Tonight is unusually nonfiction-heavy, but in a good way: big-network nature, a surprisingly sturdy archaeology run, and a few music and comedy detours with real personality. Start broad with NBC, pivot to National Geographic once prime time settles in, and save a little bandwidth for George Michael and a very funny late-night Tribeca hang.
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Marshall at Georgia.
Georgia at Tennessee.
Miami at Florida State.
Florida State at Virginia.
Alabama at Georgia.
AL Central opener at Comerica Park.
Dunedin Blue Jays at Bradenton Marauders.
Oklahoma City Comets at Sacramento River Cats.
Game 2 of the LOVB final.
Brembo Grand Prix of Italy.
Boca Juniors vs. O'Higgins.
Live event coverage from tonight's sports slate.
First Round.
INTENNSE: Smash vs. Altitude.
Colman Domingo; Niecy Nash-Betts; Kerri Kenney-Silver; Durand Bernarr performs; Frank McComb.
Josh Duhamel is here; it's "Shopping Day at Live" with Monica Mangin; Jaime Goodrich stops by!
Nat Geo has a strong archaeology block tonight, and this is the more tactile entry point. Santorini, volcanic catastrophe, and a real attempt to connect geological disaster to civilizational myth gives the hour both spectacle and substance, which is exactly why history television still works best on a schedule.
A broadcast details secret military installations and government defense operations.
This is the cleanest everyone-watch-this-now pick on the board. Tom Hanks narrating the West Coast, wolves on shorelines, blue whales in motion, and NBC giving it full prime-time treatment makes it feel like the kind of old-school shared TV moment streaming keeps trying to imitate.
A seating chart.
The "Traitors" format travels well because the mechanics are sturdy enough to survive cast and geography changes. If the night needs an unscripted option, this is the one with actual tension instead of background-noise reality.
Showing how new technology uncovers ancient urban networks in the Amazon rainforest.
-Tune in for a special interplanetary preview of SYFY's new season of The Ark.
One of the strongest 2024 indies, with Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson turning identity satire into something stranger and more disquieting. It is sharp counterprogramming if you want a contemporary film that feels risky rather than generic.
Magizoologist Newt Scamander leads a team of wizards and witches to stop evil Gellert Grindelwald.
This recent documentary revisits one of "SNL's" most argued-over characters through a more modern lens on comedy and representation. It works as a concise, conversation-starting nonfiction slot rather than another standard true-crime doc.
WildEarth works because it keeps the fieldwork feeling present-tense, not overproduced, and a half-hour running time makes this easy to slot in before bed. Wild dogs are endlessly watchable predators, and John Ross is good at making behavior feel discovered rather than narrated from a script.
Director Christopher Nolan; professional wrestler Cody Rhodes; comic Pete Lee.
Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal revisiting Analyze This is exactly the kind of late-night industry conversation that can feel disposable on paper and irresistible in practice. Gayle King moderating should keep it moving, and the appeal is hearing two pros with nothing left to prove finally loosen up about a studio comedy that aged well.
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