What To Watch Today
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Worth Watching
‘Hacks’ Is Back, ‘Ghosts’ Wedding Finale, Harvey Keitel in ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz,’ Jeff Daniels Is ‘A Man in Full,’ Return to Wrexham, Outback Mystery in ‘Scrublands,’ ‘The Idea of You’
New Today
Ghosts
Season Finale
Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones) prepares to say his “I do’s” to redcoat Nigel (John Hartman), but there are complications, distractions and twists that will have fans counting the days until the show returns in the fall. As for Pete (Richie Moriarty), he’ll soon learn that freedom comes with a cost.
Welcome to Wrexham
Season Premiere
The Emmy-winning soccer docuseries is no longer an underdog. The historic Wrexham Red Dragons from Wales, a team now co-owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, have finally been promoted back into the English Football League, but the euphoria only means the stakes are higher.
Hacks
Season Premiere
Stand-up comedy legend Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) reels her former joke writer and social conscience Ava (Hannah Einbender) back into her glamorous orbit when a tempting new opportunity presents itself. They can’t quit each other, even when it often feels like they can’t stand each other.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Series Premiere
Harvey Keitel and Jonah Hauer-King star as the older and younger versions of the title character, Lali Sokolov, a Holocaust survivor. He tells his story of survival more than a half-century later to novice writer Heather Morris (Melanie Lynskey), framing his account as the most unlikely of love stories.
A Man in Full
Series Premiere
Jeff Daniels stars in David E. Kelley’s boisterous adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s best-seller as Atlanta real-estate big shot Charlie Croker, fending off enemies from all sides as he faces bankruptcy. Diane Lane, Tom Pelphrey, Lucy Liu, and more also star, with Regina King directing.
Sports on TV
MLB Baseball
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs
Division rivals face off at Wrigley Field in Chicago as the Cubs host the Milwaukee Brewers on MLB Network.
NBA Basketball
NBA Playoffs, First Round: Cleveland Cavaliers at Orlando Magic
Friday’s Game 6 action features the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Clippers at the Dallas Mavericks.
Talk Show Guests
Simu Liu discusses AI in the sci-fi film Atlas and WILLOW describes the evolution of the sound of her music “symptom of life” and she performs.
Rebroadcast: Matt Damon features the band U2 and his onetime neighbor Bono in Kiss the Future, his new documentary about survivors of the siege of Sarajevo, and Danielle Pinnock describes her character on Ghosts as “a hot mess with a heart of gold.”
Rebroadcast: Zendaya talks about her family seeing the love scenes from her new movie Challengers, Freddie Miller and Uriel Valenzuela show the staff of a marijuana dispensary in the reality series High Hopes. Musical Guest is Olivia Dean.
Rebroadcast: Paul Rudd talks proton packs and his film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Paula Pell tells about singing at The Plaza Hotel for the Girls5eva Season 3 premiere. Aric Improta sits-in with the 8G Band.
Winston Duke shares stories from the action-packed comedy The Fall Guy and Kim Fields stops by to discuss the new season of The Upshaws.
Max Thieriot talks about the season 3 renewal of Fire Country, and then it is “Stand Up at The Talk” with comedian Preacher Lawson.