TV picks for Sept. 3: "So You Think You Can Dance," "Being There," "The League"

September 2, 2014 at 6:46PM
THE LEAGUE -- Episode 1: "Sitting Shiva" (Airs Wednesday, September 3, 10:00 PM e/p). Pictured: (L-R) Paul Scheer as Andre, Mark Duplass as Pete, Nick Kroll as Ruxin. CR: Jennifer Clasen/FXX
“The League” returns for its sixth season with Paul Scheer, Mark Duplass and Nick Kroll. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Magic moments

"So You Think You Can Dance" crowns a winner, who instantly gets a nice check and a job teaching tango to tourists on cruise ships. The guest judge is Jenna Dewan-Tatum, who apparently learned a lot about dance moves watching her husband, Channing, prepare for "Magic Mike." 7 p.m. KMSP, Ch. 9

Genius gardener

Peter Sellers may be best known for his over-the-top antics in "Dr. Strangelove" and the "Pink Panther" movies, but his finest work was also his subtlest. Check out 1979's "Being There," in which a simple gardener is mistaken for a genius. Melvyn Douglas won an Oscar for a supporting role. 7 p.m. TCM

Is there a draft in here?

"The League," now opening its sixth season, hasn't lost any of its sense of irreverent fun, as evidenced in the sidesplitting opener in which the gang puts their annual NFL draft ahead of a friend's funeral. Andre's (Paul Scheer) crazily inappropriate break dance in the middle of a somber service instantly registers as one of the series' finest moments. 9 p.m. FXX.

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Witches of East End (L to R) Rachel Boston, Mädchen Amick and Jenna Dewan Tatum star in an all-new episode of Witches of East End, airing Sunday, July 6, at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime. ©2014 A&E Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved. Photo by Sergei Bachlakov
Dewan-Tatum (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Peter Sellers stars in the 1979 Lorimar film "Being There." Photo courtesy of United Artists.
Peter Sellers in “Being There.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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