The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The best programs on TV this week

Prodigal Sons

Kimberly Reed set out to make a documentary about returning to Montana for her high school reunion, after 20 years and a startling change: from star quarterback to transgendered blonde. But her film’s focus soon expands to her younger, gay brother and to their adoptive brother, who turns out to be the biological grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. Monday, June 21, at 8 p.m., Sundance Channel

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he investigates an abuse case involving a female DJ who’s a local legend. Colorful locations and a soundtrack peppered with soulful Memphis hits offset sometimes shallow writing. Tuesday, June 22, at 10 p.m., TNT

Cameras capture real-life drama inside Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in this eight-part documentary series. A follow-up to the Peabody Award–winning series Hopkins, the show will spotlight high-stakes procedures, including a complex operation on a newborn, the reconstruction of a police officer’s shattered jaw, and a face transplant. Thursdays, starting June 24, at 10 p.m., ABC

In America: Gary & Tony Have a Baby

Soledad O’Brien follows a gay couple’s efforts to have a baby, including legal battles as well as the challenges of finding an egg donor and a surrogate. Thursday, June 24, at 8 p.m., CNN

Rookie Blue

The week’s second new police drama follows the lives of five photogenic young cops fresh out of the police academy. Thursday, June 24, at 9 p.m., ABC

POV: William Kunstler, Disturbing the Universe

This film by the daughters of the often controversial civil-rights lawyer traces his evolution from liberal to full-fledged radical. Tuesday, June 22, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings