All times Eastern. FRIDAY, Sept. 17Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the TeamRah, rah, sis boom bah! The longest-running series on CMT returns for season 16 as 52 new hopefuls compete in Dallas for a highly coveted spot on the most iconic professional cheerleading team in America (9 p.m., CMT). SATURDAY, Sept. 18Reno My RentalDesign Star: Next Gen champ Carmeon Hamilton hosts this new six-episode series in which she helps renters in her hometown of Memphis, Tenn., make their places feel like home by transforming their spaces with personalized touches that don’t compromise the structure of the properties (Discovery+). Batman: The Audio AdventuresThis new iteration of the Batman franchise takes entertainment forward and backward at the same time—it’s an old-school, audio-only, radio-like podcast, a serialized adventure for the new-age “theater of the mind.” And the cast is truly cutting-edge impressive: Jeffrey Wright as Batman, Rosario Dawson as Catwoman, and John Leguizamo as the Riddler. With Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson, Ike Barinholtz, Brooke Shields, Tim Meadows, Fred Armisen and more. Holy crowded Batmobile! (HBO Max). SUNDAY, Sept. 19Muhammad AliFilmmaker Ken Burns’ latest documentary is this new four-part series on the three-time heavyweight boxing champ who challenged Americans’ racial prejudices, religious biases and notions about the role of celebrities and athletes in our society—and became a worldwide icon of inspiration for his message of pride and self-affirmation (8 p.m., PBS). The 73rd Annual Emmy AwardsPrimetime television’s highest annual honors event returns tonight with a live event hosted by Cedric the Entertainer from Hollywood’s Microsoft Theater, with a live audience limited to nominees and their guests (8 p.m., CBS). MONDAY, Sept. 20The Big LeapNew uplifting drama series revolves around a group of down-on-their-luck characters all attempting to change their lives in a potentially life-ruining reality show featuring a modern reimaging of the iconic Russian ballet Swan Lake. Starring Scott Foley, Terri Polo, Kevin Daniels and Grace Barlow (9 p.m., Fox) Dancing With the StarsTyra Banks returns to the ballroom to host the milestone 30th season of the celebrity dance competition, with new celeb hot-footers including country singer Jimmie Allen, former Spice Girl Melanie C, Matt James (The Bachelor), Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills, 90210), WWE superstar Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, pop singer JoJo Siwa and Kenya Moore from The Real Housewives of Atlanta (8 p.m., ABC). TUESDAY, Sept. 21FBI: InternationalSpecial agent Scott Forrester (Luke Kleintank) and his Budapest-based FBI team head to Croatia to capture an American fugitive who escaped to Zagreb with a teenage girl, kicking off the series premiere—which is also the final part of a three-part event—for this new FBI TV franchise (10 p.m., CBS). Sex SellsWith porn apps like OnlyFans exploding in popularity and artists including Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion pushing sexuality further into the mainstream, it’s time to talk about sex—which podcaster WeezyWTF does in every episode of this new series exploring sex-related businesses and the sexual issues of celebrity guests (Fuse+). WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22The Wonder YearsReboot of the classic coming-of-age primetime series is set in the mid-1960s and takes a nostalgic look at a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Ala., through the point of view of their 12-year-old son, Dean (Elisha Williams). With Don Cheadle narrating as adult Dean, Dulè Hill and Saycon Sengbloh (8:30 p.m., ABC). Alter EgoNew eye-popping singing competition lets singers from all walks of life become the stars they’ve always wanted to be—through “motion capture” technology that creates wowza alter-ego performances for judges Alania Morissette, Nick Lachey, Grimes and will.i.am (10 p.m., Fox). THURSDAY, Sept. 23The Croods: Family TreeAnimated prehistory romp inspired by the theatrical film The Croods: A New Age, features the voices of Kelly Marie Tran, Amy Landecker, Mark Banker and Todd Grimes in a tale of two rival stone-age families trying to get along in a shared treehouse (Peacock and Hulu). CreepshowReady to be scared? Season three of the anthology series inspired by the George A. Romero 1982 movie classic (an anthology film itself, which featured a segment based on a script by a then up-and-coming horror writer named Stephen King) returns for more bone-rattling thrills and chills (streaming on Shudder). NEW ON DVD Emma Stone rocks in Cruella (Disney Home Entertainment), the totally rad live-action backstory of One Hundred and One Dalmatians villainess Cruella de Ville. And another Emma—iconic British actress Emma Thompson—is also awesome, as a 1970s London fashionista whose evil deeds sets young Cruella on a path of righteous retribution. (Available at Best Buy, Target and Walmart in exclusive, goodie-packed limited-edition 4K Ultra HD editions.) AT THE MOVIESClint Eastwood, 90, saddles up to direct and star in Cry Macho as a washed-up rodeo horse breeder who goes on a journey of redemption with a young man that he rescues from a troubled home life in Mexico. The film marks Eastwood’s 39th as a director. A small-town police station becomes a battleground between a hitman (Gerard Butler), a rookie cop (Alexis Louder) and a con artist (Frank Grillo) in the action thriller Copshop. Tobias Huss plays a mobster.
