TV shows, new DVDs, movies and books you’ll want to check out this week!
(All times Eastern.)
MONDAY, Nov. 16
Blindspot
Jane (Jaimie Alexander) and Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) go undercover as an assassin couple to prevent deadly information from falling into the wrong hands (10 p.m., NBC).
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India’s Daughter
Banned in India, this hard-hitting documentary in the Independent Lens series examines the 2012 gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old female medical student, which activists hope will lead to changes in the way women are viewed and treated in India’s strongly patriarchal society (10 p.m., PBS).
TUESDAY, Nov. 17
The Preacher’s Sin
In this Lifetime movie, the carefully crafted world of a minister-author-radio host (J.R. Bourne) begins to crumble when secrets from his soiled past begin to intrude on his seemingly perfect present (8 p.m., Lifetime).
Chicago Med
The hospital staff is pushed to its limits when an elevated train crash creates an onslaught of emergency-room victims (9 p.m., NBC).
Conan
The late-night comedian and talk-show host gets “out of the studio” for an episode filmed previously on a recent “road trip” to Armenia, on which he was accompanied by his longtime assistant, Sona Movsesian, whose family is from there (11 p.m., TBS).
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NCIS: New Orleans
A citywide blackout impedes the efforts of law enforcement, but Special Agent Pride (Scott Bakula) vows to forge ahead in the darkness to solve the murder of a family friend’s fiancé (9 p.m., CBS).
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18
The Mysteries of Laura
As Laura (Debra Messing) and her team investigate who exposed an undercover cop and caused his murder, their internal system is breached—exposing them (8 p.m., NBC).
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From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
The 40-year story of the Rocky movie saga, this hour-long documentary examines the Cinderella boxing-underdog story that became one of most successful—and iconic—movie franchises in history (8 p.m., EPIX).
People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2015
Who’s the hottest hunk on the planet? Scandal star Bellamy Young hosts this countdown, with commentary by comedians, People magazine editors and special guests, including Lance Bass, Michelle Collins and Pauline Porizkova (9 p.m., Lifetime).
THURSDAY, Nov. 19
2 Broke Girls
In the season five premiere, Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) team up with the diner in a frantic effort to keep it and their cupcake business up and running when the city targets them both for the wrecking ball (9:30, CBS).
The Art of More
Kate Bosworth, Dennis Quaid and Cary Elwes star in this new online drama series about the cutthroat, underbelly world of the high-stakes art-auction world, filled with hustlers, smugglers and power mongers (Crackle.com).
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FRIDAY, Nov. 20
Truth Be Told
When Mitch (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) accidentally sends a text to his best friend’s wife, it leads them to go on an awkward lunch date, throwing off the delicate ecosystem of friendship (8:30 p.m. NBC).
Shark Tank
A Florida entrepreneur introduces an imaginative new recreational sports idea; two Georgia brothers present a “look good, do good” fashion concept; an Illinois couple has a novel way to solve the mystery of missing socks (9 p.m., ABC).
What Makes for a Successful Shark Tank Pitch?
SATURDAY, Nov. 21
The Campaign
Two billionaire lobbyist backers scheme to turn a tourism director (Zach Galifianakis) into a political contender who can oust a bumbling, scandal-plagued congressman (Will Ferrell) (9 p.m., Comedy Central).
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Saturday Night Live
Matthew McConaughey returns as host, and British singer Adele as musical guest, singing tunes from her hit new CD “25” (11:30 p.m., NBC).
SUNDAY, Nov. 22
The American Music Awards
Jennifer Lopez will host, but Taylor Swift leads the way with the most nominations (6) at this year’s star-studded, fan-voted presentation, which will also feature performances from Carrie Underwood, Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez, One Direction and Walk the Moon (8 p.m., ABC).
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Saints & Strangers
The first of a two-night event begins this four-hour TV movie about the epic, ocean-crossing story of the Mayflower and America’s first Thanksgiving, starring Vincent Kartheiser, Anna Camp, Ron Livingston, Barry Sloane and Michael Jibson (9 p.m., NatGeo).
NEW ON DVD
Has it really been 40 years since Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”? Yep, and Queen: A Night at the Odeon, Live at Hammersmith ’75 (Eagle Rock), a live concert recorded back when that tune was in the middle of its nine-week stay at the top of the pop charts, includes rock-out performances of it and more than 15 other tunes, plus bonus features.
The true story of Dr. Martin Luther King’s fight for civil rights comes to the screen in Selma (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), starring David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey and Tom Wilkerson. The Blu-ray includes a music video for the Oscar-winning soundtrack song, “Glory,” by John Legend and Common.
Spying never looked as suave as it does in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), director Guy Richie’s sexy, stylish remake of the ’60s TV series starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki.
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He’s teeny-tiny but rises up to save the world: That’s Ant-Man (Disney Home Entertainment), starring Paul Rudd as the speck-sized Avenger in a tale full of humor, heroism and heart.
It’s anchors aweigh as McHale’s Navy: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory), one of the classic TV shows of the 1960s, comes packaged in a 21-DVD set with bonus features that include a reunion of the “crew” (Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Carl Ballantine and Bob Hastings) and two feature films launched from the show.
In The Art of the Heist (Athena), documentarian filmmakers interview art historians for a 14-part series delving into some of the most daring thefts of the world’s greatest pieces of art.
Who you calling a dummy? Well, all of Jeff Dunham’s co-stars, for starters, in Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment), the live stand-up comedy special starring the popular ventriloquist-comedian and his cast of politically incorrect puppets.
More entries in the ramp-up to Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday in December—Sinatra: All of Nothing at All (Eagle Rock) is a double-DVD/Blu-ray doc chronicling the life and career of Ol’ Blue Eyes through archival interviews, home movies and concert footage. Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (Sony Music Legacy), a 4-CD box set, has more than 100 tracks culled from rare radio broadcasts and rehearsals, all restored to modern, hi-fidelity standards from original master recordings.
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Entertainment Weekly magazine celebrates 25 years of pop culture highs and lows in The Must List (Time Inc. Books), a fun compendium of the past quarter-century’s worth of movies, music, television and stars.
Rock and Roll Hall of famer Tom Petty opened up to writer (and fellow musician) Warren Zanes for Tom Petty: The Biography (Henry Holt and Company), a rollicking, reminiscent ride down memory lane with the singer-songwriter of “Free Fallin’,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream” and other classic rock tunes.
If you were a Star Wars fan in the late 1970s, you probably remember the line of Topps trading cards, originally released in 1977 just after the first movie and expanded into four more series later. Now all five—330 in all—are reprinted, front and back, in Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series Volume One (Abrams ComicArts), along with commentary and info, plus a spotlight on rare Star Wars cards issued by Wonder Bread.
Movie lovers will love Filmish (Abrams), in which cartoonist Edward Ross takes readers on a galloping graphic-novel ride across a century of movie history, exploring everything from silent movies and the birth of cinema to modern trends and new media.
OPENING THIS WEEK AT THE MOVIES
The fourth chapter begins in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part II, in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), realizing the stakes are much bigger than just her own survival, marshals an army for battle against President Snow (Donald Sutherland).
Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams star in Spotlight, the true story of how the Boston Globe newspaper uncovered the massive scandal of child abuse and cover-up in a local Catholic Diocese and shook the Catholic Church to its core.
An all-star cast (Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Chiwetel Ejiofor) headlines Secret in Their Eyes, about a tight-knit team of investigators torn apart when one of their teenage daughters is brutally murdered—and years later, a secret from the past blurs the line between justice and revenge.
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