What's On Tonight (Sunday): Institute for peculiar children

The Institute

Can I hug her?! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, August 10!

Our Top Pick tonight is The Institute (MGM+, 9 p.m.). This latest Stephen King novel-to-television adaptation finds a young boy with special abilities waking up in an institute filled with children like him. However, the institute, run by Mary Louise Parker, holds some dark secrets and angsty kids. I've heard mixed things.

Elsewhere, the Gilded Age makes a list and checks it twice, the Chicken Sisters unite, there's Stranger danger on Lifetime, and new eyes look at Yogurt.

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

EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

📺 Good Times (Catchy Comedy, Sunday afternoon and evening): SUPPORTING CHARACTERS for $600: Sitcom on which Johnny Brown, playing janitor Mr. Bookman, was called "Buffalo Butt" (18 Apr 1986) (That's My Mama airs in the morning and late-night.)

Nautilus (AMC+, 3 a.m. / AMC, 9 p.m.): Nemo's recklessness leads to a mutiny under the ice. Nemo must tell his crew who he really is. Boniface takes over as captain. Spoilers, AMC!

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🎥 Mamma Mia! (The CW, 7:30 p.m.): 

⚾ Sunday Night Baseball (ESPN, 7 p.m.): Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

🤸 U.S. Gymnastics Championships (NBC, 7 p.m.)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

The Chicken Sisters (Hallmark Channel / Peacock, Monday): SEASON PREMIERE. With their two restaurants finally united as The Chicken Sisters, Gus, Nancy, Amanda, and Mae are thriving, until Ultimate Kitchen Clash premieres.

🎥 A Stranger's Child (Lifetime): Donna wakes up in the hospital with amnesia and a baby. When news breaks of a kidnapped child, she questions if the baby is hers.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (TLC & HBO Max)

Big Brother (CBS / Paramount+, Monday)

📡 Dexter: Resurrection (Paramount+ with Showtime [linear] / Paramount+ with Showtime [streaming], now)

Naked and Afraid: Apocalypse (Discovery Channel / HBO Max, Monday)

🎥 The Parent Trap (The Wonderful World of Disney) (ABC / Disney+, right now)✔️

The Parent Trap (via Giphy)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

The Gilded Age (HBO & HBO Max): SEASON FINALE. Bertha finalizes the guest list for the ball and faces the consequences. Dr. Kirkland makes a decision.✔️

⭐ The Institute (MGM+): "As Tim's investigation pays off in ways he never imagined and Sigsby scrambles to avert disaster, Luke must finally decide who he can trust."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network / HBO Max, Monday)

Kings Court (Bravo)

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN)

WWE's Greatest Moments (A&E): Season premiere

The Gilded Age (via Giphy)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO & HBO Max, 10:10 p.m.): After years of false leads and wrongful arrests, new investigators take over the case and revisit a key interrogation video.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

In the Eye of the Storm (Discovery Channel / HBO Max, Monday)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo / Peacock, Monday): MGK, Pamela Adlon

WWE LFG (A&E)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

Quincy, M.E. (Get, 2 a.m.): Quincy learns of a medical cover-up when a girl dies after having an abortion."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO & HBO Max, 11:10 p.m. / YouTube, Monday)✔️

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (via Giphy)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Gracenote; IMDb; TV Passport

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Happy watching, everyone!