Dwelling Run Derby, LEGO Illusions, Basic Shark Motion pictures, American Ninja Semifinals

Will a hometown hero stroll away with high honors on the annual Dwelling Run Derby? The motion takes place at Atlanta’s Truist Park, dwelling for Tuesday’s Main League Baseball All-Star Sport, with Braves outfielder and energy hitter Ronald Acuña Jr. among the many eight gamers stepping as much as the plate. Final 12 months’s champ, Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernåndez, is sitting this 12 months’s contest out, whereas scheduled contenders embody the Athletics’ designated hitter Brent Rooker, Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz, Twins outfielder Byron Buxton, Nationals outfielder James Wooden and Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh.

Is it actual, or is it brick? That’s the query when the 5 remaining groups of LEGO builders are challenged to make a duplicate of things present in host Will Arnett’s high-school bed room from the Nineteen Nineties. Whoever can greatest idiot the scrutiny of a particular visitor will transfer on to the subsequent spherical. Adopted by a brand new episode of The Quiz with Balls (9/8c).

Whereas the fiftieth anniversary of Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws has captured the media’s consideration this month, it wasn’t the primary to dive into these harmful waters. Within the lull between Nationwide Geographic’s just-concluded Sharkfest and Discovery’s Shark Week (starting Sunday), TCM stirs issues up with a collection of classic shark-related motion pictures, beginning with Howard Hawks‘ 1932 romantic melodrama Tiger Shark, starring Edward G. Robinson as a tuna fisherman caught in a love triangle, adopted by John Sturges‘ 1955 Underwater! journey (9:30/8:30c), the 1950 B-movie Killer Shark (11:15/10:15c) starring Roddy McDowall, and the 1953 documentary The Sea Round Us (12:45 am/11:45c) primarily based on marine biologist Rachel Carson’s Nationwide E-book Award-winning work.

The semifinal spherical will get underway in Las Vegas, with contestants navigating an extended course with 10 memorable obstacles from previous seasons. The ninjas with the quickest occasions transfer on to the Nationwide Finals. Adopted by an episode of Survival Mode (10/9c) that relives the phobia and devastation of the wildfires on Maui that destroyed the city of Lahaina.

INSIDE MONDAY TV:

• Bachelor in Paradise (8/7c, ABC): With the lads holding the roses, new arrivals Alli Jo, Parisa, Jill and Susie carry their date playing cards, whereas host Jesse Palmer introduces the subsequent chemistry take a look at: a secret swipe exercise that reveals who actually desires to kiss who.
• The Librarians: The Subsequent Chapter (9/8c, TNT): Connor (Bluey Robinson) discovers the very first vampire whereas visiting a small-town pageant and races the clock to cease turning into one of many undead.
• The Madame Blanc Mysteries (streaming on Acorn TV): Jean (Sally Lindsay) investigates after Charlie’s (Sanchia McCormack) aunt is murdered when an intruder breaks into her antiques store.
• Apocalypse within the Tropics (streaming on Netflix): An acclaimed documentary from director Petra Costa (The Fringe of Democracy) explores the intersection of politics and evangelical faith in Brazil.