Thursday best bets
Swamp People HISTORY 7 p.m.
Mother Nature keeps leveling the playing field this alligator season, unleashing a host of challenges that push hunters to new limits during this new episode. Water levels are plummeting to unprecedented lows, but temperatures soar to scorching highs.
Son of a Critch KASN (38) 7 p.m.
Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) tries to fake being healthy after falling ill the day he’s supposed to meet the Pope. Meanwhile, a rival station tries to tempt Mike Jr. (Colton Gobbo) away from VOCM, breaking Mike Sr.’s (Mark Critch) heart.
The Golden Bachelor KATV (7) 7 p.m.
The titular Golden Bachelor needs his golden wedding. After all of the twists and turns of this inaugural season of the highly popular “Bachelor” spin-off, Gerry Turner and Theresa Nits begin the next chapter of their lives with a grand wedding.
Hell’s Kitchen KLRT (16) 7 p.m.
This series follows as Ramsay puts 18 aspiring chefs through the gauntlet of his “fiery” command, each given a spot in his intense, high-octane culinary academy. Men and women are separated into two teams, each led by previous culinary graduates.
The Power of Film TCM 7 p.m.
In the first part of this six-part docuseries on the ways in which film affects its audience, host Howard Suber looks at the small number of commercially successful films that have stood the test of time to become bona fide classics.
Casey Anthony’s Parents: The Lie Detector Test A&E LIFE 8 p.m.
In response to Casey Anthony’s recent accusations against her father, her parents (George and Cindy Anthony) agree to undergo polygraph tests on-camera to answer lingering questions about George’s involvement in his granddaughter Caylee’s tragic death.