Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is vast. Here are some of the shows, specials, and movies that will air on TV this week, August 8-14. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
Moulin Rouge (2001) 5:49 p.m. at Stars. More than 20 years before Baz Luhrmann set his sights on “Elvis,” he directed this whimsical, pop-filled love story. Set in Paris in 1899, writer Christian (Ewan McGregor) meets her dancer Satine (Nicole Kidman) at Moulin’s Rouge cabaret so that he can stage his play in the now iconic Parisian venue. , try to impress her. suburb of Montmartre. They end up falling in love, despite a feigned relationship with the Duke (Richard Roxburgh), whom Satine helps fund the club. “‘Moulin Rouge’ will be accused of having no heart,” wrote Elvis Mitchell in his New York Times review. “But the truth is just the opposite. This movie has so much heart that it explodes with poor, overworked organs in every scene.”
password 10 p.m. on NBC. In 1961, CBS aired the first episode of the game show. After 14 years on the air, the show ended and was instead an occasional segment on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show.” This Tuesday, the show returns with Fallon as executive producer and Keke Palmer as host. Each episode sees Fallon team up with celebrity guests (Chelsea Handler, Heidi Klum, Martin Short, etc.) and face off against two contestants to guess a secret password using a one-word code . The first episode of the show pays tribute to Betty White, who first played the game on the show in 1961. It’s also where she met her husband Allen Luden, who hosted her show.
Hard Knock: Detroit Lions 10 p.m. on HBO. With a new team and a new season, football fans will have another look at what’s happening in training camp. This season follows the Detroit Lions. Each season of this long-running show follows the personal and professional lives of players and coaches from different NFL teams. This year, cameras tracked the Lions at his training camp in Allen Park, Michigan. Another new season begins this fall featuring the Arizona Cardinals.
Wednesday
resident alien 10 p.m. SYFY. After a midseason break, the show returns Wednesday to tie up the first half loose end of its second season. In the series based on the comic book of the same name, Alan Tudyk portrays Harry Vanderspygle, an alien who was dropped to Earth on a mission to destroy all life but cannot do it until he repairs his spaceship. play. Meanwhile, he pretends to be a small-town doctor. The show has already been renewed for a third season.
Thursday
bump 8pm on CW. This week, for the first time in the US, this show about a teen’s unexpected pregnancy all the way from Australia. The series begins with her 17-year-old girl named Olympia (Natalie Morris) being rushed to the hospital for severe convulsions and finding out that she is actually going into labor. Then, when she finds out her baby’s father isn’t her boyfriend, she has to reassess her plans for the decade: Stan’s first run in Australia ended after two seasons .
Friday
children in the basement 8pm on FX. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Faye Yager created a covert network of women and children to help protect them from alleged abuse by their husbands and fathers when the criminal justice system failed to intervene. rice field. In 1992, she put herself on trial for the abduction and emotional cruelty of children she had claimed to have helped. , has not determined whether she was hurting or helping the families she worked with. digging down.
Saturday
Princess (2022) 8 p.m. on HBO. August 31st marks the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death. While there was no shortage of details surrounding her untimely death in the years that followed, this documentary uses archival interviews and footage to focus on key moments of the princess’s public life, giving real-time The film focuses on the public adoration of the princess and the harsh media scrutiny she faced.
Sunday
Westworld 9 p.m. on HBO. The show, which was first set in a futuristic park aimed at wealthy people looking for a vacation, concludes its fourth season this week. The show has undergone a seven-year time jump between season three and the current season.
who do you think you are 7 p.m. on NBC. It turns out Zachary Quinto, who played Commander Spock in ‘Star Trek Beyond’, wasn’t the first in his family to recite the iconic salutation ‘Long live and prosper’ – his great-grandfather, PJ McArdle wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper published in 1899, ending with the phrase “May you live long and prosper.” That’s just one of the things Quint has learned about his history on the show, which is executive produced by Ancestry and is wrapping up its eighth season this week. , Allison Janney, Zachary Levi, and Bradley Whitford.
Grantchester 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The series’ seventh season is set in the summer of 1959. With so many murders happening in the streets of Granchester, investigator Geordie Keating (Robson Green) and his friend and minister Will Davenport (Tom Britney) have a lot of crime to solve. The show, which originally aired on ITV in the UK, has yet to confirm if there will be an eighth season.
