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Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Ballz! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, September 7!

Our Top Pick tonight is Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (HBO & Max, 8 p.m.). This two-part series — not a single documentary — arrives about 9 months after The Sopranos' actual 25th anniversary. The docuseries gives creator David Chase's personal and professional backstories and traces the origins of the series as well as the work in running a series that breaks the mold. Chase's first screen credit: The Bold Ones: The Lawyers. He also wrote episodes of The Magician, Kolchak, and The Rockford Files.

Elsewhere, a single mother is a Hostage, Johnson gets impressive, Parallel goes linear, driving is a Hazard, Love & Marriage returns to Detroit, One Piece-ers wanna rejoin Luffy, and teams play with balls.

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

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

🎥 Hazard (Tubi, 3 a.m.): Noah really loves his girlfriend, his daughter, and his car, but when he accepts a dangerous driving job, he risks losing it all.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

⚾ Baseball Night in America (Fox, 7 p.m.): Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers; or Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox✔️

🏈 Big Ten Saturday Night (NBC, 7:30 p.m.): Colorado at Nebraska

Chef Swap at the Beach (Cooking Channel, 7 p.m.)

⚽ NWSL Soccer (Ion, 7:30 p.m.): Utah Royals FC at Kansas City Current

🇰🇷 Romance in the House (Netflix, 9:30 a.m.)

🏈 Saturday Night College Football (ABC, 7:30 p.m.): Tennessee vs. North Carolina State

Los Angeles Angels (via Giphy)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

🎥 Held Hostage in My House (Lifetime): "A single mother wakes up to find herself hogtied and held captive at her country vacation rental by an unknown assailant. She must piece together clues from the previous guests to find out who is behind this."

🎥 His and Hers (Hallmark Channel / Peacock, Sunday): Lawyers Mark and Dana are the perfect married couple until they find themselves on opposite sides of a highly public divorce case involving a warring reality show couple.

Johnson (Bounce TV): Naomi is impressed with Omar's growth. Antionette makes Jarvis a proposal at a much-needed time. Greg reconnects with Jada. Omar, Keith and Jarvis hit the club.

⭐ Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (HBO & Max): PREMIERE. David Chase recounts his early life in New Jersey and fascination with filmmaking. With a successful career as a network writer, he decides to write something personal about his mother, leading to the creation of The Sopranos. Later, Chase discusses the challenges of mapping out 13-episode story arcs while balancing the darkness of the comedy with the drama of the subject matter.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN): Season finale

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV): Killer Klowns from Outer Space

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

📺 Night Court (Catchy Comedy / FreeVee, now): Spend the weekend with New York's courtroom night shift-ers with this essential grounded as well as absurdist '80s sitcom. In this episode, "Judge Harry Stone, who's courtroom normally resembles a mental ward, is about to open a maternity ward after a hurricane prevents medical help from arriving for four pregnant women, all of whom are in labor."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Love & Marriage: Detroit (OWN): Season premiere

🎥 Parallel (Paramount+ with Showtime [linear] / Paramount+ with Showtime [streaming], now)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

48 Hours (CBS): I think this is a new episode. Maybe? It's a follow-up on the Black Swan case. "New details in the murder trial of former ballerina Ashley Benefield, who claims her husband tried to poison her while she was pregnant and that she shot him in self-defense."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

📡 Andrew Zimmern's Wild Game Kitchen (FYI)✔️

Disaster Autopsy (National Geographic)

🏈 Fox College Football (Fox): Texas Tech at Washington State

⚽ NWSL Soccer (Ion): Racing Louisville FC at Bay FC

Andrew Zimmern (via Giphy)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

📺 2 Stupid Dogs and the Secret Squirrel Show (MeTV Toons, 11 p.m.): The dogs stumble upon a BBQ. A ray gun scatters body parts. The dogs & Red meet a witch. 

📺 Freakazoid (MeTV Toons, 11:30 p.m.): Freak goes Christmas shopping and searches for the answer to a mysterious cloud.

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1 & 1:30 a.m.): Robin, Usopp, the Tontattas, and the others make moves to rejoin Luffy as Doflamingos game rages on.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

📡 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m. / Netflix, now)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast

🇰🇷: Korean Drama
🎥: Movie

🏈🏀⚽🎾🏌️🏒🏎️: Sportsballs

📺: Throwback

✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!