What To Watch Tonight – Monday, June 3, 2019

What To Watch Tonight?  Our Top Pick to Watch Tonight is the finale of Chernobyl. Also of interest, all new Gentleman Jack and the season premiere of our favorite reality show competition, So You Think You Can Dance. What are you watching?!?

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8pm Hour

Smithsonian Channel

1st Choice:  Private Lives of the Monarchs. “King Louis XIV was the longest-reigning monarch in European history and built the Palace of Versailles. But what do we really know about the self-proclaimed Sun King? Host Tracy Borman gives us a peek inside the king’s private life, including the sumptuous dishes that were part of his daily 20-course meals, the portraits that served as acts of political propaganda, and the affairs that led to his 18 children.” Smith

2nd Choice:  D-Day Sacrifice: Battle for Freedom. “One famous day. Five heroes. Five key turning points that changed the course of World War told through the eyes of the people who made a difference.” Nat Geo

3rd Choice:  In Ice Cold Blood. “Three members of a wealthy family are gunned down in their own home. But with little evidence to go on, investigators embark on a multi-year surveillance operation to see if they can prove their instincts are correct.” Oxygen

9pm Hour

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1st Choice:  ChernobylFinale. “Valery Legasov (Jared Harris), Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård) and Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.” HBO

2nd Choice: So You Think You Can Dance. Season Premiere. “In the Season 16 premiere, the first round of auditions begins. Dancers perform in various dance styles, including contemporary, tap, hip-hop, ballroom, breaking, and animation.” Fox

3rd Choice:  The Code. “Abe and Harper travel to Afghanistan to investigate when an Afghan commander is killed on a U.S. base. When a Marine is accused of the crime, Trey and Maya join their colleagues to defend him in an on-base hearing. Also, Col. Turnbull and her husband, Asa, disagree about how to handle their son Adam’s physical therapy.” CBS

10pm Hour

Photo: Suranne Jones (Credit: Aimee Spinks/HBO).

1st Choice:  Gentleman Jack. “Before setting off for Europe to escape her heartache, Lister (Suranne Jones) invites Christopher Rawson (Vincent Franklin) to Shibden to rebuke him for publicly insulting Marian (Gemma Whelan). Later, Lister comes up with a bold strategy to mine her own coal and expose the Rawson brothers’ industrial-scale theft. In Scotland, Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle) becomes increasingly distressed when she discovers that her brother-in-law, Captain Sutherland (Derek Riddell), plans to marry her off to his penniless cousin. A trip to London with her old flame, Mariana Lawton (Lydia Leonard), exposes Lister to crippling memories of their past relationship. Despite his lowly social status, Thomas Sowden (Tom Lewis) plucks up the courage to speak to Mr. Washington (Joe Armstrong) about his future with Suzannah (Amy James-Kelly).” HBO

2nd Choice:  Mysteries of Apollo.  “Apollo 8 is one of NASA’s greatest and most daring missions, and new discoveries reveal the inside story of the first astronauts to journey to the moon and photograph an Earthrise.” Science

3rd Choice:  Breaking Homicide. Season 2 Premiere. “Looking into the disappearance and murder of 16-year-old Judy Rawlings.” ID

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