Innholdsfortegnelse for July 7, 2025 i TV Guide Magazine

In 1971, at the height of his teenidol superstardom, TV GUIDE MAGAZINE analyzed the wholesome appeal of Bobby Sherman by suggesting he “appeals to that twilight zone…when girls from 6 to 16 start to become interested in boys but don’t know why.” His TV career, which included a gig on the 1960s music show Shindig and a starring role as a Seattle logger on Here Come the Brides, was eclipsed by his musical success, which included five gold albums and hit songs like “Julie, Do Ya Love Me” and “Easy Come, Easy Go.” Sherman, who died June 24 at 81 of kidney cancer, ranked No. 8 on our 2005 list of TV’s Greatest Teen Idols. He said his songs emphasized romance, not sex: “If I moved like Tom Jones or…

PREMIERES The Madame Blanc Mysteries July 7, Acorn TV Such Brave Girls July 7, Hulu Christmas at Sea July 7, 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Jake Makes It Easy July 7, 10/9c, FYI Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta July 8, 8/7c, MTV Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty July 8, 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) NEW Building the Band July 9, Netflix NEW  Digman! July 9, 10:30/9:30c, Comedy Central 7 Bears July 10, Netflix NEW  Too Much July 10, Netflix NEW  Electric Bloom July 10, 8:30/7:30c, Disney Channel NEW  Foundation July 11, Apple TV+ One Night In Idaho: The College Murders July 11, Prime Video The Wild Ones July 11, Apple TV+ NEW Love Island: Beyond the Villa July 13, Peacock NEW  Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit July…

Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE 8/7c, History Channel This two-hour doc takes a comprehensive look into the life and legacy of Jim Thorpe (portrayed by William Brodsky, above), a legendary Olympian and one of the greatest multisport athletes of all time. Born to Be Viral: The Real Lives of Kidfluencers SEASON FINALE 10/9c, Freeform In tonight’s final two episodes of the docuseries, the Fishers, also known as FishFam, launch a new business, the McClure twins reach a new milestone and viewers meet kidfluencer megastar Like Nastya. Survival Mode SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, NBC The network sets its cameras on everyday people who have survived extraordinary lifeand-death situations. Each episode shares stories of friends, families and first responders who are suddenly caught up in a terrifying disaster and must find…

The Institute SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, MGM+ STEPHEN KING’S 2019 novel hits the small screen in this eightepisode sci-fi drama, which explores a world where gifted youths are kidnapped from their families and thrown into a place called the Institute. The kids are tested on, and develop, psychic abilities, and they are then used by the shady government agency to covertly murder political opponents around the globe. Genius teen Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman), who wakes up in the creepy laboratory, is quickly suspicious of his new home. “When Luke arrives, he is disoriented and confused,” says director and executive producer Jack Bender (Lost, Mr. Mercedes). “The doctors and workers are far from as welcoming as they seem.” Leading the facility is Mary-Louise Parker’s Ms. Sigsby, a utilitarian force who thinks Luke…

Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Lifetime IN THIS ADRENALINE-FUELED survival film based on true events, This Is Us star Chrissy Metz (above) plays Nichole Jolly, a nurse at a Paradise, California, hospital whose life turns upside down when a wildfire rapidly engulfs the town. Torn between protecting her patients and finding her husband Nick (Colin Moss) and their children, Nichole discovers a strength within herself to save not only her family but also countless residents from the encroaching flames. Metz, who is no stranger to playing a resilient protagonist (and as This Is Us fans will remember, surviving a fire), was eager to learn from the real-life hero. “Our first conversation, I just asked her so many questions,” Metz says. “Mainly, ‘How in the…

Daredevil: Born Again 8/7c, FX SEVEN YEARS AFTER Netflix canceled the Marvel Television series Daredevil, Charlie Cox’s blind superhero Matt Murdock (above) is back in action. This nine-episode revival, which premiered on Disney+ in March, makes its cable debut tonight with three episodes, and picks up where the original series left off: Matt’s still lawyering with best friends Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), and he’s still at odds with Wilson Fisk, aka the formidable crime boss Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio). While Matt and Fisk’s volatile relationship has cooled, a devastating event and Fisk’s decision to run for office send Matt spiraling down a familiar path. When the foes attempt a truce, it raises the question of whether these two can really break with the past. “The…

Big Brother: Unlocked SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, CBS After a quarter century of alliances, evictions and even some sordid showmances, the reality competition hosted by Julie Chen Moonves (above) that somehow makes 24/7 surveillance cool is finally getting an after-show. “Better late than never,” say executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, who explain that the success of last season’s stand-alone recap special inspired the idea. Hosted by a still-undisclosed panel of what the producers call “Big Brother all-stars,” the new series is slated to air every other Friday during the current 27th season. Each installment, Grodner and Meehan say, “will cover the highlights of the two weeks leading up to the live eviction, along with never-before-seen footage, exclusive insights into gameplay and out-of-house pack  ages that could feature houseguests’ families and…

ACROSS 1 Land measure 5 Amber Benson on Buffy the Vampire Slayer 9 Benicio ____ Toro of The Phoenician Scheme 12 Larson of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off 13 ____ Chef America 14 Abbott Elementary principal 15 Sesame Street resident (2 wds.) 18 Lacking moisture 19 ____ of Avalor 20 Step by Step actor Mitchell 24 Pigpen 25 Company in Road Runner cartoons 26 Hysterical person 28 “What ____ care?” (2 wds.) 31 2022–23 Niecy Nash-Betts series (3 wds.)  34 Blue ____ Samurai 35 The Great British Baking Show host and The IT Crowd vampire Fielding 36 Cleveland’s lake 37 Thanksgiving vegetable 38 The Nanny actress Taylor 39 Tug of Words host Rashad 42 Sex Education star Butterfield 44 Melissa McCarthy’s role on Gilmore Girls (3 wds.) 50 ____ Fly Away 51 ____ Hari 52 The Muppet Show’s ____ Hogthrob 53…

askmatt@tvgm.com With all of the buzz generated from CNN’s recent live showing of George Clooney’s Broadway show Good Night, and Good Luck, do you think networks will consider bringing back the live theater performances that they did in the 2010s? —Teri MATT ROUSH: Don’t I wish. When it comes to “event TV,” staging live productions of plays and popular musicals would seem to be a Clooney natural for the networks, especially around the holidays. (Broadcasting a current show live from a Broadway stage, however, takes a Clooney to pull off.) My suggestion: Get Reba McEntire, already a TV star, to reprise her acclaimed Broadway performance in Annie Get Your Gun. Why do they call it America’s Got Talent when contestants come from all over the globe? —Mike MATT ROUSH: Got Talent is…

@damianholbrook Cheers to The Walking Dead: Dead City for gassin’ up AMC’s Season 2 finale. After weeks of fancy villain Bruegel (Kim Coates, right) scheming to fuel his NYC colony with methane, Negan (Jeffery Dean Morgan) pumped him with a dose of it before setting him on fire…from the inside. It was lit. Cheers to a flurry of renewals. MobLand on Paramount+, Ransom Canyon on Netflix and Outlander: Blood of My Blood on Starz (premieres August 8) have all been picked up for second seasons, and we love it. Cheers to Maria Bello and Melissa Benoist for keeping Netflix’s The Waterfront afloat. While Holt McCallany, Jake Weary and Topher Grace wade into the bloody badassery of the tale of a drug-running fishing family, it’s these two—as a mom and her drug-addicted daughter—who…

Movie Picks Star of the Month: ’80s Ladies 8/7c, TCM SISTERS ARE DOING it for themselves! Tuesdays in July, beginning today, Turner Classic Movies brings the 1980s blockbusters that let the ladies shine. Tonight’s lineup begins with 1984’s adventure-com Romancing the Stone, led by Kathleen Turner (right) as a heroic romance writer. Next up, at 10/9c, is 9 to 5 (1980), starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton as a trio of workers out for revenge on their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical boss. Working Girl (1988), featuring Best Actress Oscar nominee Melanie Griffith and Best Supporting Actress contenders Sigourney Weaver and Joan Cusack, at midnight/11c, shows how to get ahead on the job. At 2am/1c, Goldie Hawn stars in the 1984 political comedy Protocol. America’s Got Talent 8/7c, NBC…

The Great American Recipe SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, PBS (check local listsings at pbs.org) A SECRET INGREDIENT spices up the fourth season of this feel-good cooking competition. “For the first time, we brought in guest judges,” reveals host Alejandra Ramos, who serves things sunny side up with her positivity, empathy and signature fun dresses. The first is TV personality and national treasure Al Roker, who meets American home cooks with styles ranging from Bangladeshi to Belizean, Puerto Rican to Southern, Cajun to Afghan, Filipino to Thai. “Al is an amazing home cook, and he was so generous and encouraging with his advice…and jokes,” says Ramos, who first worked with Roker on The Today Show. Roker joined the regular judges, award-winning chefs and restaurateurs Tiffany Derry and Timothy Hollingsworth and Splendid Table…

Family Recipe Showdown SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, Food Network Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer (above) gets down to her Southern roots—and business—as contestants show off treasured dishes in hopes of winning $10,000. Look for celeb guest judges like Reese Witherspoon and Jessica Chastain. The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, SundanceTV This four-part true crime docuseries, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June, follows the amateur sleuths and dedicated vigilantes who exposed a conspiracy of animal abuse among the furry fandom community. TODAY’S SPORTS PICK GOLF 4am/3c, USA Network The Open Championship: First Round The 153rd Open Championship is at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, where golf’s best compete in the year’s final major, won by American Xander Schauffele in 2024. PICK OF THE WEEK! Transplant SERIES…

Family Law SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, The CW BETWEEN TURMOIL AT work, in her relationship with boyfriend Ben (Benjamin Ayres) and other aspects of her personal life, recovering alcoholic lawyer Abigail (Firefly’s Jewel Staite, left) is in a bit of a rut as she enters Season 4 of the legal drama. Exactly how low is the bar? “She certainly starts in a very negative place,” showrunner Susin Nielsin tells TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. “But we’ve seen her grow every season, and I think she just continues to grow and get stronger. So we don’t keep her in a dark place for too long.” That’s a good thing, because Abby isn’t the only one struggling in the family. After passing his daughter over for partnership, her father Harry (Victor Garber, Alias) is brokering…

Death of a Unicorn MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, HBO YOU MIGHT SAY that widowed father Elliot (Paul Rudd, Only Murders in the Building) and his daughter Ridley (Wednesday’s Jenna Ortega, right) are on the horn of a dilemma. During a family retreat, their car injures a unicorn, leading to a host of problems and surprises in this fantastical 2025 film, which mixes black comedy with a little horror. First the good news: The baby unicorn they hit comes with magical powers—like getting rid of Elliot’s allergies and Ridley’s acne. It can even cure Elliot’s dying billionaire boss Odell Leopold (Richard E. Grant) of his cancer. But then things take a different turn when Leopold becomes eager to exploit the unicorn’s magic and use it for money-making opportunities. Plus, there’s another small…

@TVGMMattRoush Squid Game Available now, Netflix FINALLY: THE ENDGAME. After an incomplete second season of diminishing returns, the sadistically gripping South Korean action phenomenon returns to grueling form in its third and allegedly final round. Our hero, Season 1 champ Gi-hun (Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae), spends quite a few episodes in a numbed stupor—we know how he feels—after leading a failed rebellion against the masterminds of a nihilistic survival contest involving perversely deadly twists on classic children’s games. “I still believe that you came here to save us all,” insists the maternal player No. 149 (Kang Ae-shim, terrific) in a heartfelt effort to boost his spirits. And sure enough, Gi-hun rises again to the occasion when the most defenseless lives are at stake. With pregnant player No. 222 (Jo Yu-ri)…

IT’S A MATCH made in heaven! Playful Emmy, Tony and SAG Award–winning comedy king Martin Short is lending his unbridled, often offhand hilarity to ABC’s latest reboot of Match Game. Taking over as host following Alec Baldwin’s five-season run from 2016 to 2021, Short is set to oversee a season filled with top-notch celebrity guests, including his Only Murders in the Building podcast partner Selena Gomez, trying to match the answers of contestants playing for piles of cash. Here, he gives us his take on this primetime update on the boozy TV chestnut. You just wrapped Season 5 of Only Murders and jumped straight into this, right? The hustle is real. I know! It’s real and maybe pathetic, but that’s me. [Laughs] Selena is one of the guests you have coming…

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, FXX SOME TEACHERS WALK into a bar…and meet one of television’s most iconic comedic gangs. It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, but it’s a taste of what viewers will get when they return to Paddy’s Pub for Always Sunny’s 17th-season opener. Delivering the second part of the epic comedy show crossover with Abbott Elementary—the ABC sitcom aired the first back in January—the two-episode premiere also includes more classic fare from sociopathic bar owners Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Frank (Danny DeVito) and waitress Dee (Kaitlin Olson). “The crossover from our perspective is so funny,” gushes Olson, who also stars in ABC hit High Potential. Last time it was the Always Sunny gang roaming the halls…

Major League Baseball All-Star Game 8/7c, Fox The Midsummer Classic matchup between fan favorites from the American and National leagues is at Truist Park in Atlanta for its 95th edition. After the NL snapped the AL’s ninegame winning streak in 2023, the Junior Circuit answered back last year with Jarren Duran of the Boston Red Sox (above) smacking a tworun homer in the fifth inning to seal the 5–3 win and earn game MVP honors. This time around, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge could become the first player to repeat as the top All-Star vote-getter since Alex Rodriguez did it as a Yankee in 2007–08. Others who should join Judge on the AL roster include his teammate, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, plus Detroit Tigers’ second baseman Gleyber Torres, Cleveland…

The Fixer SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, Fox In Marcus Lemonis’ new show, the entrepreneur and investor tries to help small businesses ex pand and increase their profitability. Lemonis (above) tells us he chooses whom to help based on two questions: “Is there a way for me to make money? I’m not doing this for charity. And do they have a need for me in their business?” After that, his modus operandi is to concentrate on “people, process and product.” That’s clearly laid out with the businesses selected in this two-hour opener: A fitness studio using both trampoline and dance cardio workouts meets his criteria for fixing, but not so lucky are what Lemonis calls “a husband-and-wife team that see the world very differently around money and investing in the business.” Then,…

Lego Masters 8/7c, Fox With a spot in the finale at stake, the last four teams standing are tasked by host Will Arnett (above) with constructing a Lego device that can move a ping-pong ball across the studio. And no, they can’t just build a paddle. Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out 9/8c, Lifetime Dermatological surgeon Sandra Lee helps a firefighter looking for relief from uncomfortable torso bumps that hinder playtime with his son. Plus the doctor turns detective to try to figure out the mystery behind the bump another man has had on his head since childhood. The Librarians: The Next Chapter 10/9c, TNT When rogue Librarian Vikram (Callum McGowan) attempts to return to 1847 and his beloved Anya, he accidentally takes himself and the team back to the court…

Alone 9/8c, History Channel In the aftermath of a freak storm, the remaining survivalists in this competition series take stock of their place in the game. One participant gambles on an ambitious shelter, while another unknowingly ends up poised on a knife’s edge. Revival 10/9c, Syfy The town of Wausau was rocked when those who had died suddenly came back to life seemingly normal. Tonight, Dana (Melanie Scrofano) and her dad Wayne (David James Elliott), already contending with her sister Em (Romy Weltman) being a reviver, uncover a conspiracy that gets personal. Shark Week 8/7c, Discovery The network’s annual event continues with three new specials. First, marine biologist Tom Hird and zoologist Michelle Jewell (who studies predators and prey) uncover what great whites really can do in Surviving Jaws. Then,…