What to watch SUNDAY
Sept. 5, 2021
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
2020 Tokyo Paralympics Games Closing Ceremony
NBCSN, 6 a.m. Live; re-airs 11 a.m. on Telemundo, 1 p.m. on Universo, 6 p.m. on NBC (and streaming on Peacock)
The 2020 Paralympic Games come to an end as host city Tokyo bids farewell to the athletes
in a closing ceremony. The afternoon reairings of the closing ceremony on Telemundo and Universo are in Spanish.
NASCAR Cup Series:
Cook Out Southern 500 NBCSN, 5 p.m. Live
The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Round of 16 begins tonight at South Carolina’s Darlington Raceway for the Cook Out Southern 500 on
NBCSN.
Major League Baseball: L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco
ESPN, 6 p.m. Live
Justin Turner and the L.A. Dodgers are at
San Francisco’s Oracle Park for the finale of a three-game series against Brandon Crawford and the Giants.
College Football: Notre Dame at Florida State ABC, 6:30 p.m. Live
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish head to Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee for a Sunday primetime matchup against the Florida State
Seminoles.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
The CW, 7 p.m. Season Finale
In “The Fungus Amongus,” when Sara (Caity Lotz) realizes Bishop’s (guest star
Raffi Barsoumian) plan, Ava (Jes Macallan) convinces Sara to allow the Legends to make an exception to the rules to help fight back. Behrad (Shayan Sobhian) comes up with an interesting plan that allows Sara to connect with an old friend. Meanwhile, amid a battle,
Sara and Ava make an important decision but need the help of the team to pull it off.
CIA vs. Bin Laden: First In
REELZChannel, 7 p.m.
This revealing documentary chronicles the 10year hunt for Osama bin Laden by the Central Intelligence Agency following the Sept. 11,
2001, terror attacks. The program features
interviews with 18 people, including senior CIA leaders, who played critical roles in the hunt for the al-Qaida mastermind, many of whose accounts have never been publicly told until now.
Webcam Cheerleaders
Lifetime, 7 p.m. Original Film
After the death of her beloved sister, Maisy (Joelle Farrow) transfers to the college where her sister attended, to be closer to her grieving mother and father. Unconvinced her sister died by suicide, Maisy is determined to find the truth and uncovers that many of the girls on the cheerleading squad are also webcam girls, and revealing the truth may have deadly consequences.
Guilt
PBS, 8 p.m. New Series
In this darkly absorbing, four-part
Masterpiece tale of deceit, brothers Max
(Mark Bonnar, Unforgotten) and Jake (Jamie Sives, To the Ends of the Earth) strike an elderly pedestrian during an inebriated drive home from a wedding. Things get complicated when they meet the victim’s niece Angie (Ruth Bradley) at the wake, where they have come to retrieve incriminating evidence. Angie and Jake hit it off, which complicates Max’s plan to escape justice. Two back-to-back episodes air
tonight and next Sunday.