Hollywood has been turning novels into big- and smallscreen sensations for decades, and while specialty cable channels may seem to have that market cornered at the moment (see “Game of Thrones,” “Outlander” and oh so many more), NBC is about to give them a run for their money.
The peacock network has chosen a series by author Charlaine Harris as their subject matter, which is a pretty great way to hedge their bets — Harris’s addictive Sookie Stackhouse novels (also known as the Southern Vampire Mysteries) served as the basis for HBO’s incredibly popular “True Blood,” so this new series should come with a built-in and very eager audience.
“Midnight, Texas” premieres Monday, July 24, on NBC, and is based on the literary trilogy of the same name. Once again, Harris uses her novels to weave a complex web of mystery and drama, using characters with supernatural qualities as her protagonists. The series stars broody Canadian hunk Francois Arnaud (“Blindspot”) as Manfred Bernardo, a man on the run from his mysterious past. Bernardo is a psychic who, through his dead grandmother, Xylda (Joanne Camp, “Manhattan”) can communicate with other deceased individuals, sometimes with terrifying results.
Led by Xylda to a tiny Texas crossroads town called Midnight, Bernardo is told by his ghostly gram that he’ll be safe there.
“Safe” probably isn’t the right word, but he certainly finds a sense of purpose and belonging. Midnight, Texas, you see, is a haven town for others like Bernardo — supernatural humans inhabit the hamlet, and they take care of each other, protecting one another from interlopers and prying eyes, not to mention mortal danger.
It’s Midnight’s most prominent vampire who declares Barnardo the be “one of us.” The striking Peter Mensah (“Sleepy Hollow”) plays Lemuel Bridger, an old and very wise vamp whose opinion holds a lot of sway in the Texas town. He works at the local pawn shop (the night shift, of course) and is one of the oldest local inhabitants. Mensah is no stranger to sci-fi and supernatural roles, or roles originating in Harris’s novels, for that matter — he had a significant character arc in “True Blood” back in 2012.
The rest of the town’s residents are just as interesting. Fiji Cavanaugh (Parisa Fitz-Henley, “Jessica Jones”) is the owner of The Inquiring Mind, a witch with a Wiccan shop who has some serious unrequited feelings for her neighbor. That neighbor is Bobo Winthrop (Dylan Bruce, “Orphan Black”), who owns the pawn shop and employs Mr. Bridger; though he seems to be a regular human,
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his past is mysterious, and he’s an integral and stalwart part of the eclectic town.
Arielle Kebbel (“The Vampire Diaries”) stars as Olivia Charity, a deadly and eerily effective assassin with a deep emotional and physical connection to Mr. Bridger. Sarah Ramos (“Parenthood”) plays Creek Lovell, main love interest of Bernardo and a writer whose family harbors a deep, dark secret. Yul Vázquez (“Bloodline”) is Rev. Emilio Sheehan who watches over the town and oversees the Midnight Chapel and Pet Cemetery, while not-so-mysteriously disappearing every month during the full moon (werewolf alert!). Rounding out the cast is perhaps the most interesting character: Joe Strong (Jason Lewis, “Sex and the City”) is a literal angel. He’s been on Earth for thousands of years and lives with his husband, Chuy (Bernardo Saracino, “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”), while he watches over all the citizens of Midnight. His is a sacred mission: to await the arrival of “The One,” an enigmatic stranger who is des tined to save Midnight and all hu manity from a great evil.
Upon his arrival in Midnight, Bernardo has no idea what he’s walking into, but wins over the townspeople one by one. It isn’t long before the town is threatened by outside forces, and Bernardo finds himself fighting alongside the strange inhabitants. The series is shaping up to be an excellent mix
of weekly mysteries and threats, as well as long-running story arcs — a combination that has been network television’s bread and butter for years — and while “Midnight, Texas” is by no means the raunchy, envelope-pushing, sexy extravaganza that “True Blood” was, it’s safe to say that the new series can scratch a lot of the itches fans were left with when the latter series ended back in 2014.
With three of Harris’s novels to pull from, writers have plenty of fodder for a good few seasons of this show, and when they run out, they should have a handful of well-developed and already beloved characters to work with — plenty of material for many seasons to come, though the longevity of the series will be largely determined by the viewership numbers. Summer series almost never do as well as those that air in the fall and winter, but NBC has a lot of faith in this quirky sci-fi drama. Whether you’re a sci-fi or fantasy fan, or even just a mystery buff, tune in to “Midnight, Texas” when it premieres Monday, July 24, on NBC.
Parisa Fitz-Henley as seen in “Midnight, Texas”
After a three-year feud, Katy Perry has decided to make up with Taylor Swift. Katy said that even though she still believes strongly in a Keynesian paradigm of economic output being influenced by aggregate demand, she finally accepts Taylor’s endorsement of a supply-side macroeconomic model.
Yesterday, President Trump said that Obama copied him by calling the Republican health-care bill mean. Then Obama said Trump copied him by spending the last six months doing nothing.
Obama is taking some heat right now because it came out that two senators tried to warn him that Russia was trying to hack the election, and he ignored them. Trump promises that if he ever gets top secret information about Russia, he’ll do the responsible thing and tweet it.
Dennis Rodman is back in North Korea. Remember when that seemed weird? Now it’s like, “Yeah of course he is. Nothing makes sense anymore.”
I have a theory about why the North Koreans love Dennis Rodman so much. Here it is: They are so cut off from everything — they don’t have the Internet, they only get state television — maybe they think Dennis Rodman is still playing in the NBA!
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin got married this weekend for the third time, and the wedding was officiated by VicePresident Mike Pence. Because if there’s one thing Mike Pence stands for, it’s the sanctity of a third marriage.
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Sunday,
8:00 a.m. ESPN E:60 (Live) (1:00)
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FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
8:30 a.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (2:00)
ESPN2 E:60 (1:00)
FSN Passion for the Hunt (0:30)
NBCSN Tour de France Pre-race Show (Live) (0:30)
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10:00 a.m. ESPN2 30 for 30 (1:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
10:30 a.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)
11:00 a.m. ESPN Basketball Regional Final The Tournament. New York, N.Y. (Live) (2:00)
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FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
11:30 a.m. FSN Focused (0:30) Noon (5) KSTP X Games Minneapolis (4:00)
ESPN2 Drone Racing League (1:00)
FSN 18 Holes (0:30)
12:30 p.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
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1:00 p.m. (11) KARE Countdown to Green (Live) (0:30)
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ESPN2 Drone Racing League (1:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Det. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (3:00)
GOLF Live From the Open (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN FINA Swimming Day 1 World Championships. Budapest, Hungary (2:00)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE NASCAR Auto Racing Monster Energy Cup Brickyard 400. Indianapolis, Ind. (Live) (3:30)
2:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR NHRA Drag Racing Mopar Mile-High Nationals. Denver, Colo. (Live) (3:00)
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3:00 p.m. ESPN E:60 (1:00)
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GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Barbasol Championship. Opelika, Ala. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN AVP Beach Volleyball Hermosa Beach Open. Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Live) (1:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Soccer Manchester United vs. Real Madrid International Champions Cup. Santa Clara, Calif. (Live) (2:00)
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4:30 p.m. FSN Northwoods League Now (0:30)
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5:00 p.m. ESPN2 Basketball Regional Final The Tournament. New York, N.Y. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Xterra World Championship (1:00)
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6:00 p.m. ESPN Baseball Tonight (Live) (1:00)
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GOLF Champion Golfer of the Year (2:00)
6:30 p.m. NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
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FSN UFC Unleashed (1:00)
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FSN WPT Poker L.A. Classic. (1:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round Marathon Classic. Sylvania, Ohio (2:00)
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10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)
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Monday, July 24
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GOLF Morning Drive (2:00)
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FSN Xterra World Championship (1:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker L.A. Classic. (1:00)
GOLF Golf Final Round The Open Championship. Lancashire, England (7:00)
10:30 a.m. NBCSN FINA Swimming Day 2 World Championships. Budapest, Hungary (Live) (2:00)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
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FSN MLB Baseball Det. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (2:00)
11:30 a.m. (9) KAWE Functional Fitness (0:30)
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ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)
NBCSN Adventure Racing Spartan Race. Seattle, Wash. (1:00)
1:00 p.m. ESPN2 Jalen & Jacoby (Live) (1:00)
FSN Northwoods League Now (0:30)
1:30 p.m. FSN In the Spotlight (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR 120 (2:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (0:30)
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3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Intentional Talk (Live) (1:00)
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3:15 p.m. HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:05)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
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4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
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NBCSN Poker Central (1:00)
USA WWE Monday Night Raw (3:05)
7:30 p.m. FSN Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders: Making the Team (0:30)
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FSN Angling Buzz (0:30)
GOLF Feherty (1:00)
NBCSN Seasons on the Fly (0:30)
1:30 p.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN Into the Blue (0:30)
NBCSN Journey to the Hammers (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
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NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
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5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Michael and Jemele (1:00)
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NBCSN AMA Motocross Lucas Oil Pro High Point National. Mt. Morris, Pa. (1:00)
5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
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FSN Northwoods League Now (0:30)
GOLF Golf World Long Drive Mile High Showdown. Denver, Colo. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN AMA Motocross Lucas Oil Pro Tennessee National. Blountville, Tenn. (2:00)
6:30 p.m. FSN Golf Life (0:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN Soccer AS Roma vs. Tottenham Hotspur International Champions Cup. Harrison, N.J. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 WNBA Basketball N.Y. vs. Min. St. Paul, Minn. (Live) (2:00)
7:30 p.m. FSN 18 Holes (0:30)
8:00 p.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)
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GOLF Golf World Long Drive Mile High Showdown. Denver, Colo. (2:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Drone Racing League (1:00)
NBCSN AMA Motocross Lucas Oil Pro Spring Creek National. Millville, Minn. (2:00)
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Twins Live Post-game (0:30)
GOLF Golf World Long Drive Mile High Showdown. Denver, Colo. (2:30)
FSN WPT Poker L.A. Classic. (1:00)
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NBCSN Off the Script: Kyle Petty (1:00)
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6:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter Featured (0:30)
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NBCSN Poker After Dark (1:00)
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FSN Angling Buzz (0:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball (Live) (3:00)
FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF Summer of ‘76 (1:00)
Tuesday, July 25
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) (2:30)
8:30 a.m. FSN Angling Buzz (0:30)
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FSN Xterra World Championship (1:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker L.A. Classic. (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Barbasol Championship. Opelika, Ala. (3:00)
10:30 a.m. NBCSN FINA Swimming Day 3 World Championships. Budapest, Hungary (Live) (2:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
FSN Focused (0:30)
GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)
NBCSN Saltwater Experience (0:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN SportsNation (Live) (1:00)
FSN In the Spotlight (0:30)
GOLF Golf World Long Drive Clash in the Canyon. Mesquite, Nev. (2:30)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Intentional Talk (Live) (1:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at L.A. D. Los Angeles, Calif. (2:00)
NBCSN My Classic Car (0:30)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (2:30)
8:30 a.m. FSN Swing Clinic (0:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker L.A. Classic. (1:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Xterra World Championship (1:00)
10:30 a.m. GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
NBCSN FINA Swimming Day 4 World Championships. Budapest, Hungary (Live) (3:00)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 First Take (2:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at L.A. D. Los Angeles, Calif. (2:00)
GOLF Feherty (1:00)
Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (0:30)
ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)
GOLF PGA TOUR Champions
Learning Center (0:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN2 Jalen & Jacoby (1:00)
FSN Swing Clinic (0:30)
GOLF Golf World Long Drive Mile High Showdown. Denver, Colo. (2:30)
1:30 p.m. FSN 18 Holes (0:30)
NBCSN Sweetwater (0:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (0:30)
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FSN Golf Life (0:30)
NBCSN Tournament Block (0:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN SportsNation (Live) (1:00)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
NBCSN Fishing With Roland Martin (0:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Intentional Talk (Live) (1:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at L.A. D. Los Angeles, Calif. (3:00)
NBCSN AMA Motorcycle Racing American Flat Track Charlotte Half-Mile. Charlotte, N.C. (1:00)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 College Football Live (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Golf Highlights (1:00)
NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 ESPN FC (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Michael and Jemele (1:00)
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 College Football Live (0:30)
FSN Focused (0:30)
GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)
6:30 p.m. ESPN2 Soccer Barcelona vs. Manchester United International Champions Cup. Landover, Md. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF PGA TOUR Champions Learning Center (0:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball (Live) (3:00)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
7:30 p.m. FSN 18 Holes (0:30)
GOLF Golf’s Greatest Rounds (2:30)
8:00 p.m. FSN Swing Clinic (0:30)
8:30 p.m. ESPN2 Soccer Paris SaintGermain vs. Juventus International Champions Cup. Miami Gardens, Fla. (Live) (1:30)
FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
9:00 p.m. FSN MLB Baseball Min. at L.A. D. Los Angeles, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)
ESPN2 30 for 30 (0:30)
GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
10:30 p.m. ESPN Soccer Real Madrid vs. Manchester City International Champions Cup. Los Angeles, Calif. (Live) (2:00)
Thursday, July 27
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Twins Live Post-game (0:30)
NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (2:30)
8:30 a.m. FSN 18 Holes (0:30)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 1 Scottish Open. Ayrshire, Scotland (Live) (2:00)
9:00 a.m. ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Swing Clinic (0:30)
9:30 a.m. FSN Golf Life (0:30)
10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker L.A. Classic. (1:00)
10:30 a.m. GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round
1 Senior Open Championship. Bridgend, Wales (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN FINA Swimming Day 5 World Championships. Budapest, Hungary (Live) (3:00)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 First Take (2:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at L.A. D. Los Angeles, Calif. (2:00)
Noon (9) KAWE Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (0:30)
ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN2 Jalen & Jacoby (1:00)
FSN UFC UFC Fight Night Stipe Miocic vs. Mark Hunt. May 10, 2015 Adelaide, Australia (2:00)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (1:00)
1:30 p.m. NBCSN Into the Blue
1:45 p.m. HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)
2:00 p.m. ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Canadian Open. Oakville, Ont. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN Saltwater Experience (0:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN SportsNation (Live) (1:00)
NBCSN Journey to the Hammers (0:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Intentional Talk (Live) (1:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at L.A. D. Los Angeles, Calif. (2:00)
NBCSN Boat Racing Offshore Grand Prix. Bahamas (1:00)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 College Football Live (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 ESPN FC (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Michael and Jemele (1:00)
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
NBCSN Ride to Victory: Stories of the Kyle Petty Charity Ride (1:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter Special (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Canadian Open. Oakville, Ont. (3:00)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
7:00 p.m. FSN BIG3 Basketball Chicago, Ill. (3:00)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
7:30 p.m. ESPN2 CFL Football Mtl. at Win. Winnipeg, Man. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
8:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Battle of the Network Stars (1:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
8:30 p.m. NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
9:00 p.m. ESPN FIFA Soccer Women’s Tournament of Nations. Aus. vs. USA Seattle, Wash. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 1 Scottish Open. Ayrshire, Scotland (3:00)
NBCSN AMA Motorcycle Racing American Flat Track Arizona Mile. Phoenix, Ariz. (1:00)
NBCSN FINA Swimming Day 6 World Championships. Budapest, Hungary (Live) (3:00)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 First Take (2:00)
Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
12:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN2 Jalen & Jacoby (1:00)
1:30 p.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
NBCSN Dew Tour Long Beach, Calif. (1:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
FSN Angling Buzz (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Canadian Open. Oakville, Ont. (Live) (3:00)
2:30 p.m. ESPN SportsNation (1:00)
FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN2 Intentional Talk (Live) (1:00)
8:30 p.m. ESPN2 CFL Football BC at Edm. Edmonton, Alta. (Live) (3:00)
FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
9:00 p.m. ESPN DRL Drone Racing Final Championship. London, England (1:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Oak. Oakland, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 2 Scottish Open. Ayrshire, Scotland (3:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts Blagoy Ivanov vs. Shawn Jordan World Series of Fighting 35. (2:00)
Saturday, July 29
8:00 a.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)
8:30 a.m. (29) WFTC Sports Stars of Tomorrow (0:30)
ESPN2 SportsCenter Featured (0:30)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 3 Senior Open Championship. Bridgend, Wales (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN Matchett at Mecum (0:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN2 30 for 30 (2:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
9:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
10:00 a.m. NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
10:30 a.m. FSN Made for the Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Monster Energy Cup Final Practice Pennsylvania 400. Pocono, Pa. (Live) (1:00)
11:00 a.m. (11) KARE Golf Round 3 Senior Open Championship. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN DRL Drone Racing Final Boston, Mass. (1:00)
ESPN2 30 for 30 (1:00)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
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10:00 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN Journey to the Hammers (0:30)
10:30 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (0:30)
FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)
NBCSN Journey to the Hammers (0:30)
10:45 p.m. HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Nación ESPN (Live) (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker L.A. Classic. (1:00)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
11:30 p.m. NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30) Friday, July 28
8:30 a.m. FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 2 Scottish Open. Ayrshire, Scotland (Live) (2:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN BIG3 Basketball Chicago, Ill. (3:00)
10:30 a.m. GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round
2 Senior Open Championship. Bridgend, Wales (Live) (2:30)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
FSN Rooster Tales (0:30)
NBCSN Grudge Race (0:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter Special (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Canadian Open. Oakville, Ont. (3:00)
6:30 p.m. FSN WNBA Basketball Min. at Atl. Atlanta, Ga. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Tackle My Ride (0:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Arm Wrestling (1:00)
NBCSN Tackle My Ride (0:30)
7:30 p.m. NBCSN Tackle My Ride (0:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN DRL Drone Racing Elimination Championship. London, England (1:00)
ESPN2 College Football Live (0:30)
NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts Jon Fitch vs. Brian Foster Professional Fighters League. Daytona Beach, Fla. (2:00)
SPIKE Mixed Martial Arts Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva Bellator 180. New York City, N.Y. (2:30)
ESPN DRL Drone Racing Elimination Playoffs. Munich, Germany (1:00)
NBCSN IndyCar Auto Racing IndyCar Series Qualifying Honda Indy 200. Lexington, Ohio (Live) (1:30)
1:30 p.m. GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games Austria The Best of (2:00)
(7) KCCO PGA Golf Round 3 Canadian Open. Oakville, Ont. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN DRL Drone Racing Elimination Championship. London, England (1:00)
ESPN2 ATP Tennis Semifinal Atlanta Open. Atlanta, Ga. (Live) (2:00)
FSN WNBA Basketball Min. at Atl. Atlanta, Ga. (2:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 3 Scottish Open. Ayrshire, Scotland (3:00)
2:30 p.m. (11) KARE NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series U.S. Cellular 250. Newton, Iowa (Live) (2:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN DRL Drone Racing Final Championship. London, England (1:00)
4:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR MLS Soccer Orlan. at ATL Atlanta, Ga. (Live) (2:00)
FSN BIG3 Basketball Chicago, Ill. (3:00)
5:00 p.m. (29) WFTC Northland Outdoors (0:30)
ESPN2 Soccer Manchester City vs. Tottenham Hotspur International Champions Cup. Nashville, Tenn. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN AMA Motocross Lucas Oil Pro Washougal National. Washougal, Wash. (Live) (2:00)
5:30 p.m. (29) WFTC Northland Outdoors (0:30)
6:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Canadian Open. Oakville, Ont. (3:00)
6:30 p.m. (29) WFTC MLS Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
11:30 a.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR PreRace Show (Live) (0:30)
FSN Larry Smith Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Qualifying U.S. Cellular 250. Newton, Iowa (Live) (0:30)
Noon (5) KSTP Pacific Blues (0:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NASCAR Truck Racing Camping World Series Pocono Mountains 150. Pocono, Pa. (Live) (1:30)
ESPN DRL Drone Racing Round 1 Playoffs. Munich, Germany (1:00)
ESPN2 30 for 30 (2:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Oak. Oakland, Calif. (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Canadian Open. Oakville, Ont. (Live) (1:30)
NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)
12:30 p.m. (5) KSTP Pacific Blues (0:30)
12:45 p.m. SHOW ALL ACCESS (0:30)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (1:00)
(7) KCCO Fishing Major League. Nacogdoches, Texas (1:00)
(11) KARE FINA Swimming World Championship. Budapest, Hungary (Live) (1:00)
ESPN Soccer Barcelona vs. Real Madrid International Champions Cup. Miami Gardens, Fla. (Live) (2:30)
7:00 p.m. (29) WFTC MLS Soccer Wash at MIN Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 Soccer Real Madrid vs. Barcelona International Champions Cup. Miami Gardens, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
7:30 p.m. FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
8:00 p.m. FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Oak. Oakland, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts Andre Harrison vs. Steven Rodriguez Professional Fighters League. Everett, Wash. (Live) (2:00)
SHOW Boxing Adrien Broner vs. Mikey Garcia Showtime Championship. Brooklyn, N.Y. (2:30)
9:00 p.m. (29) WFTC MLS Post-game Show (Live) (0:30)
ESPN ESPN2 MLS Soccer Sea at LA Carson, Calif. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 3 Senior Open Championship. Bridgend, Wales (4:00)
9:45 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:15)
10:00 p.m. NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts Andre Harrison vs. Steven Rodriguez Professional Fighters League. Everett, Wash. (2:00)
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Jul 23, 2017 to Jul 29, 2017
Andrew Zimmern sure does get around. The chef is probably one of the more well-traveled TV personalities out there, with his long-running Travel Channel series “Bizarre Foods” taking him around the globe to sample some of the more unusual dishes and cuisines out there.
For the new season (its 21st!), premiering Tuesday, July 25, on Travel Channel, Zimmern stays close to home and sticks with all-American foods. In his cross-country trek, he doesn’t just seek out modern cuisine, oh no — he heads out on an adventure through time, too, and looks for foods that are ripped right out of the nation’s history.
In the July 25 season premiere, Zimmern seeks out the history of cowboy culture. With a cowboy hat on his head, he visits a modern-day vaquero, who shares with him a centuries-old dish: the barbacoa, which is a whole cow’s head that’s slowly roasted until it’s perfectly tender.
Sound gross? Not for Zimmern, who’s not averse to trying — and usually enjoying — any food, no matter how off-putting it may be to our modern sensibilities. That becomes apparent later in the same episode, when he chows down on an old-fashioned chuckwagon stew made of calf heart, stomach, liver, tongue and marrow.
Later this season, the four-time James Beard Award-winning chef and TV host retraces Paul Revere’s
legendary ride, cruises down the Mississippi and recreates legendary pioneer Daniel Boone’s famous journey. Every step of the way, he mixes history with modernity, with a special focus on the foods that were enjoyed as America was built.
This is far from the first time that “Bizarre Foods” has stayed home. Seasons 7 through 12 even
had the title “Bizarre Foods America,” and the last season, which aired earlier this year, also stayed in the United States. It just goes to show that in a country as large and diverse as this one, there’s always more tasty — and bizarre — foods to be discovered. “Bizarre Foods” returns for season 21, premiering Tuesday, July 25, on Travel Channel.
It is the near future, and the line between humans and machines has grown increasingly blurred as people augment their bodies with advanced cybernetics. After her body is severely damaged in a terrorist attack, a woman (Johansson) has her undamaged brain integrated with a mechanical body in an experimental procedure. Now called Major, she quickly rises through the ranks of a counterterrorism organization, but soon she begins experiencing alarming hallucinations as the memories of her past continue to fade. When her body is hacked,
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Seven-year-old Mary (Grace) has been raised by her Uncle Frank (Evans) since her mother died when she was infant. Her mother was an accomplished mathematician, so when Mary shows a remarkable aptitude for mathematics, her teacher, Bonnie (Slate), secures a scholarship for her to a private school for gifted children. Frank, however, believes that attending a similar school prevented Mary’s mother from having a normal childhood, and he turns down the scholarship, much to the chagrin of his own estranged mother (Duncan),
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she is set on a path that could lead her to the truth about her origins.
Director:RupertSanders.Stars: ScarlettJohansson,Juliette Binoche,MichaelPitt,PilouAsbæk. 2017.107min.Action.
who launches a battle for custody of her granddaughter.
Director:MarcWebb.Stars:Chris Evans,MckennaGrace,Lindsay Duncan,JennySlate,OctaviaSpencer.2017.101min.Drama.
