The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The best programs on TV this week

Klondike

There’s gold in this here miniseries. Discovery’s first scripted series follows a young fortune seeker who rushes to the Yukon Territory in the 1890s to join the century’s last great gold rush. The acting is a bit uneven, but old-timers Sam Shepard and Tim Roth add heft, playing a priest and an evil land baron who clash over the fate of boomtown Dawson City. Richard Madden stars. Monday, Jan. 20, at 9 p.m., Discovery

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