Friday on TV – 7/12/19

Overnight last night at 3:01AM/2:01AMc, Netflix premiered the entire first season of Blown Away. Ten master artists turn up the heat in glassblowing sculpture challenges for the chance to win $60,000 in prizes and the title of champion.
 
Overnight last night at 3:01AM/2:01AMc, Netflix also premiered the entire first season of Extreme Engagement. An engaged couple from Australia travels the world for a year to explore marriage customs in diverse cultures. Will the journey bring them closer or tear them apart?
 
Overnight last night at 3:01AM/2:01AMc, MotorTrend.com and the MotorTrend app premiered the first episode of Fastest Cars in the Dirty South. Deep in the southern U.S. nitrous fueled engines roar as daredevil drivers race down closed tracks at speeds topping 140 miles per hour. Here in the hard driving world of grudge racing, teams of drivers, fabricators and mechanics contend for bragging rights and large amounts of cold hard cash. One unique racer, Eric Malone, and his expert team dominate the “big engine” sport. So much so that they’ve set a new standard in the grudge racing game – they’ll not only win your money but will do it by beating your fastest car using your slowest car. The show gives viewers an inside look at the unique world of grudge racing. Every episode follows Malone, his partner Brant Arnold and their team – Team 256 – as they compete in grudge races across the south. Malone’s Team 256 is a fast, fearsome group of drivers, fabricators and top mechanics. They race so fast that teams from across the region avoid them whenever possible out of fear of losing. Malone has changed the grudge racing game to attract worthy competitors. Now he takes the slowest car from another team, upgrades it and then races their opponents with their very own cars. Viewers get an inside look at every step of Team 256’s grudge racing process – from the high-stakes betting and negotiations to car customizations and the intensity and speed of race day.
 
Tonight is also the series premiere of Shangri-La on Showtime at 9/8c. A collaboration from Academy Award(R) and Emmy(R) winner Morgan Neville, legendary music producer Rick Rubin, and director Jeff Malmberg…with Rubin’s iconic studio in Malibu as the backdrop, this is a four-part docu-series that focuses on creative conversation and the emotional side of music-making. Neville directed the first two episodes of the series, and the final two are directed by Malmberg. All four episodes will be available immediately tonight on the Showtime and Showtime Anytime apps or you can view a new episode each week on Showtime itself.