Kind Hearted Woman
Filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer’s Wife, Country Boys) specializes in documentary portraits of Americans living hardscrabble rural lives. His latest subject, Robin Charboneau, is an Oglala Sioux woman fighting demons related to childhood sexual abuse when she discovers that her ex-husband has been abusing their young daughter. The two-part story opens a window on reservation culture as it tracks Charboneau’s struggle to provide her children with a safe, stable home. Monday, April 1, and Tuesday, April 2, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings
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Hannibal
Another week, another serial killer. Arriving on the heels of The Following and Bates Motel, this grisly but promising series provides an origin story for America’s favorite cannibal—Silence of the Lambs’ Hannibal Lecter. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen proves plenty creepy as the young Lecter, a psychiatrist brought in to profile a killer for FBI agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy). With Laurence Fishburne and Gillian Anderson. Thursday, April 4, at 10 p.m., NBC
Vice
In recent years, Vice magazinehas shifted its focus from pop culture to stunt journalism: These are the people who recently sent hoopster Dennis Rodman and his tattoos into North Korea. Footage from that trip will air later in this show’s first season. Initial episodes will instead focus on Filipino assassins and child suicide bombers in Afghanistan. Friday, April 5, at 11 p.m., HBO
48th Academy of Country Music Awards
Big hats, bigger music. Country music’s springtime awards show will trot out an all-star lineup of performers, from Miranda Lambert and Kenny Chesney to crossover queens Taylor Swift and Kelly Clarkson. Want more? Try Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, and the Band Perry, with Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan serving as co-hosts. Sunday, April 7, at 8 p.m., CBS
Other highlights
Nature: What Plants Talk About
Vegetarians might want to rethink their stance after watching this fascinating documentary about the surprising ways in which plants communicate with one another. Wednesday, April 3, at 8 p.m., PBS; check local listings
How to Live With Your Parents
(For the Rest of Your Life)
Sarah Chalke (Roseanne, Scrubs) stars as a single mom forced to move in with her eccentric parents (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett) in this zeitgeisty new sitcom. Wednesday, April 3, at 9:30 p.m., ABC
River Monsters
The fifth season of this series—featuring angler and freakish-fish enthusiast Jeremy Wade—begins with a search for a Bolivian fish dubbed the “Face Ripper.” Sunday, April 7, at 9 p.m., Animal Planet
