TUESDAY’S BEST PICKS
7 PM ( FS1) MLB Baseball First place and possibly even a playoff berth may be on the line tonight at Truist Park, where Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves open up a critical three-game series against Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies. To date, the Phils hold the upper hand in the season series, having won nine of the 16 games against their division rivals so far in 2021.
8 PM ^ In Their Own Words Fresh perspectives from family members, journalists, colleagues, biographers and admirers add layers to a candid look at former president Jimmy Carter in this new episode. After he failed to win a second term against Republican rival Ronald Reagan, Carter’s presidency initially was viewed as a failure in some quarters. Since then, however, Carter has become a revered statesman and public figure who has fought for and won dramatic advances in equal rights, environmental conservation and global peace. Interviews include son Chip Carter and former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young.
8 PM _ The Resident When one of the doctors on the staff is found unconscious in an elevator at Chastain, his colleagues frantically try to retrace his steps for clues to the cause of his condition in the new episode “No Good Deed.” Meanwhile, Billie (Jessica Lucas) finds herself with a personal conflict as she comes face to face with a secret she has kept for many years. Elsewhere, Bell (Bruce Greenwood) helps Kit (Jane
Leeves) make a decision about a new neurosurgeon joining the Chastain team. Vince Foster guest stars.
8 PM ( DSC) Deadliest Catch Sig Hansen, one of the most iconic figures in the history of “Deadliest Catch,” is approaching greatest-of-all- time status as a Bering Sea crab captain, with nearly a half century of experience behind him. In the new episode “Succession,” however, his hard-won ways are put to the test when daughter Mandy Hansen pressures him to cement her position as designated heir to the Hansen Family legacy.
8 PM ( HBO) Level Playing Field “Down the Backstretch” explores how the shift in U.S. immigration policy towards Central America during the Trump administration adversely affected the horse-racing industry. Given that laborers from Latin American countries make up the majority of backstretch workers at American racetracks, the so-called “sport of kings” abruptly found itself with a critical shortage of some of its most undervalued and overlooked workers.
9 PM & La Brea This new action fantasy opens on an epic scale, as a massive sinkhole opens without warning in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings far into its depths. Those who survive the fall are shocked to find themselves in a mysterious primeval land where they must band together to survive. The series focuses on one family who are torn apart by this freakish incident, with those left behind struggling to find a way they can reunite. Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken and Jon Seda star.
9 PM _ Our Kind of People Angela (Yaya DaCosta) uncovers a devastating secret about her mother as she tries to land a spot for Eve’s Crown in the Franklin incubator program in a new episode called “My Mother, Myself.” Meanwhile, Leah (Nadine Ellis) tries to unseat Teddy (Joe Morton) as the head of Franklin, and Raymond (Morris Chestnut) vows to get his company back. Elsewhere, chaos erupts for the Duponts at the Black Diamond Ball. L. Scott Caldwell and Jeff Hephner guest star.
9 PM ( BRV) Vanderpump Rules Lisa Vanderpump spent her time during the pandemic keeping her businesses afloat, but her restaurants finally have reopened as this reality series returns for Season 9, allowing her to resume playing mentor and mother figure to both current and former employees. Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz have been focused on opening their own bar, but their partnership is imperiled when Sandoval clashes with Schwartz’s wife, Katie Maloney-Schwartz. Elsewhere, new mother Scheana Shay is blindsided by a bombshell from her fiancé, Brock Davies.