TV HIGHLIGHTS
MLB Baseball, 1 PM on ESPN; 2 PM on Ch. 22 and Ch. 9; 4 PM on ESPN; 8 PM on ESPN; 3 AM on ESPN2;
4 AM on ESPN: As MLB’S postseason gets underway today with the Wild Card round, fans will notice a few changes. There are now three Wild Card teams in each league (up from two) and they’re seeded Nos. 4, 5 and 6 with the division winners seeded 1, 2 and 3, all based on record. This round is now best-of-three with the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds squaring off.
The winners advance to the Division Series next week.
Movie: All the President’s Men, 8 PM on TCM:
“Wooood-steeein!” An all-star cast re-creates the story of the Watergate burglary and the ensuing downfall of President Richard Nixon, as recounted by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman). Jason Robards (as Post editor Ben Bradlee) and screenwriter William Goldman won Oscars for the 1976 film, which airs tonight to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Watergate scandal. Other familiar faces on hand include Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jane Alexander and Stephen Collins.
Fire Country, 9 PM on
Ch. 7 and Ch. 12: Bode Donovan (Max Thieriot) is a young convict looking for redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in his hometown. He and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. Bode was once a golden all-american son before he burned down everything in his life. Now, he’s back with the rap sheet of a criminal and the audacity to believe in a chance for redemption with Cal Fire in this series premiere.