All Times Eastern. PBS programming varies regionally.
Sunday, April 16
Barry
HBO, 10pm
Season Premiere!
In the fourth and final season, Cousineau (Henry Winkler) is hailed as a hero and Barry’s (Bill Hader) arrest has shocking consequences. It’s all been leading up to the dark comedy’s explosive and hilarious last chapter.
NASCAR Cup Series: NOCO 400
FS1, 3pm Live
Top Cup Series contenders Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, William Byron, Kyle Larson and others battle for 400 laps around “The Half Mile of Mayhem” at Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway.
NBA Playoffs: Round 1
TNT, beginning at 5:30pm Live
TNT airs a tripleheader of first-round NBA playoff games today.
Collector’s Call: “Meet Katherine McCabe: The Monkees”
MeTV, 6:30pm
Katherine McCabe from Burlington, Connecticut, caught Monkee Mania as a young child watching reruns of The Monkees on television. Now, she shares her collection of memorabilia dedicated to the Monkees with rare toys, signed 8-track tapes and Peter Tork’s personal piano. With creativity and commitment, she even landed not one, but three rare sweat towels used by Micky Dolenz. Joining our ultra-fan is Charles Rosenay, a producer of Beatles and Monkees conventions. Charles brings a rare piece of memorabilia to trade, but Katherine will have to let go of a shirt personally owned by one of the Monkees if she wants to make the swap.
MLB Baseball: Texas at Houston
ESPN, 7pm Live
The World Series champion Houston Astros wrap up a three-game series against the visiting Texas Rangers tonight on Sunday Night Baseball.
Bob’s Burgers: “Gift Card or Buy Trying”
FOX, 8pm
When a customer leaves a $100 gift card as a tip, the Belchers go on a shopping spree in the new episode “Gift Card or Buy Trying.”
The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper
CNN, 8pm
New Series!
CNN’s new Sunday primetime series The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper with an immersive, one-hour dispatch from CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh, who travels with a group of migrants as they make the arduous trek on foot through Central and South America in “The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America.” The journey through the Darien Gap is a perilous jungle crossing between Colombia and Panama that many migrants must face as they head north to seek asylum in the United States. Over five harrowing days, Paton Walsh hikes the full 66-mile roadless route, documenting the heroism of everyday people, milked for cash by drug cartels and unwanted by any country, as they battle the dense rainforest in search of a better life.
Chaos on the Farm
Lifetime, 8pm
In this eerie premiere film, a woman is shaken from the death of her beloved mother and is forced to visit her estranged aunt and uncle’s farm to tie up loose ends in her mother’s will. When she arrives at the farm, things seem almost too perfect. But after a series of strange events, she finds herself discovering dark secrets about her aunt and uncle. Stars Brook Sill, Jake Busey, Clare Kramer, Billy Armstrong and Dorian Gregory.
Call the Midwife: “Episode 5”
PBS, 8pm
Nancy (Megan Cusack) oversees a child born out of wedlock, but things take a shocking turn; Dr. Turner (Stephen McGann) and Sister Veronica (Rebecca Gethings) discuss a new contraception procedure, the vasectomy; and the Board of Health delivers some unwelcome news to Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter).
Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary: Warner Leads a Revolution in Filmmaking
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight, Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong celebration of Warner Bros.’ centennial spotlights productions made during the late 1960s, as the movie industry began a drastic turn away from complete studio control and toward the New Hollywood, when filmmakers and actors began having more independence. Stories were also not as constrained as they had been under the Production Code of previous decades following its dissolution in 1968, allowing for more mature themes and depictions of violence. Before getting into the films, though, TCM is showing a cartoon: Rabbit Fire (1951), director Chuck Jones’ Looney Tunes classic starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, and featuring the famous “Duck Season vs. Rabbit Season” argument. The film lineup then begins with the Best Picture Oscar-nominated Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), starring Best Actress winner Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It then continues with Best Actor nominee Paul Newman and Best Supporting Actor winner George Kennedy in the prison drama Cool Hand Luke (1967); director Sam Peckinpah’s groundbreaking revisionist Western The Wild Bunch (1969); Petulia (1968), a British-American drama led by Julie Christie, George C. Scott and Richard Chamberlain; and The Fox (1967), an early drama that was able to feature frank depictions of sexuality, including physical relations between two women (played by Sandy Dennis and Anne Heywood).
Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico: “Nuevo León”
CNN, 9pm
In Nuevo León, located in mountainous North Mexico, bordering Texas, nearly all dishes center around meat. Host Eva Longoria is invited to sample the local aguja steak. She also tries tender cabrito, young goat served with flour tortillas thought to come from the Sephardic Jewish tradition, and helps prepare venison tamales for the hungry film crew.
Family Guy: “The Bird Reich/A Bottle Episode”
FOX, 9pm
Two new episodes of Family Guy air tonight. In “The Bird Reich,” Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) adopts an old pet bird and discovers it used to belong to Adolf Hitler. Then in “A Bottle Episode,” Lois (Alex Borstein) is blocked from a vacation rental app and accused of stealing after the family’s trip to Nantucket.
Ride: “Estella”
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
Missy (Tiera Skovbye) and Gus (Tyler Jacob Moore) get closer when she agrees to give his niece a tour of the ranch.
Magnum P.I.: “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”
NBC, 9pm
Magnum and Higgins take on a case that sends Higgins inside a psychiatric hospital. Katsumoto and his son, Dennis, head to the mainland to look at colleges, but their trip takes a harrowing turn when a run-in with a local turns ugly.
Sanditon: “Episode 5”
PBS, 9pm
Charlotte (Rose Williams) and Colbourne (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) rush to Augusta’s (Eloise Webb) aid, and it is revealed whether Edward (Jack Fox) has really changed; Georgiana (Crystal Clarke) is reunited with a ghost from her past; and Charlotte must make a difficult decision about her future.
The Company You Keep: “The Art of the Steel”
ABC, 10pm
Daphne (Felisha Terrell) tries to use Charlie (Milo Ventimiglia) to help Patrick (Timothy V. Murphy) get out of jail; Emma (Catherine Haena Kim) partners with Birdie (Sarah Wayne Callies).
NCIS: Los Angeles: “Maybe Today”
CBS, 10pm
The team is tasked with assisting the NCIS cold case homicide unit with a case from 2003 involving a missing Navy petty officer in the new episode “Maybe Today.”
The Blacklist: “The Troll Farmer, Pt. 2”
NBC, 10pm
The task force investigates a series of social media conspiracies that simulate dangerous public attacks. When a top-secret government program is stolen, the team works to uncover the Troll Farmer’s involvement.
Marie Antoinette: “Rebel Queen”
PBS, 10pm
Louis (Louis Cunningham) may now be king, but Marie (Emilia Schüle) is determined to launch her reign as the queen of France. First steps: organize a glittering inauguration ball and convince Louis to choose her pro-Austrian candidate as his new prime minister. But their marriage hits the rocks when Louis isn’t prepared to let his Austrian wife dabble in French politics.
Waco: The Aftermath
Showtime, 10pm
New Limited Series!
The five-episode limited series shares the story of the fallout of the Waco disaster — the trials of the surviving members of the Branch Davidian sect and the rise of homegrown terrorist Timothy McVeigh. Reprising their roles from the 2018 Waco miniseries are Michael Shannon and John Leguizamo.
Monday, April 17
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 1
ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 7pm Live
The puck drops on four Round 1 Stanley Cup playoffs series with ESPN and ESPN2 airing two games each in primetime.
The Neighborhood: “Welcome to the Future”
CBS, 8pm
In the new episode “Welcome to the Future,” Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) and Marty (Marcel Spears) have trouble securing financing for their new business.
All American: “My Name Is”
The CW, 8pm
Hoping to revive the football program, Spencer (Daniel Ezra) and Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) revisit some former football stars as potential walk-ons.
9-1-1: “Performance Anxiety”
FOX, 8pm
The 118 race to the rescue at emergencies at a commercial bakery and a bodybuilding competition in the new episode “Performance Anxiety.”
The Voice: “The Knockouts Premiere”
NBC, 8pm
Country superstar Reba McEntire is enlisted as a Mega Mentor to help prepare the artists for the Knockouts. The coaches pair two artists to perform individually against each other, then select a winner to move on to the Playoffs. The pressure is on as each coach will only have one steal in the Knockouts.
Antiques Roadshow: “Idaho Botanical Garden, Hour 3”
PBS, 8pm
The final hour at Boise’s Idaho Botanical Garden features treasures such as a 1980 Topps basketball cards box, The Amazing Spider-Man comic books and an Alexej von Jawlensky Meditation oil painting. Can you guess the find that is appraised between $50,000 and $100,000?
Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary: Great Directors at Warner Bros.
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong celebration of Warner Bros.’ centennial continues with another Monday evening of titles from legendary directors who helmed films for Warner. Featured first is Howard Hawks, and following a special introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese comes the television premiere of the new restoration of Hawks’ classic 1959 Western Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson. The second Hawks feature is the famed 1946 film noir The Big Sleep, led by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Ahead of all of that is the 1948 Merrie Melodies animated short Bugs Bunny Rides Again, a Western parody starring the titular wascally wabbit and Yosemite Sam. Following the Hawks movies come two productions that Alfred Hitchcock directed for Warner Bros.: Strangers on a Train (1951) and I Confess (1953). Preceding those is Zipping Along, a 1953 Merrie Melodies short directed by Chuck Jones and featuring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote engaged in their eternal chase. Tonight’s last spotlighted director is Vincent Sherman, with airings of his films All Through the Night (1942), a comedic gangster thriller headlined by Bogart, and Old Acquaintance (1943), a drama starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.
90 Day Fiancé: Love in Paradise
TLC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
It’s an all-new season of love stories set in and around the Caribbean, as Americans who fall in love in paradise wonder if it can last once the suntan fades away. First seen in Season 2, VaLentine and Carlos are now about to say “I do,” but a past relationship threatens their union. Famous for intervening in her children’s love lives on The Family Chantel, Pedro and Nicole’s mother Lidia has been set up with Scott, whom she hopes to bring to the Dominican Republic to meet for the first time in person. Pregnant Jessica and Juan prepare for a new chapter together, but rumors of infidelity are a cause for concern. Nudist Jordan likes to bare all, but her partner Everton is anything but open. Successful doctor April and much-younger Valentin are madly in love, but her dominance is an ongoing problem for him. And finally, Matt met Ana in an online chat group, but will their love survive real-world temptations?
Fantasy Island: “War of the Roses (and the Hutchinsons)”
FOX, 9pm
There’s a reunion of The Wonder Years stars Dan Lauria and Alley Mills in the new episode “War of the Roses (and the Hutchinsons).” Strange things happen when feuding neighbors arrive separately with their own unique fantasies and then discover they’re sharing the island.
La Frontera With Pati Jinich: “Back to the Middle”
PBS, 9pm
Host Pati Jinich travels the New Mexico and Chihuahua border region, one of the most unique and biodiverse places. There, she meets architect Ronald Rael, observes migratory species, visits a remote Mennonite camp and more.
You, Me & My Ex
TLC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
How do you manage your relationship when your partner is uncomfortably close with their ex? This season, two new groups join the lineup of relationship narratives that give new meaning to the phrase “three’s a crowd.” From venturing off to an all-expenses-paid couples retreat to sponge baths, living together and co-parenting, nothing is off limits for these once-romantic, ex-couple best friends. Would you be able to stomach these situations?
The Good Doctor: “Blessed”
ABC, 10pm
A patient’s optimism and faith seem to make Dr. Asher Wolke (Noah Galvin) skeptical.
That’s My Jam: “Simu Liu & Halle Bailey vs. Chloe Bailey & Adam Lambert”
NBC, 10pm
Jimmy Fallon invites celebrity guests Simu Liu, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey and Adam Lambert to compete in a series of music, dance and trivia-based games and musical performances, including Launch the Mic, Vinyl Countdown and Don’t Fear the Speaker.
Tuesday, April 18
Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary Celebration: Studio Contract Players (Actresses)
TCM, beginning at 9am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong celebration of the legendary Warner Bros. studio’s centennial continues with another Tuesday lineup of films featuring great female stars associated with WB as contract players. Leading things off is Joan Leslie in The Male Animal (1942) and Two Guys From Milwaukee (1946), followed by Virginia Mayo in Colorado Territory (1949) and The West Point Story (1950); Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda (1948), featuring her Best Actress Oscar-winning performance, and Stage Fright (1950), which is preceded by the 1961 Merrie Melodies animated short The Last Hungry Cat, starring Tweety and Sylvester; Joan Crawford delivering a Best Actress Oscar-winning performance in Mildred Pierce (1945), then appearing as the subject of the 2002 documentary Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, with both titles preceded by Duck Amuck, the iconic 1953 Merrie Melodies animated short starring Daffy Duck and directed by Chuck Jones; Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (1944), alongside Humphrey Bogart in her feature film debut, and Harper (1966); and Geraldine Fitzgerald in Watch on the Rhine (1943) and Nobody Lives Forever (1946).
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 1
ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 7pm Live
Three more first-round Stanley Cup playoffs series get started tonight on ESPN and ESPN2.
NBA Playoffs: Round 1
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The first round of the NBA playoffs continues with a doubleheader tonight on TNT.
9-1-1: Lone Star: “Open”
FOX, 8pm
Owen (Rob Lowe) is shocked by a secret Kendra (Michaela McManus) has been keeping from him in the new episode “Open.”
American Auto
NBC, 8:30pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 2 finale “Judgement Day,” Katherine and her team make one last effort to raise the Payne stock and save their jobs by rallying behind the launch of the Pika. When global events cause the whole market to crash, Katherine loses hope that Payne will ever recover.
The Rookie: Feds: “I Am Many”
ABC, 9pm
The Feds band together to stop a death row inmate and his cult following’s killing spree.
My Grandparents’ War: “Keira Knightley”
PBS, 9pm
Follow actress Keira Knightley as she learns, through conversations with family members and historians, of the extraordinary triumphs and tragedies her grandparents faced during some of the biggest conflicts of World War II.
7 Little Johnstons
TLC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The world’s largest family of little people is back, and relationships and major life events take center stage. Determined to make sense of her last failed relationship, Anna seeks help to gain a better understanding of herself and to overcome some of the difficulties she’s been encountering in both love and life. Jonah is now committed to finance school and his girlfriend despite Amber’s concerns about their relationship. Meanwhile, Alex is head over heels in love, and Emma focuses on her career and growing her own business. Liz and Brice can’t wait to finally move in together, but Trent and Amber put the brakes on their dream home. Finally, Amber, Trent, Alex and Emma head to Finland for an epic family vacation.
Will Trent: “Bill Black”
ABC, 10pm
Will (Ramón Rodríguez) goes undercover to take down a drug organization and find a missing DEA agent.
Weakest Link: “Smells Like Money”
NBC, 10pm
Eight players, including a cheerleader, crime scene cleaner and ghost-tour guide, compete in a fast-paced trivia game with up to a $1 million prize.
How Saba Kept Singing
PBS, 10pm
Musician David “Saba” Wisnia always believed that he survived the horrors of Auschwitz by entertaining the Nazi guards with his beautiful singing voice. When his curious grandson, Avi, suspects there’s more to the story, the pair embark on a journey that leads them into the mystery of Saba’s past, a story about faith, family and the power of discovery, proving love can grow and take hold in even the grimmest of places.
Wednesday, April 19
The Mandalorian
Disney+
Season Finale!
Season 3 of Lucasfilm’s Emmy-winning live-action Star Wars series, which chronicles the adventures of Din Djarin, aka the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal), concludes today.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
Netflix
This hourlong special marks the 30th anniversary of the popular Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series, and is inspired by the legendary mantra from the franchise: “Once a Ranger, Always a Ranger.” Three decades after the Power Rangers formed, the team comes face-to-face with a familiar threat from the past. In the midst of a global crisis, they are called on once again to be the heroes the world needs. Among the past stars from the franchise making their returns here are Johnny Yong Bosch, David Yost, Barbara Goodson (voice) and Walter Jones.
Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary Celebration: Studio Contract Players (Actors)
TCM, beginning at 8am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong celebration of the legendary Warner Bros. studio’s centennial continues with another Wednesday lineup of films featuring great male stars associated with WB as contract players. The day begins with Sydney Greenstreet in The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) and Three Strangers (1946), and continues with Ronald Reagan in Knute Rockne, All-American (1940) and The Hasty Heart (1949); Paul Henreid in Between Two Worlds (1944) and Deception (1946); Humphrey Bogart in Black Legion (1937) — which is preceded by the 1947 Merrie Melodies animated short Slick Hare, starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, and also featuring caricatures of Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Carmen Miranda and other top stars of the era — then delivering an iconic performance as Sam Spade in the legendary film noir The Maltese Falcon (1941); Tab Hunter, first as the subject of the 2015 documentary Tab Hunter Confidential, then starring in Battle Cry (1955); and Peter Lorre in The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) and The Verdict (1946).
NBA Playoffs: Round 1
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
Two matchups from Round 1 of the NBA playoffs air tonight on TNT.
The Conners: “What’s So Funny About Peas, Love and Understanding?”
ABC, 8pm
Darlene (Sara Gilbert) figures out a new plan to afford Mark’s (Ames McNamara) college tuition.
The Masked Singer: “Supreme Six”
FOX, 8pm
The new episode “Supreme Six” recaps the journeys of the three champions and the three underdogs remaining in the competition.
Nature: “Niagara Falls”
PBS, 8pm
Niagara Falls is made up of three separate waterfalls that combine to form the world’s second-largest, and fastest-moving, waterfall. Explore this geological wonder, and witness its stunning beauty and the wide variety of wildlife — mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians — that call it home.
The Goldbergs: “Uptown Boy”
ABC, 8:30pm
With Erica (Hayley Orrantia) at a crossroads about her future, she draws inspiration from Baby Boom.
Abbott Elementary
ABC, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 2 finale, Abbott Elementary takes a trip to the Franklin Institute, and Ava teaches the students about aliens.
Riverdale: “Chapter One Hundred Twenty-One: Love & Marriage”
The CW, 9pm
After enlisting Archie’s (K.J. Apa) help, Cheryl’s (Madelaine Petsch) plan to fool her family spirals out of control.
Farmer Wants a Wife: “Barn Dance Romance”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “Barn Dance Romance,” the four farmers and their remaining ladies go to a barn dance in Tallahassee, Florida.
Home in a Heartbeat With Galey Alix
HGTV, 9pm
New Series!
In the series premiere, “Dallas Palace,” Galey Alix meets the McCarthy family, who are eager to find functionality in their home after experiencing the loss of a loved one. Over a single weekend, Galey and her team work tirelessly to reimagine their underused living and dining room into a luxurious and cohesive space the whole family can enjoy for years to come.
Changing Planet
PBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Dr. M. Sanjayan’s seven-year Earth Day project continues as he revisits six of our planet’s most vulnerable ecosystems and catches up with the inspiring scientists and local experts fighting to safeguard their communities and wildlife from the effects of climate change.
Not Dead Yet: “Not Well Yet”
ABC, 9:30pm
After a fun night out with Sam (Hannah Simone) and Dennis (Josh Banday), Nell (Gina Rodriguez) winds up sick in bed and wanting to be left alone.
A Million Little Things: “Ironic”
ABC, 10pm
Katherine (Grace Park) and Greta (Cameron Esposito) celebrate their wedding despite several setbacks.
Single Drunk Female
Freeform, 10pm
Two new episodes air tonight. In “Normie,” Sam (Sofia Black-D’Elia) questions if she can move on from her old self, while navigating a relationship with a normie. Then, in “4th Step,” after Sam learns that Carol (Ally Sheedy) invaded her privacy, the two have an explosive fight.
Snowfall
FX, 10pm
Series Finale!
After six seasons, the drama series following drug kingpin Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) and his empire in 1980s Los Angeles concludes tonight with “The Struggle.”
Thursday, April 20
The Diplomat
Netflix
New Series!
Keri Russell, who is also an executive producer, leads this political drama as Kate Wyler, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to have gone to Afghanistan; while she is great in a crisis zone, in a historic home … less so. War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another. Kate will have to diffuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London and adjust to her new place in the spotlight — all while trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell).
Star Trek: Picard
Paramount+
Series Finale!
The third and final season, in which Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) reunited with most of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, concludes today.
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 1
ESPN, beginning at 7pm Live
ESPN airs a pair of Game 2s from the Stanley Cup playoffs conference quarterfinal round.
NBA Playoffs: Round 1
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
NBA playoffs action on TNT tonight features two games from the conference quarterfinal round.
Station 19: “What Are You Willing to Lose”
ABC, 8pm
A shoddily assembled structure poses a dangerous challenge for the team.
Next Level Chef: “Fry Me a River”
FOX, 8pm
The remaining chefs must elevate their dish by frying their entrée in the new episode “Fry Me a River.”
Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary: Great Directors at Warner Bros.
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong celebration of Warner Bros.’ centennial continues with another Thursday evening of titles from legendary directors who helmed films for Warner. The movies from the three filmmakers highlighted tonight are relatively modern compared to ones highlighted in previous weeks. Up first are two productions from Martin Scorsese: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), starring Best Actress Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, and Mean Streets (1973), the first of many memorable collaborations between Scorsese and star Robert De Niro. Next are two classics from director Stanley Kubrick, beginning with the TCM premiere of his 1987 Vietnam War drama Full Metal Jacket, which earned the filmmaker a shared Oscar nomination for the adapted screenplay he wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford, based on Hasford’s novel The Short-Timers. The second Kubrick feature is the Best Picture-nominated A Clockwork Orange (1971), which also earned him nominations for his direction and his screenplay adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ novel. The evening concludes with two films from director Francis Ford Coppola’s pre-Godfather years: The Rain People (1969), a drama starring Shirley Knight, James Caan and Robert Duvall that Coppola also wrote, and Finian’s Rainbow (1968), a musical fantasy led by Fred Astaire and Petula Clark.
Grey’s Anatomy: “Gunpowder and Lead”
ABC, 9pm
Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) takes her personal problems out on her work colleagues, and Mika (Midori Francis) struggles with burnout.
Animal Control: “Pigs and Minks”
FOX, 9pm
Shred and Victoria (Michael Rowland and Grace Palmer) are called into the principal’s office during a school visit in the new episode “Pigs and Minks.”
Wild West Chronicles: “Bass Reeves Tracks Belle Starr”
INSP, 10pm
As U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves attempts to arrest Belle Starr and her outlaw husband, Belle asks for 24 hours to find someone to care for her young daughter, Pearl. When the Starr family decides to flee instead, the marshal must track them down.
Friday, April 21
A Tourist’s Guide to Love
Netflix
Original Film!
Rachael Leigh Cook and Scott Ly lead this romantic film that is the first international production to film in Vietnam since the pandemic. It follows a travel executive (Cook) who, after an unexpected breakup, decides to accept an assignment to go undercover and learn about the tourist industry in Vietnam. Along the way, she finds adventure and romance with her Vietnamese expat tour guide (Ly) when they decide to reroute the bus in order to explore life and love off the beaten path.
Dead Ringers
Prime Video
New Series!
Starring Rachel Weisz and based on the 1988 David Cronenberg film of the same name, this dark psychological thriller series is about identical twin gynecologists who share everything with each other: workplace, home, even lovers. Their codependency is put to the test when one twin falls for a patient.
Judy Blume Forever
Prime Video
With humor, sensitivity and a healthy dose of adolescent cringe, this documentary from filmmakers Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok traces beloved author Judy Blume’s journey from fearful, imaginative child to storytelling pioneer whose tales dealt frankly with puberty and sex as they elevated the physical and emotional lives of kids and teens, to banned writer who continues to fight back against censorship today. In the film, which debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Blume candidly shares her own coming-of-age story.
All About Eve
MOVIES!, 6am
Catch a Classic!
Fasten your seat belts — it’s going to be a bumpy night! A whopping 14 Oscar nominations went to writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s iconic and sardonic 1950 show business saga, a record that went unmatched until Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016) each tied it about half a century later. The drama follows maturing stage diva Margo Channing (Bette Davis), who is moved enough by the straits of wide-eyed fan Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) to take her on as an assistant. It isn’t long, though, before the not-so-naive apprentice craftily works Margo’s inner circle against one another in furtherance of her own aspirations to stardom. The film won six of the Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture; Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay (both to Mankiewicz); and Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders). Davis and Baxter were both nominated for Best Actress, and costars Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter received Best Supporting Actress nods. The stellar cast also includes Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill and Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles.
S.W.A.T.: “Bunkies”
CBS, 8pm
The team races to uncover the identities of kidnappers holding a prison guard’s family hostage before it’s too late in the new episode “Bunkies.”
Grand Crew: “Wine & Bachata”
NBC, 8:30pm
Fay helps Nicky and Anthony cope with a big life change. Noah and Wyatt compete for the chance to go to a fancy dinner with Sherm.
Fire Country: “Watch Your Step”
CBS, 9pm
The station 42 crew responds to an out-of-control blaze at a wellness retreat, and the third rock crew tries to protect one of their own from a dangerous overdose in the new episode “Watch Your Step.”
Secrets of the Elephants
Nat Geo, beginning at 9pm
New Series!
This entry in filmmaker James Cameron’s Secrets of franchise of natural history series programmed around Earth Day (April 22), which began with last year’s Secrets of the Whales, offers a four-part look into the lives of elephants. Narrated by Natalie Portman, it travels from Africa to Asia to discover the strategic thinking, complex emotions, sophisticated language and dynamic culture of elephants. The first two episodes air tonight, the final two tomorrow night. All installments can be streamed on Disney+ starting tomorrow.
Great Performances: Now Hear This: “Andy Akiho Found (His) Sound”
PBS, 9pm
Experience the creation of music by Japanese American composer Andy Akiho using “found” instruments. To develop a music video, Akiho and host Scott Yoo visit New York City and explore the creative process with an interactive light show and more.
Dear Mama
FX, 10pm
New Series!
Allen Hughes directs this five-part documentary series, debuting with the first two episodes tonight, about the illuminating saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur. Afeni was an activist, an intellect and a voice for the people in the 1960s. Her son, Tupac, was a rapper and poet, a political visionary and philosopher who in the 1990s became known as one of the greatest rap artists of all time. From a time of revolutionary fervor to hip-hop culture’s most ostentatious decade, this series is the definitive portrait of a global superstar and the woman who shaped him, forever linked by love and fate.
Next at the Kennedy Center: “Continuum: Jason Moran & Christian McBride”
PBS, 10pm
Musicians Jason Moran and Christian McBride collaborate for an electrifying jazz performance at the Kennedy Center. They share stories about their legendary teachers and introduce their remarkable protégés.
Saturday, April 22
NBA Playoffs: Round 1
ESPN & TNT, beginning at 2pm Live
Catch four games from the NBA playoffs first round today beginning on TNT and continuing in primetime on ESPN.
NHL Playoffs: Round 1
ABC, 8pm Live
The first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs continues tonight with a primetime matchup on ABC.
Chasing the Rains
BBC America, 8pm
New Series!
Narrated by award-winning actor Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton), this epic four-part series takes audiences on a journey into one of the most majestic, unspoiled and rarely filmed areas in northern Kenya. Here, wildlife like elephants, zebras, wildebeest, lions, cheetahs and hyenas struggle to survive through cycles of drought and dramatic rainfall.
A Pinch of Portugal
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
When a celebrity chef walks off his show, prep cook Anna (Heather Hemmens) must step into the spotlight and make the show her own, with the help of her Aussie cameraman (Luke Mitchell) and a Portuguese location scout.
Her Fiancé’s Double Life
Lifetime, 8pm
When Assistant District Attorney Darcy Young is invited to her estranged parents’ country home to meet her sister’s new fiancé, Thomas Schure, she’s already dubious at the speed of the whirlwind romance, but as Thomas’ suspicious behavior begins to become more erratic, Darcy becomes convinced that Thomas is a danger to her entire family. Stars Olivia Buckle and Jonathan Stoddard.
Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary: Warner Embraces a New Hollywood
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight’s lineup airing as part of Turner Classic Movies’ celebration of Warner Bros.’ centennial features films produced by the studio in the 1970s, as the creativity of the New Hollywood continued to flourish with a number of unique and enduring titles. Ahead of the lineup is the 1950 Looney Tunes short What’s Up, Doc? (led by Bugs Bunny, in case you couldn’t tell from the title). After this levity, the film lineup turns serious as it kicks off with the Best Picture Oscar-nominated All the President’s Men (1976), the Robert Redford/Dustin Hoffman-led political thriller based on investigations into the Watergate scandal. Following that is the legendary 1973 chiller The Exorcist, another Best Picture nominee, helmed by Best Director nominee William Friedkin and starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair and Jason Miller, all of whom received Oscar nods for their work. The night continues with Scarecrow (1973), a road movie starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino; Badlands (1973), Terrence Malick’s neo-noir crime drama starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek; and Night Moves (1975), Arthur Penn’s very bleak but terrific neo-noir mystery starring Hackman as a private investigator.
Secrets of the Elephants
Nat Geo, beginning at 9pm; also streams on Disney+
Series Finale!
The series concludes with back-to-back episodes. The first hour visits the Congo rainforest, home to one of the world’s most elusive elephant species: the African forest elephant. These creatures have shaped the forest around them to their needs and, in doing so, created a habitat unlike any other on Earth. The final hour shows how Asian elephants are adjusting to further encroachment of humans into their environment: They use tools to break down electric fences and even strike cooperative deals with farmers.
Critter Fixers: Country Vets: “Ready, Vet, Go!”
Nat Geo Wild, 9pm; also streams on Disney+
The docs at Critter Fixer attempt to help a skittish llama get over an illness, remove a 6-pound tumor from a dog’s leg and embark on a new Vet for a Day national tour. Also visiting the clinic are a pregnant dog ready to deliver, some lambs getting ready to compete, a cat with a urinary tract infection, another canine with stomach issues and a ball python in for a gender reveal.