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TV shows, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and streaming this coming week
Welcome to an all-new TV or Not TV roundup of new and noteworthy programming on broadcast, cable and streaming this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar section.
Now where’s that remote?
Sunday — March 31
Hello there: Ewan McGregor stars as a Russian count waylaid by the October Revolution in “A Gentleman in Moscow,” a new limited series based on the Amor Towles bestseller. 9 p.m. Showtime
You’d think by now people would know better than to get on Giancarlo Esposito’s bad side. The “Breaking Bad” actor plays a former wheelman with a score to settle in the gritty New Orleans-set crime drama “Parish.” 10:15 p.m. AMC
Monday — April 1
“For Her Sins,” she must pay in this British series about a beleaguered wife and mother befriended by a young woman with a hidden agenda. With Laura Conroy. Anytime, Acorn TV
That Victorian-era prison is cursed — cursed, I tells ya! — in the 2023 supernatural thriller “The Gates.” With “Raiders of the Lost Ark’s” John Rhys-Davies. Anytime, Shudder
Revenge is a dish best served with a side of prestidigitation in the new hidden-camera series “The Magic Prank Show With Justin Willman.” Anytime, Netflix
A makeup artist working on a slasher flick in Moscow sees something she shouldn’t’ve in a restored version of the 1995 cult classic “Mute Witness” co-starring Sir Alec Guinness in his final big-screen performance. Anytime, Shudder
Ooh la la! Sexy young staffers are put through their paces at a schmancy chateau in the south of France in “Vanderpump Villa,” the latest venture from “Real Housewives’” Lisa Vanderpump. Anytime, Hulu
You gotta be a football hero: The sports-themed L.A.-set drama “All American” kicks off its fifth season. With Daniel Ezra. 8 p.m. The CW
Taylor Swift — perhaps you’ve heard of her? — leads the field with nine nominations at this year’s “iHeartRadio Music Awards.” Ludacris hosts the proceedings at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. 8 p.m. Fox
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