Drama on and off the field
21 THUNDER
This new drama premièring Monday probes the goings-on at an under-21 pro soccer team based in Montreal. A story of love, crime, race, sex and athletic glory, at its core the series is about how a group of players and coaches unite. Stephanie Bennett and Ryan Pierce portray coaches, while RJ Fetherstonhaugh, Emmanuel Kabongo and Andres Joseph star as team members. (CBC)
19- 2
The final season of the Canadian Screen Award-winning police drama debuts with the episode, Swimming. Nick (Adrian Holmes) and Ben (Jared Keeso) decide to take down Elise (Krista Bridges). Also, Nick arrives first to a scene with several casualties, and Ben and Audrey (Laurence Leboeuf ) are implicated in an accident. (CTV)
INTERVENTION
Season 19 of the recoveryfocused docu-series premières. Katherine C was a bright college student with dreams of becoming a journalist, but was abducted and brutally assaulted. She became dependent on a dangerous mix of drugs to mask the trauma. Right after is a new special titled Dope Man. It’s a chilling, yet hopeful, look at addiction through the eyes of Tim Ryan, an ex-con and recovering heroin addict. The special follows Ryan, who battles demons yet is on a mission to help others overcome their addiction. (A&E)
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR
It’s a new episode featuring the finals in San Antonio, Texas. Competitors will face the Salmon Ladder, Hourglass Drop, Elevator Climb and new obstacle Spinball Wizard. Veteran ninjas Kacy Catanzaro, Daniel Gil and Brent Steffensen return. (CTV/NBC)
PREACHER
It’s a new instalment of the series co-developed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Tulip (Ruth Negga) confronts her near-death experience, while Denis (Ronald Guttman) asks Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) for a favour and Jesse (Dominic Cooper) questions the price of saving Cassidy and Tulip. (AMC)