What to watch TUESDAY
The Playbook
Netflix New Series
This series profiles legendary coaches as they share the rules they live by to achieve success in sports and in life. Through emotional and in-depth interviews, each coach reveals the critical moments in their personal lives and careers that ultimately helped form their coaching philosophies.
Dead Pixels
The CW, 7 p.m. Season Finale
It’s game over for Season 1 of the cheeky British comedy about a band of online pals who finally figure out how to complete their mission inside the video game Kingdom Scrolls. Too bad one of them may have to log off before leveling up.
Deadliest Catch
Discovery Channel, 7 p.m.
Season Finale
Tonight’s gripping finale of the Emmy-winning reality show was shot in mid-February, just when the COVID-19 pandemic began its lethal spread around the world. Like everyone, the crab fishing captains out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, had to pivot — and fast. They were in the midst of a lucrative season, and many were far from port in the northern reaches of the Bering Sea.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
FOX, 7 p.m. Broadcast Premiere Following its spring run on National Geographic, Cosmos: Possible Worlds comes to FOX with the premiere episode “Ladders to the Stars.” Presenter and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says that Possible Worlds “explores the interwoven tapestry that is life on Earth and calls on us to remember this truth as we collectively build the future of civilization.”
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 7 p.m. Live
In “Live Finals,” the top 10 acts perform one last time from Universal Studios for their chance to win $1 million and be named the most talented act in America.
American Experience: The Vote
PBS, 7 p.m.
In “Hour Three,” discover how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women’s fight for the vote during the final years of the campaign. Stung by a series of defeats in 1915, the suffragists concentrated on passing a federal amendment.
Women Make Film
TCM, 7 p.m.
“Staging, Journey and Discovery” is a look at scene staging, an element of film form pointing clearly to cinema’s origin — the theater; then, an examination into the journey in a film and its ultimate discovery.
Frontline
PBS, 8 p.m.
In “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden,” every four years, Frontline’s special “The Choice” episode tells a dual biography of the two presidential candidates that steps back and looks beyond the heated political rhetoric, taking measure of the two individuals and the events that have shaped their lives and values.
Time100
ABC, 9 p.m.
ABC in partnership with Time will bring the annual Time100 list to this special television event. For the first time since the iconic list’s inception, viewers will get an entertainmentfilled inside look at the leaders, creators and everyday heroes comprising the 2020 list ahead of its Time print debut.
Backyard Envy
Bravo, 9 p.m. Season Finale
In “Where Do We Grow From Here?” the Manscapers take on one of the most logistically challenging jobs of their careers at a remote location on Fire Island. Garrett decides to surprise his longtime boyfriend Andrew with an engagement proposal.
Eddie Eats America
Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
In “Austin,” in Austin, Texas, Eddie Hall pumps up his appetite in a race of strength vs. speed with superbike legend Colin “Texas Tornado” Edwards. Then, Eddie enjoys some pit-smoked barbecue from local favorite House Park BarB-Que before tackling a monster food truck challenge from eight of the city’s famous food trucks.
Transplant
NBC, 9 p.m.
In “Saleh,” when a friend from Syria reaches out for his help treating patients, Bashir (Hamza Haq) works to balance his role at the hospital with his ties to home. Theo (Jim Watson) feels powerless when something happens to one of his daughters back home. A patient puts Magalie’s (Laurence Leboeuf) moral convictions to the test.
Sanford & Son
getTV, 9:30 p.m.
In this oft-quoted 1973 episode, “The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection,” of the classic NBC comedy, ornery Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) donates his rare Blind Mellow Jelly blues albums to a library for a tax break. Then, after hearing how much they’re worth, he has buddy Bubba (Don Bexley) pose as the singer’s son to get them back. Bad karma equals big laughs, as always!