TV THIS WEEK
By Matt Cooper SUNDAY
“The Murdochs: Empire of Influence” (CNN,
6 and 7 p.m.): The media empire Rupert Murdoch built comes under scrutiny in this docuseries.
“Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.): It’s moving-out day in the season finale.
“Celebrity Jeopardy!” (ABC, 8 p.m.): Famous faces compete in a primetime edition of the venerable game show.
“The Rookie” (ABC, 10 p.m.): Nathan Fillion returns in new episodes of the cop drama.
MONDAY
“POV” (KOCE, 10 p.m.): Activists fight development and deforestation in wilderness areas in the Philippines in the documentary “Delikado.”
TUESDAY
“Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War” (ESPN, 6 p.m.): This new doc recounts the rivalry between the two storied franchises in the 1970s.
“Bachelor in Paradise” (ABC, 8 p.m.): The reality spinoff returns.
“La Brea” (NBC, 9 p.m.): Return to prehistoric L.A. in a second season of this sci-fi drama.
“The Rookie: Feds” (ABC, 10 p.m.): “Reno 911’s” Niecy Nash-Betts stars in this new spinoff.
WEDNESDAY
“Blonde” (Netflix): Ana de Armas portrays Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe in this 2022 drama.
“National Silent Movie Day” (TCM, 5 p.m.): Spend some quality time with Charlie Chaplin, John Barrymore, et al., in this 24-hour marathon.
“Nova” (KOCE, 9 p.m.): “Saving Venice” shows how the popular tourist destination is contending with rising sea levels.
“Hostages” (HBO, 9 and 10 p.m.; also Thu.): This four-part documentary series revisits the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis.
THURSDAY
“Ghosts” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.): This sitcom scares up a second season.
“So Help Me Todd” (CBS, 9 p.m.): A lawyer gets her no-account son a
ANA DE ARMAS
stars as Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde.”
gig at her firm in this new comedy-drama. With Marcia Gay Harden.
“Welcome to Flatch” (Fox, 9 p.m.): “My Name Is Earl’s” Jaime Pressly joins the sitcom in the Season 2 premiere.
“CSI: Vegas” (CBS, 10 p.m.): Marg Helgenberger returns to the fold for the procedural drama’s sophomore season.
FRIDAY
“Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+): Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker reunite in this 2022 sequel.
“35th Hispanic Heritage Awards” (KOCE, 9 p.m.): Los Lobos, reggaeton star Daddy Yankee and “West Side Story’s” Ariana DeBose are feted.
SATURDAY
“Girlfriendship” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.): Three BFFs go on vacay to try to get their grooves back in this new TV movie.
“The Gabby Petito Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): This new TV movie dramatizes the tragic tale of the young woman whose disappearance in 2021 made national headlines.
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 8:29 and 11:29 p.m.): The sketch show kicks off its 48th season.
“The First Attack Ads: Hollywood vs. Upton Sinclair” (KCET, 9 p.m.): This new documentary recalls efforts to derail the activist author’s 1934 gubernatorial campaign.