1) “The Traitors: New Blood” debut, 8 and 9 p.m., NBC. The Peacock version and Alan Cumming (shown here) have already won three straight Emmys for best reality show and best host. Now we get the network version, with strangers (including “killers”) in a Scottish castle. This one skips celebrities; instead, it has a doctor, a nurse, a pilot and two lawyers, plus a rodeo guy, an ironworker, a dog groomer and more. Read more…
1) “Nation’s Dumbest” finale, 9 p.m., Fox. A fun season ends with two bright people (shown here) who never quite win. Chase Hudson, 24, from a family of Berkeley grads, spent much of his youth as a Tik-Tok star and online student. Hilaria Baldwin, 42, the daughter of a doctor and a lawyer, has dyslexia, ADHD and seven children. Their final round is a delight. Read more…
1) “Dancing With the Stars” opener, 8-10 p.m., ABC; continues Wednesday. Some people start this with no dance experience. Others? Jenna Dewan and Julia Stiles have starred in dance movies; Dewan (shown here in “Step Up”) is a trained dancer; Stiles had two months of intense training. Now they’re in an interesting line-up, alongside Paralympic champ Ezra Frech and more. Read more…
1) Emmy awards, 8 p.m. ET, NBC. Mariska Hargitay (shown here). not known for comedy, is this year’s host. Maybe there will be fun moments from the presenters, including Amy Poehler and Marcello Hernandez of “Saturday Night Live,” Keke Palmer, Dan Levy, Niecy Nash-Betts and Alan Cumming. Others include Sally Field, Macaulay Culkin and Zendaya. Read more…
1) “Best of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances,” 9:30 p.m., CBS. In 1984, the Video Music Awards started the Video Vanguard Award. Early ones went to the Beatles, David Bowie (shown here) and Michael Jackson; lately, eight in a row have gone to women … a string that will be broken Sept. 27, when Nirvana is honored. First, here are past performances by Vanguard winners. Read more…
1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. The new season is only two weeks away and we can get in the mood with this rerun. Ryan Gosling hosted on March 7 (shown here), shortly before his “Project Hail Mary” opened to box office success. It was his fourth time hosting and the first for Gorillaz — which originally had “virtual” band members — as music guest Read more…
1) 9/11 events. At 8:30 a.m. ET, ceremonies in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksvillle, Pa., will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks (shown here). Networks and news channels will be there; CBS, for instance, plans coverage from 7-10 a.m. Then coverage continues throughout the day.
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1) “Colin From Accounts” final season, Paramount+. In one eight-episode clump, here’s the entire season. It’s written (beautifully) by the married duo of Patrick Brammall (left) and Harriet Dyer (third from left), who also star. Starting three years after his drunken proposal, this gets some big laughs, then ends with warmth and humor. Once you’re past the Australian accents, it’s a delight. Read more…
1) Football season-opener, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC. The pros are back, ready to gobble our TV time. There’s a pre-game show at 7 p.m. and then a Super Bowl rematch, with the Seahawks and (shown here) the Patriots. The next day, Netflix has 49ers-Rams. And on Sunday (plus one game Monday) it will be all the rest. Read more…
1) “America’s Got Talent,” 8-11 p.m., NBC. There’s no waiting this time: Ten acts will perform — including an acrobat, a naked singer-comedian and (shown here) dancing robots — and viewers will vote. From 10-11 p.m., they’ll learn which acts will reach the semi-finals, next Tuesday. Read more…
