What to watch THURSDAY
July 15, 2021
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Magnolia Network Debut
discovery+ Network Launch
Fixer Upper stars Chip and Joanna Gaines’ longawaited Magnolia Network is making its digital debut on the discovery+ streaming service this month, offering a 200-hour summer launch slate featuring more than 30 original programs. Content will also be available on the new companion Magnolia Network app.
American Horror Stories
FX on Hulu New Series
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s spinoff of their American Horror Story is a weekly anthology series featuring a different horror story in each episode. It begins with the launch today of the two-part “Rubber (Wo)man,” in which a teenager and her dads move into a forsaken home with a grim past. As the family makes renovations, a darkness takes root within them.
Dr. Death
Peacock New Limited Series
Joshua Jackson stars in this drama inspired by the true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a Dallas neurosurgeon who maimed several patients and killed two. Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater and AnnaSophia Robb also star. All eight episodes are available today.
Making It NBC, 7 p.m.
In “All the Holidays at Once,” hosts Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler celebrate the holidays with the Makers. Everyone must create a Halloween costume that incorporates an optical illusion. For the Master Craft, Makers decorate an ordinary fireplace mantel using their favorite holiday as inspiration.
When Nature Calls With Helen Mirren
ABC, 7 p.m.
In “Dastardly Death Gunk Stuff,” Helen Mirren
narrates a documentary examination of the animal kingdom, featuring an otter mom who had a few too many on her first night out after having a baby, a bear and monkey attempting to get out of an escape room, a socially awkward turkey struggling to fit in at a party and a ground squirrel with a terrible secret.
Killer Shark vs. Killer Whale
Nat Geo, 9 p.m.
The mystery of orcas attacking great
white sharks for their livers leaves scientists baffled. This unusual predatory behavior has been witnessed in three parts of the world: California, South Africa and Australia. But the most shocking outcome is the disappearance of the other sharks after the event. How are they communicating with their kin and getting out of Dodge when the killer whales move in? This SharkFest special seeks the answers.