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- Kelly Lawler @klawls USA TODAY

QUEEN SUGAR OWN, 10 ET/PT The critically acclaimed series from Ava DuVernay returns for a second season with more drama from the Bordelon family. The first of a two-part premiere airs tonight before the show moves to its regular Wednesday time slot. The season focuses on the family moving forward together as Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner) moves to Saint Josephine, La., to help with the family business.

GENIUS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, 9 ET/PT

National Geographic’s big swing into original programmin­g, produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, wraps up its first season, focused on Albert Einstein. The two-hour finale features the genius (Geoffrey Rush) as an older man facing the world after the atomic bomb has been dropped. The show has been renewed for a second season, butit will shift to another genius, to be revealed during the episode.

WRECKED TBS, 10 ET/PT

The comedy about a group of plane crash survivors trying to make it on a deserted island kicks off its second season with backto-back episodes. The show, created by Jordan and Justin Shipley, ended its first season with a ship arriving on the island, but the men whom survivors thought were their saviors were actually pirates.

 ?? DUSAN MARTINCEK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ?? Check out the big brain on Al (Geoffrey Rush) in Genius.
DUSAN MARTINCEK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Check out the big brain on Al (Geoffrey Rush) in Genius.
 ?? ALFONSO BRESCIANI, WARNER BROS. ?? Queen Sugar returns for Season 2.
ALFONSO BRESCIANI, WARNER BROS. Queen Sugar returns for Season 2.

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