NBC, 8:15 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: The preseason games are over, and the 2019 NFL schedule begins with its first full Sunday complement of games. And while you can find your favorite regional games on your local broadcast stations or on cable and satellite and streaming NFL packages, NBC still reserves one Sunday game for prime time, and gets big ratings because of both the time of day and the games it and the NFL select. This season opener, for example, pits the Pittsburgh Steelers (or Pitts the Pittsburgh Steelers, if you like – but you probably don’t) against the New England Patriots, who won the Super Bowl last year. And several times before that. But this year, other teams are due, and Patriots QB Tom Brady is old. Which is precisely what they said last year…
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s episode is entitled “Tern Haven,” and don’t expect any haven where this family is collected to be a safe one.
Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET
Maura Tierney, for now, has emerged as the dramatic heart and emotional center of The Affair, trying to deal with all the betrayal and unanswered questions left in the wake of this series’ titular action. But there are new characters coming to the fore, and they’re just as emotionally tormented.
Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET
Kirsten Dunst’s character became much bolder last week – seizing the day by seizing the microphone at a high-profile sales convention, and offering herself as the new publicity director and exercise guru at the local water park amusement center. And in Central Florida, she wants to find even higher mountains to climb – which in Florida, topographically speaking, is not easy.