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What's on your HDTV: NFL, 'Drunk History', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Trailer Park Boys'

It's time. This week NFL football is back (and so are the Engadget HD Podcast fantasy leagues), and the season kicks off Thursday night as the Packers face the defending Super Bowl Champion Seahawks on NBC. Boardwalk Empire on HBO starts its final season Sunday night, and we get our last episode of Drunk History for a while this week too. The League is back on FXX, and a downloadable Dance Central Spotlight game for Xbox One is finally ready to arrive. Fans of Canada's Trailer Park Boys can even look forward to season eight of the show, which will debut on Netflix Friday morning. The weirdest new entry? Fox's reality show, Utopia, which gathers 15 strangers together and will leave them on their own, for an entire year -- in between episodes viewers can tune in and watch 24/7 at UtopiaTV.com, or through an app on mobile devices. Hit the gallery or just look after the break to check out each day's highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).


Blu-ray, Streaming movies & Games

  • Draft Day

  • Person of Interest (S3)

  • The Originals (S1)

  • Firestarter

  • Dracula (1979)

  • The People Under the Stairs

  • White Noise

  • They Came Together

  • Casper

  • Dance Central Spotlight (Xbox One)

  • The Sims 4 (PC)

  • Warframe (Xbox One)

  • Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One)

  • Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate (Xbox One, PS3, PS4)

  • Dead Rising 3 (PC)

Monday

  • Miami (FL) / Louisville college football, ESPN, 8PM

  • Running Wild with Bear Grylls, NBC, 8PM

  • WWE Raw, USA, 8PM

  • CBS Fall Preview, CBS, 8:30PM

  • Houdini (Part 1 of 2), History, 9PM

  • American Ninja Warrior, NBC, 9PM

  • Dallas, TNT, 9PM

  • Partners (season finale), FX, 9 & 9:30PM

  • Teen Wolf, MTV, 10PM

  • Anger Management, FX, 10 & 10:30PM

  • Under the Dome, CBS, 10PM

Tuesday

  • FIBA World Basketball 2014 New Zealand vs. USA, ESPN2, 11:30AM

  • The Story of Frozen, ABC, 8PM

  • Food Fighters, NBC, 8PM

  • America's Got Talent, NBC, 9PM

  • Inside the NFL (season premiere), Showtime, 9PM

  • Houdini (Part 2 of 2), History, 9PM

  • 4th and Loud, A&E, 9PM

  • Face Off, Syfy, 9PM

  • Matador, El Rey, 9PM

  • Rizzoli & Isles (summer finale), TNT, 9PM

  • Royal Pains (season finale), USA, 9PM

  • 60 Minutes Sports, Showtime, 10PM

  • Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM

  • Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons (season finale), HBO, 10PM

  • The Singles Project, Bravo, 10PM

  • Finding Carter, MTV, 10PM

  • Sullivan & Son, TBS, 10PM

  • Drunk History (season finale), Comedy Central, 10:30PM

Wednesday

  • FIBA World Basketball 2014 USA vs. Dominican Republic, ESPN2, 3:30PM

  • America's Game 2013: Seattle Seahawks, NFL Network, 8PM

  • Penn & Teller: Fool Us, CW, 8PM

  • Unsung: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, TV One, 8PM

  • Big Brother, CBS, 8PM

  • So You Think You Can Dance (season finale), Fox, 8PM

  • Legends, TNT, 9PM

  • The League (season premiere), FXX, 10PM

  • Franklin & Bash, TNT, 10PM

  • Extant, CBS, 10PM

  • The Bridge, FX, 10PM

  • Graceland, USA, 10PM

  • Taxi Brooklyn, NBC, 10PM

  • Ali G: Rezurection (season premiere), FXX, 10:30PM

  • Virgin Territory, MTV, 11PM

Thursday

  • FIBA World Basketball 2014 USA vs. Ukraine, ESPN2, 11:30AM

  • Packers/Seahawks football, NBC, 8:30PM

  • The Quest, ABC, 8PM

  • Rush, USA, 9PM

  • Dating Naked, VH1, 9PM

  • Big Brother, CBS, 9PM

  • Working the Engels, NBC, 9:30PM

  • Married, FX, 10PM

  • Satisfaction, USA, 10PM

  • Ridiculousness, MTV, 10PM

  • Garfunkel & Oates, IFC, 10PM

  • You're The Worst, FX, 10:30PM

  • Black Jesus, Cartoon Network, 11PM

  • Seven Deadly Sins, Showtime, 11PM

Friday

  • Trailer Park Boys (S8), Netflix, 3AM

  • Stand Up to Cancer, CBS Fox ABC NBC, 8PM

  • Masters of Illusion, CW, 8PM

  • WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM

  • Cocaine Cowboys Reloaded, Showtime, 10PM

  • The Knick, Cinemax, 10PM

  • Jonah from Tonga (season finale), HBO, 10PM

  • The Almighty Johnsons (season finale), Syfy, 11PM

Saturday

  • USC / Stanford college football, ABC, 3:30PM

  • Michigan State / Oregon college football, Fox, 6:30PM

  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series @ Richmond, ABC, 7PM

  • Michigan / Notre Dame college football, NBC, 7:30PM

  • Virginia Tech / Ohio State college football, ESPN, 8PM

  • Doctor Who, BBC America, 8PM

  • Cedar Cove, Hallmark, 8PM

  • Unforgettable, CBS, 8PM

  • The Brittany Murphy Story, Lifetime, 8PM

  • Hell on Wheels, AMC, 9PM

  • Outlander, Starz, 9PM

  • Intruders, BBC America, 10PM

  • The Chair (series premiere), Starz, 11PM

Sunday

  • WNBA Finals Game 1, ABC, 3:30PM

  • Utopia (series premiere), Fox, 8PM

  • Colts / Broncos football, NBC, 8:20PM

  • Wipeout (season finale), ABC, 8PM

  • Giants/Tigers baseball, ESPN, 8PM

  • Big Brother, CBS, 8PM

  • Boardwalk Empire (season premiere)

  • Breathless (season finale), PBS, 9PM

  • Ray Donovan, Showtime, 9PM

  • Unforgettable, CBS, 9PM

  • The Leftovers (season finale), HBO, 10PM

  • Manhattan, WGN, 10PM

  • The Strain, FX, 10PM

  • Masters of Sex, Showtime, 10PM

  • Reckless, CBS, 10PM

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 11PM