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What’s on TV, Aug. 9-15: ‘Reacher,’ the MLB Field of Dreams Game, a Michael Jackson biopic and more

New and noteworthy series, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and streaming this coming week

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Alan Ritchson in “Reacher” (Prime Video)

Sunday — Aug. 9

The limited series “The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls” has the cast of the biblical drama joining the outdoor survival expert for adventures in the Great Basin Desert, the Adirondacks and points in between. (Anytime, Prime Video)

Batter up! They’ll be swinging for the fences in the championship game at the Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, N.C. (3 p.m. ET and noon PT on ABC)

Gentlemen, start your engines: The three-part docuseries “NASCAR Americana” tracks the rise of stock car racing from its Prohibition Era origins to the present day. (7 p.m. ET and 4 p.m. PT on USA)

The new special “Eclipsing Power: Musk, Bezos and the New Space Race” examines how rival billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are fueling and funding the next phase of space exploration. (8 p.m. CNN)

A woman notices drastic changes in her husband’s personality after they are attacked by a mysterious stranger in the new thriller “The Him I Knew.” With Segen Gebremariam. (8 p.m. Lifetime)

Trash will be talked, drinks thrown, etc. when cast members from across the franchise hit the highway for the anniversary special “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th.” (9 p.m. Bravo)

See who lives, who dies, and who, if anyone, gets burnt to a crisp in the Season 3 finale of the “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon.” With Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith. (9 p.m. HBO)

Lights, camera, action! The new reality series “Double Lives of Suburban Wives” introduces viewers to a group of St. Louis women with a lucrative side hustle creating adult content for the internet. (10 p.m. TLC)

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Monday — Aug. 10

The rise of pop superstar Michael Jackson, from his boyhood as a member of the Jackson 5 to his record-breaking solo career, is traced in the 2026 biopic “Michael.” Antoine Fuqua directs and Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson stars. (7 p.m. Starz)

Ripped from the headlines: The lives of several students are upended in the aftermath of an ICE raid at South Crenshaw High in a new episode of the L.A.-set sports drama “All American.” (8 p.m. The CW)

Who fired first? That is the question as “History’s Greatest Mysteries” and host Laurence Fishburne investigate the jump-off point of the American Revolution in the new episode “The Shot Heard Round the World.” (9 p.m. History Channel)

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