Best-bets for July 26: sharks, Elsbeth and McQueen

(Here are the five TV best-bets for Saturday, July 26, sent a bit early; feel free to use in any form — all or some, print and/or web)

1) “Shark Week” finale, Discovery. We’ve survived another summertime blitz of shark shows. This final day has lots of reruns, plus new hours with ominous titles: At 8 p.m. is “Attack of the Devil Shark”; at 9, “Battle for Shark Mountain” views in-fighting in a shark stronghold. Read more…

1) “Shark Week” finale, Discovery. We’ve survived another summertime blitz of shark shows. This final day has lots of reruns, plus new hours with ominous titles: At 8 p.m. is “Attack of the Devil Shark”; at 9, “Battle for Shark Mountain” views in-fighting in a shark stronghold.

2) “Elsbeth,” 8 p.m., CBS. Restaurant kitchens have a lot of chaos and rage, TV tells us, but few murders. Now there is one, in the kitchen of a master chef (Pamela Adlon). Elsbeth arrives, in the rerun of a fairy good episode.

3) “Celebrity Family Feud,” 8-11 p.m., ABC. It’s the third “Feud” night this week. Monday’s episode (including Taraji Henson vs. Jennifer Hudson) reruns at 8 p.m.; Thursday’s (including Patricia and David Arquette vs. Martina McBride) is at 10. At 9, it’s Matt Rife vs. Lil Jon and Kat Graham vs. Francia Raisa.

4) “I Am Steve McQueen” (2014), 8-10 p.m., CW. Drifting between towns and families, McQueen had a chaotic youth. In California, he was in a gang and in a reformatory; in the Marines, he was in the brig. But with the GI bill, he studied acting and became a star. This documentary includes his ex-wives (Neile Adams, Ali MacGraw), widow, son and more.

5) “Death of a Unicorn” (2025), 8 p.m., HBO. Jenny Ortega, an Emmy-nominee for “Wednesday,” plays a teen whose vacation goes awry: Her dad (Paul Rudd) accidentally hits a unicorn with his car. This dark comedy did so-so with critics and at the box office; now it hopes to find new viewers.

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