TV THIS WEEK
SUNDAY
“Selma’s” David Oyelowo is interviewed by “Glee’s” Jane Lynch on a new “Inside the Actors Studio.” 7 p.m. Ovation
“The Simpsons” hits the 666-episode mark with “Treehouse of Horror XXX,” the latest edition of the animated series’ annual Halloween episode. 8 p.m. Fox
Explorer Robert Ballard scours the Pacific for clues to the fate of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart in “Expedition Amelia.” 8 p.m. National Geographic Channel
Who watches the “Watchmen”? Find out in this new series inspired by the graphic novel about superheroes, masked vigilantes and those who hate them. With Don Johnson and Regina King. 9 p.m. HBO
The case against an Army officer serving a 19-year murder sentence for actions in Afghanistan in 2012 is reviewed in the new truecrime series “Leavenworth.” 9:30 p.m. Starz
The debut of “Lost Cities With Albert Lin” goes in search of a Templar stronghold in Israel dating to the Crusades. 10 p.m. National Geographic Channel; also 9 p.m. Mon.
MONDAY
Courageous canines collect kudos at the “2019 American Humane Hero Dog Awards” hosted by Beth Stern and James Denton. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel
Some of HGTV’s top female stars go head-to-head in the home-renovation game in the new series “Rock the Block.” Drew Scott hosts. 9 and 10 p.m. HGTV
The new documentary “The River and the Wall” weighs the potential impact of President Trump’s long-sought border wall on flora and fauna on both sides of U.S.Mexico border. 9 p.m. Starz
A female-led squad of reformers tries to change how the criminal justice system treats women caught up in the sex trade in the documentary “Blowin’ Up” on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE
Helen Mirren is “Catherine the Great” — that’s Her Imperial Majesty the Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias to you, peasant — in this four-part historical drama. With Jason Clarke. 10 p.m. HBO TUESDAY
Baseball’s top teams take the field as the “2019 World Series” gets underway in a city not near you. 5 p.m. Fox; also Wed., Fri., Sat.
The political and cultural divisions stoked by President Trump’s immigration policies are explored in “Zero Tolerance” on a new “Frontline.” 10 p.m. KOCE WEDNESDAY
Lizzie Caplan play a younger version of Oscar winner Kathy Bates’ sadistic nurse from the 1990 film “Misery” in a second season of the Stephen King horror anthology “Castle Rock.” Anytime, Hulu
An injured African lioness does her best to care for her cubs in the debut of the threepart series “Okavango: River of Dreams” on a new “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE
The rise of the self-driving car — which, given this writer’s 90-minute commute each way to our new offices in El Segundo, can’t come fast enough — is examined a new “Nova.” 9 p.m. KOCE
A new First Family takes up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in the soapy new drama “Tyler Perry’s The Oval.” With Ed Quinn and Kron Moore. 9 p.m. BET
The new four-part series “Life From Above” offers a satellite’s-eye view of our ever-changing planet. 10 p.m. KOCE
All the single ladies: “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” are doin’ it for themselves in this new drama. With KJ Smith. 10 p.m. BET THURSDAY
They’re all rev’d up and ready to go in “Saudi Women’s Driving School,” a new documentary about female drivers in Saudi Arabia exercising their recently granted right to get behind the wheel. 9 p.m. HBO FRIDAY
Eddie Murphy portrays off-color comic turned 1970s blaxploitation star Rudy Ray Moore in the 2019 bio-pic “Dolemite Is My Name.” Anytime, Netflix
A country music star (Megan Hilty, “Smash”) makes a return visit to her Tennessee hometown in the new TV movie “Sweet Mountain Christmas.” 8 p.m. Lifetime
You’ll be seeing red, and lots of it, when a new “American Masters” remembers pioneering abstract-expressionist painter Mark Rothko. 9 p.m. KOCE
Veterans set their wartime experiences to music, with an assist from professional songwriters, in the new special “Songwriting With Soldiers.” 10 p.m. KOCE
SATURDAY
An interior designer hooks up with a hunky client in the new TV movie “Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses.” With Jill Wagner. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel
“Greta” is a just a lonely, harmless widow — or is she? — in director Neil Jordan’s 2018 thriller. With Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz. 8 p.m. HBO
Dueling pianists hit the highway in the new holiday romance “The Road Home for Christmas.” With Marla Sokoloff, Rob Mayes and Marie Osmond. 8 p.m. Lifetime