The new summer series “American Gothic” (CBS, 10 p.m.) takes a page from cable with the limited series about a reopened murder case that affects a hifalutin Boston family headed by Virginia Madsen. Could someone in their family have been involved? The whodunit also stars Juliet Rylance, Antony Starr, Justin Chitin and Megan Ketch.
Julie Chen presides over the two hour 18th season premiere of “Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.) in which a dozen strangers are sequestered over the summer in hopes of lasting long enough to win $500,000. Most are in their 20s, one has a hulking beard and is heavily tattooed, and of course I’m for the lone 50-year-old dude. It will show Wednesday Thursdays and Sundays, and they’ll be stuck in the house a record 99 days. People can watch live feeds around the clock at CBS.com. starting tomorrow, which is when “Big Brother After Dark” also premieres.
A year in the life of tennis great Serena Williams is explored in the documentary “Serena: The Other Side of Greatness” (Epix, 8 p.m.).
The gathering of polar bears in the small town of Kaktovik, Alaska to eat whale remains left by the local Inupiats has grown more intense in recent years since ice cap melting has restricted the animals’ traditional hunting space. A documentary “The Great Polar Bear Feast” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) looks into a recent feeding.
Frankly I don’t care what this dude’s opinions are about sports, but “Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons” (HBO, 10 p.m.) begins the run of the sports talk show by the former ESPN columnist. His first guests include Ben Affleck and Charles Barkley.
Both “Lopez” (TV Land, 10 p.m.) and “The Soul Man” (TV Land, 10:30 p.m.) have season finales.
Two more episodes of “Greenleaf” (OWN, 9 p.m.) hope to hook you into the megachurch soap.
A racially motivated shooting turns to protests on “The Night Shift” (NBC, 10 p.m.).
Contestants on “MasterChef” (Fox, 8 p.m.) are split into teams to work on food for a wedding of contestant from last season.
Rebecca shares a secret on “Wayward Pines” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
Lillian and Beatrice are freed from their husbands after marriage annulments on “Another Period” (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.).
A woman thinks she’s inherited disease on “Royal Pains” (USA, 10 p.m.).
Jazz goes to California for surgery on “I Am Jazz” (TLC, 10 p.m.).
Bethenny has a health scare on “The Real Housewives of New York City” (Bravo, 9 p.m.).
Stage plays that became films continue on Turner Classic Movies with “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” (8 p.m.), “A Man for All Seasons” (10 p.m.), “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charente Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade” (12:15 a.m.), “Saint Joan” (2:30 a.m.) and “Mary of Scotland” (4:30 a.m.).
Baseball includes Kansas City at Mets (MLB, 1 p.m.), St. Louis at Cubs (MLB, 4 p.m.), White Sox at Boston (MLB, 7 p.m.) and Washington at Dodgers (ESPN, 10 p.m.).
The College World Series has Santa Barbara vs. Arizona (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
It’s Colombia vs. Chile (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.) in soccer’s Copa America Cententario. The UEFA Euro has Hungary vs. Portugal (ESPN, 11:30 a.m.), Iceland vs. Austria (ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.), Italy vs. Ireland (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.) and Sweden vs. Belgium (ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa: Matthew Perry, Darby Stanchfield, Colin Hanks, Anderson Cooper. The View: Jeff Goldblum. The Talk: Laverne Cox, Jaymes Vaughan. Ellen DeGeneres: John Travolta, Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan (rerun). Wendy Williams: Katjat, Lindsay & Lexie. The Real: Toward Braxton. Meredith Vieira: Tamar Braxton (rerun).
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Uzo Aduba, Adia Victoria. Jimmy Kimmel: bill Hader, Maria Bamford, DNCE. Jimmy Fallon: Gordon Ramsay, Elle Fanning, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Seth Meyers: Blake Lively, Finesse Mitchell, A$AP Ferg, Ray Luzier. James Corden: Anna Kendrick, Jeff Goldblum, the Claypool Lennon Delirium. Carson Daly: Michelle Yeoh, Escort, Bradley James (rerun). Trevor Noah: Mark Halperin, John Hellemann. Larry Wilmore: M1. Conan O’Brien: Norman Reedus, Al Madrigal, Joel Kim Booster.