The Parade Preview: What to Watch, Rent or Buy March 7 – 13

TV shows, new DVDs, movies and books you’ll want to check out this week!

(All times Eastern.)

MONDAY, March 7

Bates Motel

The creepy, critically acclaimed drama returns for season four with the increasing downward spiral of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and the struggle of his mother, Norma (Emmy-nominated Vera Farmiga), to find him the professional help he so desperately needs (9 p.m., CBS).

Vera Farmiga Talks Bates Motel, Family & What She’d Be Doing If She Weren’t Acting

Blindspot

Jane (Jaimie Alexander) reels from a series of massive revelations about her mysterious tattoos, one of which leads to a shocking discovery in the Black Sea (10 p.m., NBC).

How did Jaimie Alexander Get a Cauliflower Ear?

TUESDAY, March 8

Chrisley Knows Best

In the new season of the hit reality show about the “Patriarch of Perfection,” Todd Chrisley and his wife Julie must adjust to empty-nest syndrome when their daughter goes away to college and their son leaves to live with her for the summer (10 p.m., USA Network).

Of Kings and Prophets

This action-packed new series based on King Saul (Ray Winstone), the shepherd David (Olly Rix), Queen Ahinoam (Simone Kessel) and other Old Testament movers and shakers sets its sword-and-sandal stage tonight in the first episode (10 p.m., ABC).

WEDNESDAY, March 9

The Victoria’s Secret Swim Special

Escape from winter’s icy chill with the hottest show of the year as Victoria’s Secret Angels supermodels show off new swimsuit designs and musical performers Demi Levoto and Nick Jonas bring the tunes, all from the tropical island of St. Barth’s in the French West Indies (9 p.m., CBS).

How did Demi Lovato Shock Her Fans?

Underground

In the kickoff of this sweeping, 10-episode series, a courageous blacksmith (Aldis Hodge) secretly organizes a small group of slaves and puts together a daring network of escape to freedom across hundreds of miles of the dangerous pre-Civil War South (10 p.m., WGN America).

How Did John Legend Transition from Music to Film Production?

THURSDAY, March 10

60 Days In

Seven innocent participants enter the dangerous world of incarceration for three months to expose corruption and reveal what really happens behind bars—without officers, fellow inmates or staff knowing their secret—in this daring new reality series (9 pm., A&E).

Top Chef

Rolling the dice for its two-part season finale, the show heads to Las Vegas where finalists vie for $125,000, a feature in Food & Wine magazine and the coveted title of Top Chef (9 p.m., Bravo).

Gail Simmons on Top Chef: Contestants Didn’t Know If They Were Coming or Going

FRIDAY, March 11

Jack Reacher

The more a former military investigator (Tom Cruise) digs into a case involving a trained military sniper who killed five innocent victims, the more dangerous it becomes in this 2012 movie based on a Lee Child novel (8 p.m., FX).

Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher: What Does Author Lee Child Think?

Bosch

Back for season two of the online series based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels, LAPD homicide investigator Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) follows a trail of corruption to Las Vegas as he deals with a dead body in the trunk of a car, mob connections and the dark side of the police department (Amazon.com).

SATURDAY, March 12

Nickelodeon’s 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards

Country music star and The Voice coach Blake Shelton will get in touch with his silly side as host of the annual tribute to the year’s top movies, music and TV shows, with a Nick-centric twist of celebrities, stunts and slime (8 p.m., Nickelodeon).

The Voice Interview With Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams

Demons in the City of Angels

Murder investigations that stunned the West Coast’s entertainment epicenter are recalled in this series, which features interviews and dramatic re-creations (9 p.m., Reelz).

SUNDAY, March 13

Little Big Shots

Steve Harvey takes a break from Family Feud to host this new comedy-variety show celebrating fun and talented kids, including a four-year-old basketball phenom, a mini-Bruce Lee and a sassy young dancer who became an Internet sensation (8 p.m., NBC).

Why Does Steve Harvey Think Family Feud Is So Relatable?

And Then There Were None

Ten strangers are lured to a remote British island where they are each accused of a terrible crime—and then start to die, one at a time. Is one of them the killer? Based on the iconic Agatha Christie novel, its cast includes Douglas Boothe, Charles Dance, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson and Toby Stephens (9 p.m., Lifetime).

NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY

World War II was no laughing matter, but there are plenty of yuks to be had in Hogan’s Heroes: The Complete Series (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount), which contains all 168 episodes of the popular 1960s sitcom starring Bob Crane as the wise-cracking leader of a group of P.O.W.s always cooking up some crazy escape plan under the nose of exasperated German Col. Wilhelm Klink (Werner Klemperer). Bonus content includes audio commentary, gag footage and photo galleries.

The landmark live TV production—starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer and Carly Rae Jepsen—of the hit movie musical and stage show was a smash back in February. Now Grease Live! (Paramount Home Media) comes to DVD with a load of extras, including cast interviews and behind-the-scenes looks at the live production, rehearsals and choreography.

Thar she blows! Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Tom Holland and Ben Whishaw star in director Ron Howards’ salty ocean-drama saga In the Heart of the Sea (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), based on the true tale that inspired Herman Melville’s whaling epic Moby Dick.

Michael Fassbender brings a Shakespearean classic to new life in Macbeth (Anchor Bay) as the duke who would be king, at any cost. Consumed by ambition and spurred on by his wife, Lady McBeth (Marion Cotillard), he decides to make a witches’ prophecy self-fulfilling—and has to deal with the tragic after-effects.

Brie Larson won this year’s Best Actress Oscar for her powerful breakout role in the highly acclaimed Room (Lionsgate Home Entertainment), based on the best-selling novel about the fearless determination of a mother and her young child (Jacob Tremblay) to escape from years of captivity into a bigger, brighter world.

THIS WEEK AT THE MOVIES

In 10 Cloverfield Lane, a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) awakes from a car accident in the heavily fortified basement of a man (John Goodman) who says he’s saved her from a chemical attack that has left the outside world dangerous and uninhabitable. Is she a prisoner? Is he a survivalist? Does she dare try to escape?

Sasha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson and Penelope Cruz star in The Brothers Grimsby, an “action comedy” about a highly trained British MI6 agent forced to team up with his idiotic football-hooligan brother on new super-secret assignment.

The Young Messiah, based on the Anne Rice novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, depicts the life of a preteen Jesus (newcomer Adam Greaves-Neal) as he tries to discover the truth about his life and his calling. British actor Sean Bean plays Roman Emperor Severus.