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BIG SKY: DEADLY TRAILS

"There's lots of fun, flips and reveals, along with 'I can't believe they killed that person' kind of moments" in Big Sky's third season, says showrunner Elwood Reid, reminding fans that anyone can get offed in the Montana-set action thriller.

AMERICAN GIGOLO

How do you remake the classic 1980s neo-noir American Gigolo-a sexy star turn for Richard Gere as a highend male escort, Julian Kaye, framed for the murder of a client-and have it feel brand new? For starters, toss out the movie's happy ending.

BLOCKBUSTER

And you thought Blockbuster video stores were extinct! In this workplace comedy, the last (fictional) remaining store in America-suburban Michigan, to be exact-strives to stay relevant in a streaming world. Determined manager Timmy Yoon (Randall Park, Fresh Off the Boat) leads an eclectic staff that includes longtime crush Eliza Walker (Melissa Fumero, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), and for the actors, returning to the days of "Be Kind, Rewind" was truly a blast.

THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST

Viewers are bound to be shocked while watching Ken Burns' three-part, six-hour look at The U.S. and the Holocaust, an American tragedy that played out against a distant, victorious World War II. But the gasps may have less to do with seeing somewhat familiar concentration camp images and more with taking in historical facts uncovered through time and dogged research.

THE JENNIFER HUDSON SHOW

There's something about the innate joy Jennifer Hudson naturally spreads that screams "talk show host."

ROGUE HEROES

Premieres Fall, Epix

MONARCH

"I've done things that can never be forgiven," confesses glamorous, manipulative matriarch Dottie Roman (Oscar winner Susan Sarandon) in the premiere of this sudsy drama about a superstar country music dynasty.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER

Before there was one ring to rule them all-or any magical rings for that matter there was the Second Age of Middle-earth.

The Undeclared War

I'VE COME TO depend on Peacock for quick jolts of suspense with an international flavor in shows like The Capture (deep-fake skulduggery), Trigger Point (a bomb squad) and Vigil (murder on a nuclear sub), each six taut episodes a season.

Welcome to Wrexham

BELIEVE THAT MOTTO, familiar to Ted Lasso fans, also applies to this endearing docuseries that feels like a Hollywood fable.

Bad Sisters

THE FAMILY THAT slays together-or tries Apple TV+ to-stays together in this macabre tale of mordantly dark humor from the gifted Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe).

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17

Unthinkably Good Thing's

HALLMARK'S NEW ERA | MOVIE PREMIERE Aug. 28, 9/8c, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Drama

FALL - SNEAK PEEK

The Game of Thrones prequel fires up the season early! Plus: An exclusive scene from Ghosts and your first look at the classic crew on The Real Love Boat

Tales of the Walking Dead

SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, Aug. 14, 9/8c, AMC

A League of Their Own

SERIES PREMIERE Friday, Aug. 12, Prime Video

Welcome to Wrexham

SERIES PREMIERE Wednesday, Aug. 24, 10/9c and 10:30/9:30c, FX

Bobby and Sophie on the Coast

SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, Food Network

The End Is Nye

SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, Syfy

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Good thing Lucien Blake came back to his Australian hometown in 1959 after a 30-year absence.

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Toon In With Me

Eh, what's up, doc? How about five days of a wisecracking, anvil-dropping mayhem to celebrate Bugs Bunny's birthday? The Looney Tunes icon hopped on screen 82 years ago this week.

MH370: Mystery of the Lost Flight

Every aviation disaster invites scrutiny, but the fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is an enduring, frustrating enigma:

CMA Fest

For the first time since 2019, the beloved country music fan festival returned to Nashville in June for four days of live music.

Tales of the Walking Dead

In this six-episode anthology series, the latest of AMC's Dead spinoffs, new characters in different locations-try to survive in the zombie-infested world.

Chesapeake Shores

"NO MORE BREAKUP bangs," Meghan Ory says with a laugh. The actress, who's played practical divorcée and mother of two Abby O'Brien since Chesapeake Shores' 2016 debut, knows the show's diehard fans, called "Chessies," will be excited to hear it.

Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge

I REMEMBER FIRST sitting down with Bear Grylls in 2007, when the rising star told me the hardest things in life for him were big cities, interviews and cocktail parties where he didn't know anyone:

Summer Under the Stars

AS ELVIS PRESLEY (above) mesmerizingly sang in the title song to 1964's Viva Las Vegas, "How I wish that there were more than 24 hours in the day."

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