What to Watch podcast: Celebrities suffer for a good cause on new CBS series Beyond the Edge

Plus, USA returns to Temptation Island and Netflix serves up your next true-crime obsession with Bad Vegan.

Tonight, celebrities including Lauren Alaina, Colton Underwood, Ray Lewis, and Jodie Sweetin will compete on CBS' Survivor-like reality competition Beyond the Edge, in which they stay at their locale as long as they want while raising money for charity. Meanwhile, the Netflix true-crime docuseries Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. follows famed New York restaurateur and respected businesswoman Sarma Melngailis, whose new boyfriend got her caught up in a huge fraud scheme, and four couples head to Temptation Island, where 24 hot singles await them.

The Bay star Marsha Thomason tells us what she's watching. Plus, entertainment headlines — including two new Bachelorettes, The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley joining the Star Trek universe as the new Captain Kirk, and two more Drag Race queens joining the Hocus Pocus movie sequel — and trivia.

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Hear more on all of today's must-see picks, plus what The Bay star Marsha Thomason is watching, in EW's What to Watch podcast, hosted by Gerrad Hall.

What to Watch on Wednesday, March 16

Streaming

Pig Royalty (season premiere) — Discovery+

Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. (docuseries debut) — Netflix

8 p.m.

The GoldbergsABC

SurvivorCBS

South ParkComedy Central

The FlashThe CW

The Masked Singer Fox

Chicago MedNBC

8:30 p.m.

The Wonder YearsABC

9 p.m.

The ConnersABC

The Real Housewives of Orange CountyBravo

Beyond the Edge (series debut) — CBS

Kung FuThe CW

Domino MastersFox

Phoenix Rising (finale) — HBO

Chicago FireNBC

Resident Alien (midseason finale) — Syfy

9:30 p.m.

Home EconomicsABC

10 p.m.

A Million Little ThingsABC

Good TroubleFreeform

SnowfallFX

Chicago P.D.NBC

Astrid & Lilly Save the WorldSyfy

Temptation Island (season premiere) — USA/Bravo/E!

*times are ET and subject to change

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