TV This Week, July 19-25: ‘Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!’ and more
- Share via
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes
Click here to download
TV listings for the week of July 19 - 25, 2015 in PDF format
SUNDAY
Slip some extra herring on the barbie, the sitcom “Welcome to Sweden” is back for a second season. With Greg Poehler and Lena Olin. 8 and 8:30 p.m. NBC
Sixteen is not so sweet for a high-schooler and her new beau — who just might be a murderer — in the new thriller “Love You to Death.” 9 p.m. Lifetime
All’s pharaoh in love and war: The tale of Egypt’s boy king (Avan Jogia) is reimagined in the new three-part miniseries “Tut.” With Ben Kingsley. 9 p.m. Spike; also Mon., Tue.
MONDAY
It’s dish, dish, dish when “The Men Tell All” on “The Bachelorette.” 8 p.m. ABC
“Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson” tells the sad tale of an unknown yet prolific painter who was committed to a mental institution in the 1920s. 9 p.m. HBO
Have raft, will travel: Hardy Alaskans peddle their wares via waterway in the new docu-series “Yukon River Run.” 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel
Korean tacos? Bacon-wrapped hot dogs?! Andrew Zimmern is definitely in L.A. on “Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations.” 9 p.m. Travel Channel
“Modern Family’s” Jesse Tyler Ferguson goes “Running Wild With Bear Grylls” in a new episode of the series. 10 p.m. NBC
“POV” presents “Return to Homs,” about a 19-year-old soccer player in Syria who gave up the sport to take up arms in his country’s civil war. 10 p.m. KOCE
TUESDAY
We look like ants from up there in “Humanity From Space.” Mankind’s impact on this planet we all call home is charted in this new special. 8 p.m. KOCE
Ryan Seacrest is at the door in the new reality series “Knock Knock Live.” But maybe if you pretend you’re not home, he’ll eventually go away. 9 p.m. Fox
“Storage Wars” opens its seventh season in Perris, Calif. 9:30 p.m. A&E
“Frontline” presents “Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty,” a timely profile of the notoriously hard-to-incarcerate cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. 10 p.m. KOCE
WEDNESDAY
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and the folks who call it home are featured in the new docu-series “Life on the Reef.” 8 p.m. KOCE
What, or rather, who, is so funny? Find out on a new season of “Last Comic Standing.” 9 p.m. NBC
Couples must live in the fixer-upper they’re fixer-upping in the new series “Home Free.” 9 p.m. Fox
“Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” Need we say more? Okay then: Ian Ziering is back in action in this campy and cameo-filled sequel to the sequel. With David Hasselhoff, Bo Derek and Tara Reid. 9 p.m. Syfy
Their birthday suits are back from the cleaners so they’re “Dating Naked” again on the return of this reality series. 9 p.m. VH1
THURSDAY
Chef Rusty Hamlin puts out a Southern-fried spread for country music fans in “Rusty’s Rockfeast: Backstage with Zac Brown Band.” 7 p.m. FYI
Whatever the hell’s been going on in “Wayward Pines,” it’s almost over now with the mystery drama’s series finale. Matt Dillon stars. 9 p.m. Fox
FRIDAY
A boy’s best friend is his robot in Disney’s futuristic 2014 animated tale “Big Hero 6.” 8 p.m. Starz
Apocalypse when? The supernatural drama “The Messengers” airs its final episode. 9 p.m. KTLA
For those keeping “score,” Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil will be joined by violinist Itzhak Perlman for a salute to film composer John Williams on a new “Great Performances.” 9 p.m. KOCE
The truth is out there: “Ancient Aliens” returns, followed by the new paranormal-investigation series “Missing in Alaska.” 9 and 10 p.m. History Channel
Wyatt Cenac and Iliza Shlesinger are among the comics bringing the funny in Austin, Texas, in the two-part showcase “SXSW Comedy With W. Kamau Bell.” 11:05 p.m. Showtime
SATURDAY
Stevie Wonder, First Lady Michelle Obama and other famous faces will be on hand to help open the “2015 Special Olympics World Games” at the L.A. Coliseum. 6 p.m. ESPN
It’s all over except for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” in the 2014 franchise entry “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1.” With Jennifer Lawrence and Donald Sutherland. 8 p.m. Epix
The late, great James Gandolfini had one of his final film roles in the Brooklyn-set 2014 crime drama “The Drop.” Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace also star. 8 p.m. HBO
A teen is reunited with his family a decade after being kidnapped in the new TV movie “Lost Boy.” With Virginia Madsen and Mark Valley. 8 p.m. Lifetime
“Lavalantula.” Need we say more? If we must: Lava-spewing spiders wreak havoc in L.A. in this new creature feature. 9 p.m. Syfy
Serial killer Francis Dolarhyde (guest star Richard Armitage), a.k.a. “The Tooth Fairy,” rears his ugly head on a new episode of “Hannibal.” 10 p.m. NBC
Those magic men “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” sign off with the series finale of this fantasy drama set in 19th-century England. 10 p.m. BBC America
More to Read
The complete guide to home viewing
Get Screen Gab for everything about the TV shows and streaming movies everyone’s talking about.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.