1) “The Bachelor” finale, 8 p.m. today, ABC, follow-up at 10. Joey Graziadei makes his choice. He’s 28 and teaches tennis in Hawaii; now two women remain, both 25. Kelsey Anderson (riight) is from Louisiana. Daisy Kent (center) grew up in Minnesota and went to school and works in San Diego; after longtime hearing troubles (apparently from Lyme disease), she received a cochlear implant.
2) “Extended Family” season-finale, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, NBC. It’s a splendid time for Victor Levin, who wrote Alice & Jack” (10 p.m. Sundays, PBS) and this episode. The PBS one is smart and subtle, this is brash and broad, but both work. Here, Jim (Jon Cryer) counsels his ex-wife and her fiance. Done theater-style, all in one room, it ripples with sharp dialog; Cryer salvages the occasional silly parts.
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3) Baseball’s opening day. The season starts Thursday and ESPN has some key teams. At 7:35 p.m. ET Thursday (colliding with the basketball tournament), the World Series champion Texas Rangers host the Chicago Cubs; at 7 p.m. Sunday, the restocked Los Angeles Dodgers host the St. Louis Cardinals. Thursday’s game has two All-Star pitchers – the Cubs’ Justin Steele and Rangers’ Nathan Eovaldi..
4) “The Ten Commandments” (1956), 7-11:44 p.m. Saturday, ABC. Easter weekend brings back epics. On Sunday, Turner Classic Movies has “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (1965).2 p.m. PT; “The Robe” (1953), 5:30 p.m.; “King of Kings” (1961), 10. On Friday, UpTV has a different “Ten Commandments” (2005) at 1 p.m. ET; “Mary, Mother of Jesus” at 5 p.m. and “The Passion of the Christ” at 8.
5) Easter lite. Then again, the holiday has bunnies and bonnets. At 7 p.m., CW has “Hop,” a fun film with James Marsden and an aniimated Easter Bunny. At 8 ET Sunday, TCM has “Easter Parade” (1948), with Judy Garland, Fred Astaiie and Irving Berlin tunes.More music? TCM has “Godspell” (1973) at noon Sunday; UpTV has a Dennis Quaid gospel concert at 7 p.m. ET Friday and 9 a m. Sunday.
6) “Wild Cards” finale rerun, 9 p.m. today, CW. A quick, slick season has a big (if flawed) finale. The show’s first episode linked a loner cop with his opposite, a vibrant scam artst. By this one (the tenth), they like each other – but her estranged husband is back. This hour, a quick rerun from Wednesday, strains credibility in its final minutes. Still, it’s a sharp ending to a surprisingly fun season.
7) “Night Court” season-finale, 8 p.m. Tuesday, NBC. Two previous episodes brought back Roz (Marsha Warfield, 70), the bailiff in the original series. Now she’s lost her wedding venue … and the courtroom might work. Alongside CBS’ “Bob (Hearts) Abishola” – returning at 8:30 p.m. Monday, after a week off – it’s a comic start to a week when Thursday comedies are replaced by basketball.
8) “Resident Alien,” 10 p.m. Wednesday, Syfy. This is known for its sharp humor, as an outer-space alien adjusts inside the body of Harry, a small-town doctor. But it also offers bits of sci-fi adventure and human drama – which dominates this excellent episode. The subject is parenthood: D’arcy and her dad, Asta and both her biologic mom and her daughter, even Harry and his shape-shifting offspring.
9) “American Masters.” 9 p.m., Friday. Patrick Moynihan seemed to fill every room. Tall (6-5) and bombastic, he was forever talking or writing. He said things that resonated or (“benign neglect”) backfired. A Harvard professor with a hard-scrabble past, he advised Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. This fascinating portrait has comments by many people, from Joe Biden to Henry Kissinger.
10) More. Sunday brings four mini-series. Two terrific ones – PBS’ “Nolly” and AMC’s “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live,” both at 9 p.m. — conclude; two others start: Showtime’s “A Gentleman in Moscow” (8 and 10:20), with Ewan McGregor confined to a lavish hotel, is elegant, but somber; AMC’s “Parish” (10:15), with Giancarlo Esposito as a reluctant getaway driver, is bracing and passionate..