The Brainerd Dispatch TV Week August 27th 2017

Cover Story this week

Michael Strahan touches down as host of ‘The $100,000 Pyramid’

By Kyla Brewer TV Media

Prime time has gone retro once again. A few years ago, “Mad Men’s” whisky-swilling ad men were all the rage, but these days networks are cashing in on the popularity of classic game show reboots. The latest ratings winner combines a charismatic host with celebrity guests and big money.

Michael Strahan (“Good Morning America”) hosts as celebrities team up with contestants to play wordassociation games in the hopes of winning cash in a new episode of “The $100,000 Pyramid,” airing Sunday, Aug. 27, on ABC. This week’s celebrity guests include NASCAR champ Kyle Busch, Strahan’s “Good Morning America” colleague Lara Spencer, rapper-turned-actor Ice-T (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) and actress Peri Gilpin (“Frasier”). Previous guests include Debi Mazar (“Younger”), Bobby Moynihan (“Saturday Night Live”), Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg. Strahan, a former NFL defensive end, guides the action as players compete for a potentially life-altering prize. But it may not be just the thrill of the prize money that has TV fans hooked on the old school program. In a June interview with nypost.com, Strahan explained why he

believes classic game shows like his are experiencing a resurgence in popularity.

“They’re something you can do with your family,” he said. “As a parent you may not want to watch a kids show, and as a kid you probably don’t want to watch a big, serious adult show. Here is something you can watch together.”

This is the second season of the revamped game show, which debuted on CBS in 1973 as “The $10,000 Pyramid” before jumping to ABC in 1974, with television icon Dick Clark at the helm. The show struck a chord with viewers right out of the gate as the simple word-association game and entertaining celebrity guests provided a lighthearted break from news of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal.

The game show has gone through a number of iterations over the years, and each time the title has

adjusted to reflect the top potential prize, from $10,000 to $20,000 to $25,000 to $50,000 to ABC’s current $100,000 version. However, the game play has remained largely the same throughout the show’s varied history. Two teams comprised of one celebrity and one contestant take turns giving each other clues to items in a chosen category, with a point awarded for each right answer. After three rounds of play, the team with the most points advances to the Winner’s Circle to play for the big prize. The new ABC series features an hour-long format, which allows enough time for two complete games.

While “Pyramid” has inspired a number of revivals and more than a dozen international versions, the latest ABC series has proven to be one of the most popular, thanks, in part, to an impressive roster of stars who’ve lined up to play the game that many of them — including Strahan — watched as children. This season kicked off Sunday, June 11, with matchups between Leslie Jones (“Ghostbusters,” 2016) and LL Cool J (“Lip Sync Battle”), and TV host Tom Bergeron (“Dancing With the Stars”) and country music star Jennifer Nettles.

Sunday, Aug. 27

8:00 a.m. ESPN E:60 (Live) (1:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

8:30 a.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

9:00 a.m. ESPN Baseball Third Place

Little League World Series. Williamsport, Pa. (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Passion for the Hunt (0:30)

NBCSN F1 Extra (Live) (0:30)

9:15 a.m. HBO 24/ 7 (0:30)

9:30 a.m. FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)

NBCSN Premier League Live (Live) (0:25)

9:45 a.m. HBO Hard Knocks Training Camp With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1:00)

9:55 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer Arsen. at Liverp’l Liverpool, England (Live) (2:05)

10:00 a.m. (9) KMSP Vikings GameDay Live (1:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)

10:30 a.m. CNBC NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Qualifying Johnsonville 180. Elkhart Lake, Wis. (Live) (0:30)

FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)

11:00 a.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Fox College Football Kickoff (1:00)

ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)

ESPN2 E:60 (1:00)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Final Round The Northern Trust. Old Westbury, N.Y. (Live) (1:30)

11:30 a.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

Noon (5) KSTP World of X Games (1:00)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NFL Football Pre-season. Chi. at Ten. Nashville, Tenn. (Live) (3:00)

(11) KARE IAAF Track & Field Diamond League Weltklasse Zürich. Zurich, Switzerland (1:30)

ESPN Heisman Trophy Preview Show (0:30)

ESPN2 Sportscenter at the U.S. Open (Live) (1:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Tor. Toronto, Ont. (Live) (3:00)

NBCSN Premier League Goal Zone (Live) (1:00)

TBS MLB Baseball Sea. at N.Y. Y. Bronx, N.Y. (Live) (3:00)

12:30 p.m. ESPN H.S. Football Wayne vs. Pine-Richland Gibsonia, Pa. (Live) (3:00)

GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Tennis Arthur Ashe Kids Day. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (1:00)

(7) KCCO PGA Golf Final Round The Northern Trust. Old Westbury, N.Y. (Live) (4:00)

ESPN2 Championship Drive (1:00)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

NBCSN An American Guide To Rugby (0:30)

1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Countdown to Green (Live) (0:30)

NBCSN Wakeboarding (0:30)

2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Baseball World Championship Little League World Series. Williamsport, Pa. (Live) (2:30)

(11) KARE NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Johnsonville 180. Elkhart Lake, Wis. (Live) (3:00)

ESPN2 30 for 30 (1:30)

GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round Canadian Pacific Open. Ottawa, Ont. (Live) (3:00)

NBCSN Wrestling United World Championship. Paris, France (2:00)

3:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR NFL Football Pre-season. Cin. at Was. Landover, Md. (Live) (3:30)

(23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)

FSN Twins Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)

3:30 p.m. ESPN MLS Soccer Tor at Mont Montreal, Que. (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 Heisman Trophy Preview Show (0:30)

FSN Northwoods League Now (0:30)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Championship Drive (1:00)

FSN Vikings Game Plan (0:30)

NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)

4:30 p.m. FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (0:30)

FSN Focused (0:30)

GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round Boeing Classic. Snoqualmie, Wash. (Live) (2:00)

NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)

5:30 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)

ESPN2 E:60 Profile (0:30)

FSN UFC Ultimate Knockouts (0:30)

6:00 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (Live) (1:00)

ESPN2 WNBA Basketball Min. at L.A. Los Angeles, Calif. (Live) (2:00)

FSN Bull Riding Championship. (1:00)

NBCSN F1 Auto Racing Belgian Grand Prix. Francochamps, Belgium (2:00)

7:00 p.m. (11) KARE NFL Football Preseason. S.F. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (3:00)

ESPN MLB Baseball N.Y. M. at Wash. Washington, D.C. (Live) (3:00)

FSN UFC Main Event (1:00)

GOLF Web.com Golf Final Round Portland Open. North Plains, Ore. (Live) (2:00)

8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Heisman to Heisman (0:30)

FSN WPT Poker Tournament of Champions. (1:00)

NBCSN eSports Grand Final Day 2 (Live) (2:00)

8:30 p.m. ESPN2 30 for 30 (1:30)

9:00 p.m. FSN UFC Unleashed (1:00)

GOLF Golf Central (1:00)

10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)

ESPN2 Championship Drive (1:00)

FSN 18 Holes (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Final Round The Northern Trust. Old Westbury, N.Y. (4:00)

NBCSN WR Rugby Women’s World Cup. Ireland (2:00)

Monday, Aug. 28

8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Twins Live Post-game (0:30)

GOLF Morning Drive (2:00)

NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (3:00)

8:30 a.m. FSN Northwoods League Now (0:30)

9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN DFL Soccer (2:00)

NBCSN F1 Auto Racing Belgian Grand Prix. Francochamps, Belgium (2:00)

2:30 p.m. FSN Focused (0:30)

3:00 p.m. ESPN2 The Fantasy Show (0:30)

FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Tor. Toronto, Ont. (3:00)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:00)

4:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Michael and Jemele (1:00)

ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s First Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (1:00) GOLF Golf Central (1:00)

Tuesday, Aug. 29

8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)

GOLF Morning Drive (2:00)

NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (3:00)

8:30 a.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)

9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN DFL Soccer (2:00)

10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

GOLF Web.com Golf Final Round

Portland Open. North Plains, Ore. (2:00)

11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 First Take (1:00)

FSN WPT Poker Tournament of Champions. (1:00)

NBCSN Fishing With Roland Martin (0:30)

11:30 a.m. NBCSN Sweetwater (0:30)

Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (0:30)

ESPN ITF Tennis First Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (6:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (Live) (1:00)

FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)

GOLF The Golf Fix (1:00)

NBCSN Fishing With Roland Martin (0:30)

12:30 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

NBCSN Fishing National Walleye Tournament. (0:30)

1:00 p.m. ESPN2 The Paul Finebaum Show (Live) (1:00)

FSN DFL Soccer (2:00)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

NBCSN Seasons on the Fly (0:30)

1:30 p.m. NBCSN Into the Blue (0:30)

6:00 p.m. ESPN ITF Tennis First Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (4:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)

FSN 18 Holes (0:30)

GOLF School of Golf (1:00)

6:30 p.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 SEC Storied (1:30)

FSN MLB Baseball Chi.W. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (3:00) USA WWE Smackdown! (2:00)

7:30 p.m. NBCSN The Next Olympic Hopeful (2:00)

8:30 p.m. ESPN2 SEC Storied (0:30)

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 Kickboxing Glory 44. Chicago, Ill. (2:00)

HBO Hard Knocks Training Camp With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1:00)

9:30 p.m. NBCSN FIVB Volleyball World League. U.S. vs. Bra. (Live) (2:00)

Wednesday, Aug. 30

8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Twins Live Post-game (0:30)

GOLF Morning Drive (2:00)

NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (3:00)

8:30 a.m. FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN DFL Soccer (2:00)

10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 First Take (1:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Chi.W. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (2:00)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round Boeing Classic. Snoqualmie, Wash. (2:00)

11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 First Take (1:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Tor. Toronto, Ont. (2:00)

NBCSN Indy Lights (1:00)

11:30 a.m. (9) KAWE Functional Fitness (0:30)

Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (0:30)

ESPN ITF Tennis First Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (5:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (Live) (1:00)

GOLF PGA Golf Final Round The Northern Trust. Old Westbury, N.Y. (5:00)

NBCSN IndyCar Auto Racing IndyCar Series Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Madison, Ill. (2:00)

NBCSN Super High Roller Bowl (1:00)

6:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball (Live) (3:00)

ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s First Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (4:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

GOLF The Golf Fix (1:00)

NBCSN Super High Roller Bowl (1:00)

6:30 p.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)

7:00 p.m. FSN UFC UFC 193 Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm Melbourne, Australia (3:00)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

NBCSN Super High Roller Cash Game (1:00)

USA WWE Monday Night Raw (3:05)

8:00 p.m. GOLF Feherty (1:00)

NBCSN Super High Roller Cash Game (1:00)

9:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

NBCSN Super High Roller Cash Game (1:00)

10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)

2:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Live (Live) (1:00)

GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round Canadian Pacific Open. Ottawa, Ont. (2:30)

NBCSN Saltwater Experience (0:30)

2:30 p.m. NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)

3:00 p.m. ESPN2 The Fantasy Show (0:30)

FSN Football 7 on 7 Invitational. (1:00)

NBCSN My Classic Car (0:30)

HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)

3:30 p.m. NBCSN Onward Notre Dame (0:30)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:00)

4:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)

FSN Focused (0:30)

GOLF Quest for the Card (0:30)

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (Live) (1:00)

5:30 p.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)

NBCSN AMA Motorcycle Racing American Flat Track OKC Mile. Oklahoma City, Okla. (1:00)

Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (0:30)

ESPN ITF Tennis Second Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (5:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (Live) (1:00)

GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)

NBCSN Into the Blue (0:30)

12:30 p.m. GOLF PGA TOUR Champions Learning Center (0:30)

NBCSN Saltwater Experience (0:30)

1:00 p.m. ESPN2 The Paul Finebaum Show (Live) (1:00)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

GOLF School of Golf (1:00)

1:30 p.m. FSN 18 Holes (0:30)

NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)

2:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Live (Live) (1:00)

FSN Swing Clinic (0:30)

GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)

2:30 p.m. FSN Golf Life (0:30)

GOLF Feherty (1:00)

NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)

Sports this week

3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Intentional Talk (Live) (1:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Chi.W. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (2:00)

3:15 p.m. HBO Hard Knocks Training Camp With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1:00)

3:30 p.m. GOLF Quest for the Card (0:30)

NBCSN Racer TV (0:30)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 The Fantasy Show (1:00)

GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:00)

4:30 p.m. GOLF Golfing World (0:30)

5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Michael and Jemele (1:00)

ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s Second Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (1:00)

FSN WPT Poker Tournament of Champions. (1:00)

GOLF Golf Central (1:00)

6:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s Second Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (4:00)

FSN Swing Clinic (0:30)

GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)

NBCSN Adventure Racing Spartan Race. Palmerton, Pa. (1:00)

6:30 p.m. (9) KMSP Being P.J. Fleck (0:30)

FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

GOLF PGA TOUR Champions Learning Center (0:30)

7:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball (Live) (3:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Chi.W. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (3:00)

GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)

7:30 p.m. GOLF Quest for the Card (0:30)

8:00 p.m. GOLF Golf’s Greatest Rounds (2:00)

Thursday, Aug. 31

8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Twins Live Post-game (0:30)

GOLF EPGA Golf Round 1 Czech Masters. Prague, Czech Republic (Live) (3:00)

9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Chi.W. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (2:00)

9:40 a.m. HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)

10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

10:40 a.m. HBO 24/ 7 (0:30)

11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)

ESPN2 First Take (1:00)

FSN Northwoods League Now (0:30)

GOLF EPGA Golf Round 1 Czech Masters. Prague, Czech Republic (2:00)

NBCSN Adventure Racing Spartan Race. Palmerton, Pa. (1:00)

11:30 a.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (0:30)

ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s Second Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (6:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Chi.W. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (3:00)

NBCSN Cycling Stage 12 MotrilAntequera Vuelta a España. (2:00)

12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)

12:45 p.m. HBO Hard Knocks Training Camp With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1:00)

1:00 p.m. GOLF Quest for the Card (0:30)

1:30 p.m. GOLF Golf Central Pregame (Live) (0:30)

2:00 p.m. ESPN The Fantasy Show (1:00)

GOLF Web.com Golf Round 1 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. Upper Arlington, Ohio (Live) (3:00)

NBCSN Match of the Week (2:00)

3:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (1:00)

FSN Twins Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)

3:30 p.m. FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

4:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Countdown (Live) (1:00)

FSN BIG3 Basketball Final Playoffs. Las Vegas, Nev. (1:30)

NBCSN Premier League Transfer Deadline Day Show (Live) (3:00)

5:00 p.m. ESPN College GameDay (Live) (2:00)

GOLF Golf Central (1:00)

5:30 p.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

6:00 p.m. (9) KMSP Vikings GameDay Live (Live) (1:00)

ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s Second Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (4:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

GOLF LPGA Golf Round 1 Portland Classic. Portland, Ore. (Live) (3:00)

6:30 p.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (0:30)

7:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Battle of the Network Stars (1:00)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NFL Football Pre-season. Mia. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (3:00)

ESPN NCAA Football Ohio St. at Ind. Bloomington, Ind. (Live) (3:00)

FSN MLB Baseball Chi.W. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (3:00)

NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)

7:30 p.m. NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)

8:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Battle of the Network Stars (1:00)

NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)

8:30 p.m. NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)

9:00 p.m. GOLF Web.com Golf Round

1 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. Upper Arlington, Ohio (3:00)

NBCSN AMA Motorcycle Racing American Flat Track Lima Half-Mile. Lima, Ohio (1:00)

9:05 p.m. HBO 24/ 7 (0:30)

9:35 p.m. HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)

Friday, Sept. 1

8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

GOLF EPGA Golf Round 2 Czech Masters. Prague, Czech Republic (Live) (3:00)

8:30 a.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (2:30)

9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

FSN NFL Football Pre-season. Mia. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (3:00)

10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)

11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)

ESPN2 First Take (1:00)

GOLF Web.com Golf Round 2 Nationwide Children’s Hospital

NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Final Practice Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200. Darlington, S.C. (Live) (1:00)

2:30 p.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Monster Energy Cup Series Final Practice Bojangles’ Southern 500. Darlington, S.C. (Live) (1:30)

3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Intentional Talk (Live) (1:00)

FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)

3:30 p.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)

3:50 p.m. HBO Hard Knocks Training Camp With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1:00)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 The Fantasy Show (1:00)

FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:00)

7:30 p.m. GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 1 Shaw Charity Classic. Calgary, Alta. (2:00)

8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football Utah

St. at Wisc. Madison, Wis. (Live) (3:00)

NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Final Practice Sport Clips Haircuts

VFW 200. Darlington, S.C. (1:00)

SPIKE Bellator MMA (2:15)

9:00 p.m. NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Monster Energy Cup Series

Final Practice Bojangles’ Southern 500. Darlington, S.C. (1:30) TBS ELeague (1:00)

9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (0:30)

10:00 p.m. (29) WFTC Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Dell Technologies Championship. Norton, Mass. (4:00)

(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Football UTEP at Okl. Norman, Okla. (Live) (3:30)

NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200. Darlington, S.C. (Live) (2:00)

5:00 p.m. (29) WFTC Northland Outdoors (0:30)

ESPN College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:15)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

NBCSN Horse Racing Woodward Stakes. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Live) (1:00)

5:15 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football App. St. at Ga. Athens, Ga. (Live) (3:00)

5:30 p.m. (5) KSTP College Football Studio (Live) (0:30)

(29) WFTC Northland Outdoors (0:30)

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Championship. Upper Arlington, Ohio (Live) (2:00)

NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Practice Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200. Darlington, S.C. (Live) (1:00)

Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)

ESPN ITF Tennis Third Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (5:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (Live) (1:00)

FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Monster Energy Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500. Darlington, S.C. (Live) (1:30)

12:30 p.m. FSN Swing Clinic (0:30)

1:00 p.m. ESPN2 The Paul Finebaum Show (Live) (1:00)

FSN Bull Riding Championship. (1:00)

GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)

1:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Dell Technologies Championship. Norton, Mass. (Live) (4:00)

4:30 p.m. FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)

5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Michael and Jemele (0:30)

ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s Third Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (1:00)

FSN Golf Life (0:30)

NBCSN NASCAR Southern Speed: Legend of Darlington (1:00)

5:30 p.m. ESPN FIFA Soccer World Cup Qualifier. C.R.C. vs. USA Harrison, N.J. (Live) (2:30)

FSN UEFA Champions League Magazine (0:30)

GOLF LPGA Golf Round 2 Portland Classic. Portland, Ore. (Live) (2:00)

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 ITF Tennis Men’s and Women’s Third Round U.S. Open. Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (Live) (4:00)

FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)

NBCSN IAAF Track & Field Diamond League Memorial van Damme. Brussels, Belgium (2:00)

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8:30 a.m. (29) WFTC Sports Stars of Tomorrow (0:30)

NBCSN RFU Rugby English Premiership. Nor. vs. Sar. (2:30)

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FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)

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GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Dell Technologies Championship. Norton, Mass. (Live) (3:30)

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Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Aug 27, 2017 to Sep 2, 2017

Food gets super-sized with Chef Heston Blumenthal

By Andrew Warren TV Media

It would be easy to assume that, after thousands of years of cooking our food, we’ve figured out all the details, covered all the bases — nothing new under the sun, nothing to see here, move along.

Thankfully, that is not the case! Food pioneers on the cutting edge of the culinary world are regularly coming up with astounding new ideas, and British chef Heston Blumenthal is at the vanguard of culinary exploration. He’s one of the U.K.’s most celebrated chefs and is a frequently seen on TV screens across the Atlantic.

In his latest TV series, Blumenthal experiments with food some more, this time focusing specifical-

ly on size: he’s on a mission to see just how BIG he can make some food favorites. “Heston’s Fantastical Food” premiered last Friday on Cooking Channel, and you can catch a new episode airing Friday, Sept. 1.

In this episode, Heston tackles one of the most fantastic of food memories from many childhoods: the ice cream truck. He gets his very own decked-out truck, and devises a plan to craft the biggest ice cream cone the world has ever seen, and to share it with an entire sweet-toothed town. His plan calls for the finished product to stand over 16 feet tall, with a weight of more than 2,000 pounds — that’s so big, it takes over a month for the tasty treat to freeze!

In another new episode next week, the culinary inventor turns his gaze to a daily British ritual: the tea break. Britons drink about 185 million cups of tea per day, and Heston challenges himself to make a packet of tea biscuits of recordshattering size. In the weeks that follow, he builds his own Willy Wonka-inspired candy shop, where he tries to make a meal out of chewing gum, as well as the world’s biggest Rolos. Later, he crafts his own pub out of a giant hollowed-out pie, complete with a

pool table that’s made of fish and tartar sauce.

OK, so maybe making giant versions of everyday foods isn’t the usual sort of ground-breaking culinary techniques the chef usually comes up with, but that isn’t the point here. No, the point is that food doesn’t always have to be the same: it can be fun, it can be exciting, but most of all, it should be delicious.

Catch a new episode of “Heston’s Fantastical Food” airing Friday, Sept. 1, on Cooking Channel.

Sep 2, 2017

1:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods:

TRAV Bizarre

Heston Blumenthal hosts “Heston’s Fantastical Foods”

Baywatch

When devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Johnson) adds three new lifeguards to his team, one in particular stands out, and not for the right reasons. Matt Brody (Efron), a former Olympic swimmer, takes the lifeguard position as a way of completing compulsory community service and doesn’t take the job as seriously as he should. Like oil and water, the two men just cannot seem to work together, but when packages of drugs —and even worse, bodies — start washing up on their peaceful beach, they’re forced to set aside their differences

to restore peace to their oceanfront paradise.

Director:SethGordon.Stars: DwayneJohnson,ZacEfron,PriyankaChopra,AlexandraDaddario, KellyRohrbach,JonBass,Ilfenesh Hadera.2017.116min.Action.

My Cousin Rachel

When his cousin and guardian, Ambrose, dies while in Italy, 25-yearold Philip becomes convinced that Rachel (Weisz), Ambrose’s young wife, murdered him to inherit his estate. When she comes to England, Philip is ready to confirm his

Ilfenesh Hadera and Dwayne Johnson in a scene from “Baywatch”

suspicions, but instead, he finds himself drawn to her beauty and elegance. Rachel is an enigma, and even as the those around Philip become more suspicious of her.

Director:RogerMichell.Stars:Sam Claflin,RachelWeisz,IainGlen, HollidayGrainger,AndrewKnott, PoppyLeeFriar.2017.106min. Drama.

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