Television Movies on TV Monday, April 17 Indignation In the early 1950s, a Jewish kid from New Jersey balks at the traditions of a small Ohio college while falling for a pretty classmate. Based on a Philip Roth novel. (2016) 8 p.m., HBO Tuesday, April 18 The Good Dinosaur A cave-dwelling boy and a young apatosaurus embark on a prehistoric adventure in another delightful animated feature from Pixar. (2015) 7:20 p.m., Starz Wednesday, April 19 The Invisible Man Claude Rains plays a mad scientist who discovers an invisibility potion and embarks on a crime spree. (1933) 8 p.m., TCM Thursday, April 20 On the Town Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra co-star in an MGM musical about sailors chasing girls and finding romance during a brief shore leave in New York City. (1949) 8 p.m., TCM Friday, April 21 I Am Legend Will Smith portrays New York City’s last human survivor in a half-effective sci-fi drama about a scientist whose immunity to an apocalyptic virus requires that he do battle with zombies. (2007) 3:35 p.m., HBO
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Saturday, April 22 The Searchers In one of the best of John Ford and John Wayne’s collaborations, Wayne plays a former soldier determined to find a niece who was abducted by Comanches in West Texas. (1956) 10 p.m., Sundance Sunday, April 23 Black Mass Johnny Depp proves he still has more to give in this solid biographical drama about Boston crime boss and FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger. (2015) 8 p.m., Cinemax
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The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching Fargo It’s crime time again in the northern Midwest. The Emmy-winning series inspired by the Coen brothers’ 1996 black comedy returns with a new story to tell. Ewan McGregor will play twins: one “the Parking Lot King of Minnesota” and the other a balding, potbellied parole officer who strongly resents his brother’s success. Per the Fargo formula, expect ill-conceived criminal capers, a steady civil-servant sleuth, and thick regional accents. Carrie Coon and Mary Elizabeth Winstead co-star. Wednesday, April 19, at 10 p.m., FX Bill Nye Saves the World Nearly two decades after hosting the last episode of his popular children’s show, Bill Nye the Science Guy returns with a new streaming series aimed at correcting adults’ common sciencerelated misconceptions. Model Karlie Kloss and comedian Nazeem Hussein join a team of correspondents that will help Nye tackle subjects including climate change, sex, vaccinations, and genetically modified foods. All 13 episodes will be released simultaneously. Available for streaming Friday, April 21, Netflix Burn Motherf---er Burn! Los Angeles endured several days of rioting 25 years ago after a jury acquitted four white police officers in the videotaped beating of speeding suspect Rodney King. This documentary explores the roots of the racial animosity that erupted into violence in 1992, using interviews with cops, community leaders, and others to trace the bad blood from the 1965 Watts riots to the King conflagration and beyond. Friday, April 21, at 9 p.m., Showtime Girlboss She had an eye for style and a mind for business. In this irreverent new series, Britt Robertson plays a fictionalized version of Sophia Amoruso, the young dumpster diver from Southern California who built a $100 million business out of selling used fashion finds online. The early episodes recount the story Amoruso related in her bestselling memoir, Girlboss—showing how our heroine’s take-no-prisoners attitude catapulted her and
Girlboss’ Robertson: Born to play by her own rules
her Nasty Gal brand past some growing pains. Available for streaming Friday, April 21, Netflix Silicon Valley The good times don’t last long for a tech startup. As Mike Judge’s serialized satire begins a new season, the takeover of Pied Piper has been rebuffed, but founder Richard Hendricks is walking into an ambush when he surprises his executioner friends by quitting. And with that, Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, and the rest of the team are off on another campaign to rock the world with their brilliance. Sunday, April 23, at 10 p.m., HBO Other highlights Genius of the Modern World British historian Bettany Hughes profiles three of the most influential thinkers of the past two centuries: Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Sigmund Freud. Available for streaming Monday, April 17, Acorn TV Bosch L.A. homicide detective Harry Bosch returns, ushering in a season of new episodes based on Michael Connelly’s novels A Darkness More Than Night and The Black Echo. Available for streaming Friday, April 21, Amazon Mary Kills People Lifetime turns darker with this promising series about a doctor who specializes in assisted suicide. Hannibal’s Caroline Dhavernas stars. Sunday, April 23, at 10 p.m., Lifetime
Show of the week The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Byrne and Winfrey on the case
Her cell line lives on. In 1951, a young woman named Henrietta Lacks was being treated for cancer in Baltimore when a doctor cut two small tissue samples from her cervix without her consent. Cells from the sample did something rare: They lived on and reproduced in a laboratory setting—destining them to play a critical role in countless medical breakthroughs long after Lacks’ death. In this powerful drama based on Rebecca Skloot’s best-seller of the same name, Oprah Winfrey plays Lacks’ daughter, and Rose Byrne plays Skloot; together, they uncover the full story. Saturday, April 22, at 8 p.m., HBO THE WEEK April 21, 2017