TV THIS WEEK
SUNDAY
Keep on trekkin’: “Family Guy’s” Seth MacFarlane captains a spaceship called “The Orville” in this new sci-fi sitcom. With Adrianne Palicki. 5 and 8 p.m. Fox
The old Highland fling is back on with the return of the fantasy drama “Outlander.” With Caitriona Balfe. 8 p.m. Starz
Lovely ladies are primped and primed for “The 2018 Miss America Competition.” 9 p.m. ABC
“Fear the Walking Dead” returns with a double episode. 9 p.m. AMC
1970s-era Times Square is a wretched hive of scum and villainy — and James Franco’s there too — in “The Deuce,” a new drama about the early days of the adult-entertainment industry. Maggie Gyllenhaal also stars. 9 p.m. HBO
Elisabeth Moss returns as Det. Robin Griffin in the new mystery-drama sequel “Top of the Lake: China Girl,” presented as a threenight miniseries. With Nicole Kidman and “Game of Thrones’ ” Gwendoline Christie. 9 p.m. Sundance TV; also Mon.-Tue.
MONDAY
“POV” presents “My Love, Don’t Cross That River,” a poignant 2013 documentary about an elderly-but-still-deeply-inlove couple in rural South Korea. 10 p.m. KOCE
“Meet the Putmans” in this new reality series about three generations of one large family sharing what must feel like the world’s smallest house. 10 p.m. TLC TUESDAY
Everyone knows it’s Mindy! Ms. Kaling’s quirky sitcom “The Mindy Project” kicks off its sixth and final season. Any time, Hulu
“30 for 30” remembers the replacement players who took to the gridiron during the three-week NFL players’ strike in 1987 in the new sports doc “Year of the Scab.” 5 and 11 p.m. ESPN
The new documentary “Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World” remembers the 16th-century German theologian who set the Protestant Reformation in motion. 8 p.m. KOCE
The tale of the only U.S. bank prosecuted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis — a family-run savings-and-loan in New York’s Chinatown — is told in “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” on a new “Frontline.” 10 p.m. KOCE WEDNESDAY
The special “City Rising” charts the impact of gentrification on California communities including Santa Ana, South L.A. and Boyle Heights. 8 p.m. KCET
Boxer turned entrepreneur George Foreman is profiled in the new sports doc “Foreman.” 8 p.m. Epix
NASA’s Cassini space probe tries a tricky maneuver in the episode “Death Dive to Saturn” on a new “Nova.” 9 p.m. KOCE
The always-inappropriate kids of “South Park” are back for a new season. Then, the often-inappropriate Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson return in new episodes of “Broad City.” 10 and 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central
THURSDAY
Hey, man, a batch of some really groovy counterculture flicks gets cooking when Peter Sellers tunes in, turns on and drops out in the wacky 1968 farce “I Love You, Alice B. Toklas.” 5 p.m. TCM
“Better Things” are in store on the sophomoreseason premiere of this sitcom created by and starring “Louie’s” Pamela Adlon. 10 p.m. FX
FRIDAY
African American filmmaker Yance Ford revisits the shocking 1992 murder of his brother, and the evenmore shocking miscarriage of justice that followed, in the new documentary
“Strong Island.” Any time, Netflix
A young girl endures life under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in 1970s Cambodia in Angelina Jolie’s new fact-based drama “First They Killed My
Father.” Any time, Netflix Vince Gill, Kelsea Ballerini and Little Big Town are among the countrymusic stars who’ll bring the twang at the “11th Annual ACM Honors.” From Nashville. 9 p.m. CBS
Dancers from New York’s acclaimed “Ballet Hispanico” put their best feet forward performing a pair of Latin-themed works in this new special. 9 p.m. KOCE
The new special “Mission Saturn” charts the discoveries of made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, while the special “Moon Landings Declassified” reveals surprising secrets about the Apollo program. 9 and 10 p.m. National Geographic Channel
Hot enough for you? The new special “Two Degrees: The Point of No Return” seeks to raise the alarm about global warming. 10 p.m. History Channel SATURDAY
Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and the city of Los Angeles are ready for their close-ups in writer-director Damien Chazelle’s romantic 2016 musical “La La Land.” 8 p.m. HBO
The classic Agatha Christie mystery “And Then There Were None” gets a teen-themed update in the new thriller “Ten: Murder Island.” 8 p.m. Lifetime
“High School Musical’s” Vanessa Hudgens goes “Running Wild With Bear Grylls” through the Sierras on a new episode of the celebrity outdoor-survival series. 10 p.m. NBC
It’s all, like, “Drink Slay Love” for one teenage vampire (Cierra Ramirez, “The Fosters”) in this new madefor-cable supernatural fable. 10 p.m. Lifetime