‘Blacklist’ Final Season, Finales of ‘1923’ and ‘Mayfair Witches,’ The Weeknd Live, Ellie’s Backstory on ‘Last of Us’

The Blacklist

SUNDAY: The thriller’s tenth and last season picks up six months after the escape of terrorist and early blacklister Wujing (Chin Han), when MIA Reddington (James Spader) resurfaces in Manhattan. Good timing, as a result of Wujing is rallying different burned cohorts to hunt revenge towards Red, the crime boss-turned-FBI informant. New to the workforce: Anya Banerjee as Siya Malik, an MI6 operative and daughter of late CIA agent Meera Malik (Season 1’s Parminder Nagra). Expect extra callbacks earlier than the collection ends.

1923

SUNDAY: Details are few for the Season 1 finale of the epic Western prequel, which fortunately has been renewed. But like Cara Dutton (the magnificent Helen Mirren), we’re greater than anxious for her dashing nephew Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) and his spunky British bride Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) to lastly discover their means throughout the pond to America. Maybe by Season 2? Back on the Montana ranch, anticipate the vary conflict between the Duttons, the wily Banner (Jerome Flynn) and his sadistic tycoon boss Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) to warmth up.

Mayfair Witches

SUNDAY: Also renewed for a second season, the supernatural drama primarily based on Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour guide collection reaches its first-year climax with Rowan (Alexandra Daddario) studying simply what it means to be “the 13th witch” and fulfill the prophecy of the Mayfair lineage. Or some such factor. It was all higher on paper.

The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium

SATURDAY: The Canadian hit maker, who stopped the present at 2021’s Super Bowl, wows a sold-out crowd at L.A.’s SoFi Stadium in a live performance particular filmed in 2022 in the course of the first U.S. leg of his “After Hours Til Dawn Tour.” The 95-minute set consists of songs from his After Hours and Dawn FM recordings. Later this yr, he’ll seem within the HBO drama The Idol, which he co-created.

The Last of Us

SUNDAY: While Joel (Pedro Pascal) lies wounded from the most recent assault, the main target turns to Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) life earlier than she was fatefully bitten and entrusted to her touring companion. In an almost episode-long flashback, Ellie and her BFF Riley (Storm Reid), who fled FEDRA army coaching to turn into a Firefly, play hooky at night time in an deserted mall stuffed with wonders—and terrors.

INSIDE WEEKEND TV:

• True Crime Watch: Cold Justice (Saturday, 8/7c, Oxygen) returns with new episodes, beginning with prosecutor Kelly Siegler and detective Steve Spingola investigating a 1992 chilly case in East Texas. CBS’ 48 Hours (Saturday, 10/9c) reviews on the “Brighton Ax Murder” from 1982, when Cathy Krauseneck was discovered lifeless in her mattress with an ax in her head. The case remained chilly for many years, till fashionable forensics pointed to her husband Jim because the prime suspect. A brand new Dateline NBC (Sunday, 7/6c) follows a Florida father’s journey to Belgium to learn the way his daughter fell to demise from a penthouse condominium.
• Made for Each Other (Saturday, 8/7c, Hallmark Channel): Shades of Pygmalion, when a sculptor (Alexandra Turshen) casts her excellent match, Clay (Aaron O’Connell), solely to fall for her flawed-but-sweet flesh-and-blood pal David (Matt Cohen).
• Saturday Night Live (Saturday, 11:30/10:30c, 8:30 pm/PT, NBC): Guest host Woody Harrelson joins the Five-Timers Club, with Jack White showing as solo musical visitor for the fourth time (he additionally appeared as soon as with The White Stripes.)
• 60 Minutes (Sunday, 7/6c, CBS): In the newsmagazine’s eighth report on the year-long Ukraine invasion and subsequent conflict, senior overseas correspondent Holly Williams explores life within the liberated metropolis of Kherson, which stays beneath fireplace from Russian artillery. (Scott Pelley returns to the war-ravaged nation subsequent week.) In a double-length section, Lesley Stahl profiles younger Afghan women who’ve fled oppressive Taliban rule to proceed their training in Rwanda.
• The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Sunday, 8/7c, Showtime): John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jennifer Palmieri are again analyzing politics at a pivotal time for the Biden administration, now coping with a divided authorities.
• twenty ninth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (Sunday, 8/7/c, 5 pm/PT, streaming on Netflix’s YouTube Channel): Sally Field receives the SAG Life Achievement Award at a ceremony live-streaming from L.A.’s Fairmont Century Plaza. Nominees for finest TV ensemble: in drama, Better Call Saul, The Crown, Ozark, Severance and The White Lotus; in comedy, Abbott Elementary, Barry, The Bear, Hacks and Only Murders within the Building.
• The Simpsons (Sunday, 8/7c, Fox): Dr. Henry Louis Gates helps Carl (Alex Désert), obsessed with a lovely lady, analysis his ancestral roots similar to they do on PBS.
• East New York (Sunday, 9/8c, CBS): Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell seems as a medical expert who knew Deputy Inspector Regina (Amanda Warren) again within the day, with Lea DeLaria guesting as a fireplace marshal who helps examine a deadly fireplace at a hair salon.
• Wicked Tuna (Sunday, 9/8c and 10/9c, National Geographic): The twelfth season kicks off with back-to-back episodes as Gloucester captains race to find out whose boat is the GOAT.
• Royal Rendezvous (Sunday, 9/8c, E!): One Day at a Time’s Isabella Gomez stars as an East L.A. chef who finds romance whereas cooking at a manor home in Ireland (filmed on location).
• The Company You Keep (Sunday, 10/9c, ABC): In the romantic caper’s second episode, con man Charlie (Milo Ventimiglia) and covert CIA agent Kim (Catherine Haena Kim) come near exposing one another when he plots to steal a necklace to pay again Daphne (Felisha Terrell), the very legal Kim is monitoring.
• NCIS: Los Angeles (Sunday, 10/9c, CBS): Taxi’s Marilu Henner company as Kilbride’s (Gerald McRaney) ex-wife, who needs the grouch to reconnect with their son.
• Lavell Crawford: Thee Lavell Crawford (Sunday, 10/9c, Showtime): The comic and actor (Better Call Saul) returns for his fourth Showtime stand-up particular, riffing on ageing and different life issues earlier than a New Orleans viewers.