What's On Tonight (Tuesday): School days go Black and white

The Harvest

Hello, Snips! Here's what's on television for tonight, Tuesday, September 12!

Our Top Pick tonight is American Experience presentation of The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (PBS, 9 p.m.). The documentary tells the story of Leland, Mississippi's first integrated class from 1st grade to high school graduation in 1982, which included the doc's filmmaker (and author) Douglas A. Blackmon. It also explores how society failed to finish the job of integration. (American Experience will return in late October with War on Disco. Pump that one directly into my veins.)

Elsewhere, The Swarm looks like a cousin to Zoo (*shouts* ZOO!!!), an icon visits the Building, Ahsoka is in the World Between Worlds, Michelle Wolf has new specials, the MTV Video Music Awards are still a thing, the Dark Side is finished, Shazam gets a final Beating, and Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are back in Wrexham.

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

STREAMING & EARLY EVENING

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, midnight): Charles finds an unexpected source for a major clue. A Broadway icon comes knocking at Oliver's door -- Bernadette Peters! Patti LuPone! Sutton Foster! Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein! Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse! "Mabel forms an alternate trio to pursue a lead that sheds light on Ben's bro and CoBro history." Damn Mabel. Now I'm sad.

Michelle Wolf: It's Great to Be Here (Netflix, 3 a.m.): COMPLETE SERIES. She couldn't do a singlular special. Instead she does one in 3 parts. "The comic riffs on dating, sexual harassment, race relations, and living in a new country, all while keeping her signature fiery wit." ✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Football Must Go On (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): Season 1

Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Season 5

🎥 Kelce (Amazon Prime Video, midnight)

💲 Master Mind (GSN, 6 p.m.)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

2023 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV & many Paramount Global networks): "Honoring names in music with live performances, awards, and pop culture moments."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

America's Got Talent (NBC / Peacock, Wednesday)

💲 Beat Shazam (Fox / Hulu, Wednesday): Season finale

Chopped (Food Network / Max, Wednesday)

Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel / Max, Wednesday)

Inside the NFL (The CW / The CW App, Wednesday)

WWE NXT (USA / Peacock, Wednesday)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

Ahsoka (Disney+): Snips is somehow back in the World Between Worlds and there she finds Skyguy, who doesn't look like a force ghost. You have my complete attention, Ahsoka! Meanwhile, Hera and her squad were overwhelmed when caught in another's hyperspace jump, and Sabine has joined the bad guys. Sabine!!✔️

⭐🎥 The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (American Experience) (PBS): "Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. After the 1954 Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, little more than token efforts were made to desegregate Southern schools. That changed dramatically on October 29, 1969, when the high court ordered that Mississippi schools to fully — and immediately — desegregate. As a result, a group of children, including six-year-old Blackmon, became part of the first class of Black and white children who would attend all 12 grades together in Leland." Trailer. Opening chapter.

The Swarm (The CW): SERIES PREMIERE. From Germany! "Humanity faces an unknown threat that lives in the sea. A team of scientists posit a seemingly impossible theory that challenges humanity's self-understanding as the ultimate creation."✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Dark Side of the 2000s (Vice): Siegfried & Roy; season finale

💲 Don't Forget the Lyrics! (Fox / Hulu, Wednesday): Season finale

Life Below Zero (National Geographic)

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo / Peacock, Wednesday)

Ahsoka (via Tumblr)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Welcome to Wrexham (FX): SEASON PREMIERE. "A new football season begins as the town, the team and owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, prepare to welcome King Charles III." The first season of this docuseries garnered quite a few Emmy nominations.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

💲 Cash Cab Canada (AXS TV, 10 & 10:30 p.m.)

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (Discovery Channel / Max, Wednesday)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo / Peacock, Wednesday): Kristin Cavallari, Whitney Rose

Welcome to Wrexham (via Giphy)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback

✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!