ALERT: MISSING PERSONS UNIT: L-R: Guest star Olivia Ducayen and Adeola Role in the “Maya” episode of ALERT: MISSING PERSONS UNIT airing Tuesday, March 26 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2024 Fox Media LLC. CR: Katie Yu/FOX

Best-bets for March 26: strong dramas, departing comedies

1) “Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” 9 p.m., ABC. After some fairly good episodes, “MPU” has a terrific one, mixing intense urgency and quiet warmth. The story gives depth to a teen runaway and the cops seeking her. Scott Caan is again excellent as Jason, but the bonus is Adeola Role (shown here, right) as Kemi. Once just a past-lives oddity, she now brings deep passion. Read more…

1) “Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” 9 p.m., ABC. After some fairly good episodes, “MPU” has a terrific one, mixing intense urgency and quiet warmth. The story gives depth to a teen runaway and the cops seeking her. Scott Caan is again excellent as Jason, but the bonus is Adeola Role (shown here, right) as Kemi. Once just a past-lives oddity, she now brings deep passion.

2) “Extended Family” season-finale, 8:30 p.m., NBC. This is 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’s sometime silly and mostly clever.
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3) “Night Court” season-finale, 8 p.m., NBC. This is the third episode to re-unite Roz (Marsha Warfield, 70) and Dan (John Larroquette, 76).– the only surviving stars from the original series. Back then, they were the bailiff and prosecutor. Now he’s the defense attorney and she simply needs a wedding venue.

4) “The Cleaning Lady,” 8 p.m., Fox. Thony’s sister and nephew face a life-and-death crisis. After he rescued a migrant teen who was almost raped, all three were stranded in the desert. Despite some flaws — glaring gaps, as if key scenes had been deleted – this is a strong and emotional hour.

5) Documentaries. HBO’s “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” follows grieving parents as they sue the podcaster who claimed a school shooting was a hoax.. That’s 9-11 p.m., the same time that PBS has two films — about the doctors who helped reduce cervical cancer deaths by 60 percent and about a public-health system that has helped double life-expectancy.

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