Your TV GPS, a look at the week ahead in television, appears every Monday morning on BostonGlobe.com. Today’s column covers Feb. 23-March 1.
Hey, we may be in the “filthy dregs of half-melted snow” stage of winter, but at least there are TV options to watch. And if what’s listed below isn’t enough, don’t miss “Saturday Night Live” this week, which brings in “Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie to host.
Tracy Morgan stars in “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” out Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. on NBC. The show debuted its pilot back in January, but moves to its regular schedule this week with the second episode. Morgan’s Dinkins is a former professional football player whose gambling scandal forced him out of the limelight; Daniel Radcliffe costars as the equally scandal-plagued director trying to film a documentary about him.
Hey, remember “Scrubs”? ABC is hoping you do, and is bringing back Bill Lawrence’s early aughts medical sitcom for a reboot, debuting Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. Much of the original core cast is set to return, with Zach Braff set to return as J.D., Donald Faison as Turk, Sarah Chalke as Elliot, Judy Reyes as Carla, and John C. McGinley as the acidic Dr. Cox, who may have to workshop some new scornful nicknames for JD, who he used to call “newbie.”
There are now 50 seasons of “Survivor.” Five zero! That’s so many. The indomitable reality competition series returns for that 50th season at 8 p.m. on Feb. 25 on CBS. “Survivor” megafan, previous contestant, and creator of “The White Lotus” Mike White is set to return for this season.
Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head, and Amethyst Davis star in “The Gray House,” out Feb. 26 on Prime Video, about a group of women who run an underground spy network during the Civil War, feeding information about the Confederacy up north from Richmond. The series is inspired by true events, and the real-life figure Elizabeth Van Lew. Morgan Freeman and Kevin Costner executive produce.
The Actor Awards, previously the Screen Actor Awards, now officially called “The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA,” stream live on Netflix at 8 p.m. on March 1. Hosted by Kristen Bell, the ceremony will honor a mix of film and television nominees, so you can see Jessie Buckley and Rose Byrne face off for best actress a couple of weeks before the Oscars. But you can also see if voters enjoyed the diplomatic strivers in the ensemble in Keri Russell’s “The Diplomat” more than they liked the medical staff on “The Pitt.”
Kevin Kline turns to series television with “American Classic,” premiering at 9 p.m. on March 1 on MGM+. He’ll play Richard Bean (so, Mr. Bean?), a famous actor who hides out in his hometown after a public meltdown. Once there, he becomes convinced he needs to help revive the town theater where he first performed, but to do so he’ll have to face off against the mayor (Laura Linney), who is also his ex, who married his brother (Jon Tenney). What a tangled web.
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