The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Frontline: Murdoch’s Scandal

The March 13 arrest of Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, marked another escalation in the odium engulfing his global media empire. Allegations of ethical breaches have tarnished reputations, destroyed careers, and scuttled succession plans for Murdoch’s son James. Correspondent Lowell Bergman reports from both sides of the Atlantic. Tuesday, March 27, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings

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“What if we could use the past as a map to guide us through difficult investigations?” asks fastidious Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones). In the return of this genuinely chilling crime series, Chandler and a reluctant detective sergeant (Phil Davis) look to a 17th-century case for help in solving four present-day murders. Wednesday, March 28, at 10 p.m., BBC America

Great Performances: The Thomashefskys—Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater

The careers and lives of Boris and Bessie Thoma­shefsky, pioneering stars of Yiddish theater, are celebrated by their grandson, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, in a lively production that mixes music with stories from the Thomashefskys’ memoirs. Tilson Thomas proves a charming raconteur, and Judy Blazer and Shuler Hensley are terrific portraying his grandparents. Thursday, March 29, at 8 p.m., PBS; check local listings

The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards

For the second consecutive year, Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton host the ceremonies, which will be broadcast live from Las Vegas. Scheduled entertainment includes the Zac Brown Band and ACM New Artist of the Year nominees performing live via remote from the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Kenny Chesney enters the night with nine nominations. Sunday, April 1, at 8 p.m., CBS

Masterpiece: Great Expectations

Gillian Anderson’s over-the-top interpretation of the batty Miss Havisham dominates this new adaptation of Dickens’s most personal work. But the three-hour, two-episode series has much else to recommend it, including high production values, moody photography, and vigorous performances that evoke all the pathos, suspense, and romance of the novel. The strong cast includes David Suchet and Ray Winstone. Sundays, April 1 and 8, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings

Other highlights

Inside Fenway Park: An Icon at 100

National Geographic takes an intimate look at major league baseball’s oldest ballpark and the people who keep it running. Monday, March 26, at 10 p.m., and Tuesday, March 27, at 8 p.m., PBS; check local listings

Independent Lens: You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t

This inside look at Alzheimer’s disease follows a remarkably resilient woman through her fractured days at a California care unit. Thursday, March 29, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings

Game of Thrones

Nominated for 13 Emmys in its rookie season, the richly detailed fantasy epic returns for the first of 10 new episodes. Sunday, April 1, at 9 p.m., HBO