What's on TV: Wednesday, September 5

The Employables

SBS, 8.35pm

The concluding episode of this optimism-inducing reality series about entrepreneur Creel Price training up fledgling business owners trying to overcome employment discrimination and structural issues sees the final six participants, now grouped together with refined ideas, getting ready to pitch for capital.

Creel Price founder of Investible.

Creel Price founder of Investible.

The realities of unemployment, such as anxiety and depression, are touched on, as is the ingenuity of marketing, before the pitch session puts a dollar value on what has been a very human struggle.

Deception

Seven, 11.30pm

If you thought that The Blacklist and Blindspot weren't ludicrous enough law enforcement thrillers, get ready for this doozy about Las Vegas master magician Cameron Black (Jake Cutmore-Scott) who goes to work for the FBI as a "consulting illusionist" in a bid to free his twin brother, who has been framed for murder.

A one and done series in the States, it's driven by elaborate schemes – complete with hey presto reveals – and the douchebag charisma of Cameron, who enters a crime scene as if he's fronting an awards show. Very silly, mildly distracting. And, yes, that's noted hard nut Vinnie Jones in the supporting cast. CM

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