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SoCal TV, July 28-Aug. 3: An Elizabeth Taylor doc, the NFL, the Olympics, a new Batman series and more
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TV shows, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and streaming this coming week

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“Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” (Frank Worth/HBO)

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 with the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar.

Now where’s that remote?


Sunday — July 28

Let the Games continue! Coverage of the Paris Olympics marches on with live events and highlights broadcast and/or streamed morning, noon and night on NBC, CNBC, E!, USA, the Golf Channel, Telemundo, Universo and Peacock. Schedules at nbcolympics.com

Calling all K-pop fans! Some of the biggest names in Korean pop music will share the stage in the new concert special “KCON LA 2024” broadcast live — but tape-delayed on the West Coast — from DTLA. 8 p.m. The CW

“The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” surveys America’s ever-shifting political landscape in the back-to-back new episodes “Kamala Harris: Making History” and “Joe Biden Passes the Torch.” 8 and 9 p.m. CNN

Return with us now to the Italian Riviera as the 1920-set drama “Hotel Portofino” checks in for a third season. Natascha McElhone stars. 8 p.m. KOCE

If you have to ask, you can’t afford it and that might just save your life in the new made-for-cable thriller “Murder for Mortgage: Secrets on Maple Street.” With Frances Leigh. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Would you like fries with that? Ray Kroc, the businessman who transformed McDonald’s from a small hamburger chain into a global fast-food empire, is profiled in the Season 5 finale of “The Food That Built America.” 9 p.m. History Channel

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Monday — July 29

Fry, Leela, Bender and the rest of the Planet Express gang blast off in new episodes of the rebooted animated sci-fi comedy “Futurama.” Anytime, Hulu

Buongiorno, “Signora Volpe.” The cozy mystery drama starring Emilia Fox as an ex-pat former British spy solving crimes in Italy is back for a second season. Anytime, Acorn TV; 10 p.m. BBC America

Get up close and personal with tennis prodigy turned tennis phenom Michael Chang in the documentary “American Son” on a new “30 for 30.” 4 p.m. ESPN

Dieter Dengler, a U.S. Navy pilot who made a daring bid for freedom while being held in a secret prison camp in Laos during the Vietnam War, is saluted on a new “History’s Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman.” 9 p.m. History Channel

Fishermen in India who have long relied on traditional methods must now contend with modern technology, climate change, etc., as detailed in the documentary “Against the Tide” on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE

From Alcatraz to Devil’s Island to the Hanoi Hilton to the Tower of London, the new series “Prison Chronicles” gives you an insider’s look at some of the world’s most famous and/or infamous penal institutions. 10 and 10:30 p.m. History Channel

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