This is a Monday for viewers who like television with a point of view: artists taking stock, historians widening the frame, and one sturdy Tom Hanks war block built to be watched straight through. The lineup is documentary-heavy, but the best of it still has the old appointment-TV charge: smart programming you want to catch now so you can talk about it after.
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Early first pitch from Camden Yards.
Philadelphia home date at Citizens Bank Park.
Alternate Rangers-Guardians feed from Cleveland.
Bronx spotlight for Tigers-Yankees.
Cross-border matchup at Rogers Centre.
Fenway hosts Nationals-Red Sox.
NL Central meeting in Milwaukee.
Padres and Cubs under the Wrigley lights.
Houston hosts Minnesota at Daikin Park.
Altitude-ballpark factor in Denver.
Dodgers visit Sacramento's Sutter Health Park.
AL West meeting in Seattle.
NL West game from Chase Field.
Road America stop from Elkhart Lake.
Overnight cards from Taree and Kilcoy.
Test action between England and New Zealand.
Richland officers work together at the scene of a shooting; Sparks fly during a heated chase.
As the 250th-anniversary conversation around the Revolution keeps expanding, PBS has the good sense to center the people standard classroom versions push to the margins. This is the kind of one-night historical special that can actually sharpen how the rest of the year's coverage lands.
Michelle Buteau and Mr. Fantasy are here; Live's "Countdown to 250" begins!
Not every Monday pick needs to be solemn. Dr Karl's bright, curious explainer mode is ideal counterprogramming, and a half-hour on ice cream production sounds exactly specific enough to be irresistible. It is the rare science show that still remembers TV should delight as much as instruct.
Tom Hanks remains TV's most reliable guide to World War II because he understands scale without losing the soldiers inside it. The Italian campaign is often overshadowed by Normandy, so this opener already feels like a useful correction to the usual greatest-hits version of the war.
Ninjas from the eastern region kick off the qualifiers for a spot in the all-new regional finals.
Normally this slot would be easy to ignore, but the partner reset makes tonight's episode more volatile than standard renovation comfort food. With budgets tight and two bathrooms on the line, it has the kind of watchable deadline pressure that live TV still does best.
While conducting a wellness check, Martin's brusque bedside manner causes a massive town black out.
This is a clever format twist: history and archaeology revealed not by neat excavation but by flood, drought, and catastrophe. The premise is pulpy enough to hook you, yet the actual pleasure is seeing how quickly a weird headline becomes a genuine window into the past.
Dale approaches a snowmobiler in a popular trailhead in Northern Alberta Woodland County. Then, Dale's snowmobiler breaks down, and he has to survive 72 hours until rescue.
A teenage girl, ensnared by the allure of an older man who showers her with gifts, becomes entangled in a perilous web of deceit. From her loyalty comes a deadly setup culminating in a tragic murder that leaves her future hanging in the balance.
A woman finds her way out of the darkness with support from family, friends and a pastor.
Late-night indie drama is a useful lane-widener here, especially with John Carroll Lynch and Matt Bomer leading. The draw is intimate character work rather than a splashy premise.
An underwear model (John White) improves his love life by becoming a male escort.
Stefanie Kahn; Paul Conyers; Will Burkart; Tommy Davidson.
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