WHAT TO WATCH | CONTENT BY TV WEEKLY
All times listed are Eastern/pacific Time. Shows air one hour earlier in Central/ Mountain Time.
Pistol
Hulu ● New Series
This drama series is the story of 1970s British punk-rock band Sex Pistols, and how a group of spotty, noisy, workingclass kids shook the establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government, and changed music and culture forever. Based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol, the series stars Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Christian Lees, Louis Partridge, Jacob Slater, Sydney Chandler, Talulah Riley, Maisie Williams, Emma Appleton and Thomas Brodie-sangster. All six episodes are available today.
Theodore Roosevelt
History, 8 p.m. ● Series Finale
The two-night documentary miniseries concludes with “The Man in the Arena.” After President Mckinley’s assassination, Roosevelt takes the reins during one of the most turbulent periods in American history.
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 8 p.m. ● Season Premiere
Season 17 of the talent competition series kicks off with a two-hour premiere tonight. A new set of aspiring performers will be vying for the $1 million prize, and NBC promises that this season will deliver some of the wildest acts ever to grace the AGT stage. Six weeks of live shows will begin Tuesday, Aug. 9.
The Chase: ‘Dressed to Kill, Here to Love’
ABC, 9 p.m.
Arguably one of The Chase’s most debonair Chasers to date, Buzzy “The Stunner” Cohen, known for his flashy personal style and razor-sharp wit, makes his featured debut as Chaser. Cohen faces off in a trivia battle against a stay-at-home mom, federal employee and copywriter.
Tom Swift
The CW, 9 p.m. ● New Series
As an exceptionally brilliant inventor with unlimited resources and unimaginable
wealth, the devilishly charming Tom Swift (Tian Richards) is a man who many men would kill to be, or be with. But that world gets shaken to its core after the shocking disappearance of his father. On his quest to unravel the truth, Tom finds himself fighting to stay one step ahead of an Illuminati-scale cabal hellbent on stopping him.
Bobby Brown: Every Little Step
A&E, 10 p.m. ● New Series
This 12-episode series features an exclusive look at Bobby Brown’s life with wife Alicia Etheredge-brown and their five children as he focuses on new business ventures and new music, including a tour with his former band New Edition.
Dancing With Myself
NBC, 10 p.m. ● New Series
Each week in this competition series, a group of everyday people will compete in a series of high-energy dance challenges designed and demonstrated by the show’s celebrity creators Shakira, Nick Jonas, Liza Koshy and host Camille Kostek.
Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers
History, 10:30 p.m.
Blair Underwood narrates this hourlong documentary that tells the incredible, yet largely unknown, story of the nation’s first all-black peacetime regiments, later known as the Buffalo Soldiers, who fought relentlessly to expand America’s presence in the West and defend the United States on foreign soil.