Sunday, September 3, 2023

What's On Tonight (Monday): The return of American Dad! is Frantastic!

 

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Tonight's Top Pick is the fall premiere of American Dad!, featuring, among others, national treasure Wendy Schaal. Also, I'm proud of the fact that I made sure to make AD! the Top Pick at the start rather than at some vague point in the fall.


While I prepare to watch the first season of It's a Living, let's see what else TV has to offer us for Monday, Sept. 4. All times are EST.


STREAMING
Futurama, 12:01 a.m., Hulu. "Rage Against the Vaccine." "A pandemic ravages future Earth."

The Chelsea Detective, 3:01 a.m., Acorn TV. "Golden Years." "A woman at a luxury retirement home dies mysteriously, and with no signs of forced entry, suspicion falls on the staff and residents. But tensions within her family point to another cause, harking back to their time in Apartheid era South Africa."


PRE-PRIMETIME SPORTS
CFL Football, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network. Edmonton Elks vs. Calgary Stampeders.
2023 U.S. Open Tennis, 7 p.m., ESPN2. Round of 16, from Flushing, New York. 


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PRE-PRIMETIME MOVIES
The Circle, 7:10 p.m., HBO Signature.
Signs, 7:13 p.m., MoreMax.
Phineas and Ferb: The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, 7:30 p.m., Disney XD.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 7:30 p.m., FXM.
Devotion, 7:35 p.m., Sho2.


8 P.M.
Office Race, Comedy Central. Premiere, 105 minutes. "An unambitious office worker (Beck Bennett) goes to great lengths - specifically 26.2 miles - to defeat his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss (Joel McHale)." Costarring Kelsey Grammer, Kylie Bunbury, Erinn Hayes, Geoffrey Arend, Katlyn Carlson, Matt Richards and Karolena Theresa, with J.B. Smoove and Alyson Hannigan. Encore at 9:45 p.m.

American Ninja Warrior, NBC. 2 hours. "Las Vegas Finals 3." "The national finals continue in Las Vegas as the remaining competitors move on to Stages 2 and 3 for their chance to win $1 million and become the next American Ninja Warrior."

Son of a Critch, The CW. "Merry Critch-Mas." "Mark collects Christmas toys for the needy, which leads to an uncomfortable discovery about one of his classmates. Pop's prodigal son shows up."

Run the Burbs, 8:30 p.m., The CW. "First Date Date." "Andrew and Camille try to relive their very first date as Sam babysits Leo. Khia struggles with what to write in Mannix's birthday card."

College Football, ESPN. Clemson vs. Duke.

Movie Night!
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Disney.
A Good Day to Die Hard, FXM.
Anna, HBO. 2019 movie.
Zootopia, 8:30 p.m., Freeform.
Rocky III, 8:30 p.m., AMC.


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9 P.M.
Little Richard: I Am Everything, CNN. Network premiere. "Throughout his life, Little Richard careened between religion, sex and rock 'n' roll. A treasure trove of archival material brings to life a revolutionary figure, one who reinvented popular music as the ultimate form of self-expression."

Children Ruin Everything, The CW. First season finale. "Space." "Frustrated over their cluttered home full of kids' stuff, James and Astrid decide to purge."

Movie Night!
The Holiday, StarzEncore.
Jumping the Broom, Starz.
Top Gun, 9:15 p.m., CMT.
Need for Speed, 9:45 p.m., Showcase.
Nightcrawler, 9:53 p.m., Cinemax.


10 P.M.
American Dad!, TBS. Return. "Frantastic Voyage." "When Stan goes too far to keep his work friend away from Francine, she is forced to save her new little friend."

POV, PBS. Third season finale, 90 minutes. "While We Watched." "Journalist and author Ravish Kumar battles fake news, failing ratings and cutbacks while struggling to maintain fact-based analyses at NDTV India."

Breeders, FX. 35 minutes. "No Kids." "Paul and Ally are disappointed that their planned family holiday has become one for just the two of them, but they make new friends. Luke is preparing for his new life with Maya and makes a massive decision."

Johnny Carson, Antenna. Charles Grodin, Amy Yasbeck and B.B. King are the guests on this Sept. 5, 1990, episode.

Movie Night!
Roger & Me, TCM.
The Hunt for Red October, The Movie Channel.
Acrimony, VH1.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 10:01 p.m., Syfy.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 10:27 p.m., HBO Family.


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LATE NIGHT PICK!
Aquaman, 11 p.m., TNT. Also airing at 8 p.m.


Sources: Futon Critic and zap2it.

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