New to TV and streaming this weekend

The World Cup Quarterfinals conclude this weekend.  The Semifinals start on Tuesday.  (Bracket)  All of the games will air on Telemundo, Fox, and Peacock.

 

• Friday:  Spain vs Belgium at 3:00 p.m. Eastern.

 

• Saturday:  Norway vs England at 5:00 p.m. Eastern.

 

• Saturday:  Argentina vs Switzerland at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

 

• Friday at 9:00 p.m. on HBO:  Episode 3 of Larry David’s “Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness”.

 

• Friday on HBO Max:  The streaming premiere of Stephen King’s “The Long Walk”, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son Cooper Hoffman as a guy trying to survive an annual contest where 100 men are forced to walk until only one of them is left alive.  Mark Hamill is the guy in charge of the death squad.  (Trailer)

 

• Friday on Peacock:  The streaming premiere of “Reminders of Him”, starring Maika Monroe as a woman trying to reconnect with her daughter after serving seven years for a car crash that killed her boyfriend.  Country singer Lainey Wilson plays a new friend. Bradley Whitford and Lauren Graham are the dead guy’s parents, and Tyriq Withers is his best friend who fall for her.  (Trailer)

 

 

• Friday on Apple TV:  The first season finale of “Star City”.

 

 

• Friday on Apple TV:  Episode 2 of “Silo” Season 3.

 

 

• Friday on Apple TV:  Episode 7 of “Cape Fear”.

 

 

• Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Eastern on NBC:  The first rounds of “The MLB Draft”. The remaining rounds resume on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.

 

• Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Eastern on ESPN:  “Wimbledon Men’s Doubles Championship”.

 

• Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on ESPN:  “Wimbledon Ladies’ Championship”.

 

• Sunday at 8:00 a.m. Eastern on ESPN:  “Wimbledon Ladies Doubles Championship”.

 

• Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on ESPN:  “Wimbledon Men’s Championship”.

 

• Sunday at 9:00 p.m. on HBO:  Episode 4 of “House of the Dragon” Season 3.    (Preview)

 

 

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Tonight’s Late Night Talk Shows:

• “Jimmy Fallon” – Reese Witherspoon, Zoey Deutch, Robert Smigel, and a performance from “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”.  (Repeat)

• “Jimmy Kimmel” – Octavia Spencer, Jack Whitehall, and Elmiene, with guest host Tiffany Haddish.  (Repeat)

• “Seth Meyers” – Karl-Anthony Towns, Olivia Wilde, Stephen Root, and Ham El-Waylly.  (Repeat)