TV This Week, July 24-30: ‘Tallulah’ and more
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SUNDAY
Fans of everything from the hit musical “Hamilton” to the animated sci-fi comedy “Rick & Morty” will have their voices heard at the “2016 MTV Fandom Awards.” 8 p.m. MTV
The docu-special “The Rise and Fall of El Chapo” profiles the incarcerated Mexican drug lord formerly known as the fugitive Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmàn. 8 p.m. History Channel
Olympic swimmers Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce pool their resources as they train for the 2012 games in London in the inspirational 2014 sports documentary “Touch the Wall.” 8 p.m. OWN
There’s yet another “Sharknado” a-brewin’, but before it arrives, enjoy a week’s worth of similarly cheesy B-movies starting with 2016’s “Atomic Shark.” 9 p.m. Syfy
Are they there yet? Heavy-metal icon Ozzy Osbourne and son Jack tour historic sites from Mt. Rushmore to Stonehenge in the new 10-part travelogue “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour.” 10 p.m. History Channel
The Atlanta-set, basketball-themed comedy “Survivor’s Remorse” tips off a third season with an hourlong episode. With Jessie T. Usher, Tichina Arnold and Mike Epps. 10 p.m. Starz
Nerd alert! “Clerks’” Kevin Smith and “Heroes’” Greg Grunberg will be “Geeking Out” over pop culture in this new star-studded gabfest. 10:05 p.m. AMC
MONDAY
Broadcast and cable-news networks will offer live coverage and highlights of the “Democratic National Convention” in Philadelphia. Various times and channels; also Tue.-Thu.
Our time-travelin’ teens (Lauren Taylor, Landry Bender) are here tomorrow, gone today in a second season of the sitcom “Best Friends Whenever.” 8 p.m. Disney Channel; also Fri.
Series co-star Angie Harmon — she’s Rizzoli — stepped behind the camera to direct the 100th episode of the procedural drama “Rizzoli & Isles.” 9 p.m. TNT
TUESDAY
Loose lips: “The Men Tell All” on this special edition of “The Bachelorette.” 8 p.m. ABC
It’s “How do you do?” followed by “I do” as “Married at First Sight” returns with a matchmaking special followed by the unscripted series’ fourth-season premiere. 8 and 8:45 p.m. A&E, FYI
Meet the new “MADtv,” sort of the same as the old “MADtv.” The late, great late-night sketch show gets a prime-time reboot with new cast members plus visits from some old favorites. 9 p.m. KTLA
Young adults with Down syndrome continue to share their struggles and triumphs on the return of the unscripted series “Born This Way.” 10 p.m. A&E
The new special “Anthony Anderson: Lost at Comic-Con” finds the “Black-ish” star chillin’ with attendees at the pop-culture confab in San Diego. 11 p.m. Spike
WEDNESDAY
The weirdness that is M. Night Shyamalan’s “Wayward Pines” wraps up its second season. With Jason Patric, Djimon Hounsou and Hope Davis. 9 p.m. Fox
Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi! Collegiate a cappella teams say “Sing It On” again for a second season of this unscripted series. 9 p.m. Pop
Comics Sherrod Small and Christian Finnegan take on the often touchy topic of race in America in the new series “Black and White.” 10:30 p.m. A&E
THURSDAY
The last day of Turner Classic Movies’ salute to great American flicks of the 1970s includes Jack Nicholson swearing like the sailor he is in the 1973 comedy “The Last Detail.” Hal Ashby directs, and Randy Quaid also stars. 7 p.m. TCM
Fifth Harmony, Little Big Town, Mario, Zendaya, Lee Ann Womack, Rachel Platten, Kenny Loggins and cohost Kelsea Ballerini perform as a new edition of “Greatest Hits” revisits 2000 to 2005. 9 p.m. ABC
What’s all this then? Reid and Drake (Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn) are back on the beat on “Ripper Street” for a fourth season of the crime drama set in Victorian London. 10 p.m. BBC America
Your mama! Comics trade insults, tournament-style, in the new four-night special “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle.” With celebrity judges Anthony Jeselnik, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and David Spade. 10 p.m. Comedy Central; also Fri.-next Sun.
FRIDAY
The new six-part documentary series “Last Chance U” gets up close and personal with players on a community-college football team in small-town Mississippi. Any time, Netflix
“Juno’s” Ellen Page has baby drama and this time she’s not even the mama in the 2016 indie fable “Tallulah.” Sian Heder writes and directs, and Allison Janney, Zachary Quinto and “Orange is the New Black’s” Uzo Aduba also star. Any time, Netflix
First Lady Michelle Obama offers guidance to a young girl who dreams of occupying the Oval Office someday on a new episode of “All In With Cam Newton.” 8 p.m. Nickelodeon
Hello, gorgeous! Barbra Streisand portrays Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice in director William Wyler’s 1968 musical comedy “Funny Girl.” Omar Sharif also stars. 9 p.m. KCET
“The Great British Baking Show” serves up a double helping of episodes. 9 and 10 p.m. KOCE
SATURDAY
Skydiver-stuntman Luke Aikens will leap out of a plane at 25,000 feet — sans parachute, wingsuit, and apparently, common sense — in the new special “Heaven Sent.” 8 p.m. Fox
The fact-based 2015 drama “The 33” retells the claustrophobia-inducing tale of those Chilean miners who spent three months trapped underground in 2010. With Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin and Lou Diamond Phillips. 8 p.m. HBO
A female swimmer with Olympic dreams runs afoul of a “Killer Coach” in this new thriller. With Keesha Sharp and Javicia Leslie. 8 p.m. Lifetime
Natalie Brown and “Desperate Housewives’” James Denton meet cute at a military academy in the romantic new TV movie “For Love & Honor.” 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel
Beantown’s best paramedics are back in business in new episodes of the docu-series “Boston EMS.” 10 p.m. ABC
The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford is recalled on the finale of the historical series “The American West.” 10 p.m. AMC
A female magazine editor hires a “Killer Assistant” — from the same temp agency as the aforementioned “Killer Coach,” perhaps — in this new thriller. With Arianne Zucker and Brando Eaton. 10 p.m. Lifetime
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