Celtics History, Bachelor’s Hometown Visits, Mystery ‘Recipes,’ Courtney Cox Repays a Friendly ‘IOU’

A nine-part sports docuseries from Bill Simmons and The Last Dance’s Connor Schell charts the spectacular history of the Boston Celtics, which holds the record for the most NBA Championships with 18 (including in 2024). Featuring interviews with Celtics stars from the past (Larry Bird, Bob Cousy) and present (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown), the series flips back and forth in time, reaching back in the opener to 1950, when coach Red Auerbach turned the team into a powerhouse, making history by drafting the NBA’s first Black player, Chuck Cooper.

There’s no place like home, and that’s where Grant is headed with the remaining four women, traveling to their hometowns to meet family and friends and get a better idea of just who his soulmate might be. As he jets from Newtown, Massachusetts and Star Valley, Wyoming to Chicago and New York City, Grant gets some pointers from Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars alum Joey Graziadei.

Outlander’s Maria Doyle Kennedy returns for a second season of crime-solving seasoned with savvy advice and savory cooking in the whimsical South African mystery series. In the two-part opener, suspicious fires break out in the small town of Eden, interrupting Hattie’s (Jennifer Steyn) announcement to run for mayor, while Tannie Maria (Kennedy) comes under police scrutiny.

Living up to the Friends theme song’s motto “I’ll be there for you,” Courteney Cox steps up to repay one of her closest friends, who’s expecting a baby, with a home renovation. (Doesn’t hurt that Cox studied architecture before her acting career took off.) Working with Jonathan and Drew Scott, Cox uses her own kitchen design for inspiration as she helps the brothers bring new function and beauty to the house’s main spaces.

An eyewitness to history, pioneering women’s activist and all-around fascinating character, Liz Carpenter is the colorful subject of an admiring biographical portrait co-directed and produced by her daughter Christy and Peabody-winner Abby Ginzberg. Carpenter defied traditional women’s roles with trailblazing positions as President Lyndon B. Johnson’s executive assistant and Lady Bird’s press secretary. She fought to integrate women into the men’s-only National Press Club and convinced Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev to allow women reporters to observe his historic speech. And that’s just for starters.

INSIDE MONDAY TV:

• SC+ (9 am/ET, Disney+): A new extension of Sports Center, hosted weekdays by Gary Striewski and Randy Scott and on weekends by Hannah Storm and Jay Harris, counts down the day’s top sports stories. Each episode can be live-streamed or played back on demand for 24 hours.
• All American (8/7c, The CW): Amina’s (Alexis Chikaeze) run for student council president hits a snag when her campaign speech is slated for an emotionally difficult day. At a law school panel, Coop (Bre-Z) suspects the prof is getting too personal.
• The Neighborhood (8/7c, CBS): Dave (Max Greenfield) and Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) return home from the casino without Dave’s dad Lamar (Kevin Pollak), who’s behind bars after his money-laundering scheme is exposed.
• Kids Baking Championship (8/7c, Food Network): In the two-part season finale of the “Amazing Animals” season, Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown mentor the young bakers as they create cookie animal houses, then in the final round, they each concoct a zoo cake with popcorn as an essential ingredient. The winner takes home a $25,000 prize.
• The Voice (8/7c, NBC): It was fun while it lasted, but this is the final night of the Blind Auditions, with the Battles looming.
• NCIS (9/8c, CBS): Show them the money! When Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) gets a text from Jimmy’s (Brian Dietzen) daughter Victoria (Elle Graper) that she discovered a pile of cash near the naval library, the team checks it out.
• Rescue: Hi-Surf (9/8c, Fox): No such thing as a day off for Em (Arielle Kebbel), whose visit with her mom is disrupted when she comes to the rescue of an unresponsive cave diver.
• The Hunting Party (10/9c, NBC): The psycho of the week, better known as “the Couple Killer,” is back on the loose, but as the team follows his bloody trail, they realize not everything’s as it seems.