“American Experience: American Oz,” 9-11 p.m., PBS. After a blissful childhood, Frank Baum dreamed big, often with his dad’s financial backing. He raised thoroughbred chickens; he wrote, produced and starred in a touring musical. In South Dakota, he tried a high-end store and then a newspaper that went from feminism to proposing Indian annihilation. He failed often and then, in his 40s, succeeded with children’s short tales … a window-dressers’ magazine … and “The Wizard of Oz.”
“9-1-1” and “9-1-1: Lone Star” return, 8 and 9 p.m., Fox. After five-week breaks, the shows deal with horrific car accidents. In “9-1-1,” the team races to the rescue, amid other key moments: Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) goes into labor; the devastated Hen and Karen prepare their foster daughter to be reunited with her birth mother. In “Lone Star,” Judd (a firefighter) and his wife Grace (a 9-1-1 operator) linger near death, as flashbacks show how they met and fell in love.
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Murdoch Mysteries, Season 14 (Episodes 1-6)
Set in Toronto at the dawn of the 20th century, this one-hour drama series explores the intriguing world of William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), a methodical and dashing detective who pioneers innovative forensic techniques to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders. This top-rated series produced in Canada continues to explore the personal and professional developments in the lives of Detective William Murdoch, Dr. Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Constables George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Henry Higgins-Newsome (Lachlan Murdoch), and Detective Llewelyn Watts (Daniel Maslany) as they tackle Toronto’s toughest mysteries, from the serious and historic to the comical and unusual. Inspired by Maureen Jennings’ novels, Murdoch Mysteries has garnered 45 Gemini® and Canadian Screen Award
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What’s on TV this weekend: The National Theatre’s reimagining of Romeo & Juliet premieres on Sky Arts
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It’s probably necessitated by Covid regulations, but having the historians speaking unseen (talking non-heads, as it were) is refreshingly non-distracting. In the second episode of this life of Winston Churchill, Tessa Dunlop’s disembodied voice describes Churchill as “one of the most ambitious men who ever lived”, and by the time we reach the First World War, the 40-year-old Churchill is in charge of the British Navy and one of the five members of the war cabinet. And then he dreams up the idea of invading Germany’s ally Turkey by way of Gallipoli. In disgrace, Churchill enlisted for the trenches and began the long road back to power.