CHICAGO P.D. -- "Deadlocked" Episode 1016 -- Pictured: Jason Beghe as Hank Voight -- (Photo by: Lori Allen/NBC)

Best-bets for March 22: Cops, crooks and the departed

1) “Chicago P.D.,” 10 p.m., NBC. Here is “P.D.” at its best – with an intense, time-factor story that skirts the edge of ethics. Voight (shown here) guesses a juror has been intimidated. Can his team find a solution, without disrupting the trial and risking someone’s life? Two late scenes defy credibility: Why is Voight going in alone? How did he (a trial witness) meet the juror in a restroom? Still, it’s tautly constructed and Sara Bues is subtly perfect as the prosecutor. Read more…

1) “Chicago P.D.,” 10 p.m., NBC. Here is “P.D.” at its best – with an intense, time-factor story that skirts the edge of ethics. Voight (shown here) guesses a juror has been intimidated. Can his team find a solution, without disrupting the trial and risking someone’s life? Two late scenes defy credibility: Why is Voight going in alone? How did he (a trial witness) meet the juror in a restroom? Still, it’s tautly constructed and Sara Bues is subtly perfect as the prosecutor.

2) “Goodfellas” (1990), 8-11 p.m., AMC. After the deaths last year of two of its talented co-stars (Ray Liotta, 67, and Paul Sorvino, 83), we might want to re-watch this Martin Scorsese film. It’s a Mob classic, surrounded by two others, both from Francis Coppola: “The Godfather” (1972), is at 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.; “The Godfather, Part II” (1974) is at 3:30 p.m.

3) “The Masked Singer,” 8 p.m., Fox. Some major talents have already been ousted, including Michael Bolton, Debbie Gibson and Sara Evans, plus two icons – Dick Van Dyke, 97, and Grandmaster Flash, 65, the DJ/hip hop pioneer. Now three contestants tackle country music, with two of them ousted.

4) “Not Dead Yet,” 9:32 p.m., ABC. In a rerun of the excellent pilot episode, a newspaper reporter starts work on the obituary beat … promptly meeting the ghost (Martin Mull) of her first subject. That’s preceded by reruns of “The Connors” at 8 and 8:30 (Darlene’s futile job search, then her new house) and “Abbott Elementary” at 9 (trying to help two students who don’t get along).

5) “Ted Lasso,” Apple TV+. The gus should focus on their first game in the top league. Alas, they obsess on a romantic break-up … and on an Italian superstar who’s ready to switch teams. It’s a terrific episode, on the same day that Netflix has a three-part documentary about the 1993 Waco stand-off.

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