iHeartRadio Music Awards, on NBC
The stars celebrate the best music of the year with live performances, including unique duets and collaborations. This year, Iggy Azalea and Sam Smith lead the nominations with five each, while Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande each nabbed four.
NCIS: New Orleans, on CBS
Special Agent Dwayne Pride (Scott Bakula) and his colleagues investigate crimes involving military personnel in The Big Easy in the freshman drama. With a reputation for decadence and overindulgence, the city seems to be a magnet for personnel on leave.
Bride By Design, on TLC
Cameras follow Alabama-based bridal designer Heidi Elnora as she sketches and sews to create the perfect dresses for her clients. The series debut shines the spotlight on bride-to-be Tia, who wants to stand out among her fellow baseball wives with two dresses.
Bones, on Fox, Global
The murder of a local psychic sends the Jeffersonian team spiralling into the world of fortune tellers in this new episode. Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) look to a psychic, Avalon Harmonia (Cyndi Lauper), for help in solving the case.
Chicago P.D., on Global, NBC
Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) leads an elite team of officers in a new episode of the Dick Wolf drama. The team includes by-the-book Det. Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda), former bad girl Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush) and undercover veteran Alvin Olinsky (Elias Koteas).
One Big Happy, on NBC
Lizzy (Elisha Cuthbert) is thrown for a loop when Prudence (Kelly Brook) moves into the apartment in this new episode. With Prudence's boxes and belongings piling up, Lizzy is pressed to clean her ex's things out of a closet.
2 Broke Girls, on CBS, City TV
Aspiring cupcake queens Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) lean on each other when the going gets tough. The unlikely friends work together at a diner where they’re surrounded by their colourful “work family."
New Releases for the week of March 22 - 28
Into the Woods
Based on the award-winning Broadway musical of the same name, a star-studded ensemble cast brings classic fairy tales to life. A villainous witch (Streep) offers to remove a wretched curse from a baker (Corden) and his wife (Blunt), but only if they retrieve four special items for her. Their quest brings them to meet some of the most legendary fairy tale characters, including the beanstalk-climbing Jack (Huttlestone), Cinderella (Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Crawford) and Rapunzel (Mauzy). With the help of the baker and his wife, they each end up with the happy ending that they were looking for. But, as time goes on, they all realize that what at first might seem like a happy ending can actually have rather unhappy consequences.
Director: Rob Marshall. Stars: James Corden, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Daniel Huttlestone, Lilla Crawford, Anna Kendrick, Mackenzie Mauzy. 2014. 125 min. Fantasy.
Unbroken
Based on a true story, this Academy Award-nominated film documents the shocking conditions of Japan's Second World War prisoner of war camps. Louie Zemperini (O'Connell) is a former Olympian, now operating as a bombardier in the Pacific theatre against the Japanese. When he and his crew are sent on a rescue mission, their own plane crashes and they end up being captured by the enemy and put in PoW camps. There, his fame as an Olympian draws unwanted and violent attention from a Japanese corporal (Ishihara), who delights in trying to break this American hero.
Director: Angelina Jolie. Stars: Jack O'Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund. 2014. 137 min. Drama.
Confessions of a Prodigal Son
A modern retelling on the classic story of the prodigal son. A rebellious son leaves his family and home behind on his own journey of self-discovery. Along the way, he meets a professor who challenges everything that he thought he knew about how the world works, and makes him realize that, no matter what, everyone should get a second chance.
Director: Allan Spiers. Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tanya Chisholm, Michael Bolten, Creagen Dow, Nathan Clarkson. 2015. Drama.
Intervention, on A&E
The cast and crew of the Emmy-winning program celebrate the show's 10th anniversary with this behind-the-scenes edition. They share the highs and lows of dealing with addiction as they reveal what it takes to help drug addicts and their families.
Dr. Chris Pet Vet, on CBS
Cameras follow veterinarian Dr. Chris Brown in this series. Viewers will learn about advances in the treatment of animals as Brown takes them behind the scenes of his practice where he and his colleagues treat dogs, cats and more.
