What To Watch Sunday: Lioness And The Librarians Return, Grantchester Ends, And More
By Nick CarusoAug. 2, 2026 7:00 am EST
Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot
On TV this Sunday: “Lioness” and “The Librarians” return with new seasons, and “Grantchester” airs its series finale
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Showtimes for August 2, 2026
3:00 AM
ET
Lioness
Paramount+
Season 3 premiere: A covert strike unearths a hidden threat, drawing Joe into a shadowy chain of events
5:00 PM
ET
Lollapalooza Livestream
Disney+ & HuluDay 4 of 4
Turnstile, Tate McRae, Beabadoobee, The Chainsmokers, The XX, and more perform.
6:00 PM
ET
WWE SummerSlam
ESPN AppNIGHT 2 OF 2
Roman Reigns takes on Seth Rollins; Trick Williams wrestles Baron Corbin
8:00 PM
ET
Big Brother
CBS
A new Head of Household nominates three houseguests for eviction.
Patience
PBS
Season 2 finale: Patience and Frankie are held hostage by an armed escaped prisoner claiming she is innocent; personal secrets start to emerge
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Bravo
Season 17 finale: Drew’s divorce nears, K. Michelle clashes with her, and a listening party falls apart
9:00 PM
ET
Decades in Sports
CNNTWO EPISODES
The docuseries explores the defining moments, athletes, and cultural shifts that shaped sports over the past six decades, starting with the transformative social and political changes of the ’60s and ’70s
Grantchester
PBS
Series finale: In the aftermath of the siege, Geordie fights for his life; Alphy tracks a fugitive through the countryside; the Grantchester family must face final questions of love, redemption, and forgiveness
House of the Dragon
HBO
Much like Mark Twain, reports of a certain death may have been exaggerated
The Librarians: The Next Chapter
TNT
Season 2 premiere: When the Librarians are sent to an international boarding school to investigate an outbreak of inexplicable rage, they encounter a mysterious man claiming to be the legendary wizard Merlin
The Walking Dead: Dead City
AMC
Maggie and Negan travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland; the crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror
The Westies
MGM+
Sweeney lets Roarke sell cocaine only if heano; Polk pressures Keenan to wear a wire
11:30 PM
ET
President Curtis
Adult Swim
After a dead Loch Ness monster washes ashore, Curtis, Banks, and O’Doyle investigate a secret monster prison in the Bermuda Triangle
