If you are not planning to watch a local fireworks show on Saturday night, consider watching the New York City skyline on NBC from 9-10 p.m. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Monday offers a history lesson and a tribute to a celebrity.
Secrets of the Founding Fathers
History
8:00—10:00 p.m.
Tonight, delve into the connection between the country’s founding fathers and the secret society of the Freemasons.
Shouting Fire: Stories from the End of Free Speech
HBO
9:00—10:00 p.m.
Explore our First Amendment right and the social and political trends that have shaped America’s attitudes toward free speech.
Bio Remembers: Farrah Fawcett
BIO
10:00—11:00 p.m.
The Biography channel offers a portrait of Charlie’s Angel, Farrah Fawcett.
Tuesday, June 30
Is there another Susan Boyle in our midst?
America’s Got Talent
NBC
9:00—10:00 p.m.
Auditions for the talent show continue this week. Nick Cannon hosts.
Rescue Me
FX
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Tommy’s father, brother, and son come to visit him in a dream sequence after a hard day on the job. This family reunion should be interesting.
Wednesday, July 1
Wednesday offers something serious and something fun.
Wide Angle
PBS
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Season seven begins with a story on North Korean defectors and the harrowing journeys they make to defect to the South.
I Survived a Japanese Game Show
ABC
9:00—10:00 p.m.
Games on the line-up tonight include, Big Penguin Belly Scramble, where the American contestants must dress like penguins and belly-flop on balloons to break as many as possible in two minutes.
Thursday, July 2
Regular programming fills Thursday night.
In the Motherhood
ABC
8:30-9:00 p.m.
Rosemary (Megan Mullally of Will and Grace) throws herself a wake so that she can enjoy the party while she is still alive.
The Listener
NBC
9:00—10:00 p.m.
Toby saves a boy from a gang beating and tries to find a missing girl.
Weekend, July 3-5
Happy Fourth of July!
Friday, July 3
Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
FOX
8:00—9:00 p.m.
Hot Dog Eating Champion, Joey Chestnut, competes tonight for $1 million. Let’s see if the kids intimidate him more than the hot dogs.
Saturday, July 4
Macy’s Fireworks
NBC
9:00—10:00 p.m.
Natalie Morales and Tiki Barber host the 33rd annual fireworks celebration from New York. Rob Thomas and the cast of West Side Story perform.
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
CBS
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Neil Diamond performs alongside the Boston Pops in the 36th annual special. Craig Ferguson hosts.
Sunday, July 5
Angel and the Badman
Hallmark
9:00—11:00 p.m.
Lou Diamond Phillips and Luke Perry star in this Western. When Quirt Evans (Diamond Phillips) is wounded, he seeks refuge with a Quaker family only to find he is falling in love with one of its daughters. Unfortunately, his rival, Loredo (Perry) is hot on his trail.
Dee Carlisi writes on pop culture and works and lives in New York.
