TV highlights
SUNDAY 8 p.m. on KDKA God Friended Me
Miles (Brandon Micheal Hall) stumbles across a new clue to who is behind the God Account when Joy (Jessica Lu) points out what may not be a coincidence: All Miles’ friend suggestions have been clients of the same insurance company. So is the newest one, Abe (guest star Judd Hirsch), a Holocaust survivor desperate to find information about the fate of his long-lost sister, in the new episode “A New Hope.”
MONDAY 9 p.m. on WQED American Experience
Based in part on David M. Oshinsky’s book “A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy,” Sharon Grimberg’s two-hour film “McCarthy” profiles the rise and fall of the Wisconsin senator whose ferocious crusade against communists tested the limits of American decency and democracy in the early 1950s. Abetted by attorney Roy Cohn, McCarthy’s crusade played out against the backdrop of an intensifying Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. The film includes first-hand testimony of witnesses and those targeted by McCarthy’s “witch hunt.”
TUESDAY 8 p.m. on WTAE Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
The three highest money winners in the history of “Jeopardy!” — Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer — face off in a multinight event, with the first player to win three matches earning a $1 million grand prize. The two runners-up receive $250,000 each. Alex Trebek hosts this rivalry, which continues on consecutive weeknights until a winner prevails.
WEDNESDAY 8 p.m. on WPXI Chicago Med
Dr. Will Halstead’s (Nick Gehlfuss) world is thrown into complete turmoil when a former patient unexpectedly resurfaces in the new episode “Guess It Doesn’t Matter Anymore.” Meanwhile, April (Yaya DaCosta) debates whether to confess a secret she is hiding from Ethan (Brian Tee), and Dr. Charles (Oliver Platt) tries to maintain his professional focus during a deeply troubling period in his life.
THURSDAY 9 p.m. on E! Very Cavallari
Celebrity entrepreneur Kristin Cavallari returns for Season 3 of her unscripted series, which finds her undertaking an emotional quest for lost relatives after discovering she appears to be the last Cavallari in her branch of the family. Meanwhile, back home in Nashville, husband Jay Cutler proves to be a true rock of support as
Kristin and her team throw themselves into the opening of a new Chicago branch of Uncommon James.
FRIDAY 8 p.m. on WPXI Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
Based on Jeffery Deaver’s crime thriller “The Bone Collector,” this new drama stars Russell Hornsby as retired New York Police Department detective and forensics wizard Lincoln Rhyme, who is coaxed out of retirement after an elaborate murder suggests a notorious serial killer is back in action following three years of dormancy. Left disabled by one of the Bone Collector’s traps, Rhyme teams up with Officer
Amelia Sachs (Arielle Kebbel, “Midnight, Texas”), a resourceful young profiler.
SATURDAY 8 p.m. on LIFE Movie: Psycho Nurse
Mira and Todd (Abbie Cobb, Sean Faris) feel overwhelmed when their young son is diagnosed with a rare condition that requires a carefully monitored special diet and physical treatment to survive. They decide to hire a live-in nurse, Gwen (Lyndon Smith), to provide the kind of focused care their son needs, but alas, Gwen has a few screws loose and soon is fantasizing about removing Mira from the picture and taking Todd and his son for herself.