What To Watch: Vampire Diaries Vets Head To Smoky Mountains, Venture Bros. Movie On Max And More
Courtesy of Hallmark Media
On TV this Saturday: Zach Roerig and Arielle Kebbel find Love in the Great Smoky Mountains, The Venture Bros. gets a follow-up film and Kurt Angle's documentary streams on Peacock. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for September 2, 2023
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Angle
Peacock
Documentary premiere: The story of Kurt Angle's amateur wrestling and WWE careers is told, in addition to his personal struggles with injury and addiction.
The Venture Bros: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Max
Streaming premiere: The nation hunts for Hank Venture, as a darkness from the past emerges to disrupt the lives of the Venture family, the Guild and the Monarch.
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Bob Barker Match Game Marathon
Game Show Network
Through 5 pm | The cabler pays tribute to the late, great Barker with this lengthy run of episodes from his time spent as a panelist.
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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Ovation
Season 3 premiere (two episodes): Frank crosses paths with an old nemesis at a bingo hall; then at 8 pm, a washed-up rock star thinks the devil is trying to kill him.
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Great Chocolate Showdown
The CW
With immunity off the table, the top six bakers pair up to build a magnificent meringue tower.
Kidnapping in the Grand Canyon
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: Best friends (Doctor Death's Gina Vitori and The Lincoln Lawyer's Katrina Rosita) are abducted by a hiking guide (The Haves and the Have Nots' Philip Boyd) during an off-trail adventure in the Grand Canyon.
Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: Sparks fly when former sweethearts (The Vampire Diaries' Arielle Kebbel and Zach Roerig) reunite for an archaeological dig in [see title].
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Escape From Kabul
CNN
Special presentation: This HBO Original documentary from last year examines 18 days in August 2021, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghan citizens from Kabul airport after the Taliban seized the city.
The Wrath of Becky
Showtime
Premium cable premiere: Two years after surviving a brutal attack, Becky (The Haunting of Hill House's Lulu Wilson) must defend her home from an extremist group called the Noble Men; Sean William Scott (Welcome to Flatch) co-stars.
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Saturday Night Live
NBC
Quinta Brunson hosts this encore episode from April; Lil Yachty performs.
