TV This Week Sept. 15 - 21: ‘Great Performances’ on PBS

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This week’s TV Movies

SUNDAY

Our favorite foodie finds himself in Jerusalem on the return of “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown.” Bring us back some falafel, would you? 5 p.m. CNN

A future British monarch discusses his work to preserve endangered species – and his recent success in preserving the Windsor line – in “Prince William’s Passion: New Father, New Hope.” 7 p.m. CNN

After six years in Sin City, “The 2014 Miss America Competition” returns the storied pageant to its original home in the slightly-less sinful Atlantic City. 9 p.m. ABC

Our hero (Michael Kitchen) is tasked with rooting out Russkie spies in late-1940s London in the return of “Foyle’s War” on “Masterpiece Mystery!” 9 p.m. KOCE

Meet a modern-day polygamist family in the docu-special “My Five Wives.” It’s like HBO’s “Big Love,” but bigger. 9 p.m. TLC

Sofas will be schlepped and chops will be busted when “The Great Santini Brothers” get down to business in this reality show about a moving company in NYC. 10 and 10:30 p.m. History

MONDAY

The showgirl and the science guy: Elizabeth Berkley and Bill Nye are among the celebs hitting the floor on the return of “Dancing With the Stars.” 8 p.m. ABC

Oh, my aching “Bones.” The forensics drama starring Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz is back for a ninth season. 8 p.m. Fox

Washington Irving’s Ichabod Crane pulls a Rip Van Winkle and wakes up many years in the future — i.e., the present — in the new series “Sleepy Hollow.” 9 p.m. Fox

“Under the Dome,” which a lot of people watched, and “Siberia,” which almost no one watched but us, end their respective seasons. 10 p.m. CBS; 10 p.m. NBC

The lives of two young women in India — a pageant contestant, and a religious fundamentalist — are contrasted in “The World Before Her” on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

“Family Guy’s” Seth MacFarlane produces, and “Family Guy’s” Seth Green stars in, the new sitcom “Dads.” With Giovanni Ribisi, Peter Riegert and Martin Mull. 8 p.m. Fox

Just in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month, it’s the “Latino Americans,” a three-part survey of Latino history and culture. 8 p.m. KOCE

“SNL” alum Andy Samberg is a goofy NYPD detective and Andre Braugher is his gruff superior officer in the new sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” 8:30 p.m. Fox

You go, girls! Zooey Deschanel returns with a new season of “New Girl” and Mindy Kaling gets back to work on “The Mindy Project.” 9 p.m. Fox

Coup or no coup? “Frontline” reviews the repercussions of the Muslim Brotherhood’s removal from power in Egypt for its season premiere. 10 p.m. KOCE

WEDNESDAY

As surely as the turning of the leaves, a new season of “Survivor” beginneth and another season of “Big Brother” endeth. 8 and 9:30 p.m. CBS

See who on “America’s Got Talent” has got more talent than anyone else on “America’s Got Talent” on the season finale of “America’s Got Talent.” 9 p.m. NBC

“Key & Peele” are back to deconstruct all manner of cultural constructs on the return of their irreverent sketch show. 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central

THURSDAY

“Donnie Darko’s” Jake Gyllenhaal discusses his career with host James Lipton — who we hope will be wearing a creepy rabbit costume for the occasion — on “Inside the Actors Studio.” 8 p.m. Bravo

“Rhoda” star and “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Valerie Harper discusses her battle with cancer in “Valerie’s Story: A Meredith Vieira Special.” 10 p.m. NBC

FRIDAY

They had a dream: An African American family is witness to civil rights-era history in the TV movie “The Watsons Go to Birmingham.” With Anika Noni Rose and David Alan Grier. 8 p.m. Hallmark

It’s eat or be eaten in the new nature series “Secret Life of Predators.” 8 and 9 p.m. National Geographic

The on-field successes and off-field excesses of NFL great Lawrence Taylor are reflected upon by the man himself in “LT: The Life & Times.” 8 p.m. Showtime

Just when you thought it was safe to pitch your million-dollar idea, it’s the return of “Shark Tank.” 9 p.m. ABC

Uneasy lies the head that wears “The Hollow Crown.” Four of Shakespeare’s history plays, starting with “Richard II,” are adapted for this four-part miniseries on “Great Performances.” With Ben Whishaw (photo above). 9 p.m. KOCE

Elle magazine’s Joe Zee takes you into the lap of luxury in “Revealing: Extravagance.” 9 p.m. Sundance

SATURDAY

Good evening. Anthony Hopkins is “Hitchcock” in this 2012 bio-pic about the master of suspense during the making 1963’s “Psycho.” Helen Mirren also stars. 8 p.m. HBO

Not without her daughter! An NYPD detective (Julie Benz) tries to save her teen from sex slavers in Moscow in “Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker.” 8 p.m. Lifetime