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The Democratic and Republican National Conventions were supposed to take place with all the pomp, circumstance and spectacle for which these massive events are famous. But this is 2020, and COVID19 has rudely tossed “supposed to” out the door.

The scaled-back DNC will now take place Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee and include virtual events and smaller gatherings in different cities. Delegates won’t make the trip and will instead remotely cast their votes. Joe Biden is still expected to accept the nomination in Milwaukee, but it will look and feel far different from anything in the past. “Like so much of life these days, it will be mostly a Zoom show,” says FOX News election co-anchor Martha MacCallum.

“Trying to generate that same punch online and with social distancing among those who are there will likely deflate some of the air from the balloons that are always the big finish.”

The RNC will conduct its official business in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 21-24, but plans to hold the rallies and celebrations in Jacksonville, Fla., have been cancelled.

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No alternate plans were announced at the time of this writing. "COVID-19 will have a vote and will likely dictate what each convention looks like,” says Bret Baier, MacCallum’s co-anchor on the FOX News election desk.

Covering these conventions poses new challenges for CNN, FOX News and MSNBC. The Wall Street Journal reported that the major news networks were in discussions to share resources and reduce the overall number of journalists, staff and crew attending the events in person.

The success or failure of the 2020 conventions could also force the parties to reevaluate how much money and resources to put toward future gatherings. “For years the discussion has been that conventions merely ratify a foregone conclusion and are perhaps not necessary,” MacCallum says. “This summer we will find out.”

“Expect things to look a lot different and the challenge will be for the organizers to still create excitement in the presentation,” Baier says. “There are big issues that we’re facing as a country. Those issues will be front and center at both conventions — no matter what they look like.”

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In The Works

By Taylor Neumann

MOVING TO A NEW HOME Cobra Kai is moving from YouTube to Netflix for its third season. The series stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, and the new deal also includes adding the first two seasons to the streaming service and rebranding the show as a “Netflix original.” YouTube is moving away from airing scripted shows.

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NBC has picked up Connecting, an eight-episode comedy taking place in this new coronavirus world. The show comes from Blindspot creator Martin Gero and showcases a group of friends trying to stay connected via video chat as they share what’s going on in their lives.

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TWO NEW SERIES Comedy Central has ordered a new animated series, Jodie,, a spinoff of the iconic MTV series Daria. The show will follow one of Daria’s friends from the original show, Jodie, as she graduates from college and looks for a job. Jodie will be voiced by black-ish’s Tracee Ellis Ross, who will also executive produce.

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GAME TIME NBC is adapting British game show Small Fortune with host Lil Rel Howery, who will also serve as executive producer. In the series, teams of three friends compete in tiny challenges to win big money. Each challenge takes dexterity and skill, and there’s no room for error when everything is so small, but the cash prize will make it all worth it.

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Goldie Hawn!

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There’s something about Goldie Hawn that’s always made us smile.

Her upbeat attitude, free spirit and genuine, kindhearted nature have radiated both onscreen and off. A few of you may first remember the bubbly, blond starlet in CBS’ one-season run of Good Morning World as gossipy neighbor Sandy; however, it was her turn on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (that body paint, that bikini, that ditzy bombshell!) that will forever be etched in our minds. Hawn’s career has spanned five decades and here we celebrate her, now 74, by looking at a handful of the films that are part of her TCM lineup on Sunday, Aug. 9, and sharing some of the stories that have made her one of Hollywood’s most golden gems.

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Goldie Hawn Is One Of 12 First-Timers To Make TCM’s Summer Under The Stars Lineup. By Barb Oates

FOUL PLAY (1978) & SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (1980)

At just 24, Hawn won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as the troubled mistress to a middle-aged dentist (Walter Matthau) in Cactus Flower. During the 42nd Annual Academy Awards, when presenter Fred Astaire read Hawn’s name as the winner, an overly excited Raquel Welch ran out on the stage to accept the award on Hawn’s behalf, as she was in London filming.

Later, Hawn shared her story with her daughter, Kate Hudson, in a feature piece for Interview magazine. “I was in bed. I forgot it was on television,” she said. “I just went to bed because I had a job to do. I forgot. And you know what? I’m really happy about that. And then my mom and dad called, and they were crying and happy and so proud of their daughter. And that made me cry.”

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CACTUS FLOWER (1969)

The timeless comedy thriller Foul Play has Hawn playing the wideeyed, kindhearted, nitwit librarian Gloria, who gets wrapped up with a reckless detective (Chevy Chase). The film was the first hit for Hawn since her role in 1975’s Shampoo, and was also said to be the role that secured her future part in 1980’s Private Benjamin.

Hawn re-teamed with Chase two years later in Seems Like Old Times, and then reconnected as his first guest on his shortlived talker The Chevy Chase Show, where she serenaded him and they celebrated her son Oliver’s 17th birthday. “When I had children, that to me was the most important thing that I could ever do,” Hawn shared. “I remember when my first son was born and I looked at him and I said, ‘I waited so long for you.’ And nothing really is going to come between me and my children, and that’s a promise I made to them the first time I laid eyes on them.”

THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (1996) SWING SHIFT (1984)

Hawn and her partner in life, Kurt Russell, met and fell in love on the set of this 1984 romantic war film. While Hawn was a trained dancer in real life, Russell was not and needed some help to bolster his moves, so he invited Hawn to the Playboy Club, thinking they could practice dancing. The two never made it to the dance floor and instead spent hours just talking and being mesmerized with one another, a romantic spark that hasn’t stopped since.

This 1996 starrer — and a premiere on TCM this month — paired Hawn with Diane Keaton and Bette Midler. “For First Wives, we all took a cut in our salary, we all took a cut in our back end.

Because the studios were never sanguine on trusting that women carrying a movie would actually work,” Hawn told Harper’s Bazaar in a 2017 interview. “You think you’re going to prove to Hollywood when you hit 45 that you’re still a sexy, viable object?

No. There’s a certain reality. Does it make me angry? No. I’m not an angry person. I’m not a militant person. Anger doesn’t get you anywhere. It’s not productive.” Instead, these ladies proved their staying power with the movie ranking in the Top 10 films of 1996.

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TCM Welcomes Several New Stars And Movies To Summer Under The Stars 2020. By Jeff Pfeiffer

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esides Goldie Hawn on Aug. 9 (see previous spread), a number of other famed — and some perhaps less-well-known but still influential — Hollywood personalities will be spotlighted for the first time during TCM’s Summer Under the Stars celebration in 2020. Here are a few of this year’s other notable SUTS first-timers (check the daily listings for a complete list of titles each day):

S.Z. “CUDDLES” SAKALL (AUG. 4)

His name may not be especially familiar, but the Hungarian-born Sakall’s face is quite recognizable from his numerous appearances as a supporting character actor throughout films of Hollywood’s golden age. That face of his sported such a rotund cuteness that legendary studio head Jack Warner gave the actor the nickname of “Cuddles.”

Sakall may not have carried any film or even had much screen time in it, but he made the most of his roles, as can be seen in his Summer Under the Stars lineup of movies, including The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady (1950), In the Good Old Summertime (1949), Christmas in Connecticut (1945), Lullaby of Broadway (1951), The Student Prince (1954, his final film role) and more.

SAMMY DAVIS JR. (AUG. 11)

The talents of legendary singer/dancer/actor Sammy Davis Jr. will be on full display in his debut SUTS celebration. The lineup will, of course, feature Rat Pack classics like Ocean’s 11 (1960) and Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964). But other films will also be spotlighted, including Davis’ feature film debut in 1933’s Rufus Jones for President, as well as the network premieres of the 1983 Jerry Lewis film Cracking Up (a.k.a. Smorgasbord), in which Davis appeared as himself; and Tap (1989), Davis’ final feature film, in which he costarred with Gregory Hines and showed off his still-formidable tap-dancing skills.

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JOHN BARRYMORE (AUG. 13)

It’s interesting that TCM has not, to this point, given this noted member of the famed Barrymore acting family his own SUTS day, but that changes this month. Featured today will be a few Barrymore classics from the silent era, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Don Juan (1926) and When a Man Loves (1927), as well as beloved “talkies” like Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), the network premiere of Night Club Scandal (1937) and one of Barrymore’s last films, The Great Man Votes (1939).

PAUL HENREID (AUG. 28)

The Austrian-born Henreid’s iconic appearance as Victor Laszlo in the 1942 classic Casablanca will, of course, be one of the films featured on his SUTS day. Also on that day’s lineup are Henreid’s memorable roles in Of Human Bondage (1946), Now, Voyager (1942), the network premiere of For Men Only (1952) and more.

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Sylvia Sidney (Aug. 7) Goldie Hawn (Aug. 9) Nina Foch (Aug. 15) Dolores del Rio (Aug. 19) Diana Dors (Aug. 21) George Raft (Aug. 24) Anne Shirley (Aug. 25) Alain Delon (Aug. 31)

SUTS: first-time films (TCM premieres) • Aug. 2 (Rock Hudson): The Golden Blade (1953) • Aug. 7 (Sylvia Sidney): You and Me (1938) and Thirty Day Princess (1934) • Aug. 9 (Goldie Hawn): The First Wives Club (1996) and Crisscross (1992) • Aug. 11 (Sammy Davis Jr.): Tap (1989) and Cracking Up (a.k.a. Smorgasbord, 1983) • Aug. 13 (John Barrymore): Night Club Scandal (1937) • Aug. 20 (William Powell): The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) • Aug. 21 (Diana Dors): The Weak and the Wicked (1954) • Aug. 24 (George Raft): Loan Shark (1952) and I’ll Get You (1953) • Aug. 25 (Anne Shirley): Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) • Aug. 28 (Paul Henreid): For Men Only (1952)

notable SUTS celebrations • This year’s Summer Under the Stars also remembers two of its stars with commemorations that fall on the actual dates of their births: • Aug. 10 — Norma Shearer (Born Aug. 10, 1902; lived to age 80) • Aug. 17 — Maureen O’Hara 100th birthday (Born Aug. 17, 1920; lived to age 95)

S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall; Sammy Davis Jr.; John Barrymore; Paul Henreid: Credit: Everett Collection.

A “Summer” Of Firsts

other first-timers

Pillow Talk; The Lady From Shanghai; Cynthia; Fury; A Man Called Adam; Grand Hotel; An American In Paris; To Catch a Thief; Life With Father; The Long Haul; Gypsy; Jezebel; Wuthering Heights; Now, Voyager; North by Northwest; 55 Days at Peking; Rocco and His Brothers: Credit: Everett Collection. The Thomas Crown Affair; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; It Happened One Night: Credit: TCM. Ball of Fire: © Everett Collection. Hit the Deck: Credit: Warner Bros.

Elmer Gantry: © United Artists.

City Lights: © Charles Chaplin. Credit: TCM Foul Play: © Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection The Women: © Warner Bros. Peyton Place: © 20th Century Fox. Credit: Everett Collection. Reds: © Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection. Birds of Paradise: © RKO. They Drive By Night: © Turner Entertainment Co., A Time Warner Company.

Anne of Green Gables: © 1934 RKO Pictures.

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Rock Hudson Pillow Talk (1959)

Rita Hayworth The Lady From Shanghai (1948)

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Goldie Hawn Foul Play (1978)

Norma Shearer The Women (1939)

16 Cary Grant To Catch a Thief (1955)

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17 Maureen O’Hara The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

24 George Raft They Drive by Night (1940)

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11 Sammy Davis Jr. A Man Called Adam (1966)

18 Warren Beatty Reds (1981)

25 Anne Shirley Anne of Green Gables (1934)

5 Ann Miller Hit the Deck (1955)

12 Lana Turner Peyton Place (1957)

19 Dolores del Rio Birds of Paradise (1932)

6 Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry (1960)

13 John Barrymore Grand Hotel (1932)

20 William Powell Life With Father (1947)

7 Sylvia Sidney Fury (1936)

14 Steve McQueen The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

21 Diana Dors The Long Haul (1957)

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8 Charlie Chaplin City Lights (1931)

15 Nina Foch An American in Paris (1951)

22 Natalie Wood Gypsy (1962)

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Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night (1934)

Paul Henreid Now, Voyager (1942)

Eva Marie Saint North by Northwest (1959)

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Charlton Heston 55 Days at Peking (1963)

Alain Delon Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

In order to be considered for Summer Under the Stars, an actor must have enough movies to fill a 24-hour schedule. For example, James Dean, whose life was tragically cut short at age 24, only filmed Giant (1956), Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and East of Eden (1955).

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Bo Derek IN MY OWN WORDS Still Smiling After All These Years. By Paul Hall

After ďŹ nishing a call with her farrier (that’s the craftsman who trims and shoes her horses), Bo Derek ran into her California house and got on the phone to chat with us about her upcoming episode of the REELZChannel premiere docuseries In My Own Words.

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Bo Derek: In My Own Words: Credit: Kerry Perez.

As her three German shepherds Chico, Luke and Smokey said hi in the background — as part of a game created by her longtime boyfriend John Corbett — Bo laughed about it, admitting it was just a bit of a distraction, before opening up about what it was like to get the chance to finally tell her own story.

“I just watched it yesterday,” Bo says of the documentary. “I put it off until the last minute, because I’m very uncomfortable with this idea. I finally watched it yesterday. I found it really interesting.”

Knowing Bo is an extremely private individual, we found the documentary equally as fascinating as the superstar. In the film, those who know her take us on a littleknown journey of her life.

“It was a leap of faith, I have to say,” she adds. “It’s rare that you get to tell your story in your own words. I’ve been in the business now forever, and I’ve never been given this opportunity. I usually don’t take part because you feel you’re just adding more fuel to whatever bomb they want to build and drop on you and your reputation. … sometimes I’ve participated because maybe I’ll diffuse some of the negativity, but in this case, I talked with Bill [Katz, the series director] and although it was a leap of faith, I just felt I could trust him. I’m not saying I controlled all of it and that I made it exactly the way I would have told my story, but I just saw the cut yesterday and I’m not going to change a thing. I think we all have in our backgrounds decisions we made or situations that make us cringe a little. And I certainly have some of those; no regrets, but I’m really pleased.”

The film weaves together her life, starting with her high school days (she left school at age 16) and her family dynamics (her father was a Hobie Cat executive and her mother worked for Ann-Margret). She shared with us how she got her first peek into celebrity life.

“My mother and father were friends with Ann-Margret and her husband, Roger Smith. They went on trips together. They were very close,” she tells. “Then when my parents separated and divorced, Ann-Margret was incredibly generous and gave my mother an opportunity to come and work for her as her hairdresser. So my mom went and earned her license in cosmetology school and then went to work for her as her hairdresser.”

Bo was just a teenager when she was discovered and traveled to Greece with director John Derek. An exotic locale with a heartthrob director led to the two falling in love and a 22-year marriage. Bo didn’t plan it that way, but Linda Evans, John’s wife at the time, knew this was more than just an infatuation. There is a touching moment in the documentary with Evans that left Bo almost speechless.

“God, that just really floored me. I didn’t know they had asked to interview her about me for this piece, and I didn’t think she would do it,” Bo says. “To see that — it was

very emotional for me and very difficult to watch her. She’s so honest and opens up. That was pretty incredible. It really took me by surprise. … She’s a very private person and I didn’t expect that at all. It really, really affected me.”

After John died in 1998, Bo admits it completely derailed her. “There were five years where I didn’t even date. Not because I told myself, ‘Oh, there was only one man for me.’ I was open to it, but the sparks didn’t fly.”

Of course the episode also explores her life-changing role in 1979’s 10, the film with which her name has become synonymous. Bo’s first press conference for the movie holds some intrigue, and she shares how different times are today with actresses and how much more prepared they are for media.

“I didn’t ever even fantasize being famous or being the subject of a press conference like that, a big one,” she says about the segment. “So I wasn’t even, in my imagination, prepared. Whereas today, most actors are groomed and are prepared. They have publicists, they have

I just came onto the scene accidentally.

I didn’t have an agent.

I didn’t have a lawyer, a publicist and the entourage that normally goes with an actor.

— Bo Derek on the immediate success of “10”

agents, they’re in their mind prepared for these things.

They want them. I really wasn’t. I just came onto the scene accidentally. I didn’t have an agent. I didn’t have a lawyer, a publicist and the entourage that normally goes with an actor. So I was completely blindsided by it all. And now with social media, and I look at young people and they are camera savvy. You never hear that expression, ‘camera shy,’ or [being] uncomfortable in front of a camera anymore.

They’re prepared.”

Now Bo is proving to live a “10”-level life. Her Twitter feed @boderek — yes, she has dipped into social media — is filled with positive stories about animals, BoDerekPetCare.com and her other charitable work.

Bo summed things up quite well about her life and current views: “I’m not on a mission to change people’s minds or be remembered for anything. I think the older I get, what matters is how good a friend I’ve been to people I care about.”

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Shark Week is officially on and Discovery starts its 32nd annual event with a big surprise. It’s been a while since heavyweight champ Mike Tyson went head-to-head, but he’s making his comeback with the most unlikely training partner — one of the ocean’s top apex predators, the tiger shark. Famed announcer Michael Buffer will be calling the shots as these two heavyweights square off underwater, all in the name of research.

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Shark Week: Tyson vs. Jaws: Rumble on the Reef

Shark Week: Credit: Jason Elias/Discovery Channel.

Misha Green (Underground) and Jordan Peele (Get Out) co-created this thrillingly original series based on Matt Ruff’s novel. It follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he, his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the horrifying, literal monsters that could be ripped from the pages of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.

Premieres on HBO Sunday, Aug. 16

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100 Days Wild

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In this series that is being described as a sort of “Real World homestead style,” a group of young recruits arrives in the remote Alaskan wilderness to form a new colony that will live solely off of the land. But with only 100 days until winter strikes, they waste no time to gather resources and set off on a critical moose-hunting mission.

Premieres on Discovery Channel Friday, Aug. 21

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Earthflight For the first time, U.S. audiences can see this stunning 2011 BBC nature documentary in its complete form with the original narration provided by actor David Tennant. Over six episodes, Earthflight uses creative camera technology to deliver the experience of flying with birds across various continents as they live their lives and experience some of the greatest natural events on our planet.

Premieres on BBC America Saturday, Aug. 1

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We Hunt Together This is a gripping twist on a classic cat-and-mouse story that explores the intoxication of sexual attraction and the dangerous power of emotional manipulation. As two conflicted detectives (Eve Myles and Babou Ceesay) track down a pair of deadly killers (Hermione Corfield and Dipo Ola), the series reveals how finding a volatile form of solace in another can have dire consequences.

Premieres on Showtime Sunday, Aug. 9

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Apocalypse Earth

Earth, air, water and fire are essential elements in life. But what happens when these natural elements turn on humanity? This series examines the catastrophic threat natural phenomena can pose around the world.

Premieres on History Sunday, Aug. 9

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Love Fraud

Over 20 years Richard Scott Smith used the internet to prey on unsuspecting women looking for love, conning them out of money and dignity.

This four-episode docuseries follows four of his victims when they band together to bring him down.

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Surviving Jeffrey Epstein

Following the impact of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly, the network continues to raise the voices of survivors with Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, in line with Lifetime’s Stop Violence Against Women initiative to provide a platform and resources for women. The four-part, two-night documentary investigates the billionaire New York financier who is alleged to have used his connections to the rich and famous to shield his predatory behavior with young girls. Revealing how Epstein set up a pseudosexual Ponzi scheme to bring in underaged girls, the doc delves into the aftermath the survivors are experiencing with no justice to be served.

Premieres on Lifetime Sunday, Aug. 9

Surviving Jeffery Epstien: Credit: Lifetime

TLC fan favorites from 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days — twins Darcey Silva and Stacey Silva — are headlining their own series.

Viewers were glued to Darcey through four seasons of globe-trotting, long-distance love affairs followed by heartbreaking, tear-filled breakups, where she always had her devoted twin Stacey by her side. Now this series looks into both of their lives, loves and supportive family members. As the series begins, Darcey is healing over yet another failed relationship. Stacey is gearing up for a major step in her own love life — after a fiveyear engagement to Albanian fiancé Florian, they have finally been approved for the K-1 visa. Florian and Stacey will have 90 days to get married once Florian arrives, but Darcey has lingering doubts about his commitment to Stacey after photos of him with another woman surfaced online, sparking rumors that he was unfaithful.

Premieres on TLC Sunday, Aug. 16

Darcey & Stacey: Credit: TLC

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The Osbournes Want to Believe

Jack, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne star in this eight-episode docuseries in which Jack tries to turn his rockin’ parents into true paranormal believers.

In each hourlong episode, Jack will show Ozzy and Sharon chilling videos of ghosts, UFOs, monsters and other paranormal activity to see if he can get his folks to come over to his side when it comes to believing. Premieres on Travel Channel Sunday, Aug. 2

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The Osbournes Want to Believe: Credit: Travel Channel

Extreme Unboxing: Credit: A&E

10 Things You Don’t Know Every week of this fun, new half-hour series will highlight a celebrity and count down the 10 most unique, unbelievable and surprising facts you don’t know about that person. From Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez and Tiffany Haddish to Will Smith, Lady Gaga, Keanu Reeves and more, the series will uncover all the hysterical, outrageous, only-in-Hollywood scoop that proves stars really are just like us.

Premieres on E! Monday, Aug. 10

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Extreme Unboxing

This new series follows a group of largerthan-life personalities from across the country as they buy liquidated merchandise for pennies on the dollar and unbox it with hopes for big profits. They risk their own money to bid on and win the best boxes at the best prices, and pallets are delivered to their homes for the big reveal. Each group digs through hundreds, sometimes thousands, of items on the hunt for retail gold.

Premieres on A&E Tuesday, Aug. 4

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The Circus

Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) ushers in 1970 in Venice, while the team gets together to investigate a murder in Oxford.

Premieres on PBS Sunday, Aug. 9

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The second half of Season 5 of the political docuseries will cover the pandemic, systemic racism and a crucial presidential election.

Premieres on Showtime Sunday, Aug. 16

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Botched

New episodes of the sixth season return, following the hilarious and lovable doctors Terry Dubrow and Paul Nassif as they fix plastic surgery nightmares. In tonight’s episode, a Brazilian patient wants her 33rd breast surgery; a Dutch performer wants her butt to be cameraready; and a young man with a cauliflower-looking keloid on his ear hopes Dr. Nassif has a solution.

Premieres on E! Monday, Aug. 3

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Backyard Envy

James, Garrett and Mel — the Manscapers — are back, and business is blooming! They’ve expanded the clientele of their boutique landscaping company and have more projects than they can handle. This season, these creative minds take on some of their biggest jobs to date as they produce a Tuscan-themed backyard in the middle of New Jersey, conquer a logistically challenging “upside-down house” on Fire Island and reimagine a larger-than-life World Pride Parade float for a hotel giant.

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Marrying Millions

For the first time, the long-running sports series will spotlight two teams in one season — the Los Angeles Chargers of the AFC West and the Los Angeles Rams of the NFC West. With access to players’ and coaches’ meeting rooms, training rooms, living quarters, and practice fields, Hard Knocks: Los Angeles will document hours of conditioning practices and meetings, chronicling players as they compete for a roster spot and bond off the field.

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The Real Housewives of Potomac

Returning this season are Gizelle Bryant, Karen Huger, Ashley Darby, Robyn Dixon, Monique Samuels and Candiace Dillard Bassett. New housewife Dr. Wendy Osefo joins this season with brains and sass, and she’s making sure the ladies put some respect on her name.

Premieres on Bravo Sunday, Aug. 2

Marrying Millions: Credit: Caroline Tompkins/Lifetime.

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Hard Knocks: Los Angeles

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Five new couples join the series with returning favorites Bill and Brianna from Dallas and Gentille and Brian from Las Vegas.

Marrying Millions follows relationships where one partner is incredibly wealthy and the other is definitively not, leading the couple to face intense scrutiny from family and friends and questions about whether it’s true love … or true love of the money and lavish lifestyles.

Premieres on Lifetime Wednesday, Aug. 5

RETURNING Understanding FAVORITES TV Everywhere August

Watch Your Favorites Wherever You Are With TV Everywhere

Midco’s TV Everywhere can help make your time indoors more entertaining. And with a host of choices for family members of all ages, paired with multiscreen viewing capabilities, everyone can watch what they want.

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ON DEMAND

(Drama) Grace Davis has had a long and successful career. Playing the same show night after night and staring at the possibility of a lucrative Las Vegas residency, she longs to create new music. Her assistant wants to help Grace create new music — something that would help both women grow. Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross (PG-13, 1:53) Available Now 18

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The High Note

(Comedy) A team of friends remember when they broke out of a POW camp. Now, together again in Hogan Hills Retirement Home for Returned Veterans, the group are trying to break out and achieve some of their own unrealized dreams. James Cromwell, Shane Jacobson, Jacki Weaver (NR, 1:38) Premieres Aug. 14

(Action) A sheriff and a hunter set out to solve the mystery of the hunter’s kidnapped daughter and end up in the middle of a game of cat and mouse with a killer. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis, Hero Fiennes Tiffin (R, 1:33) Premieres Aug. 14

WHAT’S NEW THIS MONTH PREMIERES

BEGINNING PREMIERES

Back Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/1 Cover Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/1 Black Magic For White Boys . . . . . . . . . . 8/2 Around The Sun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 Center Of Nowhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 Day 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 The Resistance Fighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 Ride Your Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 Skin Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 The Stand: How One Gesture Shook The World . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 Star Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 What We Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/4 Beast No More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 How To Fake A War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 I Used To Go Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 Out Stealing Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7

The Burnt Orange Heresy

© 2020 Sony Pictures Classics.

The Silencing

© 2020 XYZ Films

Never Too Late

© 2020 Blue Fox EntertainmentFC Films.

August NEW RELEASES

(Drama) Lies and deceit fill the screen as an art critic and an art dealer join forces to try to obtain a piece from one of the most elusive artists in the world. Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland (R, 1:39) Premieres Aug. 25

BEGINNING PREMIERES

Paydirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 The Secret Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 She Dies Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 The Tax Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 Waiting For The Barbarians . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 Accidental Climber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/11 Deep Blue Sea 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/11 G-Loc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/11 Kat And The Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/11 Leaps Of Faiths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/11 Lucky Grandma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/11 Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/11 Robot Riot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/11 Streets Of Syndicate, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . .8/11 The Bay of Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/14 Endless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/14 Never Too Late . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/14

BEGINNING

The Silencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/14 Emperor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/18 Pretending I’m A Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/18 Skin: A History Of Nudity In The Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/18 Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/18 The Pale Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/21 Ravage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/21 Stage Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/21 The Unfamiliar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/21 The Vanished. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/21 The Burnt Orange Heresy . . . . . . . . . . .8/25 Last Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/25 The Prey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/25 You Cannot Kill David Arquette . . . . . 8/28 19

(Action) Little Happy is a tiny island conservatory and home to a variety of marine life. While Emma Collins and her team are examining the effects of climate change on the shark populations, her ex-boyfriend shows up hunting bull sharks thought to be responsible for multiple deaths. Nathaniel Buzolic, Tania Raymonde, Emerson Brooks (R, 1:39) Premieres Aug. 11

© 2020 Lionsgate

© 2020 Warner Bros.

Deep Blue Sea 3

© 2020 Momentum Pictures

August NEW RELEASES

ON DEMAND

G-Loc (Sci Fi) People have been fleeing Earth to the neighboring planet of Rhea for some time, but the early settlers no longer want to accept the refugees and will go to extreme lengths to ensure no more arrive. Stephen Moyer, Tala Gouveia, Casper Van Dien (PG-13, 1:33) Premieres Aug. 11

Stage Mother (Comedy) A conservative Texas choir director takes over her deceased son’s drag club by moving to San Francisco to save the club from bankruptcy.

Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier (R, 1:33) Premieres Aug. 21

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The Secret Garden

The King of Staten Island

(Fantasy) A young girl is sent to live with her uncle and his housekeeper after tragedy befalls her family. There, she stumbles upon a secret garden that has been kept locked up for years and holds the key to amazing life changes. Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, Julie Walters (PG, 1:39) Available Now

(Comedy) Scott has not ever really grown up, hampered by the tragic death of his father when Scott was a young boy.

Chasing his dream of being a tattoo artist while living at home with his single mom, Scott will soon be confronted by the need to grow up, despite his past troubles. Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr (R, 2:16) Available Now

© 2020 Century 21.

© 2020 Universal Pictures.

© 2020 STX Entertainment

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The Outpost (Drama) Based on Jake Tapper’s book, this is the true story of the most heroic battle in Afghanistan as the U.S. Army Combat Outpost Keating came under attack by scores of Taliban. Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom (R, 2:02) Available Now

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NEW SERIES

SEASON PREMIERE

Hard Knocks: Los Angeles

The 15th edition of the sports series spotlights both Los Angeles NFL teams: The Los Angeles Chargers of the AFC West and the Los Angeles Rams of the NFC West, offering an inside look at their training camps. (TV-MA) Premieres on HBO Aug. 11

Lovecraft Country This 10-episode series follows Atticus Freeman as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia and his uncle George on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America. Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance (TV-MA) Premieres on HBO Aug. 16

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Hard Knocks: Los Angeles: Jared Goff: Credit: Harry How/Getty Images

The true story of the security guard who pointed cops to a suspicious package at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics — a package that later exploded. Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates (R) Premieres on HBO Aug. 8

Richard Jewell: © 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Claire Folger.

A young boy who wants to be a part of Hitler’s army finds his mom is hiding a Jewish girl in their home in this dark comedy. Roman Griffin Davis, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson (PG-13) Premieres on HBO Aug. 1

Richard Jewell

Jojo Rabbit: © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Larry Horricks.

Jojo Rabbit

Lovecraft Country: Credit: Elizabeth Morris/HBO

PREMIUMS

NEW SERIES

The Go-Go’s

A look at the first all-female band to play its own instruments, write its own songs and soar to No. 1 on the album charts. This film charts the meteoric rise of a band born of the L.A. punk scene. (TV-MA) Airs on Showtime Aug. 1

We Hunt Together As two conflicted detectives track down a pair of deadly killers, the series reveals how finding a form of solace in another person can have dire consequences. Eve Myles, Babou Ceesay, Hermione Corfield (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime Aug. 9

The Go-Go’s: © 2020 Courtesy of SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC. All rights reserved. Credit: Ginger Canzoneri/Courtesy of Showtime.

We Hunt Together: Credit: BBC Studios/UKTV/Laurence Cendrowicz

The Circus: © 2020 SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC. All rights reserved. Credit: Greg Endries

Love Fraud: © 2019 Courtesy of SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC. All rights reserved.

August

NEW MINISERIES

NEW EPISODES

Love Fraud

The Circus In the second half of Season 5, cohosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon take viewers behind the scenes as the Trump and Biden campaigns hurtle toward a historic Election Day in November. (TV-14) Premieres on Showtime Aug. 16

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This series follows a con man on the run and the dynamic women determined to put him behind bars, and takes viewers on a bizarre, engrossing ride through the twisted mind of a criminal and the chaos he leaves in his wake. (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime Aug. 30

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The Hunted

An inside look at the emergence of the “pickup” industry — a business where self-styled seduction coaches travel the world, charging a small fortune to teach men skills they claim will guarantee success with women. (TV-MA) Premieres on Starz Aug. 3

A renegade soldier is enforcing vigilante justice, and there’s just one person who can bring him in. But who is the hunted and who is the hunter? Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen (R) Premieres on Starz Aug. 6

Bad Boys for Life

Bloodshot Ray Garrison is a soldier who was recently killed in action. A mysterious corporation brings him back to life as an unstoppable force. Based on a bestselling comic book. Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan (PG-13) Premieres on Starz Aug. 14

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The Pickup Game: Credit Ivy Films

Mike and Marcus go for one last ride. Revisit the characters you love in a film that pays homage and respect to the early days of this franchise.

Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens (R) Premieres on Starz Aug. 7

The Hunted: ™ & © 2003 by Paramount Pictures. Credit: Sam Emerson

Bad Boys for Life: © 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Ben Rothstein.

The Pickup Game

Bloodshot: © 2020 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Graham Bartholomew.

PREMIUMS

Season of the Witch

Killerman

Fourteenth-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the plague. Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy (PG-13) Premieres on Cinemax Aug. 2

A New York City money launderer wakes up with no memory and millions of dollars in stolen cash and drugs. He searches for answers while dodging a crew of crooked cops. Liam Hemsworth, Emory Cohen, Diane Guerrero (R) Premieres on Cinemax Aug. 3

The Sun Is Also a Star

Long Shot

As Natasha faces deportation, she meets Daniel, who saves her life. What if the most special relationship she ever formed happened when tomorrow may never come? Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Jake Choi (PG-13) Premieres on Cinemax Aug. 4

Charlotte Field needs help in the speechwriting department as she begins a run for the White House. She hires Fred Flarsky, a recently unemployed journalist. Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, June Diane Raphael (R) Premieres on Cinemax Aug. 7

Season of the Witch:© 2010 Season of the Witch Distributions, LLC All Rights Reserved. Credit: Egon Endrenyi

Killerman: © 2019 Blue Fox Entertainment

The Sun Is Also a Star: © Warner Bros.

Long Shot: © Summit Entertainment. Credit: Murray Close

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Sam Jay: The Rain 3 in the Morning Season 3 Berlin, Berlin Nailed It! Mexico

Available Aug. 4 Available Aug. 6

Selling Sunset

Work It

Fearless

Glow Up

Season 3 Available Aug. 7

The Great Heist

Teenage Bounty Project Power Available Aug. 14 Hunters Hoops

Season 1 Available Aug. 14

Lucifer

The Sleepover

Unknown Origins

Season 5 Available Aug. 21

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Available Aug. 7

Available Aug. 21 Available Aug. 14

Rising Phoenix

Available Aug. 26 Season 2 Available Aug. 14

Available Aug. 21

Season 1 Available Aug. 14

Available Aug. 28

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Fearless: Credit: Netflix.

Glow Up: © 2020 Netflix. Credit: Guy Levy.

The Great Heist: Credit: Netflix Rising Phoenix: Credit: Netflix.

All Together Now: Credit: Allyson Riggs/Netflix.

Unknown Origins: © Netflix/AP

Season 2 Available Aug. 7

The Rain: Credit: Per Arnesen/Netflix Berlin, Berlin: © 2018 Netflix. Credit: Stefan Erhard Nailed It: Mexico: Credit: Netflix.

Selling Sunset: Credit: Netflix.

Work It: Credit: Elly Dassas/Netflix Power Project: © 2020 Netflix, Inc. Credit: Skip Bolen.

Hoops: Credit: Nerflix.

Lucifer: © 2016 Fox Broadcasting Co. Credit: Brendan Meadows/FOX. The Sleepover: © 2020. Credit: Netflix/Claire Folger

Available Aug. 7

Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning: © 2020 Marcus Price/Netflix, Inc. Teenage Bounty Hunters: © 2020 Tina Rowden/Netflix, Inc.

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