WHAT’S ON TV THIS WEEK
By Matt Cooper SUNDAY
Romance blossoms between a white activist and a Black gang member in the new TV movie “The Fight That Never Ends.” 8 p.m. Lifetime Nothing succeeds like
“Succession.” The Emmy-winning drama returns for Season 3. With Brian Cox. 9 p.m. HBO
“Baptiste” is back in new episodes of the mystery drama on “Masterpiece.” 10 p.m. KOCE
MONDAY
The pandemic is played for laughs in the stand-up special “Howie Mandel & Friends: Don’t Sneeze on Me.” 8 p.m. The CW An elderly woman returns to her home village in Colombia after three decades in the U.S. in “La Casa de Mama Icha” on “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE
TUESDAY
The Nets battle the Bucks and the Lakers welcome the Warriors to help tip off a new season of “NBA Basketball.” 4:30 and 7 p.m. TNT “The Bachelor’s” Michelle Young gets to be “The Bachelorette” this time around as the reality series launches its 18th season. 8 p.m. ABC Helen Keller, who overcame blindness and deafness to become an advocate for people with disabilities, is remembered on “American Masters.” 9 p.m. KOCE Yas, “Queens.” Brandy and Eve play former members of a 1990s girl group in this new drama. 10 p.m. ABC
WEDNESDAY
What’s the buzz? Find out in “My Garden of a Thousand Bees” on a new
“Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE
“Nova” looks at one option for feeding a growing population in “Edible Insects.” 9 p.m. KOCE The new documentary
“Four Hours at the Capitol” probes the assault on
the U.S. Capitol by a large pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6. 9 p.m. HBO
The 16th century Spanish expedition that ultimately circumnavigated the globe is remembered in “Magellan’s Crossing” on “Secrets of the Dead.” 10 p.m. KOCE
THURSDAY
James Spader soldiers on sans co-star Megan Boone on the return of the action drama “The Blacklist.” 8 p.m. NBC “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” hits the 500-episode mark. Clungclung! 9 p.m. NBC
FRIDAY
An arborist (Danica McKellar) pines for a hunky tree farmer in the new TV movie “You, Me & the Christmas Trees.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel The new special “Truly Texas Mexican” sheds light on the Native American origins of Southwest cuisine. 10 p.m. KOCE
SATURDAY
A woman is visited by the ghosts of “Boyfriends of Christmas Past” in this new TV movie. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel A mix-up at a fertility clinic pits two women against each other in the fact-based TV movie “Switched Before Birth.” 8 p.m. Lifetime A Korean American family relocates to rural Arkansas in Lee Isaac Chung’s 2020 drama “Minari.” With Steven Yeun. 9 p.m. Showtime