This Week On TV: April 13-19

By Brent Furdyk. 13 Apr 2020 10:44 AM

This Week: “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart”, a TMZ “Tiger King” special, rom-com hijinks in “The Baker and the Beauty”, Property Bros Drew and Jonathan Scott help A-listers give back in HGTV’s “Celebrity IOU”, season finales for “NCIS”, “New Amsterstam” and “NCIS: New Orleans”, Cate Blanchett plays a notorious anti-feminist crusader in “Mrs. America”, Netflix unveils its new guilty-pleasure dating show “Too Hot to Handle” and more.

'The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart' - Series Premiere

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Fox

'The Baker and the Beauty' - Series Premiere

ABC

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HGTV

Quibi

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Pari Dukovic/FX

'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' - Season Premiere

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'What We Do in the Shadows' - Season Premiere

Apple TV+

Netflix

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'The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart' - Series Premiere
ABC/Craig Sjodin
The power of love knows no bounds as ABC further expands its hit-making "Bachelor" franchise with an all-new Bachelor Nation series, "The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart". What exactly is this show? Host Chris Harrison explains: "I think you can describe it as 'Bachelor in Paradise' meets 'A Star Is Born'. If you're a fan of 'The Bachelor' you will sense that familiarity. You're gonna think, oh, okay, this feels right. It feels familiar. But then at the same time, it feels fresh. It feels different. It has this kind of eccentric musical twist to it that feels really good, so it's kind of the best of both worlds."

* Monday, April 18
'TMZ Investigates: Tiger King - What Really Went Down?'
Fox
Harvey Levin and the TMZ crew take a deep dive into the bizarre story of Joe Exotic in this one-hour special investigating the world of Netflix's "Tiger King".

* Monday, April 13
'The Baker and the Beauty' - Series Premiere
ABC
In this rom-com, Daniel Garcia (Victor Rasuk) is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night, he meets Noa Hamilton (Nathalie Kelley) and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash?

* Monday, April 13
Songland - Season 2
Trae Patton/NBC
In the season two premiere, undiscovered songwriters are put center stage as they pitch their original material to five-time Grammy Award-winning country-pop trio, Lady Antebellum, and a panel of chart-topping music producers. Viewers get an authentic peek into the creative process behind songwriting as three of music's most successful and sought-after writer-producers, Ryan Tedder (Jonas Brothers, Adele, Taylor Swift), Ester Dean (Rihanna, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj) and Shane McAnally (Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Hunt), produce the songwriters to creatively adapt their songs to perfectly fit the guest recording artist. One song is chosen to be recorded by the artist and released for a global audience the same night

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Celebrity IOU
HGTV
Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott host this new series in which Hollywood A-listers express their deep gratitude to the individuals who have had a major impact on their lives by surprising them with big, heartwarming home renovations that bring everyone to tears. The star-studded, uplifting series. The season’s celebrity lineup includes: Melissa McCarthy, Viola Davis, Rebel Wilson, Michael Buble and Brad Pitt.

* Monday, April 13 on HGTV Canada
'Biography: Kenny Rogers'

This "Biography" special examines the life and career of the legendary country singer who entertained the world with such hits as "The Gambler" and "Lucille".

* Monday, April 13
'Elba vs. Block
Quibi
The latest entry for the new Quibi streaming platform features actor Idris Elba facing off against professional driver Ken Block in a series of stunt-driving challenges.

* Monday, April 13
'NCIS' - Season Finale
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The team tries to verify the identity of Joe Smith (Christopher Lloyd of "Back to the Future" fame), who claims he served on the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and wants to be buried there upon his death.

* Tuesday, April 14 on Global
New Amsterdam - Season 2
Zach Dilgard/NBC
When multiple patients throughout the hospital begin to show similar, alarming symptoms, Sharpe and Bloom scramble to figure out the root of the issue. Iggy tries to create peace for a divorced couple in a dangerous situation, and Kapoor experiences a flirtatious encounter. Meanwhile, Max meets a child with a rare muscular disease and desperately tries to get him into the only clinical trial in the country that could extend his life.

* Tuesday, April 14 on Global:
'Mrs. America' - Series Premiere
Pari Dukovic/FX
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett plays polarizing anti-feminist crusader Phyllis Schlafly in this limited series, following Schafly's ultimately successful mission to derail the Equal Rights Amendment from passing into law. Blanchett is joined by a star-studded cast including Elizabeth Banks, John Slattery, Margo Martindale, Rose Byrne, Sarah Paulson, Tracey Ullman, Uzo Aduba and more.

* Wednesday, April 15
'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' - Season Premiere
John Tsiavis/Bravo
Uncork the wine and sharpen the knives for another season of drama from the Beverly Hills Housewives.

* Wednesday, April 15 on Slice
'What We Do in the Shadows' - Season Premiere
FX
Television's funniest gang of immortal vampires are back for another season of horror hilarity, including an episode in which they misunderstand a neighbour's Super Bowl Party invitation and show up expecting to worship the "Superb Owl."

* Wednesday, April 15
'Home' - Series Premiere
Apple TV+
This new documentary series from Apple TV+ offers viewers a never-before-seen look inside the world’s most innovative homes. Each episode in the nine-episode first season unveils the boundary-pushing imagination of the visionaries who dared to dream and build them.

* Friday, April 17
'Too Hot to Handle' - Series Premiere
Netflix
Ten young, hot singles from around the world come together in a tropical paradise for what they think will be the most exotic and erotic summer of their lives — but there’s a twist. These commitment-phobes who love a casual hook-up, will have to give up all hanky panky for the entire retreat if they want to win the $100,000 grand prize. No kissing, no heavy petting, and no self-gratification of any kind. With every slip, the prize money goes down. In this luxury no-bone zone, will the serial singletons be able to form deeper emotional connections? Or will the temptation simply be too hot to handle?

* Friday, April 17
'#blackAF - Series Premiere
Netflix
"Blackish" creator Kenya Barris uses his real-life marriage as the basis for this new comedy, pulling back the curtain to uncover the messy, unfiltered and often hilarious world of what it means to be a “new money” black family trying to get it right in a modern world where “right” is no longer a fixed concept. The Netflix original series stars Barris as a fictionalized version of himself and Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca) as his wife Joya.

* Friday, April 17
'NCIS: New Orleans' - Season Finale
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The team investigates the death of a Naval microbiologist whose hobby as a "myth buster" resulted in his death at the hands of a legendary bayou creature. Also, Agent Khoury conducts an investigation into previous actions of Deputy Director Van Cleef, who recently demoted her for misguided allegations that she exhibited poor judgment.

* Sunday, April 19 on Global

This Week On TV: April 13-19

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