Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

The new unscripted series “Top Gear America” is a retooled version of the car-crazy British show. 8 p.m. BBC America

“Shark School With Michael Phelps” is a bonus “Shark Week” special starring the multi-medal-winning Olympic swimmer. 8 p.m. Discovery Channel

There’s a new “Sharknado” a-brewing! But first comes a week’s worth of similarly themed thrillers, kicking off with “5-Headed Shark Attack.” 8 p.m. Syfy

“Rick and Morty” are back in a third season of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s mind-bending and majorly messed-up animated sci-fi comedy. 11:30 p.m. Cartoon Network

MONDAY

They oughtn’t, and yet “The Men Tell All” anyway on this season’s penultimat­e episode of “The Bacheloret­te.” 8 p.m. ABC

The special “Princess Diana: Tragedy or Treason?” dives into conspiracy theories surroundin­g the beloved royal’s shocking 1997 death. 8 p.m. TLC

The “Tiffany Network” aims to give VICE News a run for its money with the new you-are-there newsmagazi­ne “CBSN: On Assignment.” 10 p.m. CBS

Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo reopens old wounds surroundin­g the loss of a beloved family member to AIDS in “Memories of a Penitent Heart” on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE

A recovering addict lends his expertise in the fight against the opiateaddi­ction epidemic in America in the new special “Dope Man.” 10 p.m. A&E

Good-looking young folks with perhaps more money than sense frolic in a Florida beach community in the new reality series “Siesta Key.” 10 p.m. MTV

The night is dark and full of terrors for four young lovers in the new Shakespear­e-inspired series “A Midsummer’s Nightmare.” With Courtney Love. 11 p.m. Lifetime

TUESDAY

A veteran IranianAme­rican comic cracks wise in the new stand-up special “Maz Jobrani: Immigrant.” Any time, Netflix

The new fact-based drama series “Manhunt:

Unabomber” stars “A Beautiful Mind’s” Paul Bettany as Ted Kaczynski and “Avatar’s” Sam Worthingto­n as the real-life FBI profiler trying to stop him. 9 p.m. Discovery Channel

WEDNESDAY

Rob Lowe hits the road, sons in tow, searching for spooky mysteries in the new reality series “The Lowe Files.” 10 p.m. A&E

Competitor­s are plunged into complete “Darkness” in this unusual new survival series. 10 p.m. Discovery Channel; also Thu.

Some funny females hope to have you in stitches in the imported-from-Canada comedy series “Baroness Von Sketch Show.” 10 p.m. IFC

Whodunit? Jessica Biel. Why’d she do it? That’s Bill Pullman’s job to figure out in the new murder-mystery drama “The Sinner.” 10 p.m. USA

THURSDAY

Are you ready for some preseason football? The Cowboys and the Cardinals meet in Canton, Ohio, in the

annual “Hall of Fame Game.” 5 p.m. NBC

A young gay man, who came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was just a baby, fights for status and acceptance in the 2016 documentar­y “Forbidden: Undocument­ed and Queer in Rural America.” 9 p.m. Logo What happens in a rural resort cabin stays in a rural resort cabin in the new comedy anthology series “The Guest Book.” 10 and 10:30 p.m. TBS It’s a talk show, a call-in show and a star-studded comedy-variety show. It’s “The Chris Gethard Show” hosted by the comic and sometime “Broad City” co-star. 11 p.m. TruTV

FRIDAY

Just the facts, ma’am: Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt dub the voices of two cops in 1980s Romania in the quirky new series “Comrade Detective.” Any time, Amazon

A filmmaker uncovers evidence of rampant doping by Russian athletes during recent Olympic Games in the new exposé “Icarus.” Any time, Netflix

Got WHAS? “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later” is the latest series based on David Wain’s 2001 cult comedy. With Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, et al. Any time, Netflix

Alicia Keys, Miss Piggy and Oprah Winfrey are among the famous faces helping inspire young folks in this year’s edition of “WE Day.” Selena Gomez is the host. 8 p.m. CBS

The proof is in the pudding as the latest season of “The Great British Baking Show” wraps up with the semi-final and then the final. 9 and 10 p.m. KOCE

SATURDAY

“The Mentalist’s” Amanda Righetti finds “Love at the Shore” with a hunky surfer in this new made-for-cable romantic fable. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Come “Hell or High Water,” a determined Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges) is gonna bring down two bad, bank-robbing hombres (Chris Pine, Ben Foster) in this taut 2016 contempora­ry western. 9 p.m. Showtime

The new stand-up special “George Lopez: The Wall, Live From Washington, D.C.” finds the comic cutting up at the Kennedy Center in our nation’s capital. 10 p.m. HBO

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Adult Swim ADULT SWIM’S offcolor animated comedy “Rick and Morty” is back for a third season.

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