Mike Hughes

1) “Masterpiece: Guilt” opener, 9-11 p.m., PBS. Driving home from a wedding, brothers argue about a cash bar they visited often. Then someone steps in front of the car and is killed. The decent thing would be to call police; the older brother (shown here) isn’t into decency. What follows starts as a fun story of laymen trying (ineptly) to do a cover-up. But late tonight – and in next week’s conclusion – new twists soar. At the core of a terrific story is the younger brother, a good guy surrounded by schemers. Read more…

1) Football, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC. The first full Saturday of the college season peaks with a big one – Clemson (ranked No. 3 and shown here) hosts Georgia (No. 5). Earlier, ABC has top-ranked Alabama at Miami (No. 14), at 3:30 p.m. ET. There’s much more, including a triple-header on Fox: It’s Penn State (No. 19) at Wisconsin (No. 12) at noon ET … Louisiana (23) at Texas (21) at 3:30 p.m. … and LSU (16) at UCLA. Read more…

1) All night, CBS. Don’t look for cop shows tonight; CBS is fullyin feel-good Friday mode. That starts at 8 p.m. with “Secret Celebrity Renovation”; Boomer Esiason helps renovate the home of his high school football coach. At 9, Cedric the Entertainer hosts the amiable “Greatest #AtHome Videos.” And at 10, Jane Pauley hosts a “Pet Project” (shown here)special, viewing people and their pets. Read more…

1) “CMA Summer Jam,” 8-11 p.m., ABC. For two summers, the Fan Fest was cancelled because of COVID. This second time, however, the gap was filled by a two-day Nashville concert. Darius Rucker sang on a new downtown stage, Eric Church on a pedestrian bridge, Dierks Bentley at his club, others at an amphitheater. There are Lukes (Bryan and Combs) plus Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Gwen Stefani, Miranda Lambert (shown here), Jimmie Allen, Dwight Yoakam, Mickey Guyton, Thomas Rhett and more. Read more…

1) “Superstar: Richard Pryor,” 10 p.m., ABC. Pryor (shown here) had a life filled with tragedy. Raised in his grandmother’s brothel, he was abandoned by his mother at 10, expelled at 14, jailed by the Army at 18. Then he soared in show business – both in the mainstream and with R-rated wit. Trouble persisted – seven marriages, three heart attacks, a freebasing accident – but so did his skill. He won the first Mark Twain Prize and was named (by both Comedy Central and Rolling Stone) as the best stand-up ever. Read more…