Hawaii Five-0, on CBS
Det. Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) leads a task force of elite officers whose mission is to wipe out crime in paradise in this rebroadcast. Also starring Scott Caan, Chi McBride and Jorge Garcia, the drama is a remake of the classic series that aired from 1968 to 1980.
Tears and thrills: Networks roll out a new slate of prime-time dramas
Noah Mills, Natacha Karam, Demetrius Grosse, Hadi Tabbal and Mike Vogel as seen in "The Brave"
Whenever the fall TV season rolls around, viewers are treated to a whole new slate of dramatic programming. Whether medical dramas or police procedurals are your bag, there's bound to be something that grabs you on the fall schedule.
Big Brother, on CBS
The heat is on for the remaining Houseguests as they compete for the $500,000 grand prize in this new episode. Julie Chen hosts this special weekly elimination episode in which one of the Houseguests is sent packing by their housemates.
Final frontier: Comedy meets sci-fi when 'The Orville' premieres on Fox
The cast of "The Orville"
When the USS Enterprise embarked on its "five-year" mission in "Star Trek" on NBC in 1966, a series set in space was a novelty. Nowadays, prime time is rife with thrilling intergalactic adventures, almost all of them bleak. Yet, there's a new series on the event horizon that aims to inject a little humor into the sci-fi genre.
Wahlburgers, on A&E
In this new episode, loyal Wahlburgers customers ask Paul if they can have their wedding at the Boston location. In Philadelphia, while on tour with New Kids on the Block, Donnie and his son Elijah drive the Wahlburgers food truck to the concert venue.
Q: I'm looking for the name of a movie. It's about teens graduating high school, but their school has a curse where one senior dies every year. I caught part of it on TV recently but I didn't get the name, and I'd like to see the rest.
Fortunately that's a fairly unique premise, so I can say that it's almost certainly the 2015 horror-mystery "The Curse of Downers Grove."
It's unique, but it's also a very Bret Easton Ellis-ish premise, which is why it's surprising he didn't write the source material. He was involved, though.
Ellis, a novelist and more recently filmmaker, has cornered the market on stories about horrible things happening to (and/or perpetrated by) affluent young people.
The Simpsons, on Fox
Unhappy with Yale, Mr. Burns decides to open his own for-profit university where Homer gets a job as a professor in this rebroadcast. Actor Jason Alexander, "Jeopardy" winner Ken Jennings and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson guest star.
Preacher, on AMC
When Jesse (Dominic Cooper) and his friends Tulip (Ruth Negga) and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) hit a snag, they prepare to leave New Orleans in this new episode. However, when an old enemy resurfaces, they're forced to change their plans.
Q: Did any of the children from "The Sound of Music" do anything else I'd recognize?
They certainly did. Whether you'd recognize them in those things is a different question.
Of the seven actors who played the von Trapp children in the 1965 classic "The Sound of Music," three didn't go on to do anything else. Charmian Carr (who played Liesl von Trapp), Duane Chase (Kurt) and Debbie Turner (Marta) more or less gave up on acting shortly after "The Sound of Music" -- going out on top, so to speak (that's a mountain pun, by the way).
New Releases for the week of August 3-9
Rough Night
A decade after they became besties in college, four women reunite for a weekend of fun before Jess's (Johansson) wedding. The four head to Miami where, after a night of partying, they hire a stripper to visit them in the Miami house they've rented for the weekend. When Jess's friend Alice (Bell) causes an accident that kills the man, the friends panic and set off a chain of events that not only causes it to be the most insane night any of them has ever had, but also might land them all in prison.
Director: Lucia Aniello. Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Zoë Kravitz, Ilana Glazer, Kate McKinnon, Paul W. Downs, Ryan Cooper, Demi Moore. 2017. 101 min. Comedy.
Megan Leavey
In this film based on a heartwarming true story, U.S. Marine Corp. Megan Leavey (Mara) is a canine handler serving in Iraq who is paired with a difficult-to-train bomb-sniffing dog named Rex. Although she's always had trouble bonding with people, Leavey forms a special bond with Rex, and together they find a number of explosive devices and save many soldiers' lives during two tours of duty. After both are wounded in an explosion, Rex is forced to retire, leading Leavey through a complicated and political process in an attempt to adopt him.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Stars: Kate Mara, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford, Edie Falco, Common, Damson Idris, Geraldine James. 2017. 116 min. Biography.
Band Aid
The lives of 30-somethings Anna (Lister-Jones) and Ben (Pally) seem to have reached a dead end and their marriage is suffering. During one of their profanity-laden arguments, they strike upon an idea: why not start a band and turn their arguments into songs? With their weird neighbor, Dave (Armisen), joining in as their drummer, the couple puts the idea in motion, using music as a vessel for their frustrations with each other as they dig down to discover how they can fix their struggling marriage.
