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Wolf Corridor: The Mirror and the Gentle
SUNDAY: A decade after Masterpiece first introduced the absorbing adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels about King Henry VIII’s most trusted—till he wasn’t—minister, counselor and hatchet man Thomas Cromwell, the sequel and conclusion arrives, with Emmy nominees Mark Rylance (Cromwell) and Damian Lewis (Henry) reprising their roles. This king’s courtroom wasn’t recognized for comfortable endings. (Simply ask his wives.) And so it goes for Cromwell, who sacrifices his soul to do the mercurial monarch’s bidding however learns the boundaries of obedience when palace intrigue contrives to sentence him to historical past’s chopping block. The masterful six-part collection opens with the king wedding ceremony the stunning Jane Seymour (Miss Scarlet’s Kate Phillips) earlier than the blood has even dried on the execution of second spouse Anne Boleyn. Because the ghost of Cromwell’s beloved Cardinal Wolsey (Jonathan Pryce) warns his protégé in regards to the king, “Don’t flip your again on him.” It’s too late. He’s already put out his neck for the despot.
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The White Lotus
SUNDAY: After the surprising debauchery that broke the Web final weekend, the morning after dawns for the friends on the unique Thailand resort. It’s an particularly fraught awakening for brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola), whereas Laurie (Carrie Coon) smolders when her bestie Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) downplays her actions from the night time earlier than. “We’re the identical individuals we had been within the tenth grade,” Laurie scoffs. Elsewhere on the advanced, safety guard Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong) continues his determined seek for the lacking gun, and Piper’s (Sarah Catherine Hook) mother and father head to the temple to fulfill their daughter’s non secular guru. They may all use a superb cleaning.
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David Blaine: Do Not Try
SUNDAY: Magician and “endurance artist” David Blaine has captured the world’s consideration along with his outrageous stunts (instance: standing on an ice block in Instances Sq. for 63 hours), and now he returns the favor in a six-part docuseries by touring the world to immerse himself in different cultures’ death-defying feats and magical rituals. Because the title cautions: Don’t strive these at residence. The journey begins in Brazil, the place he’s impressed by the nation’s daredevils and athletes, then strikes on to Southeast Asia (at 10/9c), the place he meets individuals unfazed by sharp objects or venomous creatures.
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60 Minutes
SUNDAY: The celebs have arrived on Broadway this season (with ticket costs hovering accordingly), and Jon Wertheim goes backstage with George Clooney as he prepares to make his Broadway debut as legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Evening, and Good Luck, based mostly on the 2005 film he co-wrote and directed. Earlier, on CBS Information Sunday Morning (9 am/ET, verify native listings), 60 Minutes’ Invoice Whitaker interviews Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, teaming in a brand new Broadway manufacturing of Shakespeare’s Othello, one of many hottest and priciest seats on the town.
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When Calls the Coronary heart
SUNDAY: The Western interval drama’s twelfth season ends on a excessive word, with schoolteacher Elizabeth (Erin Krakow) getting ready for her college students’ commencement and a pleasing summer season together with her Canadian Mountie beau Nathan (Kevin McGarry). It’s additionally an eventful time for her former fiancé Lucas (Chris McNally), who’s off looking for a stash of lacking gold.
INSIDE WEEKEND TV:
- NCAA Basketball: Second spherical motion within the males’s event begins Saturday at 12:10 pm/ET on CBS with No. 4 Purdue vs. Cinderella group No. 12 McNeese, with extra video games on TNT and TBS within the night. 16 extra groups play on Sunday. Girls’s first spherical motion continues Saturday at midday/ET on ESPN, with video games on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNews and ESPNU, with second spherical video games starting Sunday. Go to ncaa.com for the most recent listings.
- Single Black Feminine 3: The Remaining Chapter (Saturday, 8/7c, Lifetime): The thriller franchise reaches its conclusion with an exonerated Monica (Raven Goodwin) rebuilding her life, whereas her fugitive half-sister Simone (Amber Riley) plots a return to Houston from exile in Mexico.
- Hearts Across the Desk: Jenna’s First Love (Saturday, 8/7c, Hallmark Channel): An occasion planner (Ashley Newbrough) tackles a billionaire’s charity bash solely to study the mogul’s right-hand man (Steve Lund) is her previous flame.
- Lucy Worsley Investigates (Sunday, 8/7c, PBS): Earlier than the Wolf Corridor sequel, study the background of Henry VIII’s daughter, Princess Mary (performed within the collection by Lilit Lesser), recognized to historical past as “Bloody Mary” and whose reconciliation with the king is a key a part of the collection opener.
- Tracker (Sunday, 8/7c, CBS): Colter (Justin Hartley) will get a crash course in darkish magic throughout his seek for a lacking teenage musician in New Orleans. Adopted by Watson (9/8c), that includes Randall Park’s return as nemesis James Moriarty, with Watson (Morris Chestnut) nonetheless affected by hallucinations whereas the group treats a girl whose reminiscence resets each three minutes. On The Equalizer (10/9c), McCall (Queen Latifah) helps a navy whistleblower who goes AWOL.
- The Entire Story with Anderson Cooper (Sunday, 8/7c, CNN): The networks’ Chief Local weather Correspondent Invoice Weir stories “Adaptation Nation,” visiting websites together with California, Florida, Phoenix, London and Amsterdam to fulfill innovators serving to communities put together to resist excessive climate calamities.
- Darkish Winds (Sunday, 9/8c, AMC): The invention of B.J. Vines’ skeletal stays in a ravine causes issues for Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) at work and at residence. In New Mexico, border agent Bernadette (Jessica Matten) apologizes to oilman Tom Spenser (Bruce Greenwood) whereas persevering with to eavesdrop on his property.
- The Righteous Gems (Sunday, 10/9c, HBO): Eli (John Goodman) tries to maintain his relationship along with his late spouse’s bestie Lori (Megan Mullally) a secret, understanding his offspring will increase holy hell ought to they discover out. The siblings are already squawking over Kelvin’s (Adam DeVine) nomination as “Prime Christ Following Man of the Yr”—which amuses Lori’s son, Corey (Seann William Scott): “You guys are too humorous, the best way you all rip on one another.” Eli’s not so amused.
- Marie Antoinette (Sunday, 10/9c, PBS): If Wolf Corridor: The Mirror and the Gentle whets your urge for food for historic drama, keep tuned for Season 2 of the collection depicting the doomed Queen of France (Emilia Schüle) and embattled King Louis XVI (Louis Cunningham).