Best-bets for April 12: audacious, euphoric dramas

1) “Audacity” debut, 9 p.m., AMC, repeats at 10:09 and 11:38. We’re in tech country, where everyone seems to be wealthy, angry and sad. That includes Duncan (Billy Magnussen, shown here), whose company is plummeting, plus other schemers, their children and even their therapists. Like “Succession,” this brilliantly entwines flawed (and sometimes funny) humans. Read more…

1) “Audacity” debut, 9 p.m., AMC, repeats at 10:09 and 11:38. We’re in tech country, where everyone seems to be wealthy, angry and sad. That includes Duncan (Billy Magnussen, shown here), whose company is plummeting, plus other schemers, their children and even their therapists. Like “Succession,” this brilliantly entwines flawed (and sometimes funny) humans.

2) “Euphoria” season-opener, 9 p.m., HBO, rerunning at 11:09 and 12:14. The first two seasons brought praise, a best-drama Emmy nomination and two Emmys for Zendaya, playing a teen in a world of love, sex and drugs. Four years later, the show returns to find the same characters as adults.

3) “Family Guy” return, 8 and 9:30 p.m., Fox. After a three-week Easter break, this is back. First, Peter is Quiet Burp, a cowboy hero; then Stewie feels confident when new shoes make him slightly taller. In between, the “Universal Basic Guys” season-finale sees Mark train crows to steal; also, “American Dad” has the school bully become a hero.

4) Basketball, 6 and 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN. It’s the final day of the regular season, with seven games at 6 and eight at 8:30. ESPN can pick games that are key to the playoffs and keep an eye on the rest. Those playoffs start Saturday, after the “play-in” portion, Tuesday through Friday.

5) “Marshals,” 8 p.m., CBS. A judge and his family were the targets of a car bomb. As the marshals try to find a reason, secrets emerge. The episode also includes Adam Sanders, winner of CBS’ “The Road,” singing “His or Mine.” It’s followed by “Tracker,” with a pregnant woman’s husband missing.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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