{"id":816065,"date":"2026-07-21T09:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816065\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:36:11","slug":"tv-lineup-promises-pugilism-pickleball-and-partying-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816065\/","title":{"rendered":"TV lineup promises pugilism, pickleball and partying \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soccer seems to be here to stay. There\u2019s been barely a minute to recover from the 2026 World Cup final. Big smiles are still lingering after last week\u2019s news that Winnipeg has been awarded the Northern Super League\u2019s seventh franchise<\/a>, starting in 2027. And because it\u2019s not real if it\u2019s not adapted for TV, there are but two weeks to go before the much anticipated return of Ted Lasso, with Jason Sudeikis\u2019s title character now coaching a women\u2019s soccer team in Season 4 (Aug. 5 on Apple TV). Rolling with that sports theme but venturing to other (occasionally murdery) arenas, here are a few suggestions for some brand new non-soccer programming.<\/p>\n

\u25cf They Fight (movie streaming now on Disney+\/Hulu)<\/p>\n

This drama, set in Washington, D.C., concerns an ex-con who is drowning in doubt, from within and without, but trying to find his fight. The boxing gym beckons and it\u2019s no spoiler to say he finally responds and learns that the best way to help yourself is to help others first. As they say in the trailer, \u201clock in!\u201d Andre Holland (Selma) plays our hero alongside fellow acting heavyweights Samira Wiley (The Walking Dead) and Wendell Pierce (Elsbeth).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u25cf The Dink (movie premi\u00e8res Friday, July 24 on Apple TV)<\/p>\n

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Apple TV<\/p>\n

Jake Johnson (left) plays a tennis player on the outs who begrudgingly takes up pickleball in the Ben Stiller-produced The Dink.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pickleball knows you look down on it and it doesn\u2019t care. Apple bills this new comedy, from producer (and co-star) Ben Stiller (Dodgeball) as a \u201claugh-out-loud underdog story\u201d and that looks about right. Jake Johnson (New Girl) plays Dusty, former rising tennis rising star laid low by an injury for which his doctor prescribes pickleball. Dusty is incensed and tries (and fails) to rage his way through the pickleball community. His new partner (Mary Steenburgen, Man on the Inside) helps him embrace the joy of the new game, including the zen of the \u201cdink\u201d shot. Real-life tennis star Andy Roddick co-stars, as does Ed Harris (Dutton Ranch), Chloe Fineman (SNL) and Aaron Chen (Fisk).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u25cf 72 Hours (movie premi\u00e8res Friday, July 24, on Netflix)<\/p>\n

A 40(ahem)-year-old executive (Kevin Hart) hopes to rediscover his youth by crashing a three-day bachelor party that he knows he was only accidentally invited to via a group text. Slapstick mayhem ensues in Miami: young guys making old-guy jokes, ridiculous sexual hijinks, horrifying jellyfish injuries. Joining actor\/comedian Hart are SNL\u2019s Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez, Ben Marshall and Kam Patterson along with Mason Gooding (Heart Eyes), Michael Mando (Better Call Saul) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another), to name a few.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u25cf Furious (series premi\u00e8res Monday, July 27, on Disney+ \/Hulu)<\/p>\n

Emmy Rossum (Shameless) is back, playing a brand-new FBI agent who is pulled into the orbit of what she alone believes to be a serial killer, played with creepy effectiveness by Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing). Jake Lacy (The White Lotus) and Scoot McNairy (Halt and Catch Fire) co-star. The press kit has a ridiculous line about the female characters each pursuing their version of \u201cjustice.\u201d Bah. A better kind of justice would be if film\/TV\/books spent half their serial-killer budgets on non-homicidal storylines. But, like, I\u2019m still gonna watch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u25cf The Devil\u2019s Mouth (movie premi\u00e8res Wednesday, July 29 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n

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Young adventurers encounter a very hungry threat when they go caving in The Devil\u2019s Mouth.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

While Apple TV\u2019s hit Widow\u2019s Bay blends small (island) town comedy with supernatural horror to thrilling effect, The Devil\u2019s Mouth offers a different kind of marine jump scare. When five friends go caving in Thailand, the terror that surfaces is in the form of a non-supernatural but very hungry creature that is hunting them. Things go all Survivor after that. Will anyone live to tell the tale?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As is increasingly the case in this world of media mergers and cross-border rights squabbles, broadcast details subject to change. All questions, comments and suggestions gratefully accepted at winnipegfreepress.com\/deniseduguay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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