What’s on TV, March 1-7: ‘Vladimir,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘The Actor Awards’ and more
New and noteworthy series, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and/or streaming this coming week
A NOTE TO READERS…
Hello again, and so far, so good.
Work on the newly re-launched TV roundup continues apace. There are still a few things that I need to take care of “backstage,” but at present, I am on track to turn the paywall back on beginning with the March 15 newsletter, just in time for the Oscars.
Thanks to all for your continued patience and patronage.
Matt
Sunday — March 1
Eat fresh! Actor and adventurer David Moscow is back in new episodes of his globe-trotting foodie travelogue “From Scratch.” (Anytime, Peacock)
You’ve heard of “Ace Venture: Pet Detective?” Now meet the “Vet Detective.” Dr. Lauren Adelman ministers to beloved family pets suffering from life-threatening mystery illnesses in this new unscripted series. (Anytime, Hulu and Disney+)
What’s all that racquet? Eight of the world’s best men’s tennis players compete for a piece of the million-dollar prize pool at this year’s edition of “The MGM Tennis Slam” in Las Vegas. (7 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. PT on The CW)
Hosted by series star Nicholas Ralph, the new special “All Creatures Great and Small: Seasons of the Dales” takes you behind the scenes of the Yorkshire-set period drama based on the writings of British veterinarian James Herriot. (7 p.m. PBS)
Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone”-verse continues to expand with the new spinoff “Marshals,” which sees the original series’ Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) pinning on the silver star and joining the U.S. Marshals Service. (8 p.m. CBS)
Money makes the world go ’round… The London-set finance-biz drama “Industry” ends its fourth season already renewed for a fifth and final. With Myha’la, Kit Harrington, Ken Leung and Marisa Abela. (8 p.m. HBO)
Kill or be kilt: An American schoolteacher relocates to Scotland for a new gig as a live-in tutor, but soon begins to wonder what became of her predecessor, in the new thriller “Murder at Highland Manor.” With Brooke Burfitt. (8 p.m. Lifetime)
The SAG Awards are now “The Actor Awards.” “One Battle After Another” leads the field with seven nominations and Kristen Bell is your hostess with the mostest as the newly-rechristened ceremony emanates live from the Shrine Auditorium in Downtown LA. (8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT on Netflix)
The action drama “Tracker” and the medical mystery drama “Watson” are back with new episodes. Justin Hartley stars in the former and Morris Chestnut in the latter. (9 and 10 p.m. CBS)
The new four-part series “Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown” marks the 40th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at a nuclear power plant in Soviet-era Ukraine in 1986. (9 and 10 p.m. CNN; concludes March 8)
Looking to fool around in “The Lou”? There’s an app for that in the darkly comic, adult-themed miniseries “DTF St. Louis.” With Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini and “Stranger Things’” David Harbour. (9 p.m. HBO)
A self-centered Broadway star (Oscar and Tony winner Kevin Kline) retreats to his hometown following a very public self-inflicted humiliation in the new sitcom “American Classic.” Laura Linney and Tony Shalhoub also star. (9 and 9:30 p.m. MGM+)
Crikey! Something’s fishy as the Australia-set docuseries “Extreme Catch” sails in for another season. (9 and 10 p.m. National Geographic)
Monday — March 2
Here come the judges! “Tribunal Justice,” the courtroom show created by the honorable “Judge Judy” Sheindlin, is back for a third season. (Anytime, Prime Video)
Turner Classic Movies’ annual “31 Days of Oscar” film series continues and includes Cary Grant opposite Eva Marie Saint in Alfred Hitchcock’s “monumental” 1959 thriller “North by Northwest.” (5:30 p.m. ET, 2:30 p.m. PT on TCM)
They’re checking your bags after you’ve checked your bags in a second season of the docuseries “Contraband: Seized at the Airport.” (8 p.m. Discovery Channel)
The new series “Bachelor Mansion Takeover” finds former contestants from the reality TV franchise putting their home-makeover skills to the test in hopes of winning a cool hundred-grand. Jesse Palmer hosts. (8 p.m. HGTV)
It’s not the journey, it’s the destination in the new series “Wild Vacation Rentals” hosted by Sherry Cola and “The Good Place’s” D’Arcy Carden. (10 p.m. HGTV)
Tuesday — March 3
The comic so nice they named him twice takes the stage at Chicago’s Old Vic Theater for his first stand-up special in quite some time in “Bruce Bruce: I Ain’t Playin’.” (Anytime, Netflix)
The “JAG” spinoff “NCIS,” its prequel series “NCIS: Origins” and the Australia-set franchise entry “NCIS: Sydney” are back with new episodes. (8, 9 and 10 p.m. CBS)
Is there a doctor in the house? “Doc Martin’s” Martin Clunes guest stars as Martin’s (Josh Charles) dear old dad on a new “Best Medicine,” which is itself based on the aforementioned British comedy-drama. (8 p.m. Fox)
If you build it, they will help in a new season of “100 Day Dream Home” starring realtor-contractor power couple Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt. (8 p.m. HGTV)
The name’s Decker, “RJ Decker.” Scott Speedman (“Last Resort”) plays a disgraced photojournalist turned private eye plying his trade in the seedier precincts of sunny South Florida in this quirky new crime drama. (10 p.m. ABC)
Wednesday — March 4
Who hooked up and who’s going home brokenhearted? Find out as “Love is Blind,” the dating competition hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, closes its 10th season. (Anytime, Netflix)
Elementary! Arthur Conan Doyle’s intrepid detective (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) gets an origin story in “Young Sherlock,” a new action-comedy from “Snatch” director Guy Ritchie. With Natascha McElhone and Colin Firth. (Anytime, Prime Video)
Crossover alert! The mysterious mid-air disappearance of a passenger jet on a new “Chicago Fire” sets a story in motion that continues on “Chicago Med” before concluding on “Chicago PD.” (8, 9 and 10 p.m. NBC)
Despite what we told you last week, “Parenthood” — the five-part British-made miniseries hosted by David Attenborough — will wrap up with the episode “The Greatest Adventure” on a new “Nature.” (8 p.m. PBS)
The new unscripted series “Body Bizarre” follows everyday folks as they seek cutting-edge treatment for a wide range of strange medical conditions, rare genetic disorders and other peculiar infirmities. (8 p.m. TLC)
We do declare, the Charleston, S.C.-set reality-franchise entry “Southern Hospitality” is back for a fourth season. (9 p.m. Bravo)
Is there not a doctor in the house? Allegations that “The Dr. Phil Show” exploited the self-help guru’s often deeply troubled guests are probed as the new series “Dirty Rotten Scandals” debuts with a two-part exposé. (9 and 10 p.m. E!)
Flip through more FBI case files as current and former agents, informants and others comment on the contents therein in a new season of the docuseries “Feds.” (9 p.m. Investigation Discovery)
How’s the weather up there? Meet Sultan Kösen, a Turkish farmer who, at 8’3”, currently holds the title of “The World’s Tallest Man” in this new docuspecial. 9 p.m. TLC
Hey, good-lookin’, what ya got cookin’… Former “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi puts a fresh batch of contestants through their paces in the new reality competition “America’s Culinary Cup.” (9:30 p.m. CBS)
The new docuseries “Hunt for the Missing” follows Pamela Childs, a retired Chicago police detective, as she reopens some of the Windy City’s coldest missing-persons cases. (10 p.m. Investigation Discovery)
The agony of da feet: Podiatrist Dr. Marion Yau and her husband, general practitioner Dr. Kenny, tend to patients suffering from a wide variety of debilitating foot conditions in the new unscripted series “Bad Foot Clinic.” (10 p.m. TLC)
Thursday — March 5
Grin and bear it: “Ted,” the live-action series based on “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane’s foul-mouthed 2012 comedy, is back for its sophomoric — sorry, that’s sophomore — season. (Anytime, Peacock)
Let’s hope Sean Bean can keep his head about him when the former “Game of Thrones” star heads up the cast of the new Liverpool-set underworld drama “This City is Ours: A Family Crime Saga.” (Anytime, AMC+)
A married college professor (Oscar winner Rachel Weisz) hooks up with a hunky young colleague (Leo Woodall, “The White Lotus”) in the new eight-part comedy-drama “Vladimir.” “Mad Men’s” John Slattery also stars. (Anytime, Netflix)
“Reno 911!’s” Thomas Lennon reprises his guest role as crew leader Frank’s (Joel McHale) not-so-dear old dad on a new episode of the workplace sitcom “Animal Control.” (9 p.m. Fox)
Det. Tony Godwin of the Texas-based Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force revisits some of the team’s toughest cases in the new docuseries “Predator Hunters.” (9 p.m. A&E)
’ello, guv’nor! A brand spanking new cast of aristocratic Brits, ex-pat Americans and other jet-setting socialites make the scene in the reality-series reboot “Ladies of London: The New Reign.” (9 p.m. Bravo)
Friday — March 6
Paleontology is the study of prehistoric reptiles and time — that’s all it takes, really, prehistoric reptiles and time — as Morgan Freeman narrates the new four-part docuseries “The Dinosaurs.” (Anytime, Netflix)
“Downton Abbey,” cozy mysteries and other veddy British entertainments come in for a right proper spoofing in the sight gag-filled and profanity-laced 2025 farce “Fackham Hall.” Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston star. (Anytime, HBO Max)
The 2012 disappearance of a West Virginia teen — and the shocking details that came to light during the subsequent investigation — are recalled in the new docuseries “Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese.” (Anytime, Hulu and Disney+)
Shakespeare in loss: Paul Mescal portrays the Bard of Avon, but Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley steals the show with a bravura performance as his long-suffering better half in Chloé Zhao’s atmospheric, arboreal and acclaimed 2025 drama “Hamnet.” (Anytime, Peacock)
It’s the pleasure principle… The 2025 documentary “The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control” details efforts to develop, get approval for and then market a Viagra-like drug to enhance female sexual satisfaction. (Anytime, Paramount+)
Welcome to the “War Machine.” “Reacher’s” Alan Ritchson leads a cohort of Army Ranger candidates against a relentless extraterrestrial threat in this 2026 sci-fi action flick. Dennis Quaid also stars. (Anytime, Netflix)
All is fair in love and time travel as the centuries-spanning fantasy drama “Outlander” launches its eighth and final season. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan star. (8 p.m. Starz)
“The Proof is Out There,” yet proves elusive as ever, as this paranormal investigation series launches another season. (10 p.m. History Channel)
Saturday — March 7
Enter the octagon: The MMA event “UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2” kicks off on broadcast TV before moving to streaming for the remainder of the main card. From Las Vegas. (8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT on CBS; 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT on Paramount+)
Our titular small-town baker/amateur sleuth (Alison Sweeney) falls into yet another whodunit, this time while attending a masquerade ball, in the new TV movie “Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery.” (8 p.m. Hallmark Channel)
A mother-daughter road trip takes a dark turn following a gas-station pit stop in the new made-for-cable thriller “Vanished in an Instant.” With Vinessa Antoine (“General Hospital”) and Arista Arhin. (8 p.m. Lifetime)
Sweet home Alabama… The reality franchise entry “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” returns with new episodes. (8 p.m. OWN)
Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog packs his trunk and goes in search of an elusive pack of pachyderms living deep within the mist-shrouded forests of Angola in the 2025 documentary “Ghost Elephants.” (9 p.m. National Geographic)
If it walks like a duck: The Robertson clan is back in a second season of their rebooted reality series “Duck Dynasty: The Revival.” (10 p.m. A&E)
Once is never Ken-ough! “Barbie’s” Ryan Gosling takes a fourth turn hosting “Saturday Night Live.” With musical guest, Gorillaz. (11:29 p.m. ET, 8:29 and 11:29 p.m. PT on NBC)
(All times Eastern and Pacific unless otherwise noted. Programming subject to change without notice. Please check your local listings.)