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Man vs. History
History buffs and Mythbusters alike will love this new series in which professional storyteller Bil Lepp (below) hunts down the truth behind various American legends. The show smartly kicks off with a Wild West outlaw who’s a household name: Billy the Kid.
The Beast Must Die
REVENGE IS A dish best served with a slow burn in a six-part melodrama that puts two broken souls on a search for answers on the scenic Isle of Wight.
Taxi
IF YOU ASKED Marilu Henner for her happiest days on Taxi, she’d likely say Tuesday, September 12, 1978, through Wednesday, June 15, 1983. That’s not the actress’ famous total recall talking but the premiere and finale dates for the Emmy-winning comedy set at Manhattan’s (fictional) Sunshine Cab. Every day on the set was “magical,” says Henner, who played Elaine Nardo, a divorced mom with artsy ambitions and the garage’s only female driver.
Unforgotten
THE PAST UP- ENDS the present whenever cold-case detectives Cassie Stuart (the intensely watchable Nicola Walker) and Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) dig into long-buried crimes in this compelling Masterpiece Mystery! drama, which hits an emotional peak in Season 4.
Schmigadoon!
A loving send-up of the musical’s golden age hits all the right notes
MEET THE COUPLES - Married at First Sight
The Lone Star State gets a little less lonely as Season 13 of the arranged-nuptials sensation heads to Houston. And according to exec producer Montré Burton, the show is “bringing more diversity than ever,” including its first Asian American couple, Bao and Johnny (above), and a cast mostly in their thirties instead of twenties. Here, we introduce the twosomes (matched by Married’s stable of experts) who will permanently altar their future.
Gossip Girl
IF I WERE to text my reaction to sitting through four overlong episodes (50-plus minutes) of this toxic reboot about the over-privileged youth of New York’s Upper East Side, all you’d see would be a series of barf emojis.
Judge Judy
Judith Sheindlin—aka Judge Judy, the sharp-tongued wit we know, love, and fear—didn’t invent the unscripted court show genre. She revolutionized it. Before her series debuted in 1996 (above), one of the only other shows of its kind, The People’s Court, let the squabbling plaintiffs and defendants take the spotlight, while Joseph Wapner presided with a staid style.
Darcey and Stacey
Wonder twin powers, reactivate! Bold, blonde, funny forty-something moms Darcey and Stacey Silva (above, from left)—who first mesmerized us in 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days—are back for Season 2 of their popular spinoff with more emotional turmoil, personal triumph and plastic surgery.
This IP Can't Dunk
King James gets traded to the Warner Bros. super-team.
Another Bard, Another Park
Classical Theatre of Harlem and Will Power refashion Richard III
Big Brother
THREE REASONS TO WATCH
Evil
You’ll Scream! You’ll Laugh!
SurrealEstate
SERIES PREMIERE Friday, July 16, 10/9c, Syfy
The Beast Must Die
SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, AMC
Gunpowder Milkshake
Your guide to the very best streaming available now
The White Lotus
The suite life sours in a vacation resort that’s far from Fantasy Island
Naomi Osaka
TUESDAY, JULY 13
History of the Sitcom
Your day-by-day guide to the week’s best television
THE CON IS BACK ON
Noah Wyle joins the den of outlaw do-gooders who reteam to right wrongs on an updated Leverage
Wellington Paranormal
You’ll Scream! You’ll Laugh!
Can Bollywood Survive Modi?
Its films have always celebrated a pluralistic India, making the industry—and its Muslim elite—a target of Hindu nationalists.
Up Where the People Are
A coming-of-age tale that takes the phrase “fish out of water” literally.
The Man In Trouble
Comedian Tim Robinson can’t resist playing characters who make him wince.
Superrich Kids Get Trolled
The next-generation ‘Gossip Girl’ is more diverse, more self-aware, and far more lavishly produced.
Rachel Lindsay Has No Roses Left to Burn
When I became The Bachelor’s first Black lead, I thought I could change it from within. Until I realized I was just their token.
POSTAPOCALYPTIC Y: THELAST MAN
What’s a rudderless young guy to do when he and his pet monkey are suddenly the only mammals with Y chromosomes left on Earth? That’s the problem for Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer) in Y: The Last Man, based on Brian K. Vaughan’s celebrated comics.
TIME TRAVEL: THE TOMORROW WAR
In Prime Video’s flashy new alien-invasion movie, Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy’s Star-Lord) is saving the world— again.
FANTASY ADVENTURE: SWEET TOOTH
Amid a global pandemic that is decimating humankind, a new form of life emerges when women mysteriously begin giving birth to babies with animalistic features.
New Amsterdam: SEASON FINALE 10/9c, NBC
Instead of opting for a typically “flashy” finale, executive producer-director Peter Horton says, the medical drama looked within, creating an episode “all about our characters, making [our fans] fall in love with them again.”