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PAIN HUSTLERS

Struggling, unemployed single mom Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) thinks she’s found the perfect route to an improved life for herself and her sick daughter Phoebe (Chloe Coleman) the day she meets charismatic pharmaceutical rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans)

THE IRRATIONAL

FOR A SHOW about why people make bad decisions, NBC has made the best one by bringing Jesse L

Unforgotten SEASON PREMIERE Sunday, Sept. 3, 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)

FANS WON’T BE instantly smitten with Unforgotten’s new detective chief inspector, and that’s fine with Chris Lang, the creator and writer of the engrossing British cold-case drama

Explorer: Lost in the Arctic Thursday, Aug. 24, 10/9c, National Geographic

“WHAT WOULD YOU do? If your friend died and you were starving, would you eat him?” National Geographic Explorer Mark Synnott (inset) mulled the unthinkable while trying to solve one of history’s greatest seafaring mysteries: what happened to the 129 men of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition whose ships got trapped in the Arctic ice while the sailors were trying to be the first to navigate the Northwest Passage

The Winter King SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, Aug. 20, 9/8c, MGM+

CHIVALRY IS NOT dead—at least onscreen. See: the countless film and TV versions of the medieval King Arthur legend, in which good and brave knight Arthur Pendragon battles for the heart and soul of a kingdom

FIGHT CLUB

A gentle teen learns to take a hit in this funny and imaginative film

Untold AVAILABLE NOW

ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES It's Round 3 for this acclaimed series where controversial sports figures talk-sometimes exhaustively-about the line between their fame and infamy

COMEDY ALL-STARS

How legendary sitcom director James Burrows spins classic TV gold

FALL SNEAK PEEK

Zombies! Ghosts! Death becomes some of the best shows for fall. Plus: Morgan Freeman's passion project

ELVIS FOREVER

More secrets from the triumphant '68 comeback special that turned Presley into the King

It's No Mystery: Murder Can Be Funny

“WHY DOES MURDER always have to be such a dreary business, anyway?” wonders fountain of mirth Martin Short in the third season of Hulu’s mystery spoof OnlyMurders in the Building. As comebackseeking theater director Oliver Putnam, he hopes to capitalize on the death of his marquee star (Paul Rudd in gleeful jerk mode) by turning a gloomy warhorse into a splashy Broadway musical. Don’t laugh

HOW THE STRIKE AFFECTS VIEWERS

THE POSSIBILITY THAT writers and actors will have ended their bitter work stoppage by the time you read this is about as remote as Beth making nice with her brother Jamie on Yellowstone

Run the Burbs - SERIES PREMIERE Monday, July 31, 8:30/7:30c, The CW

THE SUBURBS HAVE gotten a bad rap.

Survive the Raft - SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, July 30, 9/8c, Discovery

ROUGH SEAS AHEAD! Or at least a few waves of drama. Nine people from all walks of life set sail in this new reality show—based on a 50-year-old social experiment— that tests not only their survival skills but also their ability to simply get along.

Seeing Stars

TCM's annual August movie festival packs in the classics-and introduces some new faces too

Summer's Saving Grace

Before The Chosen hit The CW, the epic biblical tale about Jesus Christ was already a sensation

For Summer Variety, FX Hits the Spot

ANYONE SEEKING FLAVOR in their TV menu should sample without delay the delectable treats FX is serving up this summer, either on the traditional FX cable network or on its streaming platform Hulu, where many of the company’s newer high profile projects now premiere exclusively.

Hijack

SERIES PREMIERE | Wednesday, June 28, Apple TV+

TREAT WILLIAMS (1951-2023)

MY MOST INDELIBLE memory of Treat Williams occurred in 2017 during a cast reunion of the tear-jerking WB soap Everwood (2002–06) in Beverly Hills.

Minx

SEASON PREMIERE Friday, July 21, 9/8c, Starz

Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge

SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, July 16, 8/7c, HGTV

Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge

SEASON PREMIERE Sunday, July 9, 9/8c, National Geographic

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FAMILY FEUD

Knots Landing legend Donna Mills steps into the evil grandmother role in V.C. Andrews’ Dawn

The Guilty Vicar

Can Grantchester’s compassionate man of the cloth redeem himself after causing a tragedy?

HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL

Justified’s modern Western hero Raylan Givens finds a mess of lethal trouble in Detroit

Trippin' With Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris

Black-ish alum Anthony Anderson and his charming, unfiltered mother, Doris Bowman (aka “Mama Doris,” above, with Anderson in Kent, England), have become one of TV’s funniest pairings, thanks to their work together on To Tell the Truth and T-Mobile ads

The Wonder Years

WHAT’S GOING ON when we meet up again with The Wonder Years’ tight-knit Williams family? In the comedy’s sophomore season, it’s the summer of ’69, and patriarch Bill (Dulé Hill) is in New York City working with Marvin Gaye and the artist’s team, trying to make his songwriting dreams come true

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ENTERPRISING ROLE

Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley takes on the iconic young James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds