lopez and the Las Vegas Police Department to arrest leaders of a major criminal enterprise.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Model America (MSNBC)

The Murdochs: Empire of Influence (CNN)

Outrageous Pumpkins (Food Network): Season premiere

Sister Wives (TLC)

Uncensored (TV One): Kadeem Hardison

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo): Miss Lawrence, Simone Whitmore

💤💤😴💤💤

📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): The IMF need to locate photos implicating mob boss Vochek in a murder. The photos were being used to blackmail the mobster, and the man responsible for that scheme has since been sent to prison.

Rick and Morty (Adult Swim, 11 p.m.): "Broh I'm scared."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 11:20 p.m.)

The Rookie (via Giphy)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!