What's On Tonight (Friday): God Hath Blessed Us with This Director's Cut

       

The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn - Director's Cut

Today's Top Pick is the extremely over-titled The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn - Director's Cut.  I never saw the original cut, nor did I have any interest in seeing it.  I skipped most of the final season of X-Files, caught the series finale, and haven't been back for any of the rest.  I'm not sure why Disney/Hulu thought this was the time to bring back the much derided second film, but I assume it has something to do with the Ryan Coogler-helmed series reboot.  Coogler shot the pilot (on film for whatever reason) for the reboot but so far there hasn't been a series order.  Perhaps they are waiting to see if there is any interest in Vrach Frankenshteyn first?

⭐🎥 The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn - Director's Cut (Hulu, 12:01 AM) ' Years after walking away from the FBI, Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully are pulled back from the shadows when a federal agent vanishes without a trace. In a case you'd never see on TV, their only lead is a disgraced, defrocked priest claiming to have horrific psychic visions of the crime. Forced to confront the ghosts of their past, the partners must navigate a chilling winter landscape and an even darker human monstrosity.'

Elsewhere...

Normal

 PREMIERES

🎥 Hellcat (AMC+ / Shudder, 3:01 AM) 'Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She's warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she'll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?'

🎥 Normal (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'Sheriff Ulysses's (Bob Odenkirk) provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern American town of Normal was meant to be a welcome respite from both his marital woes and recent moral injuries in the line of duty. But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the municipality's tranquil pace, a dark secret is inadvertently exposed, and Ulysses soon discovers that the town is anything but its namesake.'

🎥 Don't Say Good Luck (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'In this coming-of-age dramedy, Sophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical -- until suddenly she's living with even more drama at home than on the stage.'

🔔 Moria (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Moria Casán turned her life into a stage and made transgression her survival. This fictional retelling celebrates her 80 years and Argentine pop culture.'

🎥 My Best Friend, His Girl Friend and Me (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Olli and Matze are best friends living, working and planning to travel the world together - until Matze's romance with Rebecca turns it all upside down.'

🎥 To The Max (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A group of friends bonded by their love for extreme sports discovers BASE jumping in wingsuits - but feeling like flying carries the highest risks.'

🔔 Unthetho (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'To keep their youngest brother alive, an idealistic state prosecutor is forced to become a double agent in her imprisoned older brother's gang.'

🎥 Girls Like Girls (Peacock, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'A heartfelt coming-of-age story set over the course of one sun-drenched summer, where new-girl-in-town Coley falls in love for the first time while learning to accept herself along the way. Based on writer/director Hayley Kiyoko's hit single and best-selling novel.'

🎥 A Murder Between Friends (LMN, 8:00 PM) 'When six friends vacation at the country estate of a true-crime TV star, the last thing they expect to find is someone murdered in a hot tub! Everyone is a suspect as they try to determine who among them would have the means, motive and opportunity.'

😂 Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes (HBO, 9:00 PM) 'Thomas digs into his adolescent years, longtime friendships, and ongoing quest to be cool.'

RETURNING SHOWS

🔨 Honest Renovations (Roku, 3:01 AM) SEASON FOUR.

Moria

STREAMING

🔔 Silo (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Radio" 

📦 Sex Box (All Reality, 3:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

⚖️ Judy Justice (Amazon, 3:01 AM) "Shouldering the Burden" 

🔔 Escape to the Country (Britbox, 3:01 AM) "Pembrokeshire / East Sussex / Cambridgeshire Borders / Devon" 

🔔 Deep Revenge (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

🧼 Days of Our Lives (Peacock, 3:01 AM) 

👮🏻 Flex X Cop (Disney+, 10:31 AM) 

👮🏻 Cops (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

LIVE SPORTSBALL TODAY/TONIGHT

⚾ Little League Baseball (ESPN, 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM)    

🏌🏻 PGA Tour Golf: 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship - Round 2 (Golf, 2:00 PM) 

⚾ MLB Baseball: St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs (Apple, 2:00 PM)

⚽ English Premier League Soccer: Blackburn Rovers at Wolverhampton Wanderers (CBSSPT, 3:00 PM)

🥊 UFC Special: Makhachev vs Machado (CBS, 8:00 PM)

🥎 Athletes Unlimited Women's Pro Softball: All-Star Cup: Series 2 Game 4 (CBSSPT, 8:00 PM)

⚾ MLB Baseball: New York Yankess at Toronto Blue Jays (Apple, 7:00 PM)

🏈 NFL Preseason Football: Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons (ESPN App, 7:00 PM)

🏀 WNBA Basketball: Dallas Wings at Indiana Fever (Ion, 7:30 PM)

⚽ NWSL Soccer: Gotham FC vs Kansas City Current (Amazon, 8:00 PM)

🏌🏻 PGA Tour Champions Golf: 2026 Boeing Classic - Round 1 (Golf, 10:00 PM)

🏀 WNBA Basketball: Portland Fire at Seattle Storm (Ion, 10:00 PM)

⚾ MLB Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN App, 10:10 PM)

Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes

🕖8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

🦀 Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel, 8:00 PM) 'Captains Sig and Sophia shift their fishing strategy as back-to-back injuries plague the Northwestern deck crew.'

🎥 A Murder Between Friends (LMN, 8:00 PM) 
💍 Put A Ring On It: Cheathab (OWN, 9:00 PM) 

👮 On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 

🤼‍♂️ WWE's Friday Night Smackdown (USA, 8:00 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🥊 Fightland (Starz, 8:57 PM) 'Turning up the heat on the Marshalls, Duke is drawn in deeper than he ever could have imagined.'

👽 The Unexplained (History, 9:00 PM) 'For millennia, cultures around the world built pyramids.'

🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:00 PM) 
🐶 Totally Funny Animals (CW, 9:00 PM) 
🍽️ Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 
😂 Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes (HBO, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV, 9:00 PM) 
👮 On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Age Inappropriate (WE, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 Zillow Gone Wild (HGTV, 9:30 PM) 

Hellcat

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

🔥 Roast My Rental (HGTV, 10:00 PM) 'Leslie's disappointed after checking in at an out-of-this-world Joshua Tree spaceship desert escape. Broken furniture and a theme that's lost in space leave Jasmine with her hardest project yet.'

🔍 Anna Pigeon (USA, 10:00 PM) 'As Anna Pigeon settles into a more complicated personal life in the park, she discovers a game of hide-and-seek has taken a turn; intent on helping a family in crisis, Anna and the rangers must make a decision that will affect the family's future.'

💀 Dateline NBC (NBC, 10:00 PM) 
🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM) 'Actor Will Ferrell; actress Lupita Nyong'o; Gracie Abrams talks and performs.'

🔔 Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'Actor Nathan Lane; musician Noah Kahan.

🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 
😂 Comics Unleashed (CBS, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 Nightline (ABC, 12:37 AM)
😂 Funny You Should Ask (CBS, 12:37 PM)

📺Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO BINGE📺

South Park (Comedy Central, 5:00 AM -2:00 PM); The Andy Griffiths Show (Sundance, 5:00 AM - 3:00 PM); Law & Order (Pop, 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM); Living Single (TV One, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Friends (TBS, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM); Gunsmoke (11:00 AM - 4:00 PM); Seinfeld (Comedy Central, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM); The Big Bang Theory (TBS, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM); The Andy Griffiths Show (TVLand, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Family Ties (Antenna, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM); The Office (Comedy Central, 5:00 PM - 12:00 AM); Three's Company (Antenna, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Barney Miller (Antenna, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM);  Everybody Loves Raymond (TVLand, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM); One Day at a Time (Antennae, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM); Sanford & Son (Antenna, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM); The Golden Girls (Hallmark, 10:00 AM - 3:00 AM); The King of Queens (TVLand, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM); Wings (Antenna, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM)

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 11:00 PM) 'Actor Ricardo Montalban; Laura Bergt; TV personality Uri Geller.'

Girls Like Girls

Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Rotten Tomatoes; YouTube; TV Guide; TV Passport

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