TV TOP PICKS
6 p.m. on BBCA
Top Gear
A new season of this long-running automotive series finally premieres, after production was forced to shut down last March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filming resumed in June, under new health constraints which saw the “studio” segments moved from their familiar hangar to a racecourse, where hosts Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris appeared before a socially-distanced drive-in crowd of 500. Among the new season’s highlights, hosts McGuinness, Flintoff and Harris tackle a giant carnival-inspired Wall of Death, driving old insurance write-offs.
7 p.m. on PBS
The Trouble With Maggie Cole Beloved British comedy actress Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley) returns to series television in this new dramedy set in Thurlbury, a quaint coastal village. As the show opens, shop owner and busybody Maggie Cole (French), who presents herself as a local historian, stirs up life in the village during a tipsy interview on a radio show when she makes some indiscreet revelations about several of her neighbors. Mark Heap, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Vicki Pepperdine also star.
7 p.m. on ABC
Supermarket Sweep
Saturday Night Live alumna Leslie Jones is both host and executive producer of this classic, fast-paced game show in which each episode features three teams of two battling it out to prove their supermarket skills and general knowledge of merchandise to win big cash prizes. The team that manages to rack up the biggest grocery bill during their timed race around the store can win $100,000. Jones says she has an emotional stake in the game: She unsuccessfully auditioned to be a contestant on an earlier version of the show.
11 p.m. FX
Fargo
As an angry Josto (Jason Schwartzman) strikes back, Ethelrida (E’myri Crutchfield) does the right thing in a new episode called “The Birthplace of Civilization.” Meanwhile, the hapless Loy (Chris Rock) finds himself seemingly against the ropes, and Deafy (Timothy Olyphant) shakes the tree to see what falls out. Ben Whishaw and Jessie Buckley also star.