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For TV viewers like me who nonetheless haven’t reduce the twine, here’s a choice of cable and community exhibits, motion pictures and specials broadcasting Monday by way of Sunday, March 11-16. Details and instances are topic to alter.
Monday
LAKEFRONT EMPIRE 10 p.m. on HGTV. This new actual property collection takes viewers to Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, a Midwestern trip vacation spot made well-known by the Netflix present “Ozark.” This collection follows a bunch of realtors, together with Peggy Albers, who typically talks about her exceptional turnaround from serving greater than 15 years in federal jail for promoting methamphetamine to turning into a profitable agent on the lake.
Tuesday
THE LIONHEART 9 p.m. on HBO. Dan Wheldon was finest identified by his nickname, “The Lionheart,” and received the Indianapolis 500 twice. In a tragic accident, he died in a crash in 2011 on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This documentary blends archival and present-day footage to inform the story of Wheldon’s sons, Sebastian and Oliver, who’ve since adopted their father’s footsteps and entered the world of racing.
PASSWORD 10 p.m. on NBC. This recreation present, which initially aired within the Nineteen Sixties on CBS, is coming again for its second season, with Keke Palmer as host and Jimmy Fallon as a panelist. This season will characteristic visitor stars, together with Chance the Rapper, Howie Mandel and Joe Manganiello, enjoying the sport that could be a combine between charades and phone.
Wednesday
THE AMAZING RACE 9:30 p.m. on CBS. It’s exhausting to imagine that this actuality competitors collection premiered in 2001, simply as iPods and iTunes have been launched. As for 36 seasons now, groups of two will embark on heart-racing challenges world wide for a money prize of $1 million.
FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS 10 p.m. on FX. This story in regards to the author Truman Capote and the high-society ladies of Nineteen Sixties Manhattan, from producer Ryan Murphy, is wrapping up this week. Throughout the restricted collection, we’ve seen Capote let air out of the ladies’s glitz and glam when he publishes their secrets and techniques in Esquire journal. As the present follows these revelations, it has additionally been documenting Capote’s downfall, together with stints out and in of rehab.
Thursday
GREY’S ANATOMY 9 p.m. on ABC. This premiere marks the twentieth season of the medical drama, which can characteristic the tense relationships and near-death moments the present is thought for. And whereas she’s not a collection common, Ellen Pompeo will return to Grey Sloan Memorial this season for a minimum of 4 episodes.
MARRIED TO REAL ESTATE 9 p.m. on HGTV. If you aren’t aware of this specific HGTV present, it options the husband-and-wife duo Mike Jackson and Egypt Sherrod, who discover and remodel houses for his or her shoppers within the Atlanta space. Now in its third season, the present offers a peek into the couple’s household life inside their home as they attempt to stability working companies with elevating their youngsters.
Friday
PRETTY WOMAN (1990) 7 p.m. on Bravo. If you’re searching for a romantic comedy, you’re in luck: This trendy traditional stars Julia Roberts as a Hollywood escort and Richard Gere as a businessman who hires her for every week — simply sufficient time to fall in love. Come for the well-known procuring scene when Roberts’s Vivian Ward is turned away from a high-end boutique primarily based on what she is sporting. “Ms. Roberts, as famous, is a whole knockout, and this efficiency will make her a serious star,” Janet Maslin wrote in her New York Times overview of the movie.
NINE TO FIVE (1980) 7 p.m. on TCM. Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton kidnap their male chauvinist boss on this workplace satire that tackles sexism and different indignities on the office. After a rewatch, queue up the revamp of Parton’s catchy music in Pitbull’s “Powerful Women.”
Saturday
fifty fifth N.A.A.C.P. IMAGE AWARDS 8 p.m. on CBS. This annual awards present celebrates excellent performances on TV, in movie and in music by folks of coloration. Colman Domingo leads the nominations within the movie classes for his function in “Rustin,” whereas Ayo Edebiri has essentially the most nominations within the tv and streaming classes with two for “Abbott Elementary” and “The Bear.” Frankie Beverly shall be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sunday
CALL THE MIDWIFE 8 p.m. on PBS (examine native listings). Adapted from Heidi Thomas’s best-selling memoirs, this long-running present is again on the small display screen. The collection follows a bunch of nurses who reside and work within the East End of London within the Fifties and ’60s. This thirteenth season begins in 1969, when the group faces a brand new problem within the rising recognition of residence births.
