WHAT’S ON TV
2021 U.S. Open Golf Championship (12:30 p.m. Thursday, GOLF):
Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego is the scene as the PGA’s top golfers tee it up in the year’s third major, the U.S. Open.
“When Nature Calls” (8 p.m. Thursday, WTAE):
Adapted from a hit British comedy series called “Walk on the Wild Side,” this lighthearted new venture presents a variety of creatures going about their lives in spectacular natural backdrops.
“Hot Mess House” (8 p.m. Thursday, HGTV):
Organization expert and coach Cassandra Aarssen returns with more life-transforming tips for disorganized clients who dream of transforming their homes as this series opens a six-episode sophomore season.
“The Hustler” (10 p.m. Thursday, WTAE):
Craig Ferguson returns to host the sophomore season of this clever quiz show in which one of the five contestants competing for a large cash prize has a big secret: He or she already has been given the answers to all the questions.
“Love After Lockup” (9 p.m. Friday, WE):
Season 3 returns with new episodes and new couples, including Rachel and Doug. He’s her third “prison beau,” a pattern that has her friends worried about her.
Juneteenth: An Evening of Celebration & Resilience — A Soul of a Nation Special Event (9:01 p.m. Friday, WTAE):
For the second year in a row, ABC News presents this two-hour special that honors the history and significance of Juneteenth, the annual holiday marking the anniversary of the 1865 emancipation of slaves in the United States. This presentation, which includes intimate storytelling, powerful tributes and special musical performances, also celebrates the resilience of the Black community in America.
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America (8 p.m. Saturday, HIST):
Former NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is both narrator and an executive producer for this new one-hour special, which examines how vital social movements throughout American history have affected the nation’s laws and general culture.
“BET Her Presents: Queen Collective 2020” (9 p.m. Saturday, BET):
Queen Latifah is the executive producer and driving force behind this collection of short original films from rising female directors of color. The Season 2 premiere follows 12-year-old composer Grace Moore.
CBS closes out Juneteenth weekend with the broadcast premiere of director Ava DuVernay’s
“Selma” (8 p.m. Sunday, KDKA):
superbly told 2014 dramatization of the 1965 Alabama civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
“Us” on Masterpiece (9 p.m. Sunday, WQED):
Adapted from David Nicholls’ Booker Prize-nominated novel, this new two-part, fourhour dramedy revolves around Douglas and Connie (Tom Hollander, Saskia Reeves), a scientist and artist respectively, whose once provocative differences in personality have only become more tedious over the course of their 20-year marriage.
“Kevin Can F... Himself” (9 p.m. Sunday, AMC):
Emmy winner Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) returns to series TV is this decidedly darker comedy that pays tribute to an often one-dimensional stock character: the Sitcom Wife. Murphy stars as Allison McRoberts, a smart beauty who is married to the far less attractive and boorish Kevin (Eric Petersen) until the day she finally wakes up and revolts against her relentlessly male-dominated life.
“Rick and Morty” (11 p.m. Sunday, TOON):
Season 5 of this animated cult comedy hit premieres after a lengthy hiatus with “Mort Dinner Rick Andre,” which finds lead character Morty Smith (voiced by series co-director Justin Roiland) trying in vain to enjoy a quiet evening with Jessica (voice of Kari Wahlgren), his old high school crush.