There’s good timing for the start of the new documentary series “Simone Biles Rising” (Netflix, streaming), about the gymnastics master returning to the Paris Games after sitting out the 2020 games, a series that gets an inside look at the pressures faced by the young gymnast and her efforts to come back.
And while the Olympics themselves start next week, those annual summer games in “Big Brother” (CBS, 9 p.m.) begins tonight with the start of a two-nigh premiere of the season. Julie Chen Moonves returns to host the 26th season, which will air on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays all summer.
A second season begins for the science fiction series “The Ark” (Syfy, 10 p.m.) in which the colonizing spacecraft has reached its intended destination and has to prepare the place for ships that will follow, though it seems uninhabitable.
The third night of the Republican National Convention (CNN, CSPAN, PBS, MSNBC, 8 p.m.; NBC, 9 p.m.; ABC, CBS, 10 p.m.) may want you to look for other planets to inhabit as well. Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance is expected to speak.
Rosie O’Donnell, Lisa Ann Walter and Sebastian Maniscalco are among the celebrity contestants on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
“Claim to Fame” (ABC, 9 p.m.) has its first elimination.
Karen has a baby shower on “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” (BET, 9 p.m.).
“Expedition Unknown” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) looks for vanished WWII bomber in the Arctic Circle.
Altman considers walking away from a client on “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” (Bravo, 9 p.m.).
“Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction” (Discovery, 10 p.m.) examines eyewitness footage.
Thelma is on the receiving end of a surprise birthday party on “Royal Rules of Ohio” (Freeform, 10:30 p.m.).
“Wild Vietnam” (Nat Geo Wild, 9 p.m.) explores mountain wildlife in that country.
Turner Classic Movies continues its salute to B-movie king Roger Corman, who died in May at 98, with the films he produced, in many cases for burgeoning film directors early in their careers: Martin Scorsese’s “Boxcar Bertha” (8 p.m.), Peter Bogdanovich’s “Targets” (9:45 p.m.), Francis Coppola’s “Dementia 13” (11:30 p.m.), Jonathan Demme’s “Caged Heat” (1 a.m.) and Joe Dante’s “Piranha” (2:30 a.m.).
During the day are Westerns and stories of the West, with “Rocky Mountain” (6 a.m.), “Bad Lands” (7:30 a.m.), “Desert Pursuit” (8:45 a.m.), “The Lawless Frontier” (10 a.m.), “Triple Justice” (11 a.m.), “Gun Law” (12:15 p.m.), “Gold of the Seven Saints” (1:30 p.m.), “Hell’s Heroes” (3:15 p.m.), “Valley of the Sun” (4:30 p.m.) and “A Thunder of Drums” (6 p.m.).
WNBA action has Indiana at Dallas (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.).
NBA Summer League games have Miami vs. Dallas (ESPN2, 3 p.m.), Sacramento vs. New York (NBA, 3:30 p.m.), Toronto vs. Utah (ESPN2, 5 p.m.), Boston vs. Charlotte (NBA, 5:30 p.m.), Phoenix vs. Oklahoma City (NBA, 8 p.m.), Lakers vs. Atlanta (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.) and Golden State vs. Cleveland (NBA, 10 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Glen Powell, Shaquille O’Neal. The View: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Shaquille O’Neal. The Talk: Annie Potts, Zoe Perry, Zarna Garn, Jenna Dewan (rerun). Drew Barrymore: Awkwafina, Jake Lacy (rerun). Kelly Clarkson: Glen Powell, Shaquille O’Neal, Dr. Sampson Davis. Jennifer Hudson: James Pickens Jr., Arianna Choi (rerun).
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Glen Powell, Charlamagne Tha God. Jimmy Kimmel: Howie Mandel, Roy Wood Jr., the Decemberists, Anthony Anderson. Jimmy Fallon: Tracy Morgan, Anthony Ramos, Clairo. Seth Meyers: Michael Cera, Daisy Edgar-Jones, James Bay. Taylor Tomlinson: Alaska 5000, Gillian Jacobs, Chris Fleming.