‘Dutton Ranch’ Finale, Back to the ‘Silo,’ Early July 4th Celebrations, ‘Simpsons’ Goes Noir

Dutton Ranch

If Yellowstone icons Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Rip (Cole Hauser) thought that moving to Texas would put family feuds behind them, they have been sorely disabused throughout the spinoff’s first season. Rio Paloma’s Jackson family, led by the formidable Beulah (Annette Bening), is fracturing after the matriarch named her bad-seed son Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) as her successor. With corrupt practices at the 10 Petal Ranch now exposed, our favorite couple is waist-deep in intrigue as the Season 1 finale builds to a cliffhanger reminiscent of Dallas‘ “Who Shot J.R.?” heyday.

Silo

The post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama returns for a third season that splits its focus between the far future, when Earth’s survivors are living deep underground in bunker-like silos with little knowledge of their history, and present-day “Before Times,” where, with eerie timeliness, the U.S. is engaged in a savage military conflict with Iran. In the Silo world, Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) has returned home a hero, the only person ever to have ventured out into the world and survived, but she has no memory of her time in the neighboring silo. In the present day, Congressman Daniel Keene (Succession‘s Ashley Zukerman) seeks information about a retaliatory strike against Iran after a dirty bomb exploded in the nation’s capital.

A Capitol Fourth

July 4th celebrations get an early start when the annual concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol is presented a day earlier than usual. (PBS broadcasts an event from Colonial Williamsburg on Saturday, with a replay of the D.C. concert following at 10/9c.) Alfonso Ribeiro returns as host for the 250th-birthday event, featuring performances from Patti LaBelle, Kool & the Gang, country music stars Trace Adkins and Carly Pearce, with Alan Jackson from Nashville, plus cast members from Broadway’s Just in Time and soprano Angel Blue, with Jack Everly conducting the National Symphony Orchestra. The climactic fireworks display comes from Mount Vernon, home of the nation’s first president, George Washington, with singer Loren Allred (The Greatest Showman) performing.

Disney Celebrates America

Simulcast on Disney-owned platforms including Disney+, Hulu, National Geographic, Freeform, FX, ESPN, and ABC News Live, a 24-hour anniversary blowout begins with an hourlong America the Beautiful special featuring news anchor David Muir from inside the Statue of Liberty, which offers a new “Liberty Lights” illumination (10/9c). Brandi Carlile performs “America the Beautiful.” Coverage of a “Party Across America” (11:35 pm/10:35c) continues with Linsey Davis in New Orleans, and Lara Spencer and Sam Champion anchoring from New York City. A special edition of Nightline (12:37 am/11:37c) is followed by an overnight replay of Good Morning America‘s “50 States in 50 Weeks” coverage, lasting until a two-hour “Dawn in America” broadcast (5 am/4c) leads into a holiday edition of Good Morning America on July 4.

The Simpsons

The second of three exclusive Simpsons episodes this summer takes on a different hue — the black-and-white of film noir — in “Simpsley,” a broad parody of The Talented Mr. Ripley and its recent Netflix adaptation. Marge Bouvier is the con artist traveling to Italy to fetch deep-pocketed Seymour Skinner back home when she encounters (who else) a bumbling houseguest, Homer Simpsley.

INSIDE FRIDAY TV:

• The Waltons (10 am/9c, UPtv): The family-friendly network begins licensing the beloved 1970s Depression-era drama, kicking off with a daylong marathon. The series will air regularly on weekdays from 10 am/9c to 1 pm/12c.
• Harry Potter Marathon (noon/11c, MTV): MTV Networks celebrates its acquisition of all eight Harry Potter movies and the Fantastic Beasts spinoffs with a holiday marathon continuing through Sunday.
• FIFA World Cup: The Knockout round of 32 concludes with Australia vs. Egypt in Dallas (2 pm/ET, Fox), Argentina vs. Cabo Verde in Miami (6 pm/ET, Fox), and Colombia vs. Ghana in Kansas City (9:30 pm/ET, Fox).
• Independence Eve Live with Anderson & Andy: Celebrating 250 (8 pm/ET, CNN): Those New Year’s Eve buddies Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen are back in a steamy Times Square for a countdown to America’s 250th birthday, with special guests joining the party through a midnight ball drop.
• Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness (9/8c, HBO): Larry David infects American history with his curmudgeonly attitude in sketches involving explorer Meriwether Lewis, the 1929 stock-market crash and George Washington’s decision not to seek a third term. The special guests are extra special this week.
• The Day Diego Returned to the Azteca (10/9c, ESPN2): A documentary depicts Argentinian soccer superstar Diego Armando Maradona’s return to Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium in 2000, 14 years after achieving World Cup glory at the site in 1986.

ON THE STREAM:

• Apple (TV) Watch: The For All Mankind spinoff Star City jumps forward several months to depict the grim fallout from the tragedy aboard the Soviets’ secret Venus mission. Cape Fear ratchets up the psychological cat-and-mouse game now that the malevolent Max Cady (Javier Bardem) has moved across the street from his prey, the Bowdens (Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson). The neo-noir Sugar finds its alien private eye (Colin Farrell) recovering from his wounds and following a new lead that takes him back to dangerous L.A. gang turf.
• Project Hail Mary (streaming on Prime Video): The streamer acquires the terrifically entertaining sci-fi hit starring Ryan Gosling as a science teacher making a new friend in space.
• Summer’s Last Resort (streaming on Tubi): Violet McGraw stars in a comedy as Summer, a teen scheming to spoil her mom’s (Sophia Bush) romance with her boyfriend (Jerry O’Connell), also Summer’s vice principal, while on vacation.
• Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (streaming on HBO Max): The 2026 horror film makes its streaming debut, with a linear premiere on HBO Saturday at 8/7c.