WHAT TO WATCH
| CONTENT BY TV WEEKLY
Network broadcasting shows are listed in Eastern/Pacific Time, unless noted otherwise. Shows air one hour earlier in Central/Mountain Time. Cable broadcasting shows are listed in Eastern Time.
Tulsa King
CBS, 8 p.m. New Series
Sylvester Stallone stars as New York Mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, who after taking the fall for another mobster and spending 25 years behind bars, returns to his former life only to be unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.
Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing
Discovery Channel, 8 p.m.
Season Premiere
This entry in the Naked and Afraid
survival competition franchise, which ranked as Discovery’s No. 1 series in 2023, returns for Season 2. On the vast expanse of Africa’s Munzwa Valley, 14 Naked and Afraid all-stars will test their skills in the punishing bush for 45 days. The group, a mix of fan favorites and polarizing personalities, will risk everything for a chance at the cash prize.
The Food That Built America: ‘ The Colonel’
History, 9 p.m.
We can all thank Harland Sanders for introducing us to his “finger lickin’ good” fried chicken. His story begins in the 1930s when he was a hot-headed Kentucky gas station owner who developed a new method for making fried chicken. He would go on to become a cultural icon as “The Colonel” of his KFC brand.
In the Eye of the Storm
Discovery Channel, 10 p.m.
New Series
Firsthand accounts and compelling eyewitness footage of dangerous close calls from inside epic natural disasters are revealed in this series. Megastorms
like 2021’s Hurricane Ida, destructive tornadoes in Illinois and the 2023 Maui wildfires were captured by onlookers who found themselves in the wrong place at the right time and boldly held up their camera phones to document their near-death experiences, shown in this program.
Emperor of Ocean Park
MGM+, 10 p.m. New Series
This thrilling take on author Stephen L. Carter’s bestselling novel sees Forest Whitaker playing the complex Judge Oliver Garland, who is known for his steadfast fairness and being a national leader in politics, as well as a devoted family man. But there are plenty who wish to judge this judge. The 10-episode season follows the judge’s son, Talcott Garland, an esteemed law professor (Grantham Coleman), whose quiet life is shattered when his father dies of an apparent heart attack. His death sets into motion a dark journey to uncover the truth.
D.I. Ray: ‘Staying on Top’
PBS, check station for time
When D.I. Ray (Parminder Nagra) gets dangerously close to the truth, she becomes the target of a deadly threat.