Joel McHale returns to his old stomping grounds today with Celebrity Beef, a new E! series that turns pop culture feuds into a battle of foods. McHale serves as host and competition mastermind, creating new challenges and twists throughout each episode.
Also today: America’s Got Talent concludes this season's audition round, Only Murders and the Building and What We Do in the Shadows drop new episodes, Peacock continues its “True Crime Tuesdays” with new docuseries Hillside Stranger: The Devil in Disguise, and more. Here’s what’s new and noteworthy on TV this Tuesday:
Celebrity Beef: Series premiere. Two celebrity contestants with personal beef go head-to-head in a cook-off, as host Joel McHale attempts to get the inside scoop on their rivalry and derail their progress with ridiculous obstacles. The celebrity who ends the episode with the best dish, as chosen by McHale, earns $10,000 for their charity of choice. Watch trailer. 10:00 PM ET on E!
Hillside Strangler: The Devil in Disguise: Original docuseries. Peacock charts the case of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, who allegedly impersonated off-duty police officers to lure unsuspecting victims to their deaths, terrorizing East Los Angeles in the 1970s. All four episodes drop today. Watch trailer. Streaming on Peacock
America’s Got Talent: New episode. After nearly two months, AGT’s Season 17 auditions end and the judges begin the deliberation process to determine who will advance to the live shows. 8:00 PM ET on NBC
Only Murders in the Building: New episode. Mabel’s (Selena Gomez) incident on the subway leads her to an unlikely ally. Streaming on Hulu
What We Do in the Shadows: New episode. The vampires endure the private school admissions interview process. 10:00 PM ET on FX
Tom Swift: Series finale. Tom’s (Tian Richards) plans to launch the rescue drone are jeopardized by an anti-technology attack — and by the fallout from the discovery of his father’s shocking betrayal. Tonight’s episode serves as the series finale for The CW drama, which was canceled halfway through its first season. 9:00 PM ET on The CW
Edge of the Earth: Season 1 finale. Surfers Ian Walsh and Grant “Twiggy” Baker travel to Africa’s West Coast in hopes of establishing its raw, untouched coastline as the next big wave surf location, but the remote location requires them to be entirely self-sufficient. 9:00 PM ET on HBO
Black Ink Crew: Chicago: Watch Party: Special presentation. Ahead of next Tuesday’s Season 8 premiere, the Chicago crew joins with some special guests to revisit iconic moments from the show. 9:00 PM ET on VH1
Ricardo Quevedo: Tomorrow Will Be Worse: Comedy special. From road rage to couples fighting during the pandemic, Colombian comic and actor Ricardo Quevedo examines the absurdity of the situations that try our patience. In Spanish with English subtitles. Streaming on Netflix
Parking Lot Payday: Season 1 finale. Coldplay fans put their knowledge to the test in the season finale of Zach Selwyn’s concert trivia series. 8:00 PM ET on AXS TV
Family Game Fight: New episode. Kristen Bell and Dax Shephard's reality competition series returns with the first of two burn-off episodes airing this week. (The series was put on indefinite hiatus this May.) 10:00 PM ET on NBC
Claire Spellberg Lustig is the Senior Editor at Primetimer and a scholar of The View. Follow her on Twitter at @c_spellberg.
TOPICS: Celebrity Beef, E!, Peacock, America's Got Talent, Hillside Stranger: The Devil in Disguise, Only Murders In The Building , What We Do in the Shadows, Joel McHale