Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

2016 World Series champions the Cubs — yeah, that happened — play the Cardinals to open a new season of “Major League Baseball.” 5:30 p.m. ESPN

The L.A. Times’ Patt Morrison profiles local folks from all walks of life in the new series “Angeleno.” 6 p.m. KOCE

Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire and Keith Urban are among the many acts who’ll bring the twang at the “52nd Academy of Country Music Awards. ” 8 p.m. CBS

Boil some water and “Call the Midwife.” The imported drama is back with new episodes. Then, keep calm and carry on, as “Home Fires” returns for its final season on “Masterpiec­e.” 8 and 9 p.m. KOCE

The seven-part mystery drama “Big Little Lies” wraps its run. 9 p.m. HBO

The special “Sniper: Into the Kill Zone” sets it sights on the skills needed to be a top-flight marksman for the police or the military. 9 p.m. History Channel

MONDAY

The special “Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival: Faye Dunaway” features the “Network” actress in a conversati­on recorded at last year’s event in Hollywood. 5 and 8:15 p.m. Turner Classic Movies

Those two teams you didn’t have in your longbusted bracket take the floor in the “2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament Final.” 6 p.m. CBS Some super-cute kitties hit the hardwood on a miniature basketball court in the special “Meow Madness.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

The 2016 documentar­y “Abortion: Stories Women Tell” explores the personal side of this hot-button issue. 8 p.m. HBO “Independen­t Lens” presents “Newtown,” a new documentar­y about grief and healing in that small Connecticu­t town in wake of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 9 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

“The Last Days of Jesus” are reexamined in light of recent archaeolog­ical finds, biblical scholarshi­p, etc., in this new special. 8 p.m. KOCE

Rose McIver returns as everyone’s favorite undead crime-solver in a new season of “iZombie.” 9 p.m. KTLA

They’re putting the band back together! Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies and company reconvene for a long-delayed fifth season of the suspense drama “Prison Break.” 9 p.m. Fox

WEDNESDAY

Where did Leonardo da Vinci get all of those brilliant ideas? They answer just might surprise you on a new episode of “Secrets of the Dead.” 10 p.m. KOCE

The animated comedy “Archer” jumps to FX’s sister network with a retrostyle­d reboot set in a noirish 1940s Los Angeles. 10 p.m. FXX

Hank Azaria is “Brockmire,” a disgraced baseball announcer reduced to calling minor-league games in a podunk town, in this new sitcom. 10 p.m. IFC

Over there! Over there! The special “America’s Great War 1917-1918” recalls our nation’s part in the fight during WWI. 10 p.m. National Geographic Channel

THURSDAY

Pro golf ’s “2017 Masters Tournament” tees off at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Noon ESPN “Flip or Flop” begets a Sin City spinoff, “Flip or Flop Vegas.” 9 p.m. HGTV The docu-series “Dark

Net” returns with more terrifying technology­themed tales from the tangled side of the Web. 10 p.m. Showtime

FRIDAY

Awkward! “First Dates” at a Chicago restaurant are served up for your viewing pleasure in this new reality series narrated by Drew Barrymore. 8 p.m. NBC

Aspiring inventors put their best toys forward, and kids judge the results, in the new reality series “The Toy Box.” 8 p.m. ABC

Good vibrations: The new documentar­y “The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds” recalls the creation of one of the most influentia­l rock albums of all time. 8 p.m. Showtime

A tween named “Andi Mack” learns a shocking secret about the woman she thought was her big sister in this new series. Peyton Elizabeth Lee stars. 8:30 p.m. Disney Channel

“You the Jury” will render verdicts on real-life civil cases, without the hassle of having to show up to court, in this new unscripted series. 9 p.m. Fox

U.K.-based troupe BalletBoyz salutes those who fought and fell during WWI in the dance film “Young Men” on a new “Great Performanc­es.” 9 p.m. KOCE

The star-studded special “Outlaw: Celebratin­g the Music of Waylon Jennings” includes tributes to the late singer-songwriter from fellow former Highwaymen Willie Nelson and Kris Kristoffer­son. 10 p.m. CMT

SATURDAY

Pierce Brosnan plays the patriarch of a powerful frontier-era Texas family in the new decades-spanning historical saga “The Son.” 9 p.m. AMC

“Party of Five’s” Lacey Chabert goes to the Green Mountain State to get her groove back in the romantic new TV movie “Moonlight in Vermont.” 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

And you can just forget about borrowing a cup of sugar in the 2017 thriller “A Neighbor’s Deception.” With Ashley Bell and Gates McFadden. 10 p.m. Lifetime

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Ed Aqaquel Fox “PRISON BREAK” returns for a fifth season on Fox. Wentworth Miller costars.

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