What’s on TV, March 8-15: ‘The Madison,’ Nicole Kidman in ‘Scarpetta,’ Harry Styles live and more
New and noteworthy series, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and/or streaming this coming week
A NOTE TO READERS…
Spring forward!
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. this Sunday. I took the change into account when double-checking the air times listed below, but my apologies for any inaccuracies you may encounter.
Sunday — March 8
The concert special “Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester.” catches the former One Direction member performing for fans in the U.K. — and around the world — via a live simulcast. (3 p.m. ET, noon PT on Netflix)
There’s a method to their murderousness in a second season of the true-crime series “A Plan to Kill.” (7 p.m. Oxygen)
“The Couple Across the Street” seem like decent folk, but don’t roll out the welcome wagon just yet, in this new made-for-cable thriller. With Jenny Raven. (8 p.m. Lifetime)
“Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown,” the four-part series marking the 40th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at a nuclear power plant in Soviet-era Ukraine in 1986, concludes with back-to-back episodes. (9 and 10 p.m. CNN)
Paperback writer, writer, writer… “The Office’s” Steve Carell plays a novelist who gets a gig as a guest lecturer at a small liberal arts college where his daughter just so happens to be a professor in the new comedy series “Rooster.” (10 p.m. HBO)
Monday — March 9
Drive, she said! “Pitch Perfect’s” Anna Camp guest stars as a driving examiner who may be gunning for Collette’s (Harriet Dyer) job on a new episode of the workplace sitcom “DMV.” (8:30 p.m. CBS)
Nothing could be finer than to be in North and South Carolina when “Top Chef” and returning host Kristen Kish serve up a new season filmed in Charlotte, N.C. and Greenville, S.C. (9 p.m. Bravo)
The proof is in the pastry in the new competition series “The Ultimate Baking Championship.” Jesse Palmer hosts and Duff Goldman heads up the judges’ panel. (9 p.m. Food Network)
The new documentary “Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare” marks the 15th anniversary of the catastrophic meltdown at the titular Japanese power plant in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that rocked the region in 2011. (9 p.m. HBO)
Tuesday — March 10
Remember the ’90s? This Southern-fried comic does and he’s fixin’ to tell you how much better things were way back when in his first-ever stand-up special, “Derrick Stroup: Nostalgic.” (Anytime, Netflix)
Turner Classic Movies’ annual “31 Days of Oscar” series continues and includes a three-film salute to the late Robert Duvall: The 1983 romance “Tender Mercies,” the 1979 drama “The Great Santini” and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War epic “Apocalypse Now.” (8 and 10 p.m. and 12:15 a.m. ET; 5, 7 and 9:15 p.m. PT on TCM)
It’s not safe in the streets, or in the shopping aisles for that matter, as the unscripted series “Road Wars” and “Customer Wars” each return with back-to-back episodes. (9, 9:30, 10 and 10:30 p.m. A&E)
Wednesday — March 11
Sexy singles attempt to prove that age ain’t nothin’ but a number in the new dating show “Age of Attraction.” “The Bachelor’s’ Nick Viall, age 45, and wife Natalie Joy, 27, co-host. (Anytime, Netflix)
¿Quien es mas macho? The new documentary “Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere” sees the journalist investigating the toxic, testosterone-fueled world of masculinity-obsessed social media influencers. (Anytime, Netflix)
Remains to be seen: Oscar winner Nicole Kidman portrays novelist Patricia Cornwell’s dogged medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta in the new forensics drama “Scarpetta” based on the bestselling book series. (Anytime, Prime Video)
Crikey! Two American siblings (“SNL’s” Will Forte, “The Good Place’s” D’Arcy Carden) attempt to launch a spray-tan business in Australia, only to run afoul of local mobsters, in the new comedy series “Sunny Nights.” (Anytime, Hulu)
Bunny cop Judy Hopps (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) and her partner in crime-fighting, the foxy Nick Wilde (voice of Jason Bateman), are back on the beat in the kid-friendly animated 2025 sequel “Zootopia 2.” (Anytime, Disney+)
I can see clearly now… Contestants from the most recent season reunite to reminisce on a special edition of “Love is Blind” hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey. (9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT on Netflix)
Who’s smizing now? Former contestants on “America’s Next Top Model” cast a jaundiced eye upon their experiences on the long-running, Tyra Banks-hosted reality competition in a new two-part expose on “Dirty Rotten Scandals.” (9 and 10 p.m. E!)
Thursday — March 12
Trash will be talked, drinks — “dirty sodas,” presumably — will be thrown, etc. as the Utah-set reality series “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” brings forth a fourth season. (Anytime, Hulu)
Return with us now to “Virgin River.” The small-town romantic drama starring Alexandra Breckenridge and Jack Sheridan is back for a seventh season. (Anytime, Netflix)
If you build it, they will come — and look at it, several thousand years later — in the new docuseries “Ancient Structures: Secrets Revealed.” (9 and 10 p.m. National Geographic)
The closer I get to you… Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning songstress who melded pop, soul and R&B into her own smooth signature sound, is remembered in the new docuspecial “OWN Spotlight: Roberta.” (9 p.m. OWN)
Pencil or pen? “Fargo’s” Steve Buscemi guest stars as a crossword-puzzle champ on a new episode of the “Good Wife” spin-off “Elsbeth.” With Carrie Preston. (10 p.m. CBS)
Host Tony Harris probes more accounts of close encounters of the first, second, third and fourth kind in Season 2 of the spin-off series “The Proof is Out There: Alien Edition.” (10 p.m. History Channel)
Friday — March 13
A domestic disturbance call turns into an accidental shooting which turns into an attempted cover-up which turns into something far more sinister for the two cops who responded in the 2025 found-footage thriller “Bodycam.” (Anytime, Shudder)
The new four-part docuseries “Dynasty: The Murdochs” takes a “Succession”-like look at the battle for control of billionaire media-mogul Rupert Murdoch’s sprawling broadcasting and publishing empire. (Anytime, Netflix)
Somewhere over the rainbow… The 2025 doc “It’s Dorothy!” celebrates the fictional Kansas farm girl featured in L. Frank Baum’s classic tale “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” as well as in myriad other books, movies and musicals. (Anytime, Peacock)
A physician (Niamh Algar, “Raised by Wolves”) and a psychiatric resident (Tom Hughes, “Victoria”) each stand accused of “Malpractice” in Series 1 and 2, respectively, of this British anthology drama. (Anytime, Hulu)
Four men fight for survival after their fishing trip off Florida’s Gulf Coast is interrupted by a fearsome storm in the fact-based 2025 drama “Not Without Hope.” Joe Carnahan directs and Zachary Levi and Josh Duhamel star. (Anytime, Paramount+)
Famous faces return to compete once more as the newly revamped and rechristened prime-time quiz show “Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars” kicks off a fourth season. With host Ken Jennings. (8 p.m. ABC)
Emmy winner Shawn Hatosy (“The Pitt”) reprises his guest role as no-nonsense Battalion Chief Brett Richards on a new episode of the action drama “Fire Country.” (9 p.m. CBS)
In the beginning, the reality series “Toddlers & Tiaras” begat the spin-off “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” which begat the spin-off “Mama June: From Not to Hot,” which begets an eighth season. (9 p.m. WE)
Saturday — March 14
It’s not another “Tequila Sunrise”: Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer, who co-starred in that 1988 flick, reunite for “The Madison,” a new multi-generational family drama from “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan and set in Montana — of course — and Manhattan. (Anytime, Paramount+)
Our plucky advice columnist and her partner in crime-solving Det. Hogan (“When Calls the Heart’s” Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith) are back in the TV movie sequel “Nelly Knows Mysteries: All Manners of Murders.” (8 p.m. Hallmark Channel)
Convicted in the death of her newborn baby some years earlier, a recently paroled woman (Italia Ricci, “Designated Survivor”) makes a shocking discovery in the new thriller “The Boy With My Son’s Face.” (8 p.m. Lifetime)
The aforementioned Harry Styles once again pulls double duty as both host and musical guest on a new “Saturday Night Live.” (11:29 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.)