1) “Shared Planet” season-opener, 10 p.m., PBS. Even in packed cities, nature survives. We see mountain lions in Los Angeles, a huge oyster project in New York, trees blooming near (or on) the skyscrapers of Medellin and Singapore. A week after its Earth ... See more
1) “NCIS,” 8 p.m., CBS. LL Cool J is turning “NCIS” into a lifetime assignment. He was Sam Hanna for 14 seasons on “NCIS: Los Angeles,” plus 12 episodes on “NCIS: Hawaii”; this fall, he’ll star in the new “NCIS: New York.” First, here’s his sixth “NCIS” e... See more
1) “Matlock” season-finale, 9-11 p.m., CBS. A year overdue, the show finally wraps its main story. This is the episode viewers expected a year ago: Matty and Olympia push to pin blame on the burying of a report that could have saved lives. It starts poorl... See more
1) “Orangutan,” Disney+. Each Earth Day, the DisneyNature unit debuts a richly crafted documentary. Here’s the latest; Disney+ also has the previous Disney films, plus ones from National Geographic. There are also Earth Day films on other streamers — espe... See more
1) “Bear Grylls is Running Wild” opener, 9 p.m., Tuesday. Two 50-ish chaps — Grylls, 51, and Matthew McConaughey, 56 and far from his Texas roots — tackle an imposing stretch of Norway. They descend a steep, 800-foot granite cliff; eat reindeer testicles ... See more
