1) “House of the Dragon” (shown here) season-opener, 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO and HBO Max. Here is epic filming — TV on a mega-movie scale. At one point, the show had expected to close its second season with the Battle of the Gullet. Now, instead, it uses that to give the third season a huge start. Dragons, ships and warriors collide in the water between two kingdoms.
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1) CMA Fest, 8-11 p.m. Thursday, ABC. Riley Green and Lara Spencer host a night with country’s top stars. There are long-timers — Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw –plus relatively fresh forces. They include Ella Langley (shown here with Green), Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Shaboozey and Molly Tuttle. Read more…
1) “Bonnie and Clyde” (1969), 5:45 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies; and “Project Hail Mary” (2026), 8 p.m., MGM+. Some 57 years apart, both films blended smart stories, great actors (shown here are Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty as Bonnie and Clyde) and great cinematic skill. That’s also true of “Top Gun: Maverick” (6:50 and 10 p.m., Paramount Network) and the “Godfather” (6 and 9, Showtime) and “Lord of the Rings” (2, 6 and 10, TruTV) films. Read more…
