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TV This Week, March 27 - April 2: ‘Trainwreck’ on HBO

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SUNDAY

Wyatt Nash, Katie Findlay, Faith Ford and Ted McGinley return in the TV movie “Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge Part 2.” 7 p.m. Hallmark Channel

A vicar (James Norton) and a detective (Robson Green walk into a second season of “Grantchester” on “Masterpiece Mystery!” And “Masterpiece Classic” serves up a new season of Jeremy Piven as “Mr. Selfridge.” 9 and 10 p.m. KOCE

MONDAY

Crossover alert! The Flash (Grant Gustin) from the CW’s “The Flash” puts in an appearance on a new “Supergirl.” 8 p.m. CBS

Australian journalist Michael Ware shows you the Iraq War the way he saw it himself in the documentary “Only the Dead See the End of War.” 9 p.m. HBO

So-called psychics and faith healers, beware! Illusionist James “The Amazing” Randi is on to you in the documentary “An Honest Liar” on a new “Independent Lens.” 10 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

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Did they sink or swim? Were they eaten by sharks? “Secrets of the Dead” seeks answers when it revisits the curious case of “The Alcatraz Escape” in this new episode. 9 p.m. KOCE

Buckle up! James Corden is your driver/host for “The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special” with special guest Jennifer Lopez. 10 p.m. CBS

“Frontline” explores the political climate in one of America’s closest but most controversial allies in the new exposé “Saudi Arabia Uncovered.” 10 p.m. KOCE

WEDNESDAY

“Breaking Bad’s” Aaron Paul tries to walk “The Path” in this new online drama about a family man who falls in with a doomsday cult. Michelle Monaghan, Hugh Dancy and Rockmond Dunbar also star. Any time, Hulu

Animals that were returned to the wild are reunited with their former human caretakers in an “aw”-inspiring episode of “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE

They’ll be fighting like Lyons and Cookies in the return of the soapy music-biz drama “Empire.” With Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. 9 p.m. Fox

“TED Talks” and minds are blown in the debut installment of this series based on the popular podcast about the latest in technology, entertainment, etc. 10 p.m. KOCE

Don’t “Quit Your Day Job,” not unless you’ve got an idea for a can’t-miss new product like the young entrepreneurs in this new series. 10 p.m. Oxygen

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George Lopez, formerly of the family sitcom of the same name, is back in the somewhat edgier new series “Lopez.” 10 p.m. TV Land

THURSDAY

We’re old enough to remember “The Eighties” and now you can, too, in this new seven-part survey of the decade’s highs and lows in politics, pop culture, etc. 6 and 9 p.m. CNN

You won’t find Jackie Chan or Chris Tucker within 100 miles of “Rush Hour,” a new series based on the duo’s hit action-comedy franchise. Justin Hires and Jon Foo star. 10 p.m. CBS

“Archer” trades the spy game for the private-eye game when this super-cool animated spoof relocates to L.A. for its seventh season. Featuring the voices of H. Jon Benjamin, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer, Jessica Walter and Aisha Tyler. 10 p.m. FX

“The Walking Dead’s” Lauren Cohan has a face-off, hopefully not literally, with co-star Sonequa Martin-Green in an all-new “Lip Sync Battle.” 10 p.m. Spike

FRIDAY

Meanwhile, back at “The Ranch,” former “That 70s Show” costars Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson reunite for this new sitcom set in Colorado. Sam Elliott and Debra Winger also star. Any time, Netflix

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Onetime members of 1990s-era boy-bands — Justin Timberlake not included — battle zombies in the horror-western mash-up “Dead 7.” 8 p.m. Syfy

“Paddington” is a CGI bear living with a non-CGI British family in this 2014 adaptation of the beloved children’s book. With Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”). 9 p.m. Showtime

Paul Rudd can’t pick on someone his own size as Marvel’s “Ant-Man” in this 2015 action flick. 9 p.m. Starz; also Sat., 10 p.m.

Friends with and without benefits pop the question, and that question is “What If We Get Married?” in this new reality series. 9:30 p.m. TLC

She’s got her great-granddaddy’s last name, and his gun, and she’s gonna use it to send demons back to hell in the new series “Wynonna Earp.” Melanie Scrofano stars. 10 p.m. Syfy

The Canadian-made procedural “Motive” moves from broadcast TV to cable for its third season. Kristin Lehman stars. 10 p.m. USA

SATURDAY

And then there were four, finally, at the “2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament,” with standard coverage of each semifinal on TBS, plus special team-centric coverage on TNT and truTV. 3 and 5:30 p.m.

Comedy’s reigning “It” girl Amy Schumer is off the rails in the rather raunchy yet still kind of sweet 2015 rom-com “Trainwreck.” Bill Hader and LeBron James also star. 8 p.m. HBO

Nicollette Sheridan (“Desperate Housewives”) is “All Yours” in this made-for-cable romantic fable. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

“Arrested Development’s” Mae Whitman would rather you not call her “The Duff” in this 2015 high-school comedy. 9 p.m. Showtime


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