What to watch
FRIDAY
September 29, 2023
All times Mountain. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Reptile
Netflix ■ Feature Film Exclusive
Benicio Del Toro co-wrote, co-executive produced and stars in this mystery. Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective (Del Toro) tries to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so he dismantles the illusions in his own life. Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian and Alicia Silverstone co-star.
National Silent Movie Day
TCM, beginning at 4 a.m.
Turner Classic Movies regularly features silent films during its Silent Sunday block on Sunday evenings. But today, in celebration of National Silent Movie Day, the network is airing 14 hours of silents and silent-movie-related programming. Up first are the Century of Animation Showcase, a documentary showing 100 years of animation history, and Walt’s Early Wonderlands (1921), a compilation of restored animated shorts. After that are several titles that premiered a century ago, in 1923: the swashbuckler Scaramouche; the comedy Souls for Sale; The Pilgrim, starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin; A Woman of Paris, another Chaplin film; the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short Dogs of War!; Harold Lloyd’s comedy Safety Last!, featuring the famous scene of Lloyd dangling o a clock on the side of a skyscraper; and another Lloyd comedy, Why Worry? The lineup then concludes with the 1923 drama The Ten Commandments.
Shark Tank
ABC, 7 p.m. ■ Season Premiere Season 15 of this reality competition show where budding entrepreneurs attempt to sell their unique business ideas to six venture capitalists begins tonight.
The 72nd Annual Miss USA Pageant
The CW, 7 p.m.
The annual American beauty pageant airs live from the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.
Dateline NBC
NBC, 8 p.m. ■ Season Premiere
The long-running newsmagazine begins its 32nd season tonight.
Mystery Island
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 10 p.m. ■ Original Film
London police psychiatrist Dr. Emilia Priestly (Elizabeth Henstridge) needs to take a break from her stressful job, so her wealthy friend invites her to Mystery Island, an immersive murder-mystery-themed resort hosting a special retreat for its investors. But as the game begins, the resort’s reclusive founder is murdered, and the visitors are confined to the island while a local detective (Charlie Weber) investigates. With Emilia’s help, the lines between game and reality are blurred as they unravel the web of romance, revenge and betrayal.
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
OWN, 10 p.m. ■ New Series
Morris Chestnut hosts this six-episode docuseries that traces the centurylong impact of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and chronicles the resilient community rebuilding of the Oklahoma city’s Greenwood District, better known as Black Wall Street. In tonight’s premiere episode, Tulsa Massacre descendant Montika Collins hopes to create North Tulsa’s only natural birthing center and return the tradition of midwifery to the Greenwood District. A build team led by designers Jon Pierre and Mary Tjon-joe-pin dives in to help.
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https://daily.gazette.com/article/282458533588282
The Gazette, Colorado Springs
