On TV this Thursday: Paramount+ launches with (stop us if you’ve heard this one before) a Mountain of Entertainment (including a Real World reunion and a SpongeBob movie); and two more midseason ABC game shows end their runs. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Series premiere: This extension of the long-running newsmagazine features correspondents Enrique Acevedo, Seth Doane, Wes Lowery and Laurie Segall.
Series premiere: Blending comedy and true crime, the Funny or Die production follows the search for Harold Heaven, who in 1934 mysteriously disappeared from his remote cabin in Ontario, Canada.
Film premiere: SpongeBob and Patrick journey to Atlantic City to save Gary, who has been snail-napped by King Poseidon. (Read preview.)
Series premiere (first six episodes): The CG-animated prequel, which is first established in Sponge on the Run (above), follows wee SpongeBob and friends to summer camp. (Season 2 of Stephen Colbert’s Tooning Out the News also launches today.)
Series premiere: OG cast members Becky Blasband, Andrea Comeau, Kevin Powell, Heather Gardner, Norman Korpi, Julie Gentry and Eric Nies are reunited. (Watch opening credits; best seasons ranked!)
Series premiere: In the anime-style offshoot, two siblings encounter new creatures and chance allies amid the search for their M.I.A. ‘rents.
Season 1 finale: Rachael Leigh Cook, Sherri Shepard and Kevin Nealon go for a spin. (The Chase’s finale, consisting of back-to-back episodes, follows at 9.)
New/old time slot! The store undergoes its first deep clean since the pandemic; Mateo wants to impress Amy and Eric’s parents. (Production has wrapped!)
Georgie turns to Mr. Lundy (returning guest star Jason Alexander) for help with a business venture; Sheldon is determined to become Dr. Linkletter’s lab assistant.
Part 2 of 2: Gina tries to pull Drew out of a deep depression after Jerry’s failed kidney surgery.
Kat and Carter’s friendship is tested after Kat is elected to the local business council; Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) guest-stars.
