SoCal TV, July 21-27: The Olympics, Wayne Brady, ‘Time Bandits,’ Cirque du Soleil 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 arts & entertainment at the Los Angeles Times.
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Sunday — July 21
A night of underage drinking puts a teenage girl in harm’s way in the new TV movie “A Family Nightmare: Secrets on Maple Street.” With Karis Cameron. 8 p.m. Lifetime
All aboard! “Snowpiercer,” the post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama based on the 2013 film, returns for a fourth and final season. With Jennifer Connelly, Sean Bean and Daveed Diggs. 9 p.m. TNT
Host Jesse L. Martin revisits the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996 on an expanded edition of “How It Really Happened.” 9 p.m. CNN
Couples raised in different faiths share their struggles for acceptance from family and friends — and each other — in the new reality series “Forbidden Love.” 10 p.m. TLC
Monday — July 22
“Candice Renoir” is back on le case in new episodes of this French-language mystery drama. Cécile Bois stars. Anytime, Acorn TV
Our crusading defense attorney (Courtney B. Vance) investigates when a case of police brutality is swept under the rug in a second season of the Chicago-set legal drama “61st Street.” 9 p.m. The CW
One inmate’s successful attempt to bust loose from Mississippi’s notorious Parchman prison farm is recalled on the season premiere of “Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman.” 9 p.m. History Channel
Two’s company but three can be deadly as the new true-crime series “Fatal Affairs” tells stories of love triangles gone tragically wrong. 9 p.m. Investigation Discovery
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