Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY Workman’s comp probably doesn’t cover getting “Backstabbe­d” by your vengeful boss, which is what happens to an unsuspecti­ng woman in this new thriller. 9 p.m. Lifetime

The new special “Pope vs. Hitler” investigat­es a purported Vatican plot to assassinat­e the Nazi leader during the dark days of WWII. 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel MONDAY

If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, but if you don’t, that’s still too bad in the new sequel “Stalked by My Doctor: The Return.” With Eric Roberts. 8 p.m. Lifetime The new three-night

miniseries “Harley and the Davidsons” tells the story of the men who built their motorcycle company into an iconic American brand. 9 p.m. Discovery Channel; also Tue.-Wed.

Former President George W. Bush and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani are among those looking back at the 9/11 attacks “15 Septembers Later” in this new special. 9 p.m. History Channel

“Rizzoli & Isles,” we hardly knew ye. This hit drama starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander ends its run after seven seasons. 9 p.m. TNT

How Lowe can they go? Find out when the former star of “The West Wing” takes the seat of dishonor at “The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe.” 10 p.m. Comedy Central, TV Land TUESDAY

The currency is digital and the dealings are shady in the gritty new streaming series “StartUp.” With “Sherlock’s” Martin Freeman and “The O.C.’s” Adam Brody. Any time, Crackle

Survivors and first responders recall what it was like on “9/11 Inside the Pentagon” in this new special. 8 p.m. KOCE The season premiere of “America by the Numbers” looks at voter trends in the 2016 election. 10 p.m. KOCE Georgia and/or his money on his mind, “Community’s” Donald Glover plays to win the rap-music game in “Atlanta” in this quirky new comedy. 10 p.m. FX

“True Blood’s” Rutina Wesley finds herself back in Louisiana in “Queen Sugar,” a new drama from Oprah Winfrey and “Selma” director Ava DuVernay about a family-run sugarcane farm. 10 p.m. OWN; also Wed. WEDNESDAY Men in tights — and masks — will grapple when “Lucha Undergroun­d” launches a third season. 8 p.m. El Rey Network

Are we any safer? That is the question when “Nova” explores counterter­rorism efforts since Sept. 11 in the new episode “15 Years of Terror.” 9 p.m. KOCE THURSDAY

Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers get a rematch against the team that bested them in last season’s Super Bowl, the now Peyton Manning-less Denver Broncos, to kick off a new season of “NFL Football.” 5:30 p.m. NBC

Pamela Adlon plays an actress and single mom moving on to “Better Things” in this new sitcom she co-created with her “Louie” and “Lucky Louie” costar Louis C.K. 10 p.m. FX FRIDAY

Comic’s comic Tig Notaro proves you can go home again, if you really have to, when she plays a fictionali­zed version of herself in the poignant new online series “One Mississipp­i.” Any time, Amazon Celine Dion and Keith Urban are among the performers slated for this year’s edition of the telethon “Stand Up to Cancer.” 8 p.m. CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and various cable channels

Country music’s Jason Aldean and Kelsea Ballerini are among those who’ll be bringin’ the twang while Miranada Lambert collects career kudos at the “10th Annual ACM Honors.” 9 p.m. CBS For the first time ever, “Live From Lincoln Center” emanates from someplace other than New York, with a performanc­e at Kentucky’s Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill featuring works by Copland, Barber, Gottschalk and Dvorak. 9 p.m. KOCE

The new stand-up special “Martin Lawrence: Doin’ Time: Uncut” has the actor-comic cracking wise for a crowd at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A. 9 p.m. Showtime

A Vietnam veteran (Logan Marshall-Green) returns to his Memphis hometown in 1972 and finds his fight is far from over in the dark new crime drama “Quarry.” 10 p.m. Cinemax SATURDAY

“SNL’s” Amy Poehler and Tina Fey play “Sisters” who are so very different that hilarity has no choice but to ensue in this raunchy 2015 comedy. With Maya Rudolph. 8 p.m. HBO

A 22-year-old hitchhiker gets kidnapped and then spends the next seven years as the “Girl in the Box” in this dark, fact-based TV movie. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Better than the prequels, J.J. Abrams’ 2015 reboot “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is, hmm? But feature Yoda, it does not. With original cast members Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, plus franchise newbies Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. 9 and 11:20 p.m. Starz

Whoa, tough crowds! The new special “Jeff Ross Roasts Cops” finds the comic talking with rankand-file police officers as well as anti-police brutality demonstrat­ors. 11 p.m. Comedy Central

 ?? LucasFilm Ltd. ?? DAISY RIDLEY costars in the 2015 box-office hit “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Starz.
LucasFilm Ltd. DAISY RIDLEY costars in the 2015 box-office hit “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Starz.

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