SoCal TV, Aug. 25-31: ‘Only Murders,’ ‘Fall Guy,’ ‘Rings of Power’ and more
SoCal TV, Aug. 25-31: ‘Only Murders,’ ‘Fall Guy,’ ‘Rings of Power’ and more
TV shows, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and streaming this coming week
Welcome to an all-new TV or Not TV roundup of new and noteworthy programming on broadcast, cable and streaming this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar.
Now where’s that remote?
Sunday — Aug. 25
The new Portuguese-language series “City of God: The Fight Rages On” serves as a followup to Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s acclaimed 2002 drama about life in a crime-ridden favela in Rio de Janeiro. Anytime, Max; 8 p.m. HBO Latino
It’s the circle of life! Return with us now to the planes of Africa in a third season of the nature series “The Serengeti.” Anytime, Max
The boys of summer take the field in Williamsport, Pa. in the World Championship Game to close out this year’s edition of the Little League World Series. Noon, ABC
Service with a smile: The new E60 doc “No Place Like Nebraska” charts the rise of the University of Nebraska’s women’s volleyball team. 2 p.m. ESPN
The two-part special “The Girl on the Milk Carton” looks back to the origins of the practice of dairies posting pictures and info about missing children on their packaging in hopes of bringing them home safe and sound. 7 and 8 p.m. Oxygen
Watch as visitors to Yellowstone pester the park’s animal inhabitants, set foot where they shouldn’t and so on and so forth in “Close Encounters: Tourists in the Wild” on a new “The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper.” 8 p.m. CNN
A college track star develops an unhealthy fixation on the married family man next-door in the new thriller “Deadly DILF.” With Sofia Bryant. 8 p.m. Lifetime
The new special “Ol’ Dirty Bastard: Tale of Two Dirtys” recalls the life and times of Russell Tyrone Jones, co-founder of the influential hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan who died in 2004. 9 p.m. A&E
The true-crimes series “Evil Lives Here” and “Married to Evil” return for their 16th and second seasons, respectively. 9 and 10 p.m. Investigation Discovery
The tears of a clone… The sci-fi spinoff “Orphan Black: Echoes” wraps up its first season. Krysten Ritter stars. 10:05 p.m. AMC, BBC America
Monday — Aug. 26
“Andrew Tate: Icon or Toxic? A Faking It Special” tells the tawdry tale of the social media influencer turned fugitive who was arrested in Romania in 2022 on charges of rape and human trafficking. Anytime, Max
A family of Bigfoots — or is that Bigfeet? — go about their daily lives in the deep woods in the fantastical 2024 comedy “Sasquatch Sunset.” Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough co-star. Anytime, Paramount+
Mmm … Danish. The imported mystery drama “The Sommerdahl Murders” returns for a fifth season. With Peter Mygind. Anytime, Acorn TV
“Machete” star Danny Trejo does a solid for a VIP in his own life — his ex — on a new episode of the home renovation series “Celebrity IOU.” 9 p.m. HGTV
A Salvadoran family living in Washington D.C. fears having the rug pulled out from under them due to changes in immigration policy in the documentary “Almost American” on a new “Voces.” 10 p.m. KOCE
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