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The Fall Guy

Not much that flicks my wick this week, so I'm giving Top Pick to the Peacock streaming premiere of The Fall Guy.  Remember back in May when The Fall Guy underperforming and Furiosa outright bombing had movie fans panicking?  Fun times.  Now that the summer is behind us, and there have been several hit films proving that theater going is not dead, maybe people will stop freaking out whenever a film isn't an instant smash (Narrator: People did not stop freaking out).  

TOP PICK

⭐🎥 The Fall Guy and The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut (Peacock, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'Fresh off an almost career-ending accident, stuntman Colt Seavers has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.'

Elsewhere...

*Peacock also has the streaming premiere of a charming looking film called Touch.  A widower in Iceland is given a bad prognosis and decides to find out what happened to the first woman he loved.  It looks like something that would make me cry several times.   Glad I don't have Peacock.  

*Not to be outdone by Peacock in the charming film department, AMC+ has the streaming premiere of Ghostlight, which is also the best reviewed film this week with a 100% Fresh rating.  It's about an emotionally distant father and his mentally ill daughter who struggle to connect.  They eventually are brought together through the magic of community theater.  This is another one designed to make me cry.  

*Max has the streaming premiere of The Watchers today.  This is your heads up that this film does not star Corey Haim or feature a super intelligent dog being chased by a mutated monster.  Rather it's about people trapped in a house where they are watched by mysterious creatures that won't let them leave.  Judging by its ticket sales, the movie really should have brought in a super intelligent dog.  That shit is box office gold.

*Netflix has the new haunted house film, The Deliverance.  This is your heads up that Ned Beatty does not get raped by hillbillies in this one.  Rather it's about a woman who moves with her kids into a new house and strange shit starts happening.  No hillbillies to be seen, unless they're the ones behind the strange shit, and I just don't think that's most hillbillies' M.O.

PREMIERES

K-Pop Idols

🎵 K-Pop Idols (Apple, 12:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'The series follows superstars Jessi, CRAVITY and BLACKSWAN through trials and triumphs as they break down cultural and musical barriers in K-pop with passion, creativity and determination while they chase their dreams.'

🎥 Ghostlight (AMC+, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'When melancholic construction worker Dan finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.'

🎥 The Watchers (Max, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'Follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers that are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.'

🎵 A List to Playlist (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'With a 20-year acting career, Cho Jung-seok takes on the challenge of debuting as a singer in 100 days, mobilizing his entire network against the clock!'

🔔 Breathless (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'A passionate medical team is devoted to saving lives in a bustling public hospital where tensions — and romance — keep their pulses racing.'

🎥 The Deliverance (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.'

🔔 Lavender Fields (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Jodi Sta. Maria stars as Lavender Fields, a woman who will do whatever it takes to take back her lost child and her stolen dignity. How far will she go to make things right?'

🎥 (Un)lucky Sisters (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'After their father's death, estranged sisters stumble upon his hidden fortune. They are forced to decide whether to keep the money or do the right thing.'

🎥 Touch (Peacock, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'A romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents; Touch follows one widower's emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out.'

The Deliverance

RETURNING SHOWS

💋 I Kissed a Boy (Hulu, 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🏈 Inside the NFL (CW, 9:00 PM) SEASON FORTY-SEVEN PREMIERE.

STREAMING

🍴 Jinny's Kitchen (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🔔 Pachinko (Apple, 12:01 AM) 

⚖ Judy Justice (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 

🏠 Where We Call Home (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (Hulu, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 The Thaw (Odwilż) (Max, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars (Paramount, 3:01 AM) 

🎥 The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder, 9:00 PM) "Nightmareathon" 

🎥 The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder, 9:00 PM) "Nightmareathon" 

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2024 PARIS PARALYMPICS

NBC: 🔔Opening Ceremony & More (NBC, 9:00 PM)

USA: 🏊‍♀️🏃‍♀️Para Swimming, Para Track and Field (5:00 AM); 🏉Wheelchair Rugby: US vs Japan; 🥅Men's Goalball: US vs Brazil (9:15 AM); 🏀Wheelchair Basketball & More (10:00 AM); 🏊‍♀️🏃‍♀️Para Swimming, Para Track and Field (11:45 AM); 🔔Gold Medals: Day 2 (3:55 PM)

LIVE SPORTSBALL TODAY/TONIGHT

🏌️‍♀️ 2024 Curtis Cup: First Round (Golf, 8:00 AM)

🎾 2024 US Open Tennis: Third Round (ESPN, 12:00 PM)

🏌️‍♀️ 2024 TOUR Championship: Second Round (Golf, 1:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: Lehigh at Army (CBSSN, 6:00 PM)

🏐 Women's College Volleyball: Penn State at Tennessee (ESPNU, 6:00 PM)

🎾 2024 US Open Tennis: Third Round (ESPN, 6:00 PM)

⚾ MLB Baseball: San Diego Padres at Tampa Bay Rays (Apple, 6:30 PM)

🏈 College Football: Temple at Oklahoma (ESPN, 7:00 PM)

🏌️‍♀️ LPGA Tour Golf: FM Global Championship, Second Round (Golf, 7:00 PM)

🏀 WNBA Basketball: Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky (Ion, 7:30 PM)

⚾ MLB Baseball: Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels (Apple, 9:30 PM)

⚽ NWSL: Portland Thorns FC at Bay FC (Amazon, 10:00 PM)

🏀 WNBA Basketball: New York Liberty at Seattle Storm (Ion, 10:00 PM)

🍌 Banana Ball World Tour: Savannah Bananas vs The Party Animals (TruTV, 10:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: TCU at Stanford (ESPN, 10:30 PM)

Touch

🕗 MIDNIGHT 🕗

🥼Rick and Morty: The Anime (Adult Swim and Max, 12:00 AM) 'Morty takes the fight to the Federation and Morty looks for love in all the wrong places.'

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

💀 People Magazine Presents: Crimes of the 2010s (ID, 8:00 PM) SEASON FINALE. 'The sudden disappearance of a 15-year-old high school student sends shockwaves throughout her community; investigators rush to locate the young teen before it's too late.'

🐍 The Serpent Queen (Starz, 8:02 PM) SEASON FINALE. 'Catherine's actions lead to chaos and bloodshed, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake; Catherine's desperate measures may prevent total war, or they could unleash forces beyond her control.'

💲 Let's Make a Deal Primetime (CBS, 8:00 PM) 

🤼‍♂️ WWE's Friday Night Smackdown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush: Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue (Discovery Channel, 8:00 PM) 

🐶 Cesar Milan: Better Human Better Dog (NGC, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Family Empire: Houston (OWN, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Love After Lockup (WE, 8:00 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

👮‍♂️ Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks (A&E, 9:00 PM) "When 31-year-old Linda Slaten is brutally strangled in her Lakeland, Fla., home in 1981, a complex web of suspects emerges; the case takes a dramatic turn when a DNA hit exposes the sinister underbelly of a seemingly peaceful community.' 

🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 'Guy Fieri' checks out a unique spin on turkey tamales in Indianapolis, prime-time pan-seared chicken in Bradley Beach, NJ and fully loaded lamb chops in Columbus, OH.'

👽 Ancient Aliens (History, 9:00 PM) 'For more than four decades, award-winning journalist Linda Moulton Howe has covered the most mysterious phenomena on Earth.'

💲 Lingo (CBS, 9:00 PM) 
🏈 Inside the NFL (CW, 9:00 PM) 
💰 Bering Sea Gold (Discovery Channel, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation (Magnolia, 9:00 PM) 
🐶 Cesar Milan: Better Human Better Dog (NGC, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:01 PM) 
🔔 The Braxtons (WE, 9:30 PM) 

The Watchers

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

💀 Tell Me How I Died (A&E, 10:01 PM) 'When a young woman dies in a car crash, it's up to the coroner's office to trigger an investigation into an accident that may have involved foul play.'

🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
🐶 Cesar Milan: Better Human Better Dog (NGC, 10:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 10:00 PM) 
🔔 Wiggin' Out with Tokyo Stylez (WE, 10:30 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM) 'Actor Michael Keaton; comic Taylor Tomlinson; Rapsody and Erykah Badu perform.'

🔔 After Midnight (CBS, 12:37 AM) 'Actor Joe Mantegna; actor Zach Gilford; comic Laci Mosley.'

🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 Nightline (ABC, 12:37 AM)

📺Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO BINGE📺

Law & Order (Pop, 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM); The Andy Griffith Show (Sundance, 6:00 AM - 1:00 PM); Futurama (Comedy Central, 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM); Roseanne (CMT, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Living Single (TV One, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Hawaii Five-0 (Ion, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM); Gunsmoke (TVLand, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM); South Park (Comedy Central, 1:00 PM - 5:00 AM); The Andy Griffith Show (TVLand, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Family Ties (Antenna, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM); Archie Bunker's Place (Antenna, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Three's Company (Antenna, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM); Everybody Loves Raymond (TVLand, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 8:00 PM -9:00 PM); Barney Miller (Antennae, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM); The King of Queens (TVLand, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM); Designing Women (Antenna, 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM); Becker (Antenna, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM); The Drew Carey Show (Antennae, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM)

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'Test pilot Chuck Yeager; comedian George Carlin.'

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Zap2it; Netflix; Wikipedia; Horrornews.net; Sysfy.com; hollywoodreporter.com

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