Plus, Dominic Sessa is Anthony Bourdain in “Tony,” and “Insidious: Out of the Further” set to haunt audiences.

What to Watch this week: The Pogues are back for the final season of Outer Banks

Plus, Dominic Sessa is Anthony Bourdain in “Tony,” and “Insidious: Out of the Further” set to haunt audiences.

By Gerrad Hall

Gerrad Hall

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on August 17, 2026 6:00 a.m. ET

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‘Tony’; ‘Outer Banks’; ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’. Credit:

A24; Netflix; Sony

John B. (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), Kie (Madison Bailey), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), Cleo (Carlacia Grant), and more are back for the final season of *Outer Banks*, following the season 4 finale death of JJ (Rudy Pankow). Who will make it out alive?

Also on TV: new seasons of *It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia*,* Stillwater*, and *Conan O’Brien Must Go.*

In theaters, *The Holdovers*’ Dominic Sessa portrays a young Anthony Bourdain during a formative summer in *Tony*, and Lin Shaye is back for more thrills and scares in *Insidious: Out of the Further*. Plus, *Toy Story 5* is available on Digital.

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Monday, Aug. 17

Danny De Vito and Glenn Howerton on ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’.

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**Streaming*****The Chelsea Detectives* - Acorn TV***Furious* - Hulu***Futurama* - Hulu

**8 p.m.*****The 1% Club* (season finale) - Fox***90 Day: The Last Resort* - TLC***All American* - The CW***American Ninja Warrior* - NBC***Below Deck Mediterranean* - Bravo***Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro* - ABC***WWE Monday Night RAW* - Netflix (5 p.m. PT)

**9 p.m.*****Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out* - Lifetime***It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (season premiere) - FXX, FX / Hulu***A Killer Among Friends* - ID / HBO Max***The Librarians: The Next Chapter* - TNT***Little Singles* (season finale) - TLC***The McBee Dynasty* (season finale) - Bravo***Pitmasters* - Food Network***The Quiz With Balls* - Fox***Ugliest House in America* (season finale) - HGTV

**9:30 p.m.*****It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia* - FXX, FX / Hulu

**10 p.m.*****Game Day Murders* - ID / HBO Max***Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out* (season finale) - Lifetime

Tuesday, Aug. 18

**Movies*****Toy Story 5* - Digital

**Streaming*****Das Boot* - MHz Choice***Tyler Perry’s Ruthless* - Paramount+

**8 p.m.*****America’s Got Talent* - NBC***Kitchen Nightmares* - Fox***Love It or List It* - HGTV***The Real Housewives of London* - Bravo (next day on Peacock)

**9 p.m.*****Baylen Out Loud* - TLC***Beat Shazam* - Fox***Extreme Buyers Club* - HGTV***Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Seattle Seahawks* - HBO / HBO Max***The Real Housewives of London* - Bravo (next day on Peacock)***The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch* (season finale) - History***Signs of a Psychopath* - ID

**9:30 p.m.*****Signs of a Psychopath* - ID

**10 p.m.*****Cocktail Wars* (series debut) - E!***Jay & Pamela* (season finale) - TLC***Password* - NBC

**10:30 p.m.*****Cocktail Wars* - E!***Password* - NBC

Your guide to 2026 TV premiere dates

Your guide to 2026 movie release dates

Wednesday, Aug. 19

Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, and Tanya Reynolds on ‘Ted Lasso’.

**Movies*****Is God Is* (streaming debut) - Prime Video

**Streaming*****Average Joe* (season premiere) - Paramount+***The Challenge: Cutthroat* - Paramount+***Diarra From Detroit* - Paramount+***Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing* (doc) - Netflix***The Hardacres* - BritBox***Lucky* (season finale) - Apple TV***Reacher* - Prime Video***Ted Lasso* - Apple TV***Trying* - Apple TV***Women in Blue* - Apple TV

**8 p.m.*****America’s Got Talent* - NBC***Big Brother* - CBS***MasterChef* - Fox***The Valley* (reunion finale) - Bravo***Who Wants to Be a Millionaire* (summer finale) - ABC

**9 p.m.*****Alone* - History***ER: Caught on Camera* (series debut) - TLC***Expedition X* (season premiere) - Discovery***Guy’s Grocery Games: Global Games* - Food Network***Lion* (docuseries debut) - Nat Geo (next day on Disney+, Hulu)***Nation’s Dumbest* - Fox***Next Gen NYC* - Bravo***The Oval* - BET / Paramount+***Renovation Resort Showdown* (season finale) - HGTV***The Shards* - FX / Hulu

**10 p.m.*****The Ark* - Syfy***House of Stassi* - Freeform (next day on Hulu, Hulu on Disney+)***How to Catch a Dirtbag* - Discovery***Kitchen Chaos* - Food Network***Lion* - Nat Geo (next day on Disney+, Hulu)***Save My Skin* - TLC***Worst Yard on the Block* - HGTV

**10:30 p.m.*****Worst Yard on the Block* (season finale) - HGTV

Thursday, Aug. 20

Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline on ‘Outer Banks’.

Jackson Lee Davis/Netflix

**Movies*****Passenger* (streaming debut) - Paramount+

**Streaming*****Disney Worldbuilders* (doc) - Disney+***Irreversible* - Viaplay***Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter* (doc) - Prime Video***Outer Banks* (final season premiere) - Netflix***Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* - Paramount+

**8 p.m.*****Big Brother* - CBS***Celebrity Family Feud* (summer finale) - ABC***Jersey Shore Family Vacation* - MTV***The Real Housewives of Orange County* - Bravo***Restaurant Impossible: Last Call* - Food Network

**9 p.m.*****Monsters of God* - HBO / HBO Max***Press Your Luck* (summer finale) - ABC***Stuart Fails to Save the Universe* - HBO Max

**10 p.m.*****Project Runway* - Freeform (next day on Disney+, Hulu)

Friday, Aug. 21

Dominic Sessa and Leo Woodall in ‘Tony’.

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**Movies*****Atlas King* - Digital, VOD***Back to the 90s* - Prime Video***Billy Knight* - In theaters***Blood Shine* - In select theaters, Digital, VOD***Bury the Devil* - In select theaters, VOD***Dreams in Nightmares* - In select theaters***Franz* - In theaters***Hot Spot* - In theaters***Insidious: Out of the Further* - In theaters***It Ends* - In select theaters***Learning to Fly* (doc) - In theaters***The Magic Faraway Tree* - In theaters***A Mother’s Secret* - Digital, VOD***Mother Mary* (streaming debut) - HBO Max***Mutiny* - In theaters***Never Stop Chasing* (doc) - In theaters***Paper Flowers* - In theaters (AMC exclusive)***Peter Asher: Everywhere Man* (doc) - VOD***The Rivals of Amziah King* - In theaters (wide release)***Spa Weekend* - In theaters***Tony* - In theaters (wide release)

**Streaming*****The Dynasty: UConn Huskies* (docuseries debut) - Apple TV***The Girls: A Khloé Kardashian Project* (series debut) - Hulu, Hulu on Disney+***Honest Renovations* - The Roku Channel***Silo* - Apple TV***Stillwater* (season premiere) - Apple TV

**8 p.m.*****9/11 Reunited* (docuseries debut) - Nat Geo***Big City Greens* (season premiere) - Disney Channel (next day on Disney+)***Deadliest Catch* - Discovery***Friday Night Vibes* (*Jurassic World Dominion* and *Meg 2: The Trench*) - TBS

**9 p.m.*****20/20* - ABC***Big City Greens* - Disney Channel (next day on Disney+)***Conan O’Brien Must Go* (season premiere) - HBO / HBO Max***Fightland* - Starz***My Lottery Dream Home* - HGTV

**9:30 p.m.*****Big City Greens* - Disney Channel (next day on Disney+)***Zillow Gone Wild* - HGTV

**10 p.m.*****9/11 Reunited* - Nat Geo***Anna Pigeon* - USA***Big City Greens* - Disney Channel (next day on Disney+)***Dateline* - NBC***Real Time With Bill Maher* - HBO***Roast My Rental* - HGTV

**11 p.m.*****Anna Pigeon* - USA

Saturday, Aug. 22

**8 p.m.*****The Babysitter’s Double Life* (movie) - Lifetime***Dinner and a Movie (Man of Steel) *- TBS***Love Finds You* (movie) - Hallmark***The Run for a Million* (series debut) - CBS

Sunday, Aug. 23

Kyle Chandler on ‘Lanterns’.

John Johnson/HBO Max

**Streaming*****Lioness* - Paramount+

**8 p.m.*****90 Day Fiancé* - TLC***Big Brother* - CBS***Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked* - Discovery***The Real Housewives of Atlanta* (reunion finale) - Bravo

**9 p.m.*****Decades in Sports* - CNN***The Great Food Truck Race* - Food Network (next day on HBO Max)***Lanterns* - HBO / HBO Max***The Librarians: The Next Chapter* - TNT***The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th* - Bravo***The Walking Dead: Dead City* - AMC / AMC+***The Westies* (season finale) - MGM+

**10 p.m.*****Double Lives of Suburban Wives* - TLC***The Mega-Brands That Built America* - History

**11 p.m.*****Last Week Tonight With John Oliver* - HBO

**11:30 p.m.*****President Curtis* - Adult Swim

*times are ET and subject to change

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