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What’s on TV this week: Shark Week, Lollapalooza, 'Not Okay' and more

Sunday

“Who Do You Think You Are?” (NBC, 7 p.m. ET): “The West Wing’s” Allison Janney shakes her family tree in this new episode.

“Great White Battleground” (Discovery, 8 p.m.): Sink your teeth into a new “Shark Week” with this new special.

“Hider in My House” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): So that’s who keeps turning up the thermostat in this new thriller.

“The Great Food Truck Race” (Food Network, 9 p.m.): The competition rolls into San Diego in the season finale.

Monday

“Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Showdown” (National Geographic, 8 p.m.): The celebrity chef cooks up a new iteration of his foodie travelogue.

“Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.): Oscar winner Natalie Portman gets back to nature in the season premiere.

“POV” (PBS, 10 p.m.): The inhabitants of a remote fishing village in Greenland grapple with dreams deferred in the 2021 documentary “Winter’s Yearning.”

Tuesday

“Never Seen Again” (Paramount+): This docuseries that tracks missing-persons cases returns for a second season.

“Santa Evita” (Hulu): What became of former Argentine first lady Eva Peron’s corpse? That remains to be seen in this imported drama series.

“Street Food: USA” (Netflix): They’d better not be out of bacon-wrapped hot dogs is all I’m saying in this new special.

“MH370: Mystery of the Lost Flight” (History, 8 p.m.): This docuspecial revisits the still-unsolved disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines jetliner in 2014.

Wednesday

“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” (Disney+): The show must go on for a third season.

“Light & Magic” (Disney+): Go behind the scenes at Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects house George Lucas built, with this new series.

“The Most Hated Man on the Internet” (Netflix): An infamous purveyor of revenge porn gets his comeuppance in this three-part docuseries.

“Wellington Paranormal” (The CW, 9 and 9:30 p.m.): The mockumentary-style series scares up a fourth season.

“We Met in Virtual Reality” (HBO, 9 p.m.): People who found companionship and community in VR environments share their stories in this new documentary.

Thursday

“Carl Weber’s The Family Business” (BET+): The soapy drama is back with new episodes.

“Harley Quinn” (HBO Max): The Joker’s ex-GF (Kaley Cuoco) is up to no good in Gotham City as the animated series returns.

“House Party” (HBO Max): Tonight they’re gonna party like it’s 1990 in this remake of the hit comedy that starred hip-hop duo Kid ’n Play.

“Keep Breathing” (Netflix): A New York lawyer (“Vida’s” Melissa Barrera) finds herself stranded in the Canadian wilderness in this new survival drama.

“Lollapalooza in Chicago” (Hulu; also Friday-Sunday): Metallica, Dashboard Confessional and J-Hope from BTS are among the slated performers in livestream coverage of the music festival in the Windy City.

“Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” (HBO Max): The sins of the parents are visited upon their daughters in this update of the teen-themed 2010-17 mystery drama.

“The Resort” (Peacock): A couple on vacay in Mexico stumble upon a mystery in this four-part thriller. With Cristin Milioti and “The Good Place’s” William Jackson Harper.

Friday

“Amber Brown” (Apple TV+): A plucky tween (Carsyn Rose) faces life’s ups and downs in this new family comedy. With Sarah Drew.

“Honor Society” (Paramount+): A high school overachiever stoops to conquer in this 2022 comedy. With Angourie Rice and “Stranger Things’” Gaten Matarazzo.

“Not Okay” (Hulu): She’s like “Emily in Paris” — if Emily had faked a trip to Paris to score social media cred — in this 2022 satire. Zoey Deutch stars.

“Paper Girls” (Prime Video): Four tweens who share a paper route in 1980s Cleveland get rerouted to 2019 in this new sci-fi series. With Ali Wong.

“Purple Hearts” (Netflix): An aspiring musician’s sham marriage to a young Marine gets complicated in this 2022 romantic drama. With Sofia Carson.

“Surface” (Apple TV+): An amnesiac woman tries to piece together her past in this new psychological thriller. “Loki’s” Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars.

“Uncoupled” (Netflix): Real estate broker Neil Patrick Harris is suddenly single and looking to mingle in this new Manhattan-set comedy.

“Belle Collective” (OWN, 9 p.m.): Black women entrepreneurs are doin’ it for themselves and each other as the reality series returns.

“NYC Point Gods” (Showtime, 9 p.m.): See how they rode their skills, style and swagger all the way to the NBA in the 1980s-90s in this new sports doc.

“Super Sized Salon” (WE, 10:30 p.m.): A beauty salon that serves the plus-size community serves as the setting for this new reality series.

Saturday

“Summerslam” (Peacock, 5 p.m.): Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar meet in the main event as the WWE’s finest face off in Nashville, Tennessee.

“Are You Afraid of the Dark?” (Nickelodeon, 7 and 8 p.m.): The reboot of the spooky 1990-96 series scares up a third season.

“A Splash of Love” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.): A marine biologist hooks up with a hunky whale-watching tour guide in this new TV movie.

“Flowers in the Attic: The Origin” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): This star-studded four-part miniseries inspired by the novels of V.C. Andrews concludes.

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(Los Angeles Times listings editor Matt Cooper compiled this column.)

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