1) Academy Awards, 7 p.m. ET Sunday, ABC, rerunning at about 11. The no-host, no-fun years are gone. Jimmy Kimmel has his second straight turn (and fourth overall) as host, with music that includes Billie Eilish, Becky G, Ryan Gosling (shown here in “Barbie”), Jon Batiste and the Osage Singers. And this year has nominees people have actually seen, led by the buoyant “Barbie” and front-runner “Oppenheimer.”
2) “The Cleaning Lady” season-opener, 8 p.m., Tuesday, Fox. A month after the death of a talented star, this drama has adjusted nimbly.. Adan Canto died at 42 of appendix cancer; he played Arman, a good-hearted driug boss who rescued Thony, the doctor-turned-cleaner. Now Arman is supposed to use a drug plane to extricate Thony’s sister from the Philippines; a crisis unfolds sharply.
3) “Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” 9 p.m. Tuesday, Fox. It’s a spring surge for Fox, with
three nights of season-openers – light ones today and Wednesday, dramas Tuesday. This MPU has a smart leader (Dania Ramirez), her ex-husband (the excellent Scott Caan), her boyfriend and eccentric colleagues. The opening story – a crowded city bus vanishes – strains credibility, but is involving.
4) State of the Union, 9 p.m. ET Thursday, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, news channels. In an election year, this speech and the Republican response are vital. One alternative is “Casablanca,” at 8 p.m. ET on Turner Classiic Movies. Later, new comedy episodes are on CBS (“Young Sheldon” and “Ghosts,” 8 and 8:30 p.m.) and CW (“Son of a Critch” and “Children Ruin Everything,” 9 and 9:30).
5) “Bob (Hearts) Abishola,” 8 and 8:30 p.m. today, CBS. One of TV’s best comedies gets two episodes, along with key plot shifts for its final season. First, Bob’s sister says she’ll have a baby on her own; that nudges Abishola and Bob to re -examine the notion of having a baby. Then Abishola’s ex-husband suddenly arrives from Nigeria; he charms most people … and makes others suspicious.
6) “Good Trouble” series finale, 9:30-11 p.m., Tuesday, Freeform. This excellent series still has a lot for Mariana to do. There’s new evidence against Silas, the cult-leader. She also might choose Joaqun (whose sister is in the cult) or Evan (partly amnesiac after being shot by Silas’ people) or neither. Then there are all the other roommates, with complicated young lives to sort out.
7) “Animal Control” season-opener. 9 p.m. Wednesday, Fox. This wraps Fox’s three-day surge. Monday has a fun start to “MasterChef Junior” plus the return (after 19 months) of “So You Think You Can Dance.” Tuesday has dramas (see above). Wednesday sees “Masked Singer” open with new judge Rita Ora performing. Then comes Joel McHale’s neat blend of sight gags and verbal wit.
8) “SWAT,” 8 and 9 p.m., CBS. For the second time in four weeks, this ambitious show has a two-parter. And this time, the parts air back-to-back. First, a Chilean arms dealer kidnaps a woman and her daughter in Los Angeles. Then bikers steal a cache of armor-piercing bullets; the team tries to catch them before they pull off a heist. Also, there are personal crises for Tan, Nichelle and others.
9) Pre-Oscar. ABC’s preview starts at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, with a quick red-carpet bit at 6:30. The E channel starts previews at 2 and reaches the red carpet at 4 p.m. Catching up on the nominees? “Poor Things” reaches Hulu on Thursday; the clever “American Fiction” is on MGM+ at 8 p.m. Saturday. Turner Classic Movies has past winners, with “Gone Wiith the Wind” at 4 p.m. ET Sunday,.
10) More, Sunday. ABC will follow the Oscars (at about 10:32 p.m.) with a new “Abbott Elementary.” NBC gives the night (7-11 p.m.) to the second Harry Potter film. CBS has new “60 Minutes” hours (7 and 8 p.m.), followed by “So Help Me Todd” reruns. Fox’s cartoons are mostly new (8:30-10 p.m.). And at 9, there are new hours of HBO’s “The Regime” and Hallmark’s “The Way Home.”