This week: ‘The Jinx’ is back, Conan is leaving, and revisiting the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
1. Director Andrew Jarecki’s miniseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” helped trigger TV’s true-crime craze back in 2015. It looked into the crimes of the late Robert Durst, and featured a shocking ending that found him muttering, “Killed them all, of course,” unaware his microphone was still recording. Now comes a six-episode second season of the show, looking into the final eight years during which he was finally convicted of murder and charged with yet another crime. It premieres Sunday at 10 p.m. on HBO.
2. “Conan O’Brien Must Go” finds the former late-night host and current podcaster returning to TV with a travel series modeled after his “Conan Without Borders” specials. The four episodes, which premiere Thursday on Max, bring O’Brien to Ireland, Norway, Thailand, and Argentina, where he meets up with fans while looking into local cultures and foods. Meanwhile, Thursday on Peacock, “Orlando Bloom: To the Edge” gives us the actor trying to learn three extreme sports — wingsuiting, free diving, and rock climbing — while speaking in a British accent.
3. On April 19, 1995, the Oklahoma City bombing became the deadliest act of homegrown, antigovernment terrorism in US history, killing 168 people and injuring 680. The HBO documentary “An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th” looks back at that day, the hunt for the perpetrators, and the trials, as well as the current reverberations of it all. It premieres Friday at 9 p.m.
4. Amazon Freevee — in case you didn’t pick up the subtle message, it’s a free streaming service — is premiering a new sitcom on Thursday called “Dinner With Parents,” an adaptation of the UK comedy “Friday Night Dinner.” In the single-camera comedy, the weekly get-togethers of the Langer family consistently devolve into chaos. The Langers includs mom Jane (Michaela Watkins), dad Harvey (Dan Bakkedahl), nana Rose (Carol Kane), and sons David (Henry Hall) and Gregg (Daniel Thrasher).