Aug. 3, 2021

All times Mountain. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.

Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified

Netflix  New Series

This docuseries is said to feature the most recent information and proof exposing the most top-secret government projects that handled contacts with — and cover-ups of — extraterrestrial presence on Earth.

Olympics: Cycling Track Finals

NBC, 10 a.m.

Astonished fans may wonder how riders stay upright, much less push pedals to a medal with such ferocity, in the cycling track finals.

Supernatural

TNT, 1 p.m.

In “Fan Fiction,” a girls’-school musical based on a novel about monster hunters Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) o†ers a delightful love letter to SPN fandom.

Olympics: Women’s Gymnastics

NBC, 6 p.m. Live

In this discipline gold final, competitors look to out-twist and outflip Dutch defending champ Sanne Wevers.

Orca vs. Great White

Nat Geo Wild, 8 p.m.

O† the coast of South Africa in 2017, orcas began hunting and killing great white sharks. This SharkFest special chronicles how researchers in New Zealand are setting out to discover if it could happen again. Diving with several shark populations along New Zealand’s southern coast, they investigate this murder mystery and seek answers to a burning question: Have their local orcas developed a taste for great white sharks?

Breaking News in Yuba County

EPIX, 9 p.m.

Allison Janney astonishes (per usual) as a love-deprived wife who finds a bizarre silver lining when her husband expires after she catches him — on her birthday — in the act with his mistress. Like a lesser Coen brothers e†ort, part dark farce and part kooky crime drama, the 2021 film pokes fun at our dangerous fascination with a good humaninterest story. Often too broad, Yuba has its pluses, primarily a very capable top-tier cast (such as Regina Hall and a perfect Juliette Lewis) led by mad housewife Janney.

Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail

TBS, 11:30 p.m.

In “What Happens in Branchwater,” the wagon train stops in the sinful town of Branchwater, luring Ezekiel (Daniel Radcli†e) into a night of debauchery and temptation. Meanwhile, Benny (Steve Buscemi) finds his favorite saloon has transformed into an inauthentic tourist trap.