This Week On TV: June 17-23

By Brent Furdyk. 17 Jun 2019 9:59 AM

This Week: Zachary Levi hosts the MTV Movie & TV Awards, James Corden brings “The Late Late Show” to London, the debut of the Eva Longoria-produced “Grand Hotel”, new mini-golf competition “Holey Moley”, Dax Shepard turns game show host for “Spin the Wheel”, Bill Maher celebrates 500 episodes of “Real Time” and more.

'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' - Season Premiere

'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' - Season Premiere

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'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' - Season Premiere
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More magicians hit the stage to see if they can confound Penn & Teller by delivering an illusion so mind-boggling that even the magical duo aren't able to figure out how it was done. Former "How I Met Your Mother" star Alyson Hannigan returns as host.

* Monday, June 17
'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' - Season Premiere
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Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady are back to do what they do best: create hilarious comedy out of thin air in this long-running improv extravaganza.

* Monday, June 17
'2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards'
MTV
"Shazam!" star Zachary Levi is this host of this year's awards show honouring the best in TV, movies and pop culture. "Game of Thrones", "RBG" and "Avengers: Endgame" lead the nominations with four apiece, while new categories for 2019 include "Reality Royalty," "Most Meme-able Moment" and "Best Real Life Hero."

* Monday, June 17
'Grand Hotel' - Series Premiere
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Eva Longoria is executive producer of this soapy drama set at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach. Charismatic Santiago Mendoza (Damien Bichir) basks in the luxury of his hotel, but scandals, escalating debt and explosive secrets hide beneath the picture-perfect exterior.

* Monday, June 17
'The Late Late Show with James Corden'
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For the third consecutive year, James Corden takes "The Late Late Show" across the pond for a week's worth of shows from London's historic Central Hall Westminster. Guests this week include Tom Hanks, Gillian Anderson, Sir Ian McKellen, Chris Hemsworth, Paul Giamatti, Millie Bobby Brown and more.

* Monday, June 17
'Wig'
HBO
A followup to iconic 1995 documentary "Wigstock", "Wig" focuses on the efforts of drag performer Lady Bunny, who founded the Wigstock drag festival back in the 1980s, in her attempt to revive the dormant festival last year.

* Tuesday, June 18
'Good Trouble' - Season Premiere
Freeform
This spinoff of "The Fosters" is back for a second season to reveal the fate of Jamal while Mariana dives into the dating world and Alice attempts to win back Joey.

* Tuesday, June 18 on ABC Spark
'Beats'
Netflix
In this coming-of-age drama, a reclusive musical prodigy (Khalil Everage) forms and unlikely bond with a down-on-his-luck security guard (Anthony Anderson) at his high school. United by their mutual love of hip hop, these unlikely friends help free each other from the demons of the past while breaking into the local music scene.

* Wednesday, June 19
'The Wall' - Season Premiere
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Chris Hardwick returns to host a new season of the only game show on TV featuring a four-storey wall.

* Thursday, June 20 on Global
'Holey Moley' - Series Premiere
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Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is exec producer of this 10-episode mini-golf competition series, bringing together mini-golf aficionados from all over the world to compete head-to-head in an epic obstacle course.
Joe Tessitore and Rob Riggle provide colour commentary.

* Thursday, June 20
'Family Food Fight' - Series Premiere
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While her husband plays mini-golf on "Holey Moley", Ayesha Curry hosts this culinary competition in which families compete to create their favourite recipes. Graham Elliot, Cat Corra and Curry will judge the results, with one family taking home a $100,000 grand prize.

* Thursday, June 20
'Spin the Wheel' - Series Premiere
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From exec producer Justin Timberlake comes this new game show that offers contestants the chance to win big prizes — up to a whopping $20 million — simply by spinning a giant wheel. Dax Shepard hosts.

* Thursday, June 20
'Reef Break' - Series Premiere
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Poppy Montgomery stars in this new action drama, playing a former professional thief who now works as the fixer for the governor of a Pacific Island nation.

* Thursday, June 20
'Mr. Iglesias' - Series Premiere
Netflix
Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias takes his act from the standup stage to the sitcom studio for this new Netflix series in which he plays a teacher.

* Friday, June 21
'Real Time With Bill Maher'

The caustic comic celebrates 500 episodes of left-leaning political satire in this landmark episode.

* Friday, June 21
Highwire Live in Times Square with Nik Wallenda
Walt Disney Television/Paula Lobo
Last year, highwire legend Nik Wallenda made history by walking a tightrope across the Grand Canyon, and this year he and his sister, Lijana, will walk a 1,300-foot highwire 25 stories above NYC's Times Square.

* Sunday, June 23
'Apollo 11'
CNN
CNN debuts this critically acclaimed documentary that tells the story of NASA's first manned mission to the Moon, using no narration, just vintage footage, to result in a documentary that's like watching the whole thing unfold all over again.

* Sunday, June 22

This Week On TV: June 17-23

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