WHAT TO WATCH
From the publishers of TV Guide
American Graffiti TCM, 5 p.m.
George Lucas received Oscar nominations for directing and co-writing (with Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck) this best picture Oscar-nominated 1973 coming-of-age comedy/drama that helped kick off the 1950s/early ’60s nostalgia boom of the ’70s. The film follows a group of youngsters on their last day of summer vacation in 1962, the last day on which their only worries would be dances, hanging out at the drive-in and cruisin’ the strip of their small town. The terrific cast includes an ensemble of actors mostly unknown, or not as well known, at the time, but who would become famous, including Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard (billed as Ronny Howard, as he was in his days as a child star on TV), Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, best supporting actress Oscar nominee Candy Clark, Charles Martin Smith and Harrison Ford.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island
Nickelodeon, 6 p.m.
The third chapter of the horror anthology series based on the ’90s kids cult classic debuts. An all-new Midnight Society heads to a resort island for summer vacation, but the good times don’t last as the group discovers something sinister haunting the guests. Their investigation leads them to a terrifying and shocking revelation.
Shark Week 2022 Continues Discovery Channel, beginning at 7 p.m.; also streams on discovery+
Shark Week 2022 premieres its final two new specials: “Monsters of the Cape,” in which Shark Week veterans Dr. Craig O’connell and Mark Rackley dive into the great white-infested waters off Cape Cod looking to test cutting-edge shark deterrents, and “Sharks in Paradise,” which follows shark conservationist Kinga Philipps and scientist Tristan Guttridge through the islands of Tahiti to investigate whether local legends about
massive sharks are true.
A Splash of Love
Hallmark Channel, 7 p.m.
A marine mammalogy PH.D. student (Rhiannon Fish) travels to the Pacific Northwest to track orcas — and finds her soulmate in a whale-watch tour guide (Ben Hollingsworth). The scenery is spectacular.
Flowers in the Attic: The Origin: Part 4: The Martyr Lifetime, 7 p.m.
In the final episode, after losing all her children to tragedy and
tension, Olivia’s (Jemima Rooper) newfound religious beliefs, instilled by her cousin (Paul Wesley), and her desire to wreak vengeance on those around her drive her to become a woman capable of locking her grandchildren in the attic upon the return of her daughter after tragedy strikes the family once again.
Furious 7 NBC, 7 p.m.
In this 2015-released, seventh installment in the “Fast & Furious” action-film franchise,
Dominic (Vin Diesel), Brian (Paul Walker in his final film role) and the rest of their team return to the United States to try and live normally after being granted amnesty for their past crimes. But a rogue special forces assassin (Jason Statham) out for revenge puts them all in danger again. Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Jordana Brewster are also among the large ensemble cast.
First Blood A&E, 8 p.m.
Ed Kemper — aka California’s Co-ed Killer of the ’70s (but you may know him from Netflix’s “Mindhunter”) — is tonight’s subject on the true-crime series that zeroes in on a murderer’s first time taking a life.
Steal This House HGTV, 8 p.m.
All a family wants in a new home is an open kitchen, a separate dining room and storage space for music equipment, but they can’t find anything that fits their budget. Cristy Lee uses her tricks to create a house they’ll love at a price they can afford.