Marilyn the Icon, World War II in Africa & Beyond, ‘Little Singles,’ ‘The McBee Dynasty’

The Seven Year Itch

There are few more iconic images from cinema history than Marilyn Monroe standing atop a subway grate as the folds of her clingy white dress are blown upward. The publicity from the shooting of this provocative moment, from the 1955 sex comedy The Seven Year Itch (10/9c), reportedly led to the breakup of the movie star’s marriage to baseball superstar Joe DiMaggio. The film is part of TCM’s weekly 100th-birthday tribute to Monroe, which includes her acclaimed performance in 1956’s Bus Stop (8/7c) as Chérie, a hopeful chanteuse, and as a seductress in the 1953 melodrama Niagara (midnight, 11/c).

World War II with Tom Hanks

The expansive historical docuseries narrated by Tom Hanks reaches its midpoint with two chapters, the first depicting Operation Torch, a campaign by green U.S. troops joining Allied forces in an invasion of North Africa to battle Nazi Field Marshal Erwin “Desert Fox” Rommel’s German Afrika Korps. The second episode (9/8c) pivots to the homefront of rural England, where intelligence agents and codebreaking academics work behind the scenes to crack the Germans’ infamous Enigma Code.

Little Singles

A chosen family of young singles with dwarfism, who bonded during annual conventions of little people, heads to Palm Springs for a vacation as reality TV cameras roll. The tight-knit group might soon fracture, however, once a secret relationship becomes public.

The McBee Dynasty

Dynastic upheaval marks the reality series’ third season when the McBee family is rocked by patriarch Steve‘s conviction on charges of crop insurance fraud, resulting in a 24-month federal prison sentence last October. Sons Steven Jr., Jesse, and Cole are left with the challenge of pivoting from farming to just ranching and keeping the business afloat, all while engaging in the sort of relationship drama that’s the meat and potatoes of any Bravo reality series.

You’re Killing Me

In the light mystery’s penultimate Season 1 episode, Andi’s (Amalia Williamson) handsome dad, Kevin (Jefferson Brown), pays a visit and catches the eye of Allison (Brooke Shields), much to the chagrin of his daughter. What would local detective Jack (Tom Cavanagh) think of his crush’s lack of impulse control? We’ll have to wait to find out, because the crime-solving duo keeps busy investigating a suicide that looks like murder, which occurred while the prime suspects were all conducting a live podcast.

INSIDE MONDAY TV:

• FIFA World Cup (12 pm/ET, Fox): Spain plays Cabo Verde in Atlanta, with matches in Seattle (Belgium vs. Egypt, 3 pm/ET, Fox), Miami (Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay, 6 pm/ET, FS1), and L.A. (Iran vs. New Zealand, 9 pm/ET, FS1).
• Gracie’s Corner (7 am/6c, Disney Junior) The hit YouTube preschool series premieres on Disney platforms, with 68 shorts and seven compilations streaming on Disney+.
• Contraband: Seized at the Border (8/7c, Discovery Channel): The ninth season of the docuseries, featuring encounters with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, opens with an X-ray revealing something hidden in the spare tire of a driver who imports used cars from across the border.
• The Last Twins (10/9c, PBS): Liev Schreiber narrates a moving documentary profile of Emo “Zvi” Spiegel, who rescued dozens of young boys, many of them twins, from notorious Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele’s medical experiments and brought them home after Europe’s liberation.