DWTS Kicks Off, A New View, MasterChef's Final Bite And More
On TV this Monday: American Ninja Warrior goes international, Turner Classic Movies honors Lauren Bacall, The View welcomes new hosts and Dancing With the Stars twirls into its 19th season. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
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Showtimes for September 15, 2014
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The View
ABC
Season 18 premiere: Actress/activist Rosie Perez (White Men Can't Jump) and political pundit Nicolle Wallace join Rosie O'Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg at the daytime talk show's revamped table. (Check local listings for time.)
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American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World
NBC
Ninja goes global, with the five remaining competitors facing off against contestants from Japan and Europe in an intense, four-stage course. (Renewed).
Dancing With the Stars
ABC
Season 19 premiere: Celebrities -- including Fresh Prince’s Alfonso Ribeiro and Switched at Birth's Lea Thompson -- pair with their pro dance partners and take their first foray into the ballroom.
Lauren Bacall marathon
TCM
Through Tuesday at 8 pm | The cabler explores the late icon's timeless performances, including four films with husband Humphrey Bogart as well as To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep and How to Marry a Millionaire. The marathon concludes on Bacall’s 90th birthday, with Designing Women at 6pm.
MasterChef
Fox
Season finale: The remaining three cooks go before judges representing all 50 states, then the final two take on some American desserts for a last chance to survive. (Update: Season 6 renewal is confirmed.)
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America's Next Top Model
The CW
Tyra gives a course in how to make love to the camera before the contestants take part in a black widow-themed shoot. Later, chemistry stirs between two models, and someone at the house breaks a major rule.
Dallas
TNT
Bobby deals with a family kidnapping, while John Ross and Pamela reach an agreement.
High Moon
Syfy
From Hannibal executive producer Bryan Fuller, this pilot-turned-TV-movie begins in the year 2068, when settlers on the moon discover a new life form and chaos ensues. Jonathan Tucker (Parenthood) and Chris Diamantopoulos (Episodes) star.
Terror at the Mall
HBO
From Emmy-nominated director Dan Reed (Terror in Mumbai), this HBO documentary offers a look inside the events of Sept. 21, 2013, when terror groups attacked the Westgate Mall in Kenya.
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Under the Dome
CBS
In the season's penultimate episode, the people of Chester’s Mill find themselves in the danger of being crushed to death.
NEXT MONDAY: Fox's Gotham and Sleepy Hollow, CBS' The Big Bang Theory and Scorpion and NBC's The Voice and The Blacklist all premiere.
