TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
8 PM* Station 19 The “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff opens Season 4 with “Nothing Seems the Same,” a title that, in part, refers to how these gallant first responders are trying to adjust to the challenging new reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, which complicates their efforts to render critical assistance to victims in a timely manner. Elsewhere, Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz) is still reeling to learn her mother, long presumed dead, is alive. The episode also kicks off a heavily promoted three-hour crossover event with “Grey’s Anatomy,” which immediately follows. 8 PMGSupernatural The 15th and final season races closer to its (probably) apocalyptic conclusion in the penultimate episode “Inherit the Earth,” which finds virtually everything on the line — heaven, hell and the human world in between — as Sam and Dean (Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles) continue their high-stakes battle against God (guest star Rob Benedict). Meanwhile, a familiar face returns to join the fight.
9 PM& Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 22 reflects this police drama’s “rippedfrom-the-headlines” style on two fronts, as Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her team grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, which has sparked an uptick in domestic abuse as families shelter in their homes. Showrunner Warren Leight also says the writers plan to address the social and political fallout from the George Floyd murder.
9 PM* Grey’s Anatomy Season 17 opens with a two-hour episode that picks up with a slight time jump from the end of Season
16, which had to shut down prematurely due to the coronavirus outbreak. As the action resumes, the pandemic has been raging for a couple of months, and the doctors already are taxed to their limits.
9:30 PM$ The Unicorn Natalie Zea (“The Detour”) joins this sitcom on a recurring basis as it opens Season 2 with “There’s Something About Whoever-SheWas,” which sees Wade (Walton Goggins) running into an unfamiliar woman (Zea) in a parking lot. It’s only afterward that he realizes he felt an instant connection with this stranger. Meanwhile, MIchelle (Maya Lynne Robinson) anxiously waits to hear from the colleges she applied to.