Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

TV highlights

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SUNDAY

7:30 p.m. on WPGH Bless the Harts

Jenny (voice of Kristen Wiig) lets Louise (voice of guest star Emily Spivey) use Wayne (voice of Ike Barinholtz) as a pretend boyfriend after her husband dies in a tragic cruise ship accident. Elsewhere, while Betty (voice of Maya Rudolph) makes a guest appearance on Violet’s (voice of Jillian Bell) podcast, she blurts out some murder accusation­s.

MONDAY 9 p.m. on HBO Beartown

When a small-town Swedish junior ice-hockey team has a shot at winning the national semi-finals, the residents of their local community start putting all their own frustrated hopes and dreams on the shoulders of this handful of teenage boys in this five-episode drama series from Sweden. That heavy emotional burden eventually becomes the catalyst for a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatize­d and a town churning with complex emotions.

TUESDAY 10:01 p.m. on WPXI Nurses

As Wolf (Donald MacLean Jr.) teeters on the edge of a financial abyss, he feels pressure to steal more drugs, which thrusts him into a grave ethical dilemma that threatens his patient. Meanwhile, as Ashley (Natasha Calis) tries to ensure the safety of her patient before a major operation, she feels compelled to confront Sinead (Cathy White) about her drinking problem.

WEDNESDAY 8:30 p.m. on WTAE American Housewife

As the 100th episode of his podcast, “Getting Frank With Franklin,” rolls around, Franklin (Evan O’Toole) invites the entire Otto family to be his guests, but after watching the intrusive style he employs with others in the house, Katie (Katy Mixon) vows to keep her own interview light. That becomes a lot harder, though, when Katie’s button-pushing mom, unexpected­ly joins her.

THURSDAY 8:31 p.m. on KDKA B Positive

Drew and Gina (Thomas Middleditc­h, Annaleigh Ashford) start pondering what the future may hold for them after Jerry (recurring guest star David Anthony Higgins) gets a call notifying him that he will soon get a new kidney.

FRIDAY

9 p.m. on LIFE Little Women: Atlanta

After losing their sister Minnie in a tragic accident, the Atlanta ladies come together to honor and celebrate her too-brief time with them.

SATURDAY

8 p.m. on TCM Movie: Dances With Wolves

Kevin Costner’s 1990 Western about a white man who goes to live with American Indians and learns to appreciate their way of life won Oscars for best picture and best director. Costner stars as John Dunbar, a decorated Union soldier who mans a remote outpost in the Dakotas, where he is the only white man around. He slowly gets to know and admire the indigenous people.

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