“My Brilliant Career” (Netflix, streaming), he Australian novel by Miles Franklin about an aspiring writer in rural town in the early 20th century, gets a six-part TV adaptation. It stars Philippa Northeast and Christopher Chung in the roles played by Judy Davis and Sam Neill in Gillian Armstrong’s 1979 film of the same name.
Major League Baseball comes to play near the Iowa cornfields used for the 2026 Field of Dreams Game with Philadelphia vs. Minnesota (Netflix, 7:30 p.m.). Teams will look to the past in their uniforms, with the twins donning 1960s pinstripes and Phillies sporting road grays circa 1940. Coverage of the first major league game from the field in four years begins at 6:30 p.m.
The first big slate of preseason football games are also tonight with Green Bay at Pittsburgh (NFL, 7 p.m.) and Tennessee at San Francisco (NFL, 9 p.m.).
The most questionable sport tonight is the summary of the White House’s version of the Hunger Games, pitting two teens from each state in a variety of events. The Patriot Games (ABC, 9 p.m.), set in Ohio, comes from Freedom 250, the group that brought you the UFC debacle and the ill-attended Great American State Fair.
The new documentary “A Child of My Own” (Netflix, streaming) tells the story of a Mexican woman under pressure from her family to have a child despite a number of miscarriages.A faked pregnancy leads to a child abuduction. The format is unusual — the first half is dramatized, the second half more traditional. The case itself sounds very much like the one in Texas recalled in another recent documentary, “Maternal Instinct” (Netflix, streaming).
From the Philippines comes the film “This, That and the Other Thing” (Netflix, streaming), about a TV writer whose work is interrupted when her estranged mother suddenly returns.
The Shane Gillis sitcom “Tires” (Netflix, streaming) returns for a new season.
“Camp Rock 3” (Disney, 8 p.m.) is the latest sequel in the musical series about musical kids, with appearances by Joe and Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato, who also produce.
The new series “Engineering from Above” (History, 10 p.m.) looks in at engineering feats from towers to walls from overhead.
“Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny” (History, 9 p.m.) considers some of the great international pursuits over the years.
Nicole Byer, Margaret Cho, Kathy Hilton and Da Brat play “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
“The Americas” (NBC, 8 p.m.) reaches its first season finale in the waters of the Caribbean.
Another live eviction comes on “Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
“The Real Housewives of Orange County” (Bravo, 8 p.m.) head to Las Vegas.
Mike opens a rehab center on “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” (MTV, 8 p.m.).
“Project Runway” (Freeform, 10 p.m.) has designers create a red-carpet look for the premiere of “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
A seafood place is helped in the first of two episodes of “Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service” (Food, 9 p.m.).
“Monsters of God” (HBO, 9 p.m.) follows a reptile dealer in Florida who turns to gun -unning and drugs.
Scarlet Hunter stars as a former military police officer who solves mysteries with her dog at a national Park on the new “Blue Skies” (UPtv, 9 p.m.).
Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars turns to Susan Hayward all day, in “Tulsa” (6 a.m.), “Syncopated City” (7:30 a.m.), “The Lusty Men” (8 a.m.), “Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman” (10 a.m.), “They Won’t Believe Me” (noon), “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (2 p.m.), “Top Secret Affair” (4 p.m.), “Back Street” (6 p.m.), “Valley of the Dolls” (8 p.m.), “I’ll Cry Tomorrow” (10:15 p.m.), “I Want to Live!” (12:30 a.m.), “I Thank a Fool” (2:45 a.m.) and “Deadline at Dawn” (4:30 a.m.).
Baseball includes Cleveland at Detroit (MLB, 1 p.m.).
WNBA action has Los Angeles at New York (Prime Video, 8 p.m.) and Washington at Las Vegas (Prime Video, 10 p.m.).
Canadian football has BC at Calgary (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: George Clooney, Olivia Holt. The View: Sheryl Underwood, Nathan Lane, Stephen Lang (rerun). Kelly Clarkson: Sterling K. Brown, Amber Ruffin, Yerin Ha, Emily Kaufman, Alison Sweeney, Freya Skye (rerun). Drew Barrymore: Martha Stewart, Gloria Estefan (rerun). Jennifer Hudson: Colman Domingo, Jaafar Jackson, Juliano Valdi (rerun). Tamron Hall: Laura Errico (rerun).
Late Talk
Jimmy Kimmel: Dave Franco, Jaylen Brown, Maiya Sykes, Anthony Anderson. Jimmy Fallon: Adam Scott, Sebastian Maniscalco, Ella Rubin, Dogstar. Seth Meyers: Adam Scott, Juliette Lewis (rerun).