MONDAY’S BEST PICKS
8 PM _ 9-1-1 A city-wide blackout in the middle of a record-breaking heatwave prompts the 118 to spring into action as mayhem erupts in Los Angeles in the new episode “Desperate Times.” Meanwhile, Chimney (Kenneth Choi) confides in Hen (Aisha Hinds) about Maddie’s (Jennifer Love Hewitt) condition, while Athena (Angela Bassett) sees her worst nightmare coming true. Peter Krause also stars.
8 PM ( ESPN) NFL Football A clash of
NFC East rivals is on tap tonight at AT&T Stadium, where Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys will defend home turf from Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles. With a new coach (Nick Sirianni), a new quarterback (Hurts) and an influx of talent headed by the reigning Heisman Trophy winner (DeVonta Smith) at wide receiver, the Eagles have the look of a playoff contender. So do the ’boys, who have Prescott back and healthy and are eager to put a dreadful 6-10 2020 season behind them.
9 PM ^ Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special Adapted from a critically acclaimed biography by historian David Nasaw, this new two-part, fourhour documentary — which concludes Tuesday — profiles media mogul William Randolph Hearst, who transformed the media’s role in 20th-century American life and politics and inspired Orson Welles’s cinematic masterpiece “Citizen Kane.” In the 1930s, Hearst became the first practitioner of what is known nowadays as synergy, building an empire that included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, several radio stations and 13 magazines.
9 PM _ The Big Leap As auditions open for the leading roles of The White Swan, the Black Swan and the Prince, tensions quickly rise in the heat of the feverish competition for the spotlight in the new episode “Classic Tragic Love Triangle.” Gabby (Simone Recasner) confronts Nick (Scott Foley) and accuses him of intentionally manipulating the process, while the producers catch Julia’s (Teri Polo) husband speaking disparagingly of their marriage. Meanwhile, Mike (Jon Rudnitsky) accidentally blurts out a huge secret to Nick.
9 PM ( HBO) Laetitia In the penultimate episode, Touchais (Yannick Choirat) scrambles to fill in any remaining gaps after Jessica (Sophie Breyer) reveals a memory she has of her sister (Marie Colomb) and Meilhon (Noam Morgensztern) suddenly breaks his silence. As critical pieces of Laetitia’s case finally begin to click into place, troubling details emerge about someone close to the two teenagers.
10 PM * The Good Doctor In “New Beginnings,” the Season 5 premiere of this hit medical drama, Shaun and
Lea’s (Freddie Highmore, Paige Spara) engagement party has all their friends and colleagues in a festive mood after they return from Guatemala. Meanwhile, a single mother is stunned to find out that her cancer-stricken son may have contracted his illness from an unexpected source, and Mateo (Osvaldo Benavides) learns whether his previous issues in America will be resolved.
10 PM ( SHO) Back to Life In a new episode, Miri (Daisy Haggard) is absolutely convinced that John Boback (Adrian Edmondson) was the guilty party who drove into her. Later, when Oscar (Richard Durden) lets it slip that the Bobacks are organizing a vigil for Lara, Miri takes this as more proof that John is trying to ensure that her neighbors never forget what Miri has done. Geraldine James and Christine Bottomley also star.
10:50 PM ( HBO) Laetitia In the penultimate episode, Touchais (Yannick Choirat) scrambles to fill in any remaining gaps after Jessica (Sophie Breyer) reveals a memory she has of her sister (Marie Colomb) and Meilhon (Noam Morgensztern) suddenly breaks his silence. As critical pieces of Laetitia’s case finally begin to click into place, troubling details emerge about someone close to the two teenagers.
11 PM ( AMC) Ultra City Smiths Detectives David Mills and Nico Onasis (voices of Jimmi Simpson, Chris Conrad) start to connect the dots in their investigation in the new episode “The Little Baby Hand Pinky Grip Thing.” Meanwhile, Detective Gail Johnson (voice of Da’Vine Joy Randolph) tries to reach her son, who is quickly slipping away.