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Best TV and streaming picks for the week

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DON’T MISS: “The Nevers” — Victorian London is the setting for this action-packed, genre-bending drama series. The city is rocked by a cosmic event that gives certain people — mostly women — some really cool powers. But no matter their particular “turns,” all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger. It’s up to mysterious, quick-fisted widow Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and brilliant young inventor Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) to protect and shelter these gifted “orphans.” To do so, they’ll need to face the brutal forces determined to wipe out their kind. (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO).

Other bets

SUNDAY: “The People V. The Klan” is a four-part documentar­y series tells the little-known story of Beulah Mae Donald, a Black mother in Alabama, who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the 1981 murder and lynching of her son, Michael. He was just 19 years old when he was found dead, hanging from a tree in Mobile. (9 p.m., CNN).

TUESDAY: In “Chopped: Martha Rules,” Martha Stewart takes over the “Chopped” kitchen for a five-episode run. She calls the shots and changes all the rules — any way she wants — as 16 fearless chefs try to deal with the curveballs and stay in the running for the $50,000 grand prize. (9 p.m., Food Network).

WEDNESDAY: Jamie Foxx stars in the new series “Dad Stop Embarrassi­ng Me!” He plays a business owner and bachelor who just became a full-time father to his strongmind­ed teen daughter (KylaDrew). It’s a big job — one that has him calling on his dad (David Alan Grier) and sister (Porscha Coleman) for help. (Netflix).

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