On TV this weekend
THURSDAY
Political comic John Fugelsang stars in a new episode of “Gotham Comedy Live ”at7 p.m. on AXS TV. Returning to the Gotham Comedy Club, Fugelsang riffs on the notion that his male feminist friends have that there would be no war if women ruled the world. “There’d still be war,” Fugelsang counters. “They’d just never tell us why.” The second season of “Baskets” throws in the rubber chicken at 10 p.m. on FX. But don’t worry: Zach Galifianakis and Louie Anderson will be back for a third season of the offbeat comedy.
Dax Shepard and Michael Peña guest on “Watch What Happens: Live,” with Andy Cohen, at 11 p.m. on Bravo.
FRIDAY
The complete third season of “Grace and Frankie” is available for streaming on Netflix today.
Also on Netflix: the complete second season of “Bottersnikes
and Gumbles,” and the complete first season of “Ingobernable.” Two Netflix specials are available as well: “The Most Hated Woman in America ,”a drama about the life of atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair, and “Felipe Neto: My Life Makes No Sense.” Amazon offers the special “American Girl Story: Ivy & Julie 1976.” The third season of “Travels
With Darley” kicks off on the KQED Life channel at 9 p.m. Host Darley Newman gets hyper-local in his travels, which tonight will include the island of Martinique in the French Caribbean where Darley checks out the best places for rum tasting. It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it, as the saying goes. The show began as a series of digital shorts on AOL in 2014. Season nine of “RuPaul’s
Drag Race” begins at 8 p.m. on VH1. John Mellencamp and Darius Rucker team up on the CMT special “CMT Crossroads ”at10 p.m.
SATURDAY
The 100th episode of “The Incredible Dr. Pol” airs on Nat Geo Wild at 8 p.m. The episode looks back at some of the memorable feats by the Michigan veterinary rescue service. It will be followed by the season finale at 9. Lifetime airs “Stalker’s Prey,” a made-for-TV film, at 8 p.m. Season 14 of “Ghost Adventures” kicks off on the Travel Channel with a visit to the Stone Lion Inn at 9 p.m. The first season of “Planet Earth II” calls it a day on BBC America at 9 p.m. with an episode on cities. It will be followed at 10:10 by a special on how the series was filmed.
Showtime airs the documentary “American Jihad,” directed by Alison Ellwood and produced by Alex Gibney. The film, airing at 9 p.m., focuses on how young men are radicalized to become terrorists, despite the fact they live in, and may even be citizens of, the US.
SUNDAY
Fox airs two new episodes of “Bob’s Burgers,” back to back at 7 and 7:30 p.m.
The History Channel offers a special on one of history’s continuing mysteries: “Roanoke: A Mystery Carved in Stone” airs at 8 p.m. It will be followed at 9 by“Return to Roanoke: Search for the Seven.” KQED broadcasts “To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters ,”a film by Sally Wainwright. The “Masterpiece” presentation, reviewed elsewhere in these pages today, airs at 9 p.m.