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NEW AND RETURNING SHOWS FOR SPRING

More highlights from new and returning shows this spring (all times p.m. ET/PT):

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MARCH 7

DAMIEN

A&E, Mondays, 10

A follow-up to 1976 horror classic The Omen, about the mysterious child from the film who grows up to learn that he’s the Antichrist.

MARCH 8

OF KINGS& PROPHETS

ABC, TUESDAYS, 10

The lives of a battle-weary king, resentful prophet and young shepherd intersect in this epic biblical drama.

LITTLE BIG SHOTS NBC, TUESDAY PREVIEW AT 10, THEN SUNDAYS, 8

Ellen DeGeneres produces a new variety series starring kids and hosted by Steve Harvey.

MARCH 9

UNDERGROUN­D

WGNAMERICA, WEDNESDAYS, 10

A dramatic look at the revolution­aries and escaped slaves on the Undergroun­d Railroad.

MARCH 10

60 DAYS IN

A&E, THURSDAYS, 10

A 12-episode docu-series about seven innocent people who are voluntaril­y incarcerat­ed for 60 days.

MARCH 11

FLAKED

NETFLIX

Will Arnett stars as aman who falls for the object of his best friend’s fascinatio­n in this quasicomed­y executive-produced by Arrested Developmen­t’s Mitch Hurwitz.

MARCH 16

CRIMINALMI­NDS:BEYOND BORDERS

CBS, WEDNESDAYS, 10

An internatio­nal spinoff of CBS’ FBI procedural.

THE AMERICANS

FX, WEDNESDAYS, 10

The Soviet spy drama is back for Season 4.

MARCH 18

DAREDEVIL

NETFLIX

Elektra is front and center in Season 2 of Marvel’s comic-book series.

MARCH 21

DANCING WITH THE STARS

ABC, MONDAYS, 8

The celebrity dance competitio­n cha-chas back for Season 22.

MARCH 22

HEARTBEAT NBC, TUESDAY PREVIEW AT 9, THEN WEDNESDAYS, 8

Melissa George stars as a heart-transplant surgeon juggling work, parenting and relationsh­ips.

LOPEZ

TV LAND, WEDNESDAYS, 10

George Lopez struggles with race, class and fame in this new comedy.

APRIL 7

GAME OF SILENCE

NBC, THURSDAYS, 10

Four best friends are haunted by a dark secret from their past in this new drama from the executive producers of CSI and Friday Night Lights.

APRIL 9

OUTLANDER

STARZ, SATURDAYS, 9

The second book of Diana Gabaldon’s sexy sci-fi/fantasy series gets a TV adaptation.

APRIL 10

THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE

STARZ, SUNDAYS, 8

Executive-produced by Steven Soderbergh and adapted from his 2009 film, which follows a high-end New York call girl.

DICE

SHOWTIME, SUNDAYS, 9:30

Andrew Dice Clay stars in a semi-autobiogra­phical comedy about the ups and downs of his life as a Las Vegas comedian.

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD

AMC, SUNDAYS, 9

The Walking Dead spinoff gets a second season.

APRIL 11

THE DETOUR

TBS, MONDAYS, 9

The Daily Show’s Jason Jones stars as an unfiltered dad who embarks on a hellish road trip with his family.

JACKIE ROBINSON

PBS, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, 9

Filmmaker Ken Burns’ latest project, a two-parter on the baseball great.

HUNTERS

SYFY, MONDAYS, 10

An FBI agent becomes obsessed with his wife’s disappeara­nce in this adaptation of the Whitley Strieber bestseller.

APRIL 14

ORPHANBLAC­K

BBC AMERICA, THURSDAYS, 10

The clone thriller starring Tatiana Maslany moves to a new night for Season 4.

APRIL 15

UNBREAKABL­E KIMMY SCHMIDT

NETFLIX

A doomsday cult survivor (Ellie Kemper) starts over in New York in Tina Fey’s offbeat comedy, back for Season 2.

APRIL 19

CONTAINMEN­T

CW, TUESDAYS, 9

Based on Belgian series Cordon, the limited series follows those quarantine­d when amysteriou­s and deadly epidemic hits Atlanta.

APRIL 24

GAME OF THRONES

HBO, SUNDAYS, 9

Jon Snow (Kit Harington) lives or dies in Season 6 of the fantasy epic.

SILICON VALLEY

HBO, SUNDAYS, 10

A tech start-up struggles to succeed in the raunchy comedy’s third season.

VEEP

HBO, SUNDAYS, 10:30

Julia Louis-Dreyfus swears in a fifth season of the presidenti­al comedy.

MAY 1

PENNY DREADFUL

SHOWTIME, SUNDAYS, 10

Eva Green, Josh Hartnett and Timothy Dalton star in this horror series, back for a third season.

MAY 6

GRACE AND FRANKIE

NETFLIX

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin return for a second season of the divorce dramedy.

MAY 30

ROOTS

HISTORY, MONDAY, 9

A four-night, eight-hour remake of the groundbrea­king ’70s series about American slavery, starring Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin and Laurence Fishburne.

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MACALL B. POLAY, HBO Season 6 of HBO’s Game of Thrones is shrouded in secrecy, including the fates of Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) and Arya Stark (Maisie Williams, inset), who was rendered blind as punishment at the end of Season 5. Season 6 begins April 24.
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