Best-bets for Sept. 6: There’s power in fiction and in basketball

1) “Power Book II: Ghost” debut, 9 p.m., Starz. The “Power” series was a ratings winner for Starz – tough, taut and often lethal. Even the main character – a drug boss known as Ghost – was killed; his son Tariq did it, but Ghost’s wife Tasha was charged. Now Tariq is in college (shown here), stretching for ways to make money and get his mom free. Meanwhile, there’s a new drug boss, played by Mary J. Blige. Read more…

1) “Power Book II: Ghost” debut, 9 p.m., Starz. The “Power” series was a ratings winner for Starz – tough, taut and often lethal. Even the main character – a drug boss known as Ghost – was killed; his son Tariq did it, but Ghost’s wife Tasha was charged. Now Tariq is in college (shown here), stretching for ways to make money and get his mom free. Meanwhile, there’s a new drug boss, played by Mary J. Blige.

2) Basketball, 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC. O n the last Sunday before pro football takes over, the other sports gets their chance. ABC has the basketball playoffs; it’s the Bucks and Heat in the afternoon, then the Lakers and Rockets at night. More sports? Fox has a football preview at 7 p.m. ET and boxing at 8, with Yordenis Ugas and Abel Ramos going for the welterweight title. And there’s baseball – the Brewers and Indians at 1 p.m. on ESPN2, the Cubs and Cardinals at 7 on ESPN.

3) “I Am Geraldo,” 10 p.m., Fox News Channel. As a reporter for WABC-TV in1970, Geraldo Rivera stood out instantly. He was a long-haired lawyer, half-Puerto Rica, half-Jewish, with a hip manner. He soon had a Peabody Award and latenight ABC specials. The years that followed have included war-reporting, four divorces, “Dancing With the Stars” and more. Rivera, who turned 77 on July 4, continues at FNC; this special looks at 50 years of reporting. A longer version streams on Fox Nation.

4) “Flowers in the Attic” (2014), 4 p.m., Lifetime. This stark, Gothic novel caused a sensation in 1979, eventually selling 40 million copies worldwide. It’s part of a marathon of reruns based on books by Andrews and/or her ghostwriter, Andrew Neiderman. The final three stories of the “Heaven” series are at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.; the “Flowers” sequels are at 6, 8 and 10 p.m.

5) More movies, cable. TNT has the original “Star Wars” trilogy at noon (1977), 2:45 p.m. (1980) and 5:32 (1983). The first two will also rerun at 11:30 p.m. and 2:15 a.m., after “Solo” (2018) at 8:30. Freeform starts an animation marathon at 10:15 a.m., peaking with “Moana” (2016) at 6:55 p.m., “Zootopia” (2016) at 9:25 and “Wreck-It Ralph” (2012) at 11:55.

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