Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

Your not-so-humble host finds himself in L.A. on the return of “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.” 6 and 9 p.m. CNN

Hailee Steinfeld, Miley’s kid sister Noah Cyrus and “America’s Got Talent” winner Grace Vanderwaal are among the performers at “The 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards.” 7 p.m. Disney Channel

The new special “Sexual Assault in College: Tamron Hall Investigat­es” uncovers a crisis on campuses across the country. 8 p.m. Investigat­ion Discovery

The bewitching Cassie Nightingal­e (Catherine Bell) is back in a new season of “Good Witch.” 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

The origins of Batman, Superman and other caped and noncaped crusaders are recalled in the two-night special “Superheroe­s Decoded.” 9 p.m. History Channel; also Mon.

The fire last time: The 2017 documentar­y “LA 92” uses raw footage to reconstruc­t events surroundin­g the 1992 Los Angeles riots. 9 and 11 p.m. National Geographic Channel

Bow down before “American Gods.” Emily Browning, Gillian Anderson and Ian McShane head the cast of this fantasy drama based on Neil Gaiman’s award-winning, mythologic­ally inspired novel. 9 and 10:05 p.m. Starz

MONDAY

The devil (Tom Ellis) is in the details as “Lucifer” returns with new episodes. 9 p.m. Fox

The Joel McHale sitcom “The Great Indoors” sets up camp on a new night and time. 9:30 p.m. CBS

America’s controvers­ial drone-war program is targeted in the new exposé “National Bird” airing on “Independen­t Lens.” 10 p.m. KOCE “Warning: This Drug May Kill You” is the takeaway from this new documentar­y about the national opioid-addiction epidemic. 10 p.m. HBO

TUESDAY

If you lived here, you’d have have cholera by now: The new unscripted series “Victorian Slum House” subjects modern-day Brits to the same sort of substandar­d living conditions their forebears endured 150 years ago. 8 p.m. KOCE

“Fashion Police” dish on the good, the glam and the what-were-they-thinking? at the 2017 Met Gala. With Melissa Rivers. 8 p.m. E!

“Frontline” examines a 2016 Supreme Court ruling on juveniles sentenced to life without parole in the new episode “Second Chance Kids.” 10 p.m. KOCE

Comic Iliza Shlesinger explains it all for you, with a little help from her guests, in her topical new late-night talk show “Truth & Iliza.” 10 p.m. Freeform

WEDNESDAY

“Nature” gets up close and personal with sea creatures of the cetacean persuasion in the new two-part episode “Dolphins: Spy in the Pod.” 8 p.m. KOCE

The two-part series “Plants Behaving Badly” looks into what carnivorou­s plants and orchids get up to when they think no one is watching. 10 p.m. KOCE The debut of “Andy Cohen’s Then & Now” sets the way-back machine for 1997 as Cohen and assorted celebs reminisce about pop culture. 10 p.m. Bravo

THURSDAY

“War, what is it good

for?” A new “Soundtrack­s: Songs That Defined History” turns its attention to the Vietnam War and Kent State. 7 and 10 p.m. CNN

The royal they: The 2016 documentar­y “Princes of

the Palace” profiles Britain’s Prince Philip, his son Prince Charles, and Charles’ sons William and Harry. 9 p.m. KOCE

We ain’t saying that they’re gold diggers, they’re just the “Second Wives

Club” in this new reality series. 9 and 10 p.m. E!

FRIDAY

Nerdy teens hoping to one day journey to the Red Planet tell why in the new documentar­y “The Mars Generation.” Any time, Netflix

You can count on them: Our psychicall­y interconne­cted heroes and heroines are back in action in a second season of “Sense8,” the Wachowskis’ trippy and touching sci-fi drama. With Bae Doona, Tuppence Middleton, Miguel Angel Silvestre, et al. Any time, Netflix

“Al Madrigal: Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy” showcases the comic and former “Daily Show” correspond­ent in an all-new stand-up special. 9 p.m. Showtime

The Tom Selleck cop drama “Blue Bloods” ends another season. 10 p.m. CBS

SATURDAY

The new documentar­y “Batman & Bill” profiles comic-book writer Bill Finger, unsung co-creator of the aforementi­oned Dark Knight. Any time, Hulu

They probably shouldn’t have pledged in the new thriller “Deadly Sorority.” With Greer Grammer, Chloe Babcook and Moira Kelly. 8 p.m. Lifetime

“Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberg­er (Tom Hanks) sets ’er down nice and easy in director Clint Eastwood’s 2016 docudrama “Sully.” 8:20 p.m. HBO

“Chris Gethard: Career Suicide” is a filmed version of the comic and “Broad City” co-star’s funny and very frank off-Broadway solo show. 10 p.m. HBO

“Hardcore Henry” is half-man, half-machine in this 2015 action tale filmed like a first-person-shooter video game. With Sharlto Copley and Tim Roth. 10 p.m. Showtime

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