TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
^ American Masters The new episode “Flannery” explores the life and work of Flannery O’Connor, the Georgia-born novelist, essayist and story story writer whose fiction — especially her novels “Wise Blood” and “The Violent Bear It Away” — was unlike anything published before. A devout Roman Catholic, O’Connor frequently explored themes of morality and ethics in her work, yet her style was unsentimental and even sardonic. This 90-minute special includes previously unaired archival footage, newly discovered O’Connor journals and interviews with actor Tommy Lee Jones and poet and essayist Mary Karr, among others.
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_ Holmes Family Effect The new two-hour episode “One Step at a Time/Hold the Fort” finds Mike Holmes and adult children Sherry and Michael working on two benevolent jobs. The first involves helping to transform a non-profit organization called Working Gear, which provides struggling people with clothing and work boots, which often is the first step in rejoining the workforce. The Holmes family transforms the organization’s crowded space into a warm and welcoming place for anxious newcomers seeking help. In the second hour, a small-town teenager wants to restore a nearly forgotten youth center that changed his life.
8PM8PM G The Flash A sudden and most unwelcome return to Central City by Abra Kadabra (guest star David Dastmalchian) causes headaches for The Flash (Grant Gustin) in the new episode “Central City Strong,” especially given that the enraged villain is determined to settle a score. Meanwhile, Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) suspects something is “off” with Frost, and Allegra (Kayla Compton) tries to cope with a tricky situation. Elsewhere, Iris (Candice Patton) is forced to examine a dark moment from her past.
8PM (DSC) Moonshiners Josh drives a large tractor trailer filled with stills across state lines to help Tickle and the Laws run two tons of malted corn in the new episode “Two Tons of Fun.” Meanwhile Mark and Digger christen their own secret Tennessee Whiskey distillery.
8 PM (OWN) Queen Sugar The death of George Floyd drives some emotional conversations between Nova and Calvin (Rutina Wesley, Greg Vaughan), Hollywood and Violet (Omar J. Dorsey, Tina Lifford) and Charley and Micah (Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Nicholas L. Ashe) in the new episode “May 27, 2020.” Meanwhile, Ralph Angel and Darla (Kofi Siriboe, Bianca Lawson) return early from their honeymoon and realize it’s time for Blue (Ethan Hutchison) to get an urgent version of “the talk.”