If you've missed Love Island, the new five-nights-a-week CBS reality series, you're not alone. A huge hit in its native UK, the US version debuted earlier this week to disappointing ratings, sparking early speculation that CBS could pull the plug on the series before crowning a victor and/or reduce the number of nights it airs.
Instead, for now it seems the network is doubling down, choosing late this week to add yet another hour of the show to their primetime schedule tonight, a repeat of the show's second episode.
ENCORE PRESENTATION: Wednesday night's episode of Love Island was the series' most action-packed to date, with Kyra choosing her man, Caro in full meltdown mode, and the introduction of two hunky new Islanders. 8:00 PM ET on CBS
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: It's been twenty years since John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette died in a plane crash off the coast of Massachusetts. JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes gives viewers a never before seen peek at the couple's 1996 wedding ceremony on Cumberland Island, Georgia. 8:00 PM ET on TLC
SEASON PREMIERE: America's favorite family of veterinarians returns for a third season on Hanging with the Hendersons. Follow Dr. Tony Henderson, and his sons Dr. Ross and Dr. Ryan as they care for the animals at Colorado's Fox Hollow Animal Hospital. 9:00 PM ET on Animal Planet
CABLE PREMIERE: HBO's big Saturday Night movie premiere this week is Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald, in which Eddie Redmayne and Johnny Depp are joined by Jude Law, making his debut as a young Albus Dumbledore. 8:00 PM ET on HBO
BROADCAST PREMIERE: In anticipation of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw in a few weeks, NBC is airing Furious 7, the 2015 installment in the lucrative film franchise that featured the final performance of series star Paul Walker, along with regulars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and the first credited appearance by Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw. 8:00 PM ET on NBC
SERIES PREMIERE: Three years since her namesake show went off the air, legal commentator and TV lightning rod Nancy Grace returns to the airwaves in Injustice With Nancy Grace. Never one to shy away from controversy, Grace promises her new series will shine the spotlight on true crime stores that haven't gotten the exposure they deserve. 6:00 PM ET on Oxygen
ALSO TONIGHT
2019 Christmas: A First Look Preview Special gives Hallmark fans a sneak peek at the record 40 original Christmas movies it plans to air this holiday season. Hosted by eight-time Hallmark Christmas movie star Lacey Chabert with special guest Larissa Wohl. 10:00 PM ET on Hallmark
Best of the Hunt uses its season finale to explore the strategies nature's hunters use to catch their prey in the battle for survival 9:00 PM ET on BBC America
Snapped: Killer Couples details the chilling case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Nicholas Godejohn in its season opener. 7:00 PM ET on Oxygen
Supersize My Pool renovates another nightmare pool with the help of host Mario Lopez. 9:00 PM ET on HGTV
SNL repeats its October episode featuring that Brett Kavanaugh cold open, host Awkwafina's monologue tribute to Lucy Lui, and musical guest Travis Scott. 11:35 PM ET on NBC
Joe Reid is the senior writer at Primetimer and co-host of the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast. His work has appeared in Decider, NPR, HuffPost, The Atlantic, Slate, Polygon, Vanity Fair, Vulture, The A.V. Club and more.
TOPICS: CBS, Love Island