‘Halston,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘Underground Railroad,’ a bunch of season finales and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week.

 

MONDAY

The Crime of the Century: The story of how Purdue Pharma pushed OxyContin on America is explored in this two-part documentary. 8 p.m., HBO

Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: The Comedians: Mindy Kaling, Maya Rudolph,  Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sofía Vergara, Michaela Coel, and Kate McKinnon are honored in this new special. 7 p.m., Lifetime

I, Sniper: The story of the Washington D.C. snipers is told by the surviving shooter, Lee Malvo. 9 p.m., Vice

TUESDAY

Supergirl: The Super Friends must face their worst fears to bring Supergirl home in the season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

Money, Explained: You know you have questions. This limited series has the answers to navigating the many minefields lurking in our finances. Premiere. Netflix

Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer: This four-part series examines the medical advancements that ended some of the world’s deadliest diseases and doubled life expectancy. (So much so, that some idiots completely take it all for granted.) Premiere. 7 p.m., PBS

WEDNESDAY

The Upshaws: Wanda Sykes, Mike Epps, and Kim Fields star in this new working-class family comedy. Series premiere. Netflix

Oxygen: In this claustrophobic sci-fi thriller, a woman wakes up in a cryogenic chamber with no memory of how she got there, and with diminishing oxygen supplies. NO THANK YOU PLEASE. Netflix

Bringing Up Baby: The very best Katharine Hepburn/Cary Grant movie featuring a leopard. It’s a fact. Look it up. 5:15 p.m., TCM

THURSDAY

Hacks: The supremely wonderful Jean Smart stars as a Vegas comedian who strikes up an unlikely friendship with her young writer in this new series. Premiere. HBO Max

Underground Railroad: Barry Jenkins, the filmmaker behind the beautiful film Moonlight, brings Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to life in this new series. Premiere. Amazon

Castlevania: The fourth and final season of the series based on the popular video game. Netflix

Mom: Bonnie deals with difficult news in the series finale. 8 p.m., CBS

Young Sheldon: Season finale. 7 p.m., CBS

B Positive: Season finale. 8:30 p.m., CBS

FRIDAY

Halston: Ewan McGregor stars in Ryan Murphy’s portrait of the fashion icon. Premiere. Netflix

Those Who Want Me Dead: Angelina Jolie is a fire jumper who finds herself protecting a 12-year-old boy fleeing from assassins in this new action film. HBO Max

The Woman in the Window: An agoraphobe witnesses a brutal crime from her apartment window … or did she? Amy Adams stars.  Netflix

Love, Death & Robots: The David Fincher-produced animated anthology series is back for season two. Netflix

Pride: This six-part documentary series explores the LGBTQ+ community’s decades-long fight for equality. Premiere. 7 p.m., FX

Blue Bloods: Danny discovers a shocking fact about his newest family member. Season finale. 8 p.m., CBS

Haunted: Netflix’s ghost story series is back for its third season. Netflix

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The East High Wildcats, who are preparing to perform “Beauty and the Beast” for their spring musical. Premiere. Disney+

SATURDAY

The Personal History of David Copperfield: Dev Patel stars in Armando Iannucci‘s take on the classic Dickens novel. 7 p.m., HBO

Saturday Night Live: Keegan-Michael Key & Olivia Rodrigo 10:30 p.m., NBC

SUNDAY

2021 MTV TV & Movie Awards: Leslie Jones hosts. 8 p.m., MTV

Shahs of Sunset: Reza and MJ plan a trip to Palm Springs to celebrate Mike’s birthday in the season premiere. 7 p.m., Bravo

Death and Nightingales: Matthew Rhys stars in this drama set in Northern Ireland in the mid-1850s. Series premiere. 9 p.m., Starz

Fall River: This docuseries explores the 1979 murders of two young women in the town made notorious for the Lizzie Borden killings. Premiere. 9 p.m., Epix

Run the World: This new comedy follows a group of young women from Harlem as they try to make their way in the world. Premiere. 7:30 p.m., Starz

The Great North: An unexpected guest RSVPs to Wolf and Honeybee’s wedding. Season finale. 7:30 p.m., Fox

The Nevers: Season finale. 8 p.m., HBO

Zooey’s Extraordinary Playlist: Season finale. 8 p.m., NBC

Family Guy: Season finale. 8:30 p.m., Fox

The Rookie: Nolan injures himself during a chase in the season finale. 9 p.m., ABC

Miss Universe 2021: Apparently, this is still a thing that still happens. 7 p.m., FYI

 

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