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6 p.m. on DIY Lawn & Order

Landscape experts Sara Bendrick and Chris Lambton demonstrate how to dramatically boost the curb appeal of homes that are being overlooked by prospective buyers in this new 10-episode series, which finds the duo working with disappointed homeowners to enhance or even rip out and replace existing front lawns and install appealing new design elements. In the series premiere, Chris and Sara try to help a couple whose starter home has sat on the market for three months. Another episode follows.

7 p.m. on CBS Ransom

It’s a good thing Eric (Luke Roberts) is in the business he’s in, because his relatives often need his help. His daughter was a captive in this show’s season premiere, and now, it’s his mother (guest star Maria Riccosa) who’s a prisoner in the new episode “Legacy.” A celebrated surgeon, she’s forced to perform an operation on a crime kingpin — and to save her, he’ll have to contact his estranged father (guest star John Bourgeois). Sarah Greene, Brandon Jay McLaren and Nazneen Contractor also star.

7 p.m. on SHOW Patrick Melrose

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) stars in this five-part adaptation of an acclaimed series of semiautobiographical novels by Edward St. Aubyn, with each episode drawn from a different book, starting with “Bad News.” The story chronicles Patrick’s (Cumberbatch) challenging journey from a childhood fraught with abuse to a turbulent adult life. Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving play his parents in a strong ensemble that also includes Allison Williams (Get Out), pictured, Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife) and Holliday Grainger (The Borgias).

8 p.m. on OWN Black Love

Emmy-winning actor Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) and his wife, Ryan Michelle Bathe, are among the guests as this docu-series launches its second season with a premiere called “How Love Begins.” Among the other guests talking about how their successful relationships got started are Grammy-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin and his spouse, Tammy, and actor Alano Miller (Jane

the Virgin) and his wife, DeWanda Wise.

9:30 p.m. on NBC Saturday Night Live

Someone with her own distinctive comedy style returns to this program, as Amy Schumer — currently on view in the movie I Feel Pretty — takes her second turn as guest host with this new episode. The musical act, however, is someone new to the show: country star Kacey Musgraves, who’s been riding a fresh wave of success with her album Golden Hour.