The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Jean-Pierre Melville Triple Feature

Three influential works by this independent filmmaker, who helped blaze the trail for France’s New Wave movement, celebrate Bastille Day. Bob le Flambeur (1956), starring Roger Duchesne as an aging gambler planning a casino heist, airs at 2 p.m. Le Doulos (1962), featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo as an underworld informer with his own code of honor, follows, at 3:45 p.m. At 5:45 p.m.—Melville’s masterpiece Army of Shadows, which draws on his experiences in the French Resistance. Tuesday, July 14, Sundance Channel

P.O.V.: The Battle for the International Criminal Court

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The International Criminal Court was established by the United Nations in 2002, to prosecute genocide and other atrocities. Cameras follow ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and his team as they pursue Lord’s Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, prosecute a Congolese warlord, and indict Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, for crimes against humanity. The film also traces the ICC’s history and outlines its challenges—including the fact that the U.S., Russia, and China are not members. Tuesday, July 14, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings

Locked Up Abroad: Iraq

Typically concerned with the travails of Americans who have run afoul of drug laws abroad, this series changes pace with this ­episode. Scott Taylor, a Canadian journalist, was reporting on the Iraq war in September 2004, when he and a Turkish colleague were captured by insurgents and held for five days. Both journalists comment on the ordeal, including Taylor’s being forced to play a harrowing game of “knife or life.” Wednesday, July 15, at 10 p.m., National Geographic Channel

Dark Blue

As the cynical head of a team of undercover LAPD cops who skirt the edge between breaking the law and enforcing it, Dylan McDermott gets to showcase a darker side than he did in his role on The Practice. Kyle Secor (Homicide: Life on the Street) also stands out in this ­promising, well-produced new action drama from CSI ­executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Wednesday, July 15, at 10 p.m., TNT

Hung

Though its audacious premise is implausible, this wry new comedy about an ex-athlete high school teacher who turns to prostitution to solve his financial dilemmas is topical and often surprisingly tender. Thomas Jane and Jane Adams are perfectly cast as the floundering fledgling gigolo and his unlikely procurer, a struggling poet. In this week’s episode, our hero finds himself accused of public indecency. Sunday, July 19, at 10 p.m., HBO

Other highlights

Ted Williams

A profile of the legendary Red Sox slugger marks the 70th anniversary of his rookie season. Wednesday, July 15, at 9:30 p.m., HBO

Pawn Stars

This new nonfiction series takes viewers inside a Las Vegas pawnshop run by three generations of the same family. Sunday, July 19, at 10 p.m., History