What's On Tonight (Sunday): News flash, I wanna be Dolly. Who doesn't?

Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life

Roses really smell like boo-boo-ooh! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, July 26!

Our Top Pick tonight is Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life (CBS & Paramount+, 8 p.m.). This retrospective of the late singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman is produced by Entertainment Tonight.

Elsewhere, the Dead have purpose, LeBron and Simone and Steph arrive on the sports scene, we like the way Lanterns move, Librarians retreat, and Robot Chicken returns for another special.

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

EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

Lioness (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): Joe leads the hunt as her team exposes a hidden network operating through covert handlers, while Kaitlyn and Westfield hustle to assess the threat.

The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC+, 3 a.m. / AMC, 9 p.m.): Maggie and Negan find themselves in different circumstances, wrestling with their purposes.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
🎥 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (Netflix, 3 a.m.)✔️
⚾ Sunday Night Baseball (NBC, 7 p.m.): Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs
WWE NXT: Heatwave (The CW, 7 p.m.)

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

Decades in Sports (CNN, 9 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. Huge names emerge in sports in the 2010s, including LeBron James, Simone Biles and Steph Curry. Sports betting takes off.

Lanterns (HBO & HBO Max, 9 p.m.): "OutKast" so this episode is gonna be so fresh and so clean. We like the way Hal moves. I'm sorry Ms. Macdonald (oh), I am for real.

The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT, 8 p.m.): "While the rest of the team is away on a Library retreat, Charlie receives a call on a mysterious toy phone from a child trapped in a haunted house."

⭐ Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life (CBS & Paramount+, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Celebrating the extraordinary life and legacy of Dolly Parton through rare interviews and new tributes from Dionne Warwick, Melissa Etheridge, Diane Warren, Debbie Allen, Jennifer Nettles and more.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
🎥 9 to 5 (The Wonderful World of Disney) (ABC, 7:30 p.m. / Hulu, now)
90 Day Fiancé (TLC & HBO Max, 8 p.m.)
Big Brother (CBS, 9 p.m. / Paramount+, Monday)
The Great Food Truck Race  (Food Network, 9 p.m.)
The Mega-Brands That Built America (History, 10 p.m.)
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (Bravo, 9 p.m. / Peacock, Monday)
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN, 8 p.m.): Doomsday prepping

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

President Curtis (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m. / HBO Max, Monday): When America faces a national energy crisis, Curtis and his team venture deep into Hollow Earth to find a solution.

Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special (Adult Swim, midnight / HBO Max, Monday): SPECIAL. "A stop-motion retrospective celebrating a quarter-century on air for the network where iconic characters board a celebratory cruise ship that quickly descends into chaos."

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Gracenote; IMDb; TV Passport
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included
🏈🏀⚾🥎⚽🏐🎾⛳🏒🏎️🐂: Sports

Happy watching, everyone!