DAVID WIEGAND
Media Rays
On TV
ABC taketh away, and ABC giveth the following week. “The Bachelorette” ended last week. (Why did she choose him anyway? Whoever she is. Whoever he is.) Now ABC launches season four of “Bachelor in Paradise” at 8 p.m. This is groundthe showto a whosehalt two filming months ago when it was alleged that two of the contestants had an inappropriate sexual encounter. Now, the show is starting from scratch. Season 2 of Freeform’s “Shadowhunters” wraps at 8 p.m., followed by the third-season finale of “Stitchers” at 9:01.
The National Geographic Channel offers a new feature-length documentary on Princess Diana, called “Diana: In Her Own Words ,”at9 p.m. The cast of “Basketball Wives” holds a reunion special on VH1 at 9 p.m., followed by the premiere of the series “Baller Wives” at 10. Executive producer Michael Vick and his wife, Kijafa, are on the premiere episode, discussing whether Vick should have said Colin Kaepernick should cut his hair. Season two of “The Real Housewives of Dallas” premieres on Bravo at 10 p.m. A new episode of “The Gong Show” with Will Arnett, Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black airs at a special night and time at 10 p.m. on ABC.
Acorn TV adds the U.S. premiere of the documentary “Hunting the KGB Killers,” focusing on the murder of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko poison.with a The rare film radioactive includes firsthand accounts from key witnesses and a dramatization of some of the central events surrounding Litvinenko’s death. The film is narrated by Eddie Marsan (“Ray Donovan”). Also available on Acorn TV are the fourth season of the Australian dramedy “Rake,” and “Ladies Paradise,” based on the same Emile Zola novel that inspired “The Paradise.” The 10-episode, Italianlanguage import is about a young woman from the Italian countryside who leaves home for Milan, where she finds a job at a department store and a brand-new life. Go to www.acorn.tv for information.
TV NEWS
It didn’t take divine intervention, just solid ratings for two seasons now, for OWN toOKa third season for “Greenleaf,” the very solid drama focusing on a family of preachers. Rick Fox, who plays journalist Darius Nash, becomes a regular cast member in the third season.