What to watch
SUNDAY
Aug. 29, 2021
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Renovation, Inc.: The Beginning
discovery+ New Series
Find out how Bryan and Sarah Baeumler, hosts of HGTV’s Renovation, Inc., began their booming home-renovation business off the island.
2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games
NBC & Peacock, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
NBC airs taped highlights of events during its daytime show and hourlong primetime show.
Little League World Series: Championship Game
ABC, 2 p.m.
It’ll be an All-American affair in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
NFL Preseason Football
CBS & NBC, beginning at 3 p.m. Live The final day of the NFL preseason has the
Miami Dolphins at the Cincinnati Bengals on CBS, followed by the Cleveland Browns at the Atlanta Falcons in primetime on NBC.
The Wrong Cheer Captain
Lifetime, 7 p.m. Original Film
A cheerleader (Alexis Samone) suspects the stone-cold new girl (Sofia Masson) murdered her bestie to become captain. Bonus pom for the eye-candy calculus teacher (Marc Herrmann).
9/11: One Day in America
Nat Geo, 8 p.m. New Miniseries
Airing across four consecutive nights, this six-part, seven-hour docuseries chronicles the events of Sept. 11, 2001 — sometimes minuteby-minute — through first-person narratives of the first responders and survivors who were there during the terror attacks that struck New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Over the course of three years, filmmakers sifted through 951 hours of archival footage, some never seen before, and interviewed 54 people for a total of 235 hours to tell an immersive, comprehensive and chronological story of 9/11. The series will air with limited commercial interruption.
The Chase ABC, 8 p.m.
In “Let’s See If It’s Wrong or Really Wrong,” James Holzhauer returns as this week’s Chaser as three new contestants face off against him in this race-against-the-clock quiz show. Do three new players beat the chase — or get caught?
To Tell the Truth ABC, 9 p.m.
Saddle up for this week’s episode, which features the founder of Jazzercise, a rocket scientist, a celebrity-impersonator agent, a cat lawyer and a horse dentist. Nico Santos, Kate Flannery and Joel McHale make up the celebrity panel.