Tig Notaro’s latest comedy special is a little different — “Tig Notaro: Drawn” (HBO, 10 p.m.) is entirely animated. She has some things to say about Kool-Aid Man.
Minus live audiences, the Tokyo Olympic Games fully take over after Friday’s opening ceremonies. Highlights include U.S. vs. New Zealand (NBC Sports, 7:30 a.m.) in women’s soccer and U.S. vs. France (NBC, 9 a.m.) in men’s volleyball.
Prime time has a women’s beach volleyball (NBC, 8 p.m.) qualifying round. Followed by men’s gymnastics, men’s and women swimming and skateboarding. U.S. women’s basketball qualifying round has U.S. vs. Australia (CNBC, 8 p.m.) and U.S. vs. Japan (CNBC, 1 a.m.) in men’s water polo. And lots of other stuff, round the clock, on NBC, USA, NBC Sports, CNBC, the Olympic Channel and streaming on Peacock.
Helena Bonham Carter is narrator for the new natural history series “Eden: Untamed Planet” (BBC America, 8 p.m.; AMC, 9 p.m.) that looks at pristine parts of the globe, starting with the rainforests of Borneo.
A young couple moves next door to a psychopath in the made-for-TV thriller “Next Door Nightmare” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). Julia Borsellino, Mark Taylor and Deborah Grover star.
“Destination Fear” (Travel, 9 p.m.) begins its third season in a Louisville sanatorium.
The “Freaky Friday” trope gets another retelling in the 2020 film “Freaky” (HBO, 8:15 p.m.), making its premium cable debut with Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton switching places.