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This week it’s an animated family comedy in Alaska, a psychological study in North Korea and lush escapism in 19th century New Zealand.
Dispatches: Weekly TV news
Chiwetel Ejiofor will star in “The Man Who Fell To Earth” on Paramount+. Based on a 1963 novel by Walter Tevis, the series will feature Ejiofor as an alien who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution.
Renee Zellweger will make her broadcast TV series debut in six-episode show “The Thing About Pam,” which is based on one of “Dateline’s” (NBC) most popular true-crime stories.
Women in TV s police squad rooms were a rarity until Angie Dickinson slapped a badge on her chest as Sgt. Pepper Anderson in “Police Woman." But while Dickinson’s Sgt. Pepper