TV THIS WEEK
By Matt Cooper
SUNDAY
A new mother wants her baby back, baby back, baby back in the thriller
“Beware of the Midwife.” 8 p.m. Lifetime “Nomadland” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” are among the nominees at
“The British Academy Film Awards 2021.” 9 p.m. BBC America
The mean streets of Victorian-era London are no place for a lady. But these ladies have superpowers in “The Nevers,” a new fantasy series from Joss Whedon. 9 p.m. HBO Prepare to be “Shameless”-less as this darkly comic drama about one seriously dysfunctional family ends its 11-season run. William H. Macy stars. 9 p.m. Showtime
MONDAY
The documentary “Down a Dark Stairwell” on “Independent Lens” reexamines the case of a Chinese American police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in Brooklyn in 2014. 10 p.m. KOCE
TUESDAY
“The Crown’s” John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa research their family histories on a new “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” 8 p.m. KOCE Community and what it means to folks in various corners of these United States are explored in the documentary “Our Towns.” 9 p.m. HBO “Frontline” breaks down the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol building in “American Insurrection.” 10 p.m. KOCE
WEDNESDAY
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx plays a single father in the new sitcom “Dad Stop You’re Embarrassing Me.” Anytime, Netflix A leopard can’t change its spots — or can it? Find out in the episode “The Leopard Legacy” on “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE “Nova” profiles women working to shatter glass ceilings in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in “Picture a Scientist.” 9 p.m. KOCE
THURSDAY
A British spy (Dominic Cooper) is up to his ankles in intrigue in Berlin in the new drama “Spy City.” Anytime, AMC+ “Younger” starring Sutton Foster moves from cable to streaming for its final season. Anytime, Paramount+
FRIDAY
John Stamos plays a college basketball coach who gets a gig at an allgirls prep school in the new comedy-drama “Big Shot.” Anytime, Disney+ “Great Performances”
revisits the Philadelphia Orchestra’s groundbreaking 1973 trip to China in “Beethoven in Beijing.” 9 p.m. KOCE Viola Davis owns the spotlight on a new “OWN Spotlight.” 10 p.m. OWN Vanessa the vampire slayer is back as “Van Helsing” kicks off its final season. Kelly Overton stars. 10 p.m. Syfy Julie Andrews and Dolly Parton are among the “Women of Wonder” profiled on a new episode of “Beyond the Canvas.”
10:30 p.m. KOCE SATURDAY
The covetousness is conspicuous in the new thriller “Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story.”
8 p.m. Lifetime
Will she choose that old crush or the sensitive hunk? We’ll see in the TV movie “Right in Front of Me.” Janel Parrish stars. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel