Best-bets for Nov. 9: strong dramas, plus Bart & Wonka

1) “Maigret” season-finale, 9 p.m., PBS. In fiction, crimesolvers tend to live alone; Maigret is a pleasant exceptioon. His wife (played with subtle perfection by Stefanie Martini, shown here) is a psychiatric nurse and a positive force. Now she plays a key role in the compelling end to this two-week story. Read more…

1) “Maigret” season-finale, 9 p.m., PBS. In fiction, crimesolvers tend to live alone; Maigret is a pleasant exceptioon. His wife (played with subtle perfection by Stefanie Martini, shown here) is a psychiatric nurse and a positive force. Now she plays a key role in the compelling end to this two-week story.

2) More finales, PBS. At 8 p.m. is the conclusion to the four-week “Miss Austen.” After her death, Jane’s sister (the always-excellent Keeley Hawes) scrambles to keep her letters out of the wrong hands. At 10, “The Gold” — based ona real-life 1983 robbery — has its season-finale; two of the police detectives make an astonishing discovery.

3) “Tracker,” 8 p.m., CBS. In the Arizona desert, a man has disappeared into what seems like a lawless town. Tracking him, Colter finds hidden relationships and a power struggle. Soon, he needs his survival skills.

4) “The Simpsons,” 8:31 p.m., Fox. After decades in the 8 p.m. slot, the show tonight slides back. At 8, “Universal Basic Guys” sees investments — Mark in a racehorse, Tammy in a painting. Then Bart becomes Professor Frink’s lab assistant. He’s thrown into a world of tech billionairs trying to live forever.

5) “Wonka” (2023). 5:30 p.m.., TNT. This gem has it all — zest, wit, music and Timothee Chalamet. Also, you can catch two of the better Disney cartoons — “Coco” (2017) at 7 on the Disney Channel and “Moana” (2016) on Freeform. And BBC America has the first, great James Bond films; they’re at 5:30, 8 and 10:30 p.m.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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