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July 17, 2022

All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.

Blood & Treasure

Paramount+  Season Premiere

This action/adventure series debuted its first season on CBS in the summer of 2019, when it was also renewed for Season 2. That season is finally premiering, but now on Paramount+, the network’s sister streaming service. Blood & Treasure follows a former FBI agent (Matt Barr) who now works as a lawyer specializi­ng in repatriati­ng stolen art, and teams with a thief and con woman (Sofia Pernas) to crisscross the globe in search of missing antiquitie­s. The first two episodes are available today.

Golf: The Open Championsh­ip: Final Round NBC, 6 a.m. Live

The coveted Claret Jug is awarded to the winner of the 150th British Open today at the legendary Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland.

Snapped

Oxygen, 5 p.m.  Season Premiere

Season 31 of this true-crime docuseries premieres with “Shirley Nelson.” Shirley was a Santa Rosa, California, woman who had been married to Ronald Nelson for nearly three decades. Ron, more than 10 years younger than his wife, was the business manager for Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz. In 1995, after Ronald informed Shirley that he was leaving her for a younger secretary, Shirley went to his office with a loaded handgun, shooting her estranged husband and herself.

Who Do You Think You Are? NBC, 6 p.m.

Stage, film and television actor Nick Offerman traces his family tree, and uncovers ties to the Revolution­ary War and the story of his eight-times great-grandparen­ts, who ran a successful tavern in 1700s New York. As his search deepens, Nick is dismayed to find the unfortunat­e truth of how his ancestors handled their relationsh­ip with the Mohawk Nation as they struggled to keep their tavern on hotly contested land.

Mastermind of Murder

Oxygen, 6 p.m.  Season Premiere

“Notes Between Neighbors” is the Season 2 debut of this true-crime docuseries. Soon after a young father is found shot in his bed, detectives identify a suspect. However, when the suspect is found dead, investigat­ors uncover a lurid conspiracy involving betrayal and manipulati­on centered around an unlikely couple.

Love, Fashion, Repeat

UPtv, 6 p.m.  Original Film

When Lisa (Cristina Rosato) returns to her hometown to seek inspiratio­n for her new fashion line and meets Colin (Victor Zinck

Jr.), a handsome writer tasked with fixing her biography, love is the last thing on her mind. Will she find time for an unexpected romance?

Lies My Sister Told Me

Lifetime, 7 p.m.  Original Film

This premiere film is quite the thrill ride. After the death of her father in an accident she blames herself for, Tracy is so devastated that she becomes psychotic and is institutio­nalized. When her identical twin sister, Jennifer, a famous romance novelist, visits on the anniversar­y of their father’s death, Tracy snaps, drugs Jennifer, assumes her identity and escapes — hellbent on having a life of adventure and freedom for the first time in 15 years. Instead, she is plunged into Jennifer’s nightmaris­h world, dealing with a fan club president who is obsessed with her, the boytoy lover who is blackmaili­ng her, and the teenage daughter who hates her.

Colosseum

History, 8 p.m. 

This eight-part docuseries chronicles the Roman Empire’s rise and fall through its most famed arena. Colosseum opens in 80 A.D., with a notorious match between gladiators Priscus and Verus in front of 50,000. Cue the reenactmen­t!

New Series History’s Crazy Rich Ancients

History, 9 p.m.  New Series

Throughout history, our world has been shaped by the rich and powerful, and while people may know their names and their deeds, to really understand the insanely rich rulers, tycoons and visionarie­s who dominated the past, you need to follow the money. That’s what this new half-hour series does as it uncovers the lavish lifestyles, jaw-dropping spending sprees and crazy obsessions of these icons from the past. The series kicks off with back-to-back episodes tonight.

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