The Final Straw, on ABC
Janelle James hosts another episode of this new, larger-than-life physical comedy game show. Four teams of contestants face off to combat tremendous tipping towers, hoping to be the last team standing to take on the Mega Stack and win a cash prize.
New ownership: 'Welcome to Wrexham' follows celebrity purchase of Welsh football club
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in "Welcome to Wrexham"
Masters of Illusion, on CW
Dean Cain hosts a new episode of this series that sees some of the world's most impressive illusionists and escape artists wow live audiences. They perform amazing feats, from sleight-of-hand and seemingly impossible escapes to interactive mind magic.
Q: When is "NCIS: Los Angeles" coming back? It is coming back, right?
This is a classic good news, (slightly) bad news situation.
The good news is that "NCIS: Los Angeles" is indeed coming back, just as it has every year since it debuted in 2009. CBS knows a good formula when it has one.
The Rehearsal, on HBO
Nathan Fielder stars in the final episode of this comedy series' first season. Fielder gives ordinary people the chance to live out a dress rehearsal of their lives, helping them to prepare for the big moments without any of the real-world consequences.
New Releases for the week of Aug. 21 - 27
Murder at Yellowstone City
Following the decline of the former gold rush boomtown of Yellowstone City, Montana, residents have fallen on hard times. However, when prospector Dunnigan (McGowan) finally strikes gold and reinvigorates the town's hope, things look as though they could finally turn around. When Dunnigan is found murdered the day following his discovery, Sheriff Ambrose (Byrne) only has one suspect in mind: a poor soul who, by sheer coincidence, wandered into town on the same day, freed slave Cicero (Mustafa). As the town comes together to solve a senseless murder, tumultuous pasts and secrets are revealed.
Director: Richard Gray. Stars: Isaiah Mustafa, Zach McGowan, Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane, Ron Garritson, John Ales, Aimee Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lew Temple, Nat Wolff. 2022. 127 mins. Western.
Nitram
When social outcast and intellectually disabled young adult Nitram (Landry Jones) is refused a surfboard by his mother (J. Davis), he begins mowing neighborhood lawns in suburban Tasmania to earn money. Mowing the lawn of a wealthy former actress named Helen (E. Davis), the two become an unlikely pair, joined together by their perceived slights in life. When a mysterious death befalls Helen, she leaves her vast fortune to Nitram, but chaos, trauma and despair soon follow.
Director: Justin Kurzel. Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Essie Davis, Phoebe Taylor, Sean Keenan, Conrad Brandt. 2021. 112 mins. Drama.
Hot Seat
Hacker-turned-cybersecurity-expert Orlando Friar's (Dillon) life takes a dramatic and deadly turn when he finds a bomb strapped under his office chair. He is soon tasked with using his hacker skills to break into banking institutions and steal digital funds or else face the unimaginable: his daughter's murder. Friar's only hope to get out of this situation alive is explosives expert Wallace Reed (Gibson), who must navigate a booby-trapped building to save Friar and his daughter and put an end to a criminal's reign of terror.
Director: James Cullen Bressack. Stars: Mel Gibson, Michael Welch, Shannen Doherty, Kevin Dillon, Sam Asghari, Kate Katzman, Eddie Steeples, Lydia Hull. 2022. 99 mins. Action.
Welcome to Dragonstone: HBO takes viewers on new 'GOT' adventure in 'House of the Dragon'
Emma D'Arcy and Matt Smith in "House of the Dragon"
While winter may be coming (though hopefully not for a while yet), it isn't the Starks who are currently top of mind for "Game of Thrones" fans. More than three years since author George R.R. Martin's original TV series ended, and nearly as long since a spinoff was announced (October 2019), the newest addition to the GOT franchise begins.
Generation Gap, on ABC
Kelly Ripa hosts an episode of this reboot of the 50-year-old game show of the same name. The series pits teams of grandparents and their grandchildren against each other as they try to answer pop-culture questions from each other's generations.
Q: I just finished watching "Life & Beth" and I'm wondering about the guy who plays Beth's boyfriend in the first couple of episodes. He's in a lot of things with Amy Schumer, isn't he? Are they together or something?
Good eye. There is a relationship there, but it's not the romantic kind.
Amy Schumer and Kevin Kane have worked together loads of times over the years — a professional relationship that started when they were in acting school together in New York. Kane told Spin magazine that they started a theatre troupe together, and when Schumer's career started taking off, she chose to keep working with Kane — basically to continue working like they're in a troupe.
The Challenge: USA, on CBS
T.J. Lavin hosts this unique series that pits fan-favorite reality stars against each other in a battle of strength, determination and wit for a cash prize. Former contestants from "Love Island," "Big Brother," "The Amazing Race" and "Survivor" compete.
