What To Watch This Week: 40+ Premieres, Finales And More

To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.

This week, you'll find 13 series premieres (including Alien: Earth, Butterfly and The Rainmaker), 10 returning shows (including The Chicken Sisters, Sausage Party: Foodtopia and Miss Governor fka She the People) and 16 finales (including And Just Like That..., Bob's Burgers and The Gilded Age).

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SUNDAY, AUG. 10

📺 8 am Destination Dive Season 4 (Discovery Channel)
📺 8 pm The Chicken Sisters Season 2 (Hallmark Channel)
📺 9 pm The Gilded Age Season 3 finale (HBO)
📺 9 pm WWE's Greatest Moments Season 2 (A&E)
📺 11 pm Marooned With Ed Stafford Season 3 finale (Discovery Channel)

MONDAY, AUG. 11

📺 Irish Blood (Acorn TV, two-episode premiere)
A divorce lawyer (Alicia Silverstone) receives a message from her estranged father (Jason O'Mara) that sends her to Ireland in search of key truths.

📺 The Madam Blanc Mysteries Season 4 finale (Acorn TV)

📺 8:30 am Marvel's Iron Man and His Awesome Friends (Disney Jr.)
The preschool series follows the adventures (and misadventures) of best friends (and super-geniuses) Tony Stark, Riri Williams and Amadeus Cho. (All 10 episodes drop next day on Disney+.)

📺 10 pm A Sorority Mom's Guide to Rush! (Lifetime)
Mother-daughter duos navigate the high-pressure world of Greek life.

TUESDAY, AUG. 12

📺 8 pm Alien: Earth (FX, two-episode premiere)
When a mysterious deep space research vessel crash-lands on Earth, a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery; Sydney Chandler and Timothy Olyphant star.

📺 9 pm Chef Grudge Match (Food Network)
Laila Ali hosts a single round, winner-take-all culinary battle where elite chefs come to settle long standing disputes and bitter rivalries.

📺 9 pm Truck Dynasty (A&E)
A larger-than-life family transforms average trucks into the loudest, most coveted, eye-catching custom creations around. 

📺 10 pm The Ultimate Fighter Season 33 finale (ESPN2)

🤣 Jim Jeffries: Two Limb Policy (Netflix comedy special)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13

📺 Butterfly (Prime Video, six-episode binge)
A former U.S. intelligence operative (Daniel Dae Kim) finds himself pursued by a sociopathic young agent assigned to kill him, and the sinister spy organization she works for.

📺 Love Is Blind: UK Season 2 (Netflix, four-episode premiere)
📺 Sausage Party: Foodtopia Season 2 (Prime Video, eight-episode binge)
📺 8 pm Celebrity IOU Season 10 finale (HGTV)
📺 11 pm Mysteries of the Abandoned Season 12 (Discovery Channel)

🎥 Fixed (Netflix movie)
After learning he's getting neutered, a dog (voiced by Adam Devine) has 24 hours to squeeze in one last balls-to-the-wall adventure with the boys.

🎥 Songs From the Hole (Netflix documentary)
Sentenced to life in prison at 15, musician JJ'88 finds hope by writing songs during solitary confinement.

THURSDAY, AUG. 14

📺 The Good Ship Murder Season 2 finale (BritBox)
📺 Honest Renovations Season 3 (The Roku Channel, five-episode binge)
📺 Miss Governor (fka She the People) Season 1, Part 2 (Netflix, eight-episode binge)

📺 The Kingdom (Disney+ and ESPN+, six-episode binge)
The Kansas City Chiefs docuseries chronicles the NFL franchise's six-decade history — including its extraordinary 2024 season. (Also airing on ESPN over three nights, with back-to-back episodes starting at 9/8c on Aug. 14, 19 and 20.)

📺 8 pm Bob's Burgers Season 15 finale (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm And Just Like That... series finale (HBO Max)
📺 9 pm Press Your Luck Season 6 finale (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 10 pm Revival Season 1 finale (Syfy)
📺 10 pm Smugshot Season 2 (Sundance TV)

FRIDAY, AUG. 15

📺 Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser (Netflix, three-episode binge)
The docuseries delves into the behind-the-scenes world of the NBC reality competition, revealing its impact on contestants, trainers and producers.

📺 Limitless With Chris Hemsworth Season 2 (Disney+ and Hulu, three-episode binge)
📺 Perfect Match Season 3 finale (Netflix)
📺 Smoke Season 1 finale (Apple TV+)

📺 Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (Apple TV+ special)
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang break out in original songs by Emmy-nominated composer Jeff Morrow and Emmy-nominated singer/songwriter Ben Folds.

📺 8 pm Stand Up to Cancer (ABC, CBS, Disney+, Fox, Hulu and NBC)
📺 9 pm BMF Season 4 finale (Starz)
📺 9 pm The Great American Recipe Season 4 finale (PBS)

📺 10 pm Magic City: An American Fantasy (Starz)
The docuseries details the legendary club's storied history as a cultural hub in Atlanta; talking heads include 2 Chainz, Nelly, Shaquille O'Neal, Quavo, Killer Mike and Big Boi.

📺 10 pm The Rainmaker (USA Network)
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond (John Slattery).

🎥 The Legend of Ochi (HBO Max)

🎥 Night Always Comes (Netflix movie)
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman (Vanessa Kirby) plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.

SATURDAY, AUG. 16

📺 The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer (The Roku Channel special)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Yara Shahidi, June Diane Raphael and Andrew Rannells step into the sun-filled Baking Show tent, ready to whip up some sweet summer treats.

📺 12 pm The Mother Flip (A&E)
Best friends Kristy Etheredge and Rebecca Franchione, along with contractor Roy Salinas, transform the worst homes in Texas' Hill Country into big profits.

📺 1:30 pm Betting on Beloit Season 1 finale (A&E)
📺 9 pm Storage Wars Season 16 finale (A&E)

🎥 8 pm I'll Never Let You Go (Lifetime movie)
An art gallery director (Meagan Good) finds her life unraveling after a fleeting, passionate affair with a captivating Italian artist takes a dangerous turn.

What are you watching this week? Take stock of everything above, then drop a comment with your lists below.

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