What To Watch: Last Ship's End Begins, Shameless And The Deuce Return, Power Finale, YOU Premieres And More
On TV this Sunday: The Last Ship's final voyage gets underway, it's the beginning of the end for Shameless' Emmy Rossum and a new Miss America is crowned while not wearing a swimsuit.Here are 13 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern:
Showtimes for September 9, 2018
The Bad Seed
In this remake of the 1956 film, Rob Lowe (Code Black) plays father to a demonic young girl named Emma (Young Sheldon's Mckenna Grace).
Power
Season 5 finale (70 minutes): Angela assembles her A-team; Ghost, Tommy, Tasha and Angela struggle to prove their innocence. (Read preview; watch sneak peek; get renewal status.)
Rel
Comedy series premiere: A recently divorced dad (Carmichael Show's Lil Rel Howery) starts over on the West Side of Chicago; Sinbad (A Different World) co-stars. (Episode 2 airs at its regular day and time, Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9:30/8:30c; watch trailer.)
Sunday Night Football
Time slot premiere: The Chicago Bears take on the Green Bay Packers in the first Sunday night match-up of the season. (How were kickoff ratings?)
The 2019 Miss America Competition
Carrie Ann Inaba and Ross Mathews host the annual, now swimsuit-free competition; judges include Laila Ali, Bobby Bones, Jessie James Decker, Randy Jackson, Soledad O'Brien, Alli Webb and Carnie Wilson.
The Deuce
Season 2 premiere: Vincent builds on his previous successes, taking over a new mob-backed disco; Harvey objects to Candy’s push for more ambitious and artistic adult films. (Watch trailer.)
Fear the Walking Dead
65 minutes: Strand and Dorie are trapped; the group offers help to a stranger, placing everyone in danger. (Fall behind? Read Episode 12 recap.)
The Last Ship
Final season premiere: A new threat emerges as the U.S. Navy prepares to reveal its first functional fleet since the Red Flu pandemic. (Watch trailer.)
The Miniaturist
Miniseries premiere: After marrying rich to save her family, Nella (Atlantis' Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers that her husband harbors a dark secret.
Shameless
Season 9 premiere: In the first of Emmy Rossum's final episodes, Fiona struggles with her decision to bail Ian out of jail; Frank finds himself at the mercy of the Hopkins Academy PTA. (Watch trailer.)
Kidding
Series premiere (35 minutes): Jim Carrey plays Jeff Pickles, the Mr. Rogers-esque host of a children's TV program whose life is forever changed by a personal tragedy; Catherine Keener (Get Out), Frank Langella (The Americans) and Judy Greer (Arrested Development) co-star. (Watch trailer; read review.)
YOU
Series premiere: In this psychological thriller, a bookstore owner (Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley) grows obsessed with an aspiring writer (Once Upon a Time's Elizabeth Lail). (Read preview; watch trailer; already renewed!)
Insecure
The girls take a weekend trip in honor of Tiffany, but Molly can't seem to leave work behind. (Psst... hear the good news?)