House of the Dragon, on HBO
The Targaryen family saga continues in a new episode of this fresh "Game of Thrones" spinoff set 200 years before the original series. As the drama continues to unfold, viewers learn more about the king's brother, Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), this episode.
'Guy's Ultimate Game Night': Fieri's newest show is all fun and games
Guy Fieri hosts "Guy's Ultimate Game Night"
According to Guy Fieri: "If you put a game show, late night talk show and a food competition show in a blender, you get 'Guy's Ultimate Game Night.'"
This is how he describes his new Hollywood cooking game show (his sixth Food Network series), which launches Wednesday, Aug. 31, on Food Network and discovery .
Getting animated: 'Everybody Still Hates Chris' gets the greenlight
Chris Rock's "Everybody Hates Chris" to get animated treatment
Late Laughs for the week of August 28 - September 3
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Robert Pattinson has been declared the most attractive man in the world, according to science ... [and] the golden ratio, which was used by Leonardo Da Vinci. Da Vinci also dissected 30 corpses in his lifetime, so maybe we should stop listening to that guy.
The toy company Nerf has just introduced their first-ever mascot. It's made entirely out of Nerf darts and it's called Merf. ... Looks like if the Navy SEALs were training to go undercover in a bounce house.
New Releases for the week of Aug. 28 - Sept. 3
The Phantom of the Open
Maurice Flitcroft (Rylander) is a dreamer and an unrelenting optimist, who, as a professional crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness, managed to qualify for the British Open golf championship in 1976 despite never having played a game of golf. This true story follows Flitcroft as he managed to play the worst round of golf in Open history, simultaneously displeasing the golfing elite and turning him into a folk hero. Above all, Flitcroft was able to show his family firsthand the importance of pursuing your dreams.
Director: Craig Roberts. Stars: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones, Johann Myers. 2021. 106 mins. Comedy. Drama.
American Carnage
J.P. (Lendeborg Jr.) is a fast food worker who tries to hustle his way to a better job while his sister, Lily (Morales), gets ready to move away for college. Their lives take a turn, however, when the governor (Cullen) starts arresting the children of undocumented immigrants and naturalized citizens. J.P. realizes the only way he can reunite with his sister is to enter a program that will commute his sentence and claim his immediate family through his American citizenship. But as J.P. and others like him are bused off to commute their sentence by caring for the elderly in a nursing home, things are not as they seem.
Director: Diego Hallivis Stars: Jenna Ortega, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Allen Maldonado, Eric Dane, Brett Cullen, Jorge Diaz, Bella Ortiz, Yumarie Morales, Catherine McCafferty, Andrew Kaempfer, Paloma Bloyd. 2022. 98 mins. Comedy. Horror.
Men
After the death of her husband, Harper Marlowe (Buckley) retreats to the English countryside to spend some time in a secluded manor owned by a man named Gregory (Kinear), who welcomes her with open arms. It doesn't take long for her to realize that something or someone in the surrounding woods is stalking her. What starts out as a feeling of dread soon turns into something much more sinister. Worse yet, it appears there is nowhere to hide.
Director: Alex Garland. Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Gayle Rankin, Paapa Essiedu. 2022. 100 mins. Horror.
House of the Dragon, on HBO
The Targaryen family saga continues in a new episode of this fresh "Game of Thrones" spinoff set 200 years before the original series. As the drama continues to unfold, viewers learn more about the king's brother, Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), this episode.
Hidden Gems, on Hallmark
While preparing for her sister's wedding, Addie (Hunter King) loses her grandmother's ring in the ocean off the coast of Hawaii. She hires Jack (Beau Mirchoff), a sailor, to scuba dive with her to find it and rediscovers her love of the sea along the way.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, on TLC
Jenny and Sumit reveal their secret to his parents in a new episode of this reality spinoff, while Andrei's slip-up about Libby's possible career move shocks Chuck. Also, Kim comes under fire over her future plans and Jovie struggles with Yara's partying.
Q: I've been watching "This is Us" and I know I've seen the guy who plays the football coach in a few episodes, but maybe not in a while. Who was it?
Actor George Eads played Investigator Nick Stokes, a young, all-American-type character on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," and viewers later find out in the Season 10 episode "Bloodsport" that Stokes also played football as a kid in Texas.
So, it's only fitting that, 20 years after getting that part, he graduated to the part of a football coach in "This Is Us."
Big Brother, on CBS
Julie Chen Moonves hosts another new episode of this hit reality series. A group of strangers scheme, form alliances and instigate rivalries while they live together in one house. As they compete for a cash prize, their every move is tracked on camera.
