Believe
Fresh off the triumph of Gravity, director Alfonso Cuarón begins unpacking a supernatural drama series about a 10-year-old girl on the run from evil forces determined to harness her supernatural powers. Cuarón directs the atmospheric pilot, but will Believe be another Lost—a pretty container whose promise of hidden mysteries tantalizes viewers until the package finally proves empty? Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams will be Cuarón’s partner in trying to deliver more. Monday, March 10, at 10 p.m., NBC
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A lot can happen in a day. This breathtaking nature documentary attempts an all-angles look at life on Earth by capturing how creatures great and small experience each 24-hour cycle and respond to its rhythms. The first episode of the two-part series, produced by the BBC’s natural history unit, anchors a new Tuesday-night programming block focused on our amazing planet. Tuesday, March 11, at 9 p.m., BBC America
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Beware the bloodsuckers living south of the border: From Dusk Till Dawn, a 1996 Robert Rodriguez–Quentin Tarantino horror flick about two bank-robbing brothers who stumble upon a bar in Mexico where some of the patrons are vampires, has been expanded into a series on Rodriguez’s new El Rey cable network. Don Johnson, playing a Texas Ranger who’s hunting the brothers, stands out in the ultraviolent pilot. Tuesday, March 11, at 9 p.m., El Rey
Ten x Ten
The fourth wall has been breached. In a second set of 10-minute films written and directed by playwright Neil LaBute and available only on DirecTV, one actor at a time faces the camera and delivers a scripted confessional monologue. Maggie Grace plays a woman discussing the death of a friend. Jason Patric portrays a man recounting an altercation between parents at a Little League game. Wednesday, March 12, at 10 p.m., Audience Network
Death Row Stories
It hardly mattered that California law student Gloria Killian was unlikely to have masterminded a brutal home invasion and murder. As narrator Susan Sarandon explains in this disturbing episode of a new series on death-row justice, Killian spent 18 years facing execution before the mother of astronaut Sally Ride took an interest and helped overturn her conviction. Robert Redford and fellow Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney serve as the show’s executive producers. Sunday, March 16, at 9 p.m., CNN
Other highlights
Great Performances: The Dukes of September
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, and fellow 1970s hitmaker Boz Scaggs perform together as the Dukes of September, an R&B revue. Thursday, March 13, at 9:30 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Vice
The daredevil reporters on this Emmy-nominated documentary series venture again into various trouble spots around the world as the show’s second season begins. Friday, March 14, at 11 p.m., HBO
2014 NCAA Tournament Selection Show
Get a jump on March Madness by watching schools celebrate their teams’ selection and seeding for college basketball’s big 68-team tourney. Sunday, March 16, at 6 p.m., CBS
