‘The Righteous Gemstones,’ ‘The Terror: Infamy,’ ‘Mindhunter’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

 

MONDAY

The Terror: Infamy: The new season takes place in the Japanese internment camps we set up during World War II. Believe it or not, this season was developed before the news of the horrors of our own border policies came to light. Certainly seems prescient. Season premiere.  8 p.m., AMC

Our Boys: A miniseries about the events that led to the outbreak of war in Gaza. Series premiere. 8 p.m., HBO

Lodge 49: Dud recuperates from his shark attack in the season premiere. 9 p.m., AMC

So You Think We Can Dance: The top 10 perform live for the first time. 8 p.m., Fox

Legion: “The end of the end.” That’s all I got. Series finale. 9 p.m., FX

TUESDAY

America’s Got Talent: The show goes live. 7 p.m., NBC

Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready: Tiffany Haddish introduces new stand-up comics in this new series. Netflix

Adam Ruins Everything: Adam ruins America — as if that’s even possible anymore. Season premiere. 9 p.m., TruTV

Mysteries Decoded: Lizzie Borden is the first subject of this new series that explores old mysteries using high-tech tools. Series premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

WEDNESDAY

The Handmaid’s Tale: I dunno, but I bet something terrible happens. Season finale. Hulu

David Makes Man: A 14-year-old prodigy has to choose between the streets or higher education in this new series. Series premiere. 9 p.m., OWN

Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America: A documentary about six different people who chose non-traditional options for their deaths and remembrances. 7 p.m., HBO

THURSDAY

Why Women Kill: Marc Cherry is back with this new anthology series about a bunch of pissed off wives. Series premiere. CBS All Access

Elementary: Sherlock and Holmes hear of Jamie Moriarty in the series finale. 9 p.m., CBS

Boogie Nights: It’s a damn shame Marky Mark didn’t retire from acting right after making this movie. 8 p.m., Showtime

FRIDAY

Mindhunter: In which Charles Manson gets involved. Season premiere. Netflix

Green Frontier: In this thriller, a detective investigating some murders in the Amazon finds herself caught up in some supernatural hoodoo. Series premiere. Netflix

Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time: We love Jim Gaffigan. Amazon

Ghost Brothers: Hey, it’s a new ghost hunting series, because we were short on those. Series premiere. 8 p.m., Travel

SATURDAY

The Mule: Clint Eastwood stars in this film as a 90-year-old drug mule with a fondness for threesomes. It was considered one of the worst (and somehow most boring) movies to come out last year. You’ve been warned. 7 p.m., HBO

Zombie Tidal Wave: See, it’s a tidal wave, but made of zombies. Like how a sharknado is a tornado made of sharks. Same idea, really. 8 p.m., Syfy

Reality Bites: Ah, Generation X … we were young once. 6:30 ABC Spark

SUNDAY

Righteous Gemstones: Danny McBride’s new series follows the exploits of a dysfunctional family of televangelists. I can’t wait. Series premiere. 9 p.m., HBO

I Am Patrick Swayze: A loving tribute to one of Houston’s best. 8 p.m., Paramount

Downton Abbey Live!: The Downton Abbey movie is coming out next month. PREPARE YOURSELVES. Premiere. 8 p.m., PBS

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