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If you have a half hour, check out this series The concept of warm new period comedy Our Flag Means Death—a “gentleman pirate” kills ’em with kindness as he roams the high seas—is rich humor gold, especially with Taika Waititi as Blackbeard. HBO Max

Hard to believe there was a time Hollywood saw The Godfather as a film it could refuse to make. But as the joyride limited series The Offer (premiering April 28 on Paramount+) suggests, novice producer Albert Ruddy (Miles Teller) and his colorful bos

black-ish Tuesdays, 9:30/8:30c, ABC “IT JUST FEELS like a lifetime ago,” says Anthony Anderson when looking back on eight seasons and 175 episodes of his ABC comedy black-ish. Since 2014, the sitcom set the TV bar to Norman Lear heights, bringing lau

@TVGMMattRoush A multigenerational saga tells a story of sacrifice and cultural identity SERIES PREMIERE Friday, March 25, Apple TV+ A MOTHER PACKS her teenage daughter’s few belongings, sending her off to a new life in a strange land in 1931. This w

@TVGMMattRoush [Spoiler alert.] It is one thing for an actor to want to leave a show, but why did FBI: Most Wanted have to kill off Julian McMahon’s character, Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix? Why couldn’t he just retire and go “free birding”

Young Sheldon 100th EPISODE Thursday, March 31, 8/7c, CBS Laughter has always been at the center of CBS’s Young Sheldon, the early-’90s-set prequel to The Big Bang Theory that explores the life of persnickety 12-year-old genius Sheldon Cooper (Iain A

Monday, March 28, 9/8c and 10/9c, CBS PICK OF THE WEEK! TURNS OUT, COCKY D.C. special agent Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) and badass Hawai'i boss Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) have an explosive past that goes back to their pre-NCIS days. (The pair,

8/7c, CBS We’ve been hearing about him for years. Tonight we meet Curtis—Calvin’s (Cedric the Entertainer) boastful, lottery-winning little brother and their mom’s favorite, thanks to his big-bucks gifts—played by Tracy Morgan (above right, with Cedr

7:16/6:16c, Starz Encore Westerns Grizzled Texas Ranger turned bounty hunter Woodrow F. Call (James Garner, above, in the role originated by Tommy Lee Jones in the 1989 start of the Lonesome Dove saga) returns for this gripping final chapter, airing

SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, History It’s rumored that, 500 years ago, Mexican Aztecs fleeing invading Spanish conquistadors buried a fortune in gold somewhere in the Southwest. In this new series, three groups follow different sets of clues they believe w

SERIES PREMIERE 9:30/8:30c, CBS Editors’ Choice Tom Smallwood (Pete Holmes) was born to bowl. “When you came out of the womb, I bet 10 doctors fell down,” proclaims Archie (Chi McBride), owner of the local alley—and after being fired from his auto fa

MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Lifetime There are trashy Lifetime movies that are still deliciously fun to watch, and then there’s Fallen Angels Murder Club. The first in a new franchise, the film follows a group of ex-cons who are in a book club together—and

Retro Pick 5/4c, FETV Long before 9-1-1, Chicago Fire or Station 19, the first responders of Emergency! saved the day. The 1972–77 drama joins FETV’s schedule tomorrow (airing two hours nightly at 10/9c), but first, this sevenhour marathon showcases

AVAILABLE NOW ORIGINAL DRAMA There will never be another hero like brave, cocky and conflicted warrior Uhtred (the magnetic Alexander Dreymon, above left), a 9th-century Saxon who was kidnapped as a child and raised by Viking Danes. We’ve followed th

Dunkirk (2017) Director Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic dramatizes the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk, France, in 1940. Light on dialogue but dazzling to watch. Freddy vs. Jason (2003) A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger (Rober

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow THE CW DRAMA The seventh season of this Arrow and The Flash spinoff finds the time-traveling Legends stranded in Texas in 1925 after a Waverider destroyed their ship! Hei$t: The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank ORIGINAL

Tuesday, April 5, 8/7c, Fox BATTER UP! THE Little League World Series of maining that’s as surprising as the pint-size contestants. “I could never have been prepared for meeting these [kids], 8 to 13 years old, with the skill levels that they brought

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) How did such a staunch monarchist become a leader of the American Revolution? This question is the driving force in Ken Burns’ latest documentary on revered Founding Father and celebrat

Movie Picks 5:15/4:15c, Movies! The five films tonight showcase the consummate crooner’s incredible range in Hollywood, beginning with 1961’s The Devil at 4 O’Clock, a volcano disaster tale that marked his only costarring role with mutual admirer Spe

10/9c, NBC “They are like wounded soldiers,” says Marina Squerciati of officer Kim Burgess and her Intelligence Unit partner/sometime co-parent Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger). In the aftermath of her newly adopted daughter Makayla’s (Ramona Edith

Editors’ Choice 9/8c, NBC The sex crimes unit’s newest player is definitely not your typical NYC cop. Det. Joe Velasco (Octavio Pisano, above) grew up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, violent cartel territory. After getting mixed up with gang members, he cr

SERIES PREMIERE 8:30/7:30c, The CW Did Richard Kind (Mad About You) once give Paul Newman a piggyback ride? The actor being grilled about that claim on this comedy game show—based on a long-running British hit—may be the funniest three minutes you se

10/9c, CBS “THE 100TH EPISODE! We had to go big!” Shemar Moore (right) says of tonight’s milestone hour. Actually, it’s huge: Team leader Hondo is framed for killing two officers and goes on the run to prove his innocence. Here, Moore previews the ac

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