THE 1% CLUB: Host Joel McHale in THE 1% CLUB episode "Shout Out to Maddie" airing Tuesday, June 17 (8:00-9:02 PM ET/PT) on FOX. CR: Tom Griscom/FOX. ©2025 FOX MEDIA LLC.

Best-bets for July 29: great game; monopolistic past

1) “The 1% Club,” 8 p.m., Fox. One of TV’s best game shows. this offers devilishly clever questions, a sharp host (Joel McHale, shown here) and fun contestants. Tonight’s 100-person field includes a mother and son, three math-teacher colleagues and a guy trying to top his wife and his brother. It’s a fun hour. Read more…

1) “The 1% Club,” 8 p.m., Fox. One of TV’s best game shows. this offers devilishly clever questions, a sharp host (Joel McHale, shown here) and fun contestants. Tonight’s 100-person field includes a mother and son, three math-teacher colleagues and a guy trying to top his wife and his brother. It’s a fun hour.

2) “American Experience,” 9 p.m., PBS. For 40 years, we were told that Charles Darrow had created Monopoly during the Depression. Then a court case found much more: The idea began with a radical feminist in 1904; a Quaker community in Atlantic City added details, including local street names. This rerun tells the full, fascinating story.

3) “High Potential,” 8 p.m., ABC. It’s become a Kaitlin Olson summer, with reruns of this show on Tuesdays plus new episodes of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” Wednesdays on FX and FXX. Tonight, Morgan (Olson), untrained but brilliant, helps police probe a CEO’s death at an office party.

4) “Destination X” finale, 10 p.m., NBC. Apparently, Peter Weber is more than just a pretty face. Yes, he was the 2020 “Bachelor” star and was on “The Bachelorette” and “”Bachelor in Paradise.” But he’s also an airline pilot, with a knack for navigation and strategy; now he’s in the final three, alongside Rick Szabo and Biggy Bailey.

5) ALSO: It’s a strong night for dramas, including reruns of “Will Trent” (9-11 p.m., ABC) and “NCIS” shows (8-11 p.m., CBS), Also, Turner Classic Movies has Oscar films: “The Color Purple” (1985, 5p.m. ET) and “Places in the Heart” (1984, 7:45 p.m.) were nominated for best picture; “Out of Africa” (1985, 9:45) won.

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