What To Watch: Freaky Saturday, Summer Olympics Day 2 And More
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On TV this Saturday: Vince Vaughn gets Freaky, the Olympics continues with showdowns in swimming and volleyball, and comedian Tig Notaro debuts her new special. Here are seven programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for July 24, 2021
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Olympics
NBC
The U.S. men take on France in volleyball, while the men's road race in cycling begins; additional primetime events (beginning at 8 pm) include beach volleyball preliminary matches, men's team gymnastics, men's swimming finals and women's 400m individual medleys. (View full schedule.)
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Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Starz
Series premiere encore: In 1991 Queens, 15-year-old Kanan Stark (Kirby Buckets' Mekai Curtis) joins his family’s growing drug business led by his mom, Raquel (Madam Secretary‘s Patina Miller). (Re-airs at 9 pm; Episode 2 airs Sunday at 8 pm.)
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The Hour
Ovation
Bel pitches an interview with an Egyptian diplomat to help curb negative reviews and fallen ratings; Freddie discovers a clue to Ruth's death.
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Eden: Untamed Planet
AMC, BBC America
Series premiere: Explore Earth's few remaining untouched lands, as the environments struggle to survive the perils of the modern world — first up, Borneo; Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) narrates.
Next Door Nightmare
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: An elderly woman (Anne With an E's Deborah Grover) will stop at nothing to invade the lives of her new, expectant neighbors (The Perfect Wedding's Julia Borsellino and Insomnia's Mark Taylor).
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Freaky
HBO
Premium cable premiere: A teen (Big Little Lies' Kathryn Newton) has 24 hours to get her identity back after a serial killer's (True Detective's Vince Vaughn) mystical dagger causes them to switch bodies; Katie Finneran (Bloodline) co-stars.
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Tig Notaro: Drawn
HBO
The comic riffs about a hospital bed proposal and a high school talent show gone wrong in her new hour-long animated special.
