Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

Young folks’ favorite

athletes are feted at “Kids’ Choice Sports 2016.” Seahawks quarterbac­k Russell Wilson returns as host. 8 and 10 p.m. Nickelodeo­n

Home is where the horror is for a new bride in the new thriller “The Inherited.” Jenn Liu and Annabella Sciorra star. 9 p.m. Lifetime

The gritty NYC-set drama “Power” is back for a third season. With Omari Hardwick and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. 9 p.m. Starz

Dwayne Johnson is your man in Miami on the return of the sports-themed sitcom “Ballers.” Rob Corddry also stars. 10 p.m. HBO

They have no class: “Eastbound & Down’s” Danny McBride and “Justified’s” Walton Goggins are rival “Vice Principals” vying for the top job in this new sitcom. Shea Whigham and Busy Philipps also star. 10:30 p.m. HBO

MONDAY

Broadcast and cablenews networks will offer live coverage and highlights of the “Republican National Convention” in Cleveland. Various times and channels; also Tue.-Thu.

A real-life “Quincy” opens up his case files in the new series “The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead.” 7 and 10 p.m. Investigat­ion Discovery

But now, they see: The new documentar­y “Open

Your Eyes” follows an elderly Nepalese couple seeking treatment for their cataracts. 7:30 p.m. HBO

TUESDAY

“WWE SmackDown!” moves to its new night and will now air live — except on the West Coast. Michael Cole and JBL call the action. 8 p.m. USA

Will the quarantine be lifted? Find out on the finale of the limited series “Containmen­t.” 9 p.m. KTLA

Ryan Phillippe sets his sights on the role of the ex-Marine sniper played by Mark Wahlberg in a 2007 film in the new action drama “Shooter.” 10 p.m. USA WEDNESDAY “Now You See Me’s” Jesse Eisenberg engages a bit of prestidigi­tation on a new “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.” 8 p.m. KTLA Olympic athlete Lolo Jones joins in the shenanigan­s on a new “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” 9 p.m. KTLA Andy Cohen — who else? — hosts, and Mariah Carey collects career kudos, at the inaugural edition of the pop culture-centric awards show “The Bravos.” 10 p.m. Bravo

THURSDAY

Turner Classic Movies’ salute to great American films of the 1970s continues and includes Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw in director Joseph Sargent’s 1974 subway-hijacking thriller “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.” 5 p.m. TCM

No “Bones” about it. This forensics drama starring Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz concludes its 11th season. 8 p.m. Fox

Geek out in the privacy of your own home — cosplay optional — as “Syfy Presents: Live From ComicCon” in San Diego. 8 p.m. Syfy; also Fri.-Sat.

It’s like the 1990s all over again when Boyz II Men, En Vogue, Seal and Bonnie Raitt sing some of their “Greatest Hits” on a new edition of this nostalgic music series. 9 p.m. ABC

FRIDAY

Neigh-sayer: Will Arnett opines, equine, as the voice of “Bojack Horseman” on the return of this off-color animated series. Any time, Netflix Say “Hola!” to Disney’s first-ever Latina princess in the new animated series “Elena of Avalor.” 7 p.m. Disney Channel Miss D’s Dancing Dolls

“Bring It” again as this reality series returns with a kick-off special followed by the mid-season premiere. 8 and 9 p.m. Lifetime

Swedes for the Swede: Greta Garbo is “Queen

Christina” in this romantic 1933 fable. John Gilbert also stars. 9 p.m. KCET “The Real Housewives of Melbourne” are back for a third season. 9 p.m. Bravo

Aspiring hip-hop artists seek guidance from establishe­d stars like Jermaine Dupri, Snoop Dogg, et al., on the return of “The Rap Game.” 10 p.m. Lifetime

SATURDAY

The canceled Jane Lynch-Maggie Lawson sitcom “Angel From Hell” airs its final two episodes. 8 and 8:30 p.m. CBS

Bland, James bland: Daniel Craig is once again Agent 007 in director Sam Mendes’ underwhelm­ing 2015 franchise entry “Spectre.” Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes also star. 8 p.m. Epix

Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton play political consultant­s working opposite sides of a presidenti­al election in Bolivia in the 2015 comedy-drama “Our Brand Is Crisis.” 8 p.m. HBO

Oscar winner Mira Sorvino is guilty of a little “Indiscreti­on” in this new thriller. With Cary Elwes. 8 p.m. Lifetime

The West is almost won on the series finale of the frontier-era drama “Hell on Wheels.” With Anson Mount and Colm Meaney. 9 p.m. AMC

Ooh la la! Victor Webster and “One Tree Hill’s” Hilarie Burton share a “Summer Villa” in France in this romantic new TV movie. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

“Looking,” the gaythemed series set in San Francisoco, wraps things up with “Looking: The Movie.” With Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez and Murray Bartlett. 10 p.m. HBO

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Fred Norris HBO DANNY McBRIDE stars in the new comedy “Vice Principals” debuting Sunday on HBO.

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