THURSDAY’S BEST PICKS
8PM G Walker Actress Kelli Williams (“The Practice”) steps behind the camera to direct the new episode “Champagne Problems,” in which the close-knit Walker clan pulls out all the stops to celebrate the anniversary of Abeline and Bonham (Molly Hagan, Mitch Pileggi). Meanwhile, Cordell (Jared Padalecki) seeks a favor from
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(3:30) Public Affairs Events Special Report Jesse Watters Primetime The Beat With Ari Melber The ReidOut (N) (Live) (cc)
Live on the Line Inside Rays Pregame MLB Baseball SportsCenter (N) (Live) (cc) NBA Countdown Daily Wager (N) (Live) SportsCenter Special NASCAR Race Hub (N) (cc) WWE Friday Night SmackDown (s) (cc) Golf Central (N) (Live) (cc) PGA Tour Golf Wells Fargo Championship, First Round. (cc) (5:00) The Rock (’96, Action) Sean Connery. Alcatraz Island terrorists threaten Pearl Harbor to gas San Francisco. ‘R’ (cc) (cc) Barry “Limonada” The Baby (s) (cc) Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers (s) (cc) Dynasty (s) (cc) Dynasty (s) (cc) (5:30) The Vow The Vow “Viscera” Bonnie tries to get We Own This City Rayam opens up A Black Lady Clueless (s) (cc) through to Mark. about the GTTF. Sketch Show (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:45) Serpico (’73) Al Pacino. Undercover cop Frank Serpico exposes police Mother (9:45) Failure to Launch (’06, Romance-Comedy) Matthew McConaughey. (s) corruption. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:50) The Grudge (7:45) Black and Blue (’19, Suspense) Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson. A rookie cop goes on the run Demián Bichir. ‘R’ (cc) when she records a murder. ‘R’ (cc) (6:15) Dragon Blade (’15, Action) Jackie Chan. Chinese forces battle invading Romans 47 Ronin (’13) Keanu Reeves. Outcast samurai seek revenge on a treacherous on the Silk Road. ‘R’ (cc) overlord. ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:18) Super 8 (’11) Kyle Chandler. (7:10) I Am Number Four (’11) Alex Pettyfer. An alien teenager must evade ‘PG-13’ (cc) those sent to kill him. ‘PG-13’ (cc) Cypress Hill: Insane (6:45) Hide and Seek (’21, Suspense) Jonathan Rhys Meyers. in the (s) ‘R’ (cc)
Holler (’20, Drama) Jessica Barden, Pamela Adlon. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (s) (cc)
The Ingraham Angle
The Last Word With
Miami Marlins at San Diego Padres. (N) (Live) Postgame Rays
NBA Basketball (N)
The Card Life (N) (Live) (cc)
PGA Golf
Draft Day
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(’22, Action) Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz. Batman ventures into Gotham’s underworld to find a killer. (s)
(’01, War) Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett. Best friends become fighter pilots and romantic rivals in 1941. ‘PG-13’
Gutfeld! (N) (cc)
The 11th Hour-Stephanie
Rays
SportsCenter (’14, Drama) Kevin Costner.
(’95, Comedy) Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash.
Ask the Dust (’06) ‘R’
Black and Blue (’19) Naomie Harris. A rookie cop goes on the run when she records a murder. ‘R’ (cc)
Reservoir Dogs (’92, Crime Drama) Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth. ‘R’ (cc)
Babylon A.D. (’08, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh. ‘PG-13’ (cc) (8:15) Demonic (’21) Carly Pope. Premiere. A young woman unleashes terrifying demons. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
Road House (’89, Action) Patrick Swayze. A legendary bouncer agrees to tame a notorious gin mill. ‘R’ (cc) (4:59) Monster Hunter (6:46) Oz the Great and Powerful (’13) James Franco. A circus magician is Jovovich. ‘PG-13’ hurled into the magical land of Oz. (s) (5:15) The Broken Hearts Gallery (7:07) The Frighteners (’96) Michael J. Fox. A psychic hustler encounters a (’20) (s) ‘PG-13’ genuine supernatural threat. ‘R’ (cc) (5:30) Juarez (’39, Biography) Paul Muni, Bette Davis. Glimpses of ‘NR’ (cc) Mexico (’40) (6:10) Event Horizon (’97) Laurence Fishburne. A search-and-rescue team tracks down a ghostly spaceship. (’20, Horror) Andrea Riseborough,
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Geri (Odette Annable), and Cassie (Ashley Reyes) finds a missing piece of her past. Kale Culley, Violet Brinson and Keegan Allen also star.
9:01 PM _ Call Me Kat In the Season 2 finale, “Call Me Shellfish,” Kat (Mayim Bialik) is struggling with anxiety over the future of her cat café until she comes up with a plan that may save the business. Meanwhile, Carter (Julian Gant) wrestles with jealousy as Max (Cheyenne Jackson) finally gets his big break. Ted Wass, Julia Sweeney, Andy Favreau and Laura Bell Bundy guest star; Kyla Pratt, Leslie Jordan and Swoosie Kurtz also star in the series, which faces an uphill battle for renewal.
9:15PM(TCM) MOVIE Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood This
2019 documentary from filmmakers Clara and Julia Kuperberg examines the once-common movie practice of casting Caucasian actors as Asian characters, using makeup to tint their skin and alter the shape of their eyes. German-born Luise Rainer won an Oscar playing an iconic Chinese character in “The Good Earth,” while
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Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) All In With Chris Hayes (N)
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Mickey Rooney delivered a notorious caricature of a Japanese man in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hollywood was quick to respond with racist projects used as wartime propaganda.
9:31 PM _ Welcome to Flatch Kelly (Holmes) plans a special dinner when her father comes home in the new episode “Dinner, Dresses and Dumps.” Meanwhile, Shrub and Beth (Sam Straley, Erin Bowles) start spending a lot of time together, and Cheryl (Aya Cash) pulls out her “lucky dress” for a date with Jimmy (Desmin Borges). Seann William Scott, Taylor Ortega and Krystal Smith also star.
10 PM & Law & Order: Organized Crime After the Brotherhood is linked to the kidnapping of a 9-year-old girl, Stabler (Christopher Meloni) teams up with his longtime partner Olivia Benson (recurring guest star Mariska Hargitay) on a joint investigation by the task force and the SVU detectives in the new episode “Lost One.” They’re acutely aware that the clock is ticking and the girl’s fate rests in their hands. Ainsley Seiger and Danielle Moné Truitt also star.
NBA Basketball
Politics and Public Policy Today Hannity (N) (Live) (cc)
The Rachel Maddow Show Pregame MLB Baseball (cc)
Conference Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live)
College Softball Oklahoma State at Oklahoma. (N) (Live) USFL Football Pittsburgh Maulers vs Michigan Panthers. (cc)
The Batman
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Barry “Limonada” Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers (s) (cc) Dynasty (N) (cc)
(’96, Comedy) Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds. (11:41) American Psycho
(’12, Comedy) Clifton Collins Jr., (10:31) Hellbenders
Clancy Brown. ‘R’ (cc) The Man Who Fell to Earth Faraday Desus & Mero
must go it alone. (s) (N) (cc) Red Dawn (’84, Action) Patrick Swayze. High-school guerrillas take on invading Soviet troops. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) Little Fockers (’10, Comedy) Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller. (10:42) A Mouthful of Air
Premiere. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) Finn Wittrock. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Boyz N the Hood (’91) Larry Fishburne. Three boys become men in a tough (10:56) The Unholy
L.A. neighborhood. ‘R’ (cc) Morgan. (cc) The Toll of the Sea (9:15) Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (’27, Drama) Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser. ‘NR’ Wong. ‘NR’ (’19) Premiere. ‘NR’
The Survivalist (’21, Action) John Malkovich, Jonathan Rhys American Insurrection (’21) Nadine Malouf. Friends try to cross the border to
Meyers. (s) ‘R’ (cc) escape from a militia. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (’22) Anna May
Mr. Wu
Ziwe “Critical Race Theory”
Desus & Mero
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(’21, Drama) Amanda Seyfried,
(’21) Jeffrey Dean
The Andromeda Strain