📺 What to Watch Tonight: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - High Potential Returns

From ballroom drama to blue little legends, here’s your TV survival guide.

Let’s be real—there’s a lot of TV tonight. Whether you’re here for rhinestone-studded reality chaos, prestige drama, or animated mushrooms voiced by pop royalty (you heard us), The TV Cave has your nightly game plan.

☕️ While You're Still Awake: 3:00 AM (Streaming Round-Up)

🕵️‍♂️ Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

The Arconia trio is back at it again—solving crimes, botching crucial evidence, and making it charmingly chaotic. A key piece of the puzzle is uncovered... and promptly fumbled. Naturally.

💍 Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story (Netflix)

Get ready for tea hotter than Buckingham Palace’s kettle. This doc dives into the Norwegian royal family’s biggest headline-grabber: Princess Märtha Louise and her relationship with Hollywood’s resident crystal king, Durek Verrett.

🔵 Smurfs (Paramount+)

Smurfette (voiced by none other than Rihanna) leads a rescue op to save Papa Smurf (John Goodman). Also lending their pipes: Dan Levy, Natasha Lyonne, and Hannah Waddingham. No, you didn’t dream this. Yes, you’re watching it.

🌟 Prime Time Starts Poppin’: 8:00 PM ET

💸 The 1% Club (Fox)

Two-hour Season 2 finale: Contestants who flamed out earlier get a second shot at brainy glory—and that sweet, sweet cash. Expect twists, stats, and maybe one too many logic puzzles.

👽 Alien: Earth (FX)

The aliens aren’t the only ones acting shady. A major betrayal shakes the survivors, alliances crack, and let’s just say the final five minutes are jaw-drop material.

🎤 America’s Got Talent (NBC)

Twelve acts. One stage. No pressure. Expect choirs, magicians, LED dance troupes, and whatever a "TT Boys" is. Viewer votes = fate sealed.

💃 Dancing With the Stars (ABC / Disney+)

Season 34 premiere: Fourteen fresh faces hit the ballroom. Some have rhythm. Others... have enthusiasm. Cue the sequins, the lifts, and the "wait, who is that again?" moments.

🏡 100 Day Dream Home (HGTV)

Season 7 premiere: A couple battles it out over decor—he wants sterile whites, she’s into bold chaos. Sounds like love! Or at least great reality TV.

🥶 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)

Season 16 premiere: Angie tries to “surprise” the group with an RV trip (nothing ever ends well in an RV), Britani brings the heat, and Bronwyn is stirring pots like it's her side hustle.

😮 The Plot Thickens: 9:00 PM ET

🧃 The Chrisleys: Back to Reality (Lifetime)

Season finale: Julie adjusts to post-prison life, Chase is left off the family interview list (cue the tantrum), and Pam + Harvey are officially the frozen leftovers in this family fridge.

💘 Love Island Games (Peacock)

Two-hour Season 2 premiere: We’re going international AND interactive. Viewers have the power to decide who stays, who goes, and who definitely should have kept their shirt on.

✈️ Top Guns: The Next Generation (NatGeo)

Real-life Maverick vibes incoming. This docuseries follows elite military pilots in training—and no, there’s no volleyball scene (yet). Just grit, gravity, and high-stakes jet drama.

🕵️‍♀️ Late-Night Whodunit: 10:00 PM ET

🎲 High Potential (ABC)

Season 2 premiere: Morgan can’t seem to stay away from crime or chaos. As she fends off threats from the Game Maker, a fresh case sucks her right back into the mess. We’ve missed her messy brilliance.

🎯 The TV Cave’s Top Picks Tonight:

• Smurfs (Paramount+) – Rihanna as Smurfette? Yes please.

• Dancing With the Stars (ABC/Disney+) – For the drama and the dance.

• Alien: Earth (FX) – Sci-fi with bite and betrayal.

• Love Island Games (Peacock) – Hot singles, real-time chaos, and your vote matters.

Stay tuned, stay salty, and stay on the couch. 🛋️Check back tomorrow for another dose of TV realness, only on The TV Cave.