‘Miss Austen’ on ‘Masterpiece,’ ‘Gems’ Finale, Again to ‘Useless Metropolis,’ Mark Twain Prize for Conan

Miss Austen

SUNDAY: There’s a motive Jane Austen wrote so memorably about devoted sisters. Based on this poignant four-part Masterpiece drama, she and her older sister Cassandra had been thick as thieves all through their lives. Set in 1830, greater than a decade after Jane’s premature dying at 41, Miss Austen focuses on her surviving sister Cassandra (the elegant Keeley Hawes), who’s decided to guard Jane’s privateness when a batch of private letters are found. These missives deliver the previous vividly to life, spinning a fable of unrequited love and timeless loyalty between the youthful Cassie (Synnøve Karlsen) and the defiantly impartial Jane (Patsy Ferran).

The Righteous Gems

SUNDAY: Having barely escaped a violent dying at a gator farm within the final episode, patriarch Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) and Child Billy (Walton Goggins) every expertise life-changing epiphanies within the eventful sequence finale of the irreverent comedy. The mayhem isn’t fully over when the Gems retreat to their Galilee Gulch lake home, however amid the chaos, you would possibly truly imagine there’s redemption attainable for Eli’s hilariously self-absorbed offspring: Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson), and Kelvin (Adam Devine).

The Strolling Useless: Useless Metropolis

SUNDAY: Broadway is extra like Demise Valley within the dreariest of the Strolling Useless spinoffs, set in and on the outskirts of a post-zombie-apocalypse Manhattan. The second season opens with a morose Maggie (Lauren Cohan) reluctantly recruited by the New Babylon Federation military to affix an exploratory mission into the rotted Massive Apple — shirking service has severe penalties — whereas her nemesis turned frenemy Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is pressured to do the bidding of the villainous Croat (the hammy Željko Ivanek) from inside the metropolis limits. No less than he will get a brand new up to date model of Lucille within the cut price. This makes me miss the less complicated days of the Sharks vs. the Jets in West Aspect Story.

Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Middle Mark Twain Prize

SUNDAY: “Historical past will present this may have been probably the most entertaining gathering of the resistance ever,” declares David Letterman, presenting his fellow late-night TV veteran Conan O’Brien with the coveted Mark Twain Prize in a ceremony filmed in March, not lengthy after O’Brien’s well-received Oscar internet hosting debut. Half roast, all celebration, the tribute encompasses a Scorching Ones demonstration with Stephen Colbert, and Sean Evans, and remarks from the likes of Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, former sidekick Andy Richter, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, Nikki Glaser, Tracy Morgan, Kumail Nanjiani, Invoice Burr, and Robert “Triumph the Insult Comedian Canine” Smigel.

Physician Who

SATURDAY: The Physician (Ncuti Gatwa) and his present companion Belinda (Varada Sethu) take a breather in a startling change-of-pace episode that catches up with the Fifteenth Physician’s first sidekick, the lovable Ruby Tuesday (Millie Gibson), who’s nonetheless in an emotional limbo after her interstellar adventures. Seems she has an admirer: the charming podcaster Conrad (World on Fireplace‘s Jonah Hauer-King), who’s by no means forgotten his childhood encounter with the Time Lord within the blue field and desires to listen to all about Ruby’s exploits. Scary aliens and interference from UNIT are among the many issues of their too-good-to-be-true romance.

MobLand

SUNDAY: A automotive bomb reignites the warfare between the Harrigans and the Stevensons on this violent mob drama, and dependable fixer Harry (Tom Hardy) springs into motion to guard his family in addition to his boss’s unruly clan. The suspense is excruciating as Harry tries to find Harrigan outliers Brendan (Daniel Betts) and Seraphina (Mandeep Dhillon), who’ve gone off the grid in Antwerp to tug off an unlawful deal involving Mozambique rubies. Pulling everybody’s strings with malicious glee is malicious matriarch Maeve (Helen Mirren), about whom her husband Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) rightly observes, “Generally I believe the satan’s bile runs in your veins.”

INSIDE WEEKEND TV:

• Kentucky Derby (Saturday, protection begins at 2:30 pm/ET, NBC, streaming on Peacock): Publish time for the 151st working of the enduring horse race is 6:57 pm/ET from Churchill Downs in Louisville.
• 2025 iHeartCountry Competition (Saturday, 8 pm/ET, streaming on Hulu): From Austin’s Moody Middle, a celebration of nation music options mainstage performances from Brooks & Dunn, Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts and lots of extra.
• Hats Off to Love (Saturday, 8/7c, Hallmark Channel): The Kentucky Derby is the backdrop for a romance between hat designer Stella (Ginna Claire Mason) and horse coach Christian (John Clarence Stewart).
• Two for One (Saturday, 8/7c, TCM): The sequence of celebrity-curated double options returns with Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda selecting (what else) musicals: 1953’s MGM basic The Band Wagon, adopted by Bob Fosse‘s 1979 All That Jazz (10/9c).
• 48 Hours (Saturday, 10/9c, CBS): Erin Moriarty stories on the 1979 homicide of faculty pupil Catina Salarno by her high-school sweetheart, who lives throughout the road, and her household’s decades-long campaign for justice.
• Saturday Night time Dwell (Saturday, 11:30/10:30c, 8:30 pm/PT, NBC): Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson returns to host for the second time, with Benson Boone the first-time musical visitor.
• Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (Sunday, streaming on Disney+): Might the Fourth be with this new batch of animated shorts from the Star Wars universe, specializing in the villainous characters of murderer/bounty hunter Asaji Ventress and outlaw Cad Bane.
• The Month of Mayberry (Sunday, 4 pm/3c, MeTV): A monthlong tribute to the enduring The Andy Griffith Present encompasses a uncommon broadcast of 2003’s The Andy Griffith Present Reunion: Again to Mayberry (5 pm/4c), a Fiftieth-anniversary celebration with Griffith joined by Ron Howard and Don Knotts.
• 60 Minutes (Sunday, 7/6c, CBS): Scott Pelley stories on main regulation companies below assault by the brand new administration, and Lesley Stahl delivers a two-part phase on the rising pattern of ladies freezing their eggs.
• American Idol (Sunday, 8/7c, ABC): Miranda Lambert friends because the Prime 10 have a good time “Iconic Girls of Music” in track.
• Tracker (Sunday, 8/7c, CBS): Having completed filming her NBC sequence The Looking Social gathering, Melissa Roxburgh returns as Colter’s (Justin Hartley) sister, Dory.
• Household Man (Sunday, 8:30/7:30c, Fox): What does little Stewie find out about tariffs? When the tyke notices the “Made in China” tag on his beloved stuffed Rupert, he heads to the Far East to satisfy Rupert’s household.
• The Final of Us (Sunday, 9/8c, HBO): Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Dina (Isabela Merced) arrive in Seattle on their perilous quest, unaware of a neighborhood warfare brewing between the Washington Liberation Entrance “Wolves” and the renegade “Scars.” And also you thought the “clickers” had been scary.
• Watson (Sunday, 9/8c, CBS): A member of Watson’s (Morris Chestnut) group falls in poor health within the first of a two-part season finale. Adopted by the Season 5 finale of The Equalizer (10/9c), the place an ambush disrupts McCall’s (Queen Latifah) and Dante’s (Tory Kittles) romantic getaway.
• Time100: The World’s Most Influential Folks (Sunday, 10/9c, ABC): A particular spotlights the journal’s annual record of influential celebs, together with cowl topics Demi Moore, Serena Williams, Ed Sheeran, Snoop Dogg, and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.
• Dateline NBC (Sunday, 10/9c, NBC): A uncommon new episode on a Sunday evening explores the 2012 homicide of Staten Island trainer Simeonette Mapes-Crupi, who was discovered useless on the backside of her stairs, along with her husband the prime suspect.