Just a week after adding a 24/7 CNN option to its offerings, MAX will begin streaming live sports. The subscription service will begin serving up the live Major League Baseball, NBA, soccer games and international games that are currently available on Warner Bros. cable outlets including TNT, TBS and TruTV. This will include more than 300 events.
So, if you’ve cut your cord but want to check out NHL Hockey (7:30 p.m., TNT), you can stream it on Max tonight.
Unlike the CNN hub, which is included on Max for free, the sports option will cost subscribers an additional $9.99 per month. But that fee will only kick in after Feb. 29, 2024. Starting today, the sports option will be offered on a promotional basis.
With a news option and streaming sports, Max has probably gone further than any other streamer in creating a one-stop substitution for traditional cable. The downside is that this all-you-can-eat buffet has come at the expense of HBO’s reputation for exceptional television. Taking the “HBO” out of the title of the streaming app was a bit of a portent. It’s a little like tearing down Tiffany’s to build a shopping mall.
— Speaking of free sports, the Washington Commanders host the Chicago Bears in Thursday Night NFL football, streaming exclusively on Prime Video.
— When TV viewing can often seem like a bewildering onslaught of the new, it’s fun to look back at a show older than Shark Week.
“Unsolved Mysteries” debuted way back in 1987 and provided true-crime documentary-style investigations decades before the ID Network or murder mystery podcasts were even imagined.
Pluto TV, the FAST (Free Advertising Supported Television) platform, debuts the documentary “Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy,” a history of the series including interviews with creators, producers and longtime contributors as well as hitherto unseen clips and outtakes from late star Robert Stack (1919-2003), whose voice and introductions gave “Unsolved” its distinctive flair.
After streaming exclusively on Pluto, “Legacy” will also appear on other FAST platforms, including TUBI, Roku, FreeVee and FilmRise, beginning Oct. 19.
— The cast of the Revenge sails into new territory as the period romantic pirate comedy “Our Flag Means Death” streams its second season on Max.
— Based on popular turn-of-the-20th-century adventure books, the French detective series “Lupin” streams its third season on Netflix.
— Based on a true story, the 2022 documentary “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” (10 p.m., National Geographic, TV-14) follows a popular musician and social activist as he runs for president of Uganda in the 2021 election, challenging an entrenched incumbent who had held office for 35 years.
— Horror meets haute couture as a fashion designer (Hadley Robinson) is pushed to the brink and begins suffering from a mysterious illness in the 2023 shocker “Appendage,” streaming on Hulu.
— BET+ streams season two of “The Impact: Atlanta,” a look at young people and influencers shaping the city.
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
— A gang leader targets Benson on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).
— The voice of Billy Crystal animates the 2013 comedy “Monster University” (8:30 p.m., Freeform, TV-G).
— Abducted as a child, a woman runs a super-slick and well-funded agency to rescue overlooked missing persons on the repeat pilot episode of “Found” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
CULT CHOICE
Rob Reiner directed the 1992 film adaptation of Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway drama “A Few Good Men” (8 p.m., BBC America, TV-14), starring Tom Cruise and Demi Moore as Navy lawyers in a high-profile case. The film showcased memorable testimony from Jack Nicholson and introduced Sorkin’s brand of dialogue years before “The West Wing.” It also preceded the popularity of the Naval legal procedural “JAG,” (1995-2005), which gave way to 20 years of “NCIS.”
SERIES NOTES
“Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) … “Hell’s Kitchen” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) … “The Golden Bachelor” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) … “Buddy Games” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG). “Lego Masters” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) … “Bachelor in Paradise” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14) … “The Challenge: USA” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14) … “Dateline” (10 p.m., r, NBC).
LATE NIGHT
Bob Odenkirk is booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) … Jimmy Fallon welcomes Maluma on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) … Dax Shepard, Nicole Avant and BoyWithUke appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (11:35 p.m., ABC).
David Byrne and Craig Reynolds visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) … Nate Bargatze, Carlos Alazraqui, John Henton and Esther Povitsky appear on “Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).
