SUNDAY: Succession could also be historical past, however there are nonetheless loads of high-stakes and big-money shenanigans within the seventh and last season of Showtime’s brainy monetary thriller. And look who’s again with an ax to grind: Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis), returning to shut out the sequence after fleeing to Switzerland on the finish of Season 5 to keep away from jail time for cash laundering. How he adjusts to and challenges the brand new world order, with billionaire and presidential hopeful Michael Prince (Corey Stoll) now answerable for his corporations, ought to make for compelling battle. Lest you be fearing separation anxiousness when the sequence is over, Showtime is already creating franchise spinoffs. Are you prepared for Trillions?

SATURDAY: Sitcom royalty Anthony Anderson (black-ish) and Cedric the Entertainer (The Neighborhood) would like to be topped the subsequent “Kings of BBQ” with their new AC Barbeque model. In a humor-laced actuality sequence, the comedians discover the world of grilling, spicy rubs and sauces, selecting the brains of pitmasters and cooks whereas touring the nation’s most delicious eateries. Their journey begins in LA, the place they pattern town’s tasty types of BBQ whereas an skilled guides them to a meals scientist who can help with their analysis and growth.

SUNDAY: Searching for some edge-of-your-seat TV? The primary quarter-hour of this episode are past suspenseful as psycho killer Colton Wolf (Nicholas Logan), disguised as a health care provider, stalks recuperating P.I. Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) inside a hospital, whereas a lot of the workers is glued to TV protection of a moon touchdown. Navajo Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) has his personal private causes for embarking on a taut manhunt, and hardly must be informed by the sheriff (A Martinez) about how “Life’s gotten low-cost. The monsters ain’t simply within the shadows, they’re in broad rattling daylight.”

SUNDAY: Don’t hold up. This oddly compelling docuseries follows a 20-year campaign by two on a regular basis muckrakers to take down the telemarketing trade from inside. Sam Lipman-Stern, a co-director and featured participant within the story, began working for Civic Improvement Group as a teenage dropout telemarketer, filming the colourful workplace horseplay when he wasn’t calling individuals on behalf of charities (who solely noticed a small portion of the donations). When he and high salesman Pat Pespas started to scent a rat, they channeled their internal Michael Moore to confront the corruption as whistleblowers of an under-regulated enterprise.

INSIDE WEEKEND TV:

• Kidnapped by My Instructor: The Elizabeth Thomas Story (Saturday, 8/7c, Lifetime): Govt produced by Elizabeth Sensible, the docudrama stars Summer season Howell as 15-year-old Thomas, who’s groomed and kidnapped by a trusted instructor (The Conners’ Michael Fishman). Adopted by a documentary particular at 10/9c.
• Hip Hop Treasures (Saturday, 10/9c, A&E): LL Cool J and Ice T work with collectors and museum curators to find misplaced artifacts from hip hop’s early life. Within the opener, LL Cool J seeks prized possessions of The Infamous B.I.G. with a group from the Common Hip Hop Museum.
• ID Particular Report: The Lengthy Island Serial Killer (Sunday, 8/7c, Investigation Discovery): Nancy Grace leads a panel of true-crime specialists in a dialogue of the closely publicized serial homicide case following the arrest of Rex Heuermann.
• The Entire Story with Anderson Cooper (Sunday, 8/7c, CNN): Meals Community’s Bobby Flay is the particular correspondent for a report on “Restaurant Nation: What’s Modified?” a take a look at how cooks and restaurant homeowners pivoted through the pandemic with new enterprise fashions and the rise of out of doors eating. Flay rides together with DoorDash as an instance the increase in meals supply providers.
• The Chosen (Sunday, 8/7c, The CW): Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) leads his college students to a marriage in Cana the place the wine runs low. The remainder is biblical historical past.
• Particular Ops: Lioness (Sunday, streaming on Paramount+): In Taylor Sheridan’s spy thriller, group chief Joe (Zoe Saldaña) is torn between household and responsibility when her daughter (Hannah Love Lanier) undergoes main surgical procedure after a automobile accident whereas her crew heads to Texas for a clandestine mission that’s supposed to wash up the mess of their unsanctioned actions.