Neal Justin's TV picks for July 11: Ava Gardner, 'The Bold Type,' 'American Ripper'

July 10, 2017 at 7:19PM
Jeff Mudgett tries to prove that his great-great-grandfather H.H. Holmes, a serial killer, was Jack the Ripper in “American Ripper” on the History Channel. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

All the world's a stage

I'm sure Shakespeare enthusiasts are thrilled about the ongoing attempts to "update" the Bard, most notably TNT's "Will" and ABC's "Still Star-Crossed." But those efforts pale in comparison with 1961's "West Side Story," with timeless songs such as "Somewhere," and 1993's "Much Ado About Nothing," Kenneth Branagh's adaptation with a star-studded cast that includes Denzel Washington and Michael Keaton.

7 p.m. TCM

The bold and the beautiful

Freeform soldiers on sans "Pretty Little Liars" with the help of "The Bold Type," a drama set in the offices of a glamorous women's magazine. No one goes missing in the two-hour premiere, but as "The Devil Wears Prada" taught us, you can't rule anything out.

8 p.m. Freeform

Death in the family

Guess there's no love lost between Jeff Mudgett and his great-great-grandfather H.H. Holmes. In the eight-part limited series "American Ripper," the descendant is determined to prove that his relative could now and forever be referred to as Just Jack.

9 p.m. History Channel

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