‘El Camino: The Breaking Bad Movie,’ ‘Supernatural,’ the finale of ‘Sucession’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

 

 

MONDAY

All American: Spencer James’ reputation is on the line in the season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW

Black Lighting: Agent Odell continues to come after the Pierce family (wait! there’s a bad guy named “Odell”? APPROVE STRONGLY) in the season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

Below Deck: Six new crew members are introduced as Captain Lee’s ship heads to Thailand. Season premiere. 8 p.m., Bravo

My Horror Story: People tell their ghost stories. You’ve seen this before. Series premiere. 9 p.m., Travel

ASTROS!: Astros at Rays 12 p.m., MLBN (Other games: Braves at Cardinals 2 p.m., TBS; Dodgers at Nationals: 5:40 p.m., TBS; Yankees at Twins: 7:40 p.m., FS1)

TUESDAY

The Flash: Barry and Iris deal with the loss of Nora in the season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW

Finding Your Roots: In the season premiere, Henry Louis Gates drops some DNA truth bombs on “Hollywood royalty” — Isabella Rossellini, Anjelica Huston, and Mia Farrow. 7 p.m., PBS

Deon Cole: Cole Hearted: Deon Cole’s bits on Conan are still some of my very favorites. I’m sure you could not care less, but I felt I needed to share that with you. Netflix

WEDNESDAY

Riverdale: Archie receives news (and I’m thinking it won’t be good news). (R.I.P. Luke Perry.) Season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW

Nancy Drew: GHOSTS! AND LADY DETECTIVES! AND GHOSTS! I’m in. Series premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

Rhythm + Flow: Chance The Rapper, Cardi B and T.I. judge this new hip-hop competition. Series premiere. Netflix

THURSDAY

Supernatural: Sam and Dean have really done it this time. Season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW

Legacies: The fall season begins with summer vacation? Sure. Season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

Temptation Island: Wait, this is still around? I thought they canceled this? But apparently, it wasn’t because hey, new season of this trash. Season premiere. 9 p.m., USA

FRIDAY

Breaking Bad: El Camino: JESSE IS BACK. YEAH, BITCH. Netflix

Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The classic kids’ horror series is back. Series premiere. 6 p.m., Nickelodeon

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: Is it “WERQ” instead of “WERK” in the U.K.? Series premiere. 7 p.m., Logo

Charmed: Mel, Maggie and Macy take over the “duties of the elders” in the season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW

Dynasty: Bodies continue to be pulled from the Carrington lake, and oh by the way, we are going to have yet another Crystal this season? Sure. Season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

Ghost Nation: The OTHER guy from Ghost Hunters, Jason, is back with his own ghost hunting series. Why he and Grant couldn’t reunite is a mystery to me. Series premiere. 8 p.m., Travel Channel

Fractured: A man takes his daughter to a hospital and she disappears. Then the hospital claims she was never there to begin with. What the what? Watch the trailer below. Netflix

Haunted: People tell their ghost stories. Wait, I think I’ve heard this before … Season premiere. Netflix

Insatiable: Season two. Netflix

Hometown Horror: Ooh, this new series explores local urban legends, like The Pigman. Series premiere. 10 p.m., Travel Channel

The Birch: Don’t summon tree demons unless you’re prepared to deal with a lot of twigs and shit. Series premiere. Facebook Watch

SATURDAY

The Banana Splits: Remember that creepy Sid and Marty Kroft kids show from the late sixties, The Banana Splits? Yeah, this is them, but they go on a murder spree. Yeah. 8 p.m., Syfy

The College Admissions Scandal: The official description: “The engrossing story of two wealthy mothers who share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best possible college. When charismatic college admissions consultant Rick Singer offers a foolproof way into the prestigious institutions of their dreams, they are unable to resist the devil’s candy.” LOL: “DEVIL’S CANDY.” 7 p.m., Lifetime

Happy Death Day 2U: I hear good things! (But full disclosure: I still need to see Happy Death Day.) 7 p.m., HBO

Saturday Night Live: David Harbour & Camila Cabello 10:30 p.m., NBC

SUNDAY

Succession: Logan considers throwing a family member under the bus (or off of the yacht, as it were) in the season finale. 8 p.m., HBO

The Righteous Gemstones: Kelvin embraces his dark side in the season finale. 9:10 p.m., HBO

Ballers: Joe “evolves” in the series finale. 10 p.m., HBO

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