TV THIS WEEK
SUNDAY
Fresh faces like Cardi B and Camila Cabello and less-fresh faces like Bon Jovi and Maroon 5 are among the myriad performers slated for the “2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards.” 5 p.m. TBS, TNT, TruTV CNN pairs the new six-part docuseries “American Dynasties: The Kennedys” and “Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History.” Martin Sheen narrates the former, Liam Neeson the latter. 6 and 7 p.m. CNN
“American Idol” is dead. Long live “American Idol.” The once-defunct singing competition reboots on a new network with new judges — Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie — and the same old host, Ryan Seacrest. 8 p.m. ABC; also Mon.
Boston bad guy James “Whitey” Bulger is the first mob boss profiled in the new docuseries “Kingpin.” 9 p.m. History Channel
Ignore the inherent paradoxes of time travel and just sit back and enjoy the ride on a new season of the sci-fi drama “Timeless.” With Abigail Spencer. 10 p.m. NBC
He’s a magic man: A Vegas-style illusionist (Jack Cutmore-Scott) gets a gig helping the FBI help catch crooks in the new procedural drama “Deception.” 10 p.m. ABC
MONDAY
Noted primatologist and champion of chimps Jane Goodall is remembered in the 2017 documentary “Jane.” 8 and 9:34 p.m. National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild The euthanasia-themed drama “Mary Kills People” is back for a second season. Caroline Dhavernas stars. 9 p.m. Lifetime
Vroom! The new sports doc “McLaren” salutes the New Zealand-born driver and designer whose cars have dominated auto racing for decades. 9 p.m. Starz
TUESDAY
Almost everyone’s favorite snarky Brit is back in the new stand-up special “Ricky Ger vais: Humanity.” Any time, Netflix “This Is Us” ends its second season. With Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia and Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown. 9 p.m. NBC
An English teacher (“HIMYM’s” Josh Radnor) tries to revitalize his high school’s drama program in the new series “Rise.” It’s like “Glee,” but with theater. Rosie Perez also stars. 10 p.m. NBC
Six young lawyers work hard and play harder in “For the People,” a new Manhattan-set legal drama from Shonda Rhimes. With Hope Davis, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Anna Deavere Smith. 10 p.m. ABC
WEDNESDAY
Turner Classic Movies’ weeklong celebration of Elizabeth Taylor continues and includes the actress opposite Rock Hudson and James Dean in director George Stevens’ Texas-set 1956 epic “Giant.” 8 p.m. TCM
Lewis and Clark make their way to the West Coast — with a little help from Sacagawea — on a new installment of the documentary series “The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen.” 9 p.m. History Channel
THURSDAY
Madness takes its toll: The “2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament” gets up and running with so many games, we’re just gonna list the first four. 9 a.m. CBS, 9:30 a.m. truTV, 10:20 a.m. TNT and 10:50 a.m. TBS The new special “Tough Mudder: Tougher Together” gets up close and personal with athletes who love mucking about on extreme obstacle courses. 8 p.m. KTLA The latest winner struts her stuff on the season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars.” 8 p.m. VH1
FRIDAY
The abuse of cognition-enhanching drugs like Adderall by students, coders and others is examined in the new documentary “Take Your Pills.” Any time, Netflix
One man’s commune is another man’s cult in the new docuseries “Wild Wild Country,” which revisits tensions between the followers of Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and local citizens and ranchers in rural Oregon in the 1980s. Any time, Netflix
The new documentary “Beyond the Opposite Sex” follows up with a transgender woman and a transgender man whose stories were first told in 2004’s “The Opposite Sex.” 9 p.m. Showtime Kids say and do the darndest things, then a pair of childhood experts explain why, in the new unscripted series “The Secret Life of Kids.” 9 and 9:30 p.m. USA
SATURDAY
The new six-part docuseries “Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World” sends the veteran journalist on a global quest to find out what tickles our collective fancies. 7 and 10 p.m. CNN
Colin Farrell’s wounded Union soldier hides out in Nicole Kidman’s all-female Southern boarding in Sofia Coppola’s 2017 Civil War-era thriller “The Beguiled.” With Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning. 8 p.m. HBO Hell hath no fury like “Mommy’s Little Angel” in this new thriller about a 12-yearold girl whose mother died under mysterious circumstances. 8 p.m. Lifetime
A woman finds romance while trying to keep her cupcake business from crumbling in the new TV movie “The Sweetest Heart.” With Julie Gonzalo and Chris McNally. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel