Larry David’s Historical Hysteria, Tennis Legends Chris & Martina, ‘Dateline’ Revisits the Tragic Camp Mystic Flood

Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness

With the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations a week away, Larry David brings his crabby Curb Your Enthusiasm-honed persona to the party in a rollicking romp through American history. Poking holes in our noblest and most iconic tableaux in a seven-week series of sketches and vignettes, David gathers members of his repertory company (Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Garlin, J.B. Smoove, Susie Essman, and more) plus an impressive array of special guest stars to send up events from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to the first Moon landing of 1969. Imagine Larry David on Rosa Parks’ bus, managing a way station of the Underground Railroad, or cowering at the Alamo. He’ll always be the most aggravating person in the room where it happens. His fans wouldn’t have it any other way. (See the full review.)

Chris & Martina: The Final Set

Their rivalry pushed women’s professional tennis to new heights, but the battles were just beginning for Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, each being diagnosed with cancer long after they retired their rackets. An intimate and moving documentary, airing on the cusp of a new Wimbledon tournament (which Evert won three times and Navratilova a remarkable nine), replays the highlights of their legendary careers on the court, and how they have supported each other as they fought and continue to fight the disease. “They were battling a war forever on the tennis court. And now, in life, they’re trying to save each other,” says Evert’s supportive ex-husband, former alpine ski racer Andy Mill.

Dateline NBC

Anchor Lester Holt reports an emotionally wrenching special edition, “After the Flood,” featuring interviews with eight mothers of children who died last year during the devastating July 2025 flood at Camp Mystic in Texas that killed 28 people. In unison, the Houston moms insist that the tragedy could “100 percent” have been averted and are still seeking answers from the camp’s owners, who this week filed for bankruptcy.

Dutton Ranch

With the Season 1 finale just a week away — long gone are the days when shows like Dallas would produce up to 30 episodes a year — the Yellowstone sequel stirs up more intrigue at the 10 Petal ranch, where Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) are seen by ailing matriarch Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening) as key to continued success. A Game of Thrones-like battle for succession is brewing between Beulah’s black-hat biological son, Rob-Will Jackson (Jai Courtney), and adoptive heir, Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba), who both know how to play dirty. And back on Dutton land, a very concerned Rip and Beth try to get a seriously hungover Carter (Finn Little) to straighten up and ride high in the saddle.

Star City

A nail-biting episode of the For All Mankind spinoff focuses on the tension between the Soviet space agency’s Chief Designer (Rhys Ifans) and KGB ghoul Raskova (Anna Maxwell Martin). Her discovery that the Chief Designer not only launched a secret, unsanctioned mission to Venus but also allowed an alleged traitor, Valya Mironov (Adam Nagaitis), to sneak on board leads to a fateful showdown in Star City’s control room. On the paranoid home front, Valya’s wife Tanya (Ruby Ashbourne Serkis) is in hiding, planning her escape from Russia.

INSIDE FRIDAY TV:

• FIFA World Cup: Group play continues with Norway vs. France in Boston (3 pm/ET, Fox), Senegal vs. Iraq in Toronto (3 pm/ET, FS1), Uruguay vs. Spain at Guadalajara Stadium (8 pm/ET, Fox), Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia in Houston (8 pm/ET, FS1), New Zealand vs. Belgium in Vancouver (11 pm/ET, Fox), and Egypt vs. Iran in Seattle (11 pm/ET, FS1).
• SportsCenter (6 pm/ET, ESPN): After hosting more editions of SportsCenter than anyone at the network, Linda Cohn is retiring next week and makes her final appearances on the iconic news-sports show during the 6 pm, 10 pm, and 11 pm (ET) broadcasts.
• NHL Draft (7 pm/ET, ESPN): Top prospects are picked during the first round from Buffalo’s KeyBank Center. (Rounds two through 7 will be streamed Saturday on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.)
• Firing Line With Margaret Hoover: America at 250 — Pursuing a More Perfect Union (8/7c, PBS): Margaret Hoover gathers a panel including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal to discuss the principles embedded in the Declaration of Independence, signed 250 years ago.

ON THE STREAM:

• Paul Simon: The Quiet Celebration Concert (streaming on Disney+ and Hulu): Recorded live at Seattle’s McCaw Hall, the concert special features the legendary musician in an intimate acoustic setting with new arrangements of classic songs reflecting his approach to performing after experiencing hearing loss.
• Apple (TV) Watch: On a new episode of the lurid melodrama Cape Fear, married lawyers Anna (Amy Adams) and Tom (Patrick Wilson) confront ex-con Max Cady (Javier Bardem) and his twisted alleged daughter Neveah (Malia Pyles), but each encounter leaves them worse off than before. Also on Apple TV: a new episode of the sci-fi/California noir Sugar and a second season of the tuneful Peanuts animated series Camp Snoopy.
• Little Brother (streaming on Netflix): John Cena and Eric André are the mismatched odd couple in a raucous buddy comedy about a successful real-estate agent whose world is turned upside down when his bizarre “little brother” from childhood returns to disrupt his life.
• Strung (streaming on Peacock): Chloe Bailey stars in director Malcolm D. Lee’s psychological thriller as a gifted violinist who becomes a tutor for the daughter of a wealthy but clearly berserk family.
• The Doomies (streaming on Disney+): An animated supernatural comedy series lands best friends Bobby and Romy in an underworld of trouble when they open a portal of evil and unleash creatures of doom on their coastal town.