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Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+): This new original espionage thriller series from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan premieres with two episodes tonight. It stars Zoe Saldaña as the lead (she’s also an executive producer) as well as Laysla De Oliveira, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, and Nicole Kidman (also an EP). The series is inspired by an actual U.S. military program and follows Saldaña’s character, Joe, who is part of the CIA’s efforts to thwart the next 9/11. Streaming

Monday, July 24

The Bachelorette (ABC): Charity’s season moves to a new time slot tonight—an hour earlier—so note the change. Meanwhile, it’s the week before hometowns, making tonight’s episode in New Orleans even more important. 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT and streaming the next day on Hulu

Wednesday, July 26

Big Brother 25th Anniversary Celebration, an Entertainment Tonight special (CBS/Paramount+):  The one-hour special is hosted by ET‘s Nischelle Turner from the set of Big Brother. She’ll comb through 24 seasons of archival footage from the ET vault and exclusive interviews with BB host Julie Chen Moonves, plus fan-favorite houseguests Cody Calafiore, Taylor Hale, Derrick Levasseur, Jordan Lloyd, Xavier Prather, Rachel Reilly, Azah Awasum, Hannah Chaddha, Derek Frazier, Frankie Grande, Tiffany Mitchell, Janelle Pierzina, Danielle Reyes, Kaysar Ridha, Jeff Schroeder, and Brendon Villegas. 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT

Thursday, July 27

And Just Like That… (Max): The seventh episode of season two is titled “February 14th” and is written by Samantha Irby and directed by Ry Russo-Young. Carrie ponders her upcoming dinner with Aidan after nearly 15 years. Meanwhile, a newly single Miranda explores the possibilities of dating again. And just like that, we’ve arrived at my favorite episode yet. Streaming

It’s worth the wait.

Craig Blankenhorn

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