Dallas
Last season, the revival of Dallas struck oil. This season, the show and fans were dealt a blow when actor Larry Hagman, aka conniving oilman J.R. Ewing, lost his battle with cancer. But Hagman worked until the end, and this week’s season premiere kicks off six episodes in which viewers will get their last chance to see him play the iconic character. Monday, Jan. 28, at 9 p.m., TNT
American Experience: Henry Ford
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No man shaped the industrial age quite the way Henry Ford did. His Model T made the automobile affordable and widespread, he pioneered assembly-line practices, and he paid his workers a luxurious $5 a day. But as this documentary reveals, he was deeply ambivalent about the world he helped usher in, eventually lashing out at his employees as he pined for a return to some mythic past. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings
30 Rock Series Finale
After seven seasons, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and company close the door on the Emmy-winning comedy series, inspired by Fey’s experiences working as the head writer at Saturday Night Live. Details about the hourlong final episode are shrouded in secrecy, but clues have emerged: The show will feature cameos by Julianne Moore and Salma Hayek, who’ll both be reprising earlier roles. Ice-T and Nancy Pelosi will also appear. Thursday, Jan. 31, at 8 p.m. NBC
Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope
Ten years after the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia killed all seven passengers, this Tom Hanks–produced documentary focuses on the personal mission of one Columbia astronaut. Ilan Ramon, a son of Holocaust survivors and Israel’s first man in space, considered it his duty to honor Jewish history during the flight. He carried with him a small Torah scroll that a mission colleague had once carried secretly while enduring the horrors of Bergen-Belsen. Thursday, Jan. 31, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Betty & Coretta
Mary J. Blige and Angela Bassett play Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King, widows of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., in a fictionalized interpretation of the friendship that the two women struck up as they took up their own civil rights battles in the years after their husbands were assassinated. Saturday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m., Lifetime
Other highlights
Dangerous Persuasions
In the third episode of this new documentary series about psychological manipulation, a woman recounts the horrors she endured when she gave over her life to a self-proclaimed Mormon prophet. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 10 p.m., Investigation Discovery
Do No Harm
Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me) plays a doctor who can’t suppress the sociopathic alter ego who takes control of him nightly in this Jekyll and Hyde tale inspired by a British TV series. Thursday, Jan. 31, at 10 p.m., NBC
Super Bowl XLVII
Beyoncé will supply the halftime entertainment as the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers square off in this year’s NFL title game. Sunday, Feb. 3, kickoff at 6:30 p.m., CBS
