What To Watch This Week: 50 Premieres, Finales And More

To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.

This week, you'll find nearly a 11 series premieres (including Outlander: Blood of My Blood), nine returning shows (including King of the Hill and Wednesday) and 19 finales (including The Buccaneers, The Librarians and the very last episode of Resident Alien).

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SUNDAY, AUG. 3

๐Ÿ“บ 8 am 1,000 Ways to Dine (A&E)
Michael Yo goes off the beaten path and showcases the most exciting, unique and outrageously delicious restaurants in the world.

๐Ÿ“บ 6 pm WWE Summerslam Day 2 (Peacock live event)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Duck Dynasty: The Revival Season 1 finale (A&E)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Grantchester Season 10 finale (PBS)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 (Food Network)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Hazardous History With Henry Winkler Season 1 finale (History)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took the World docuseries finale (CNN)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Wardens of the North Season 5 (Animal Planet)
๐Ÿ“บ 10 pm The Mega-Brands That Built America Season 3 finale (History)
๐Ÿ“บ 10 pm Signs of a Psychopath Season 10 (Investigation Discovery)

๐Ÿ“บ 10 pm The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO)
The docuseries reexamines the brutal murder of four teenage girls in 1991 Austin, Texas.

MONDAY, AUG. 4

๐Ÿ“บ King of the Hill Season 14 (Hulu, 10-episode binge)

๐Ÿ“บ 9:30 am Tim Rex in Space (Nickelodeon)
The preschool series follows a Tyrannosaurus Rex named Tim, his big brother Tommy, little sister Tia, and triceratops bestie Kai, as they tackle kid-shaped adventures with dino-sized solutions in space.

๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm The Librarians: The Next Chapter Season 1 finale (TNT)

๐ŸŽฅ 10 pm Atomic People (PBS documentary)
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first (and only) atomic bombs used in warfare, the filmย captures firsthand testimony of the last Japanese survivors of the blast.

TUESDAY, AUG. 5

๐Ÿ“บ Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge (Hulu, three-episode binge)
The docuseries reexamines the 2017 murders of two young women in the bucolic town of Delphi, Ind.

๐Ÿ“บ SEC Football: Any Given Saturday (Netflix, seven-episode binge)
Follow college football's most elite players and coaches in this unfiltered documentary series that goes behind the scenes of the 2024 SEC season.

๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Hard Knocks Season 20 (HBO)

๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm The Las Culturistas Culture Awardsย (Bravo special)
Comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, co-hosts of the popular Las Culturistas podcast, celebrate culture's most iconic and consequential moments of the year.ย 

๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Supermarket Stakeout Season 6 finale (Food Network)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm United Gangs of America Season 2 finale (Vice)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6

๐Ÿ“บ The Buccaneers Season 2 finale (Apple TV+)
๐Ÿ“บ Platonic Season 2 (Apple TV+, two-episode premiere)
๐Ÿ“บ The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Season 3 (Disney+, 10-episode binge)
๐Ÿ“บ Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 finale (Fox Nation)
๐Ÿ“บ Wednesday Season 2 (Netflix, four-episode premiere)
๐Ÿ“บ 10 pm Forged in Fire Season 11 (History)
๐Ÿ“บ 11 pm Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America Season 4 finale (Discovery Channel)

๐ŸŽฅ The Pickup (Prime Video movie)
Mismatched armored truck drivers (Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson) are ambushed by a cunning criminal mastermind (Keke Palmer).

THURSDAY, AUG. 7

๐Ÿ“บ Demascus (Tubi, six-episode binge)
A Black man (Okieriete Onaodowan) embarks on a reality-bending journey of self-discovery with the help of experimental technology; Janet Hubert and Martin Lawrence co-star.

๐Ÿ“บ Taurasi (Prime Video, three-episode binge)
The docuseries chronicles the journey of basketball legend Diana Taurasi, whose relentless pursuit of greatness has transcended the boundaries of sport.

๐Ÿ“บ Ted Bundy: Dialogue With the Devil (Hulu, six-episode binge)
The docuseries features never-before-heard interviews from 1984, when Bundy offered to help investigator Robert Keppel catch The Green River Killer.

๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Necaxa (FXX, two-episode premiere)
Club Necaxa fights to reclaim greatness, win the hearts of Aguascalientes and prove their greatest days are ahead, with the help of investor Eva Longoria.

๐Ÿ“บ 10 pm The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster docuseries finale (Sundance TV)

๐ŸŽฅ The Monkey (Hulu)

FRIDAY, AUG. 8

๐Ÿ“บ Last Cowboy Standing Season 2 finale (Fox Nation, two episodes)
๐Ÿ“บ 1 pm City Confidential Season 9 finale (A&E, three episodes)
๐Ÿ“บ 8 pm The Fixer Season 1 finale (Fox, two episodes, next day on Hulu)

๐Ÿ“บย 8 pmย Outlander: Blood of My Bloodย (Starz)
The prequel is set in two distinct timelines that tell the parallel love stories of Jamie and Claire's parents.

๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Bering Sea Gold Season 19 (Discovery Channel)
๐Ÿ“บ 9 pm Totally Funny Animals Season 1 finale (The CW)
๐Ÿ“บ 9:30 pm Totally Funny Kids Season 1 finale (The CW)
๐Ÿ“บ 10 pm Resident Alien series finale (Syfy & USA Network)

๐Ÿคฃ Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa (Hulu comedy special)

๐ŸŽฅ Clown in a Cornfield (Shudder)
๐ŸŽฅ Freaky Tales (HBO Max)

๐ŸŽฅ Stolen: Heist of the Century (Netflix documentary)
Antwerp, 2003. A gang of thieves rob the impenetrable Diamond Center. Who was behind one of the world's biggest heists โ€” and how did they pull it off?

SATURDAY, AUG. 9

๐Ÿ“บ 12 pm 48 Hours to Buy Season 2 finale (A&E)

๐Ÿ“บ 10 pm American Prince: JFK Jr. (CNN)
The three-part docuseries chronicles the remarkable life (and enduring legacy) of John F. Kennedy Jr.ย 

๐ŸŽฅ 8 pm Finding Faith (Lifetime movie)
After the sudden death of her husband, a woman (Paula Patton) struggles with grief and a shattered belief in God; Loretta Devine and Keith David co-star.

What are you watching this week? Take stock of everything above, then drop a comment with your lists below.

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