MONDAY’S BEST PICKS
8 PM $ The Neighborhood Like so many other TV shows this season — both comedies and dramas — this hit sitcom opens Season 3 with a storyline that explores the current hot-button topic of racial inequality in America, as the Butlers and the Johnsons find themselves forming a united front after a member of their community is the victim of injustice in “Welcome to the Movement.” Cedric the Entertainer, Max
Greenfield, Tichina Arnold and Beth Behrs star; Tim Powell guest stars.
8:31 PM $ Bob Hearts Abishola In the Season 2 premiere, “On a Dead Guy’s Bench,” Bob (Billy Gardell) recruits Tunde (Barry Shabaka Henley) as an accomplice in his quest to find the perfect engagement ring for Abishola (Folake Olowofoyeku). His carefully thoughtout plan for popping the question to his beloved is turned upside-down, however, when he discovers Abishola believes a traditional marriage in these complicated times is just more trouble than it’s worth. Susan Ruttan and Ryan Cartwright guest star; Christine Ebersole and Matt Jones also star.
9 PM $ All Rise Lola and Mark (Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel) try to rebuild their friendship in the aftermath of a protest where Mark witnesses Lola being detained during an escalating faceoff with police in “A Change Is Gonna Come,” the first of a two-part Season 2 premiere. Details of that emotionally charged incident unfold in flashbacks and reveal how that night had a lingering effect on several characters. Meanwhile, Lola hires legal clerk Ness Johnson (new recurring cast member
Samantha Marie Ware) to help with the court backlog.
9 PM _ Filthy Rich Antonio (Benjamin Levy Aguilar) is ready to fight on the Sunshine Network, but that’s only one reason tensions are high among members of the Monreaux family in the new episode “James 4:1.” Rose (Aubrey Dollar) is thrown by seeing her ex again, while Becky (Olivia Macklin) mulls where to take things with Eric (Corey Cott). Also, Hagamond (Thomas Francis Murphy) acts decisively. Alanna Ubach and Gia Carides guest star. Kim Cattrall, Melia Kreiling, Steve Harris and Aaron Lazar also star.
9 PM ( HBO) His Dark Materials Season 2 of this adaptation of Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy finds Lyra (Dafne Keen), still distraught over the death of her best friend, exploring a mysterious abandoned city, where she encounters Will (Amir Wilson), a boy from her world who is fleeing a troubled past. In the season premiere, “The City of Magpies,” the pair explore this strange new world while the Magisterium takes action in the wake of recent events. Meanwhile, adventurer Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) embarks on a mission. 10 PM ^ Independent Lens “Property Brothers” co-host and star Jonathan Scott is best known to viewers for appearances with his twin brother Drew, but this home renovation expert is working solo and making his directorial debut in “Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip,” which explores the state of the solar field and hard facts about the forces controlling the energy industry. In
2015, Scott decided to power his Las Vegas home with solar energy, only to discover a system that seems to be severely broken.
10 PM $ Bull The pursuit of justice waits for no one, so Season 5 of this legal drama opens with Bull (Michael Weatherly) and his colleagues grappling with unfamiliar technical demands in a virtual court system necessitated by New York’s shutdown regulations as the city is beset by the global COVID-19 pandemic in the season premiere “My Corona.” Freddy Rodriguez, Yara Martinez, Geneva Carr, Jaime Lee Kirchner and Christopher Jackson also star.
10:50 PM ( HBO) His Dark Materials Season 2 of this adaptation of Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy finds Lyra (Dafne Keen), still distraught over the death of her best friend, exploring a mysterious abandoned city, where she encounters Will (Amir Wilson), a boy from her world who is fleeing a troubled past. In the season premiere, “The City of Magpies,” the pair explore this strange new world while the Magisterium takes action in the wake of recent events. Meanwhile, adventurer Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) embarks on a mission.