Reasons to Watch: Pee-Wee Herman, Daredevil, and a Jesus musical

Daredevil returns for a second season. Judd Apatow collaborates on Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday. The Americans are back and getting more… American. Hayden Panetierre and Nashville make a midseason return. A hilarious spoof on outrageous property-selling reality shows. And The Passion: Fox’s live biblical musical event hosted by Tyler Perry. We’ve got a good share of midseason returns and debuts to keep us busy this week. Get the DVRs and devices ready and set that TV fomo aside. Here are this week’s picks: 

Tuesday
L.A. Clippers Dance Squad A reality series about dancers balancing personal lives while twerking their way through auditions, rehearsals and strenuous acts of gyration in order to be a full-fledged Clippers’ dancer on Los Angeles’ Staples Center stadium floor. Series premiere Tues., Mar. 15 at 10 p.m. on E!

Awkward MTV's cringe-comedy high school series rounds out its fifth and final season. The midseason premiere jumps a year ahead, with Jenna and the high school gang reuniting during the summer after their first year of college. Are certain romances (Jenna and Matty) still intact? Is best friend Sadie still running her mouth off? Or has being nerdy in high school left everyone permanently damaged for life? See what the future holds Tues., Mar. 15 at 10 p.m. on MTV.

Faking it MTV welcomes us back to high school yet again, because it was so much fun (for maybe 15% of us) the first time around. BFFs Karma and Amy are back, but their friendship has grown asunder. Amy wants to be friends with Karma. And everyone hates Karma, except for crush-boy Shane. The addition of trans actor Elliot Fletcher — who plays Noah, the hip and confident boy-next-door — should offer something fresh to this season. Season three returns Tues., Mar. 15 at 10:30 p.m. on MTV.

Crowded A married couple finally begin to embrace their independence and celebrate their wild side only to find that their in-laws and two grown daughters have decided to move back home in this family sitcom. Special preview Tues., Mar. 15 at 10 p.m. on NBC.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=R55FzaQUPwc

Bride and Prejudice This docu-series follows three real life couples (a Jewish man and non-Jewish woman; two gay guys; and an interracial couple) who want to get married but are faced with opposition from their annoyingly prejudiced family members. Series debut Tues., Mar. 15 at 9 p.m. on FYI.

Wednesday
Nashville The highly-acclaimed country music musical is back along with Hayden Panetierre, who took a short rehab hiatus for postpartum depression. Fans, get ready for a good ol’ boot-scootin’ time in Music City. Midseason premiere returns Wed., Mar. 16 at 10 p.m. on ABC.

The Americans In this Cold War spy series set in the 1980s, Keri Russell and Christopher Rhys play two moles for the KGB who pose as an American married couple living outside of Washington D.C. with their two unsuspecting children. Watching two stone-cold Soviet spies discover emotion and sexual tension forced by the fake American family they created has never been so satisfying. Season four returns Wed., Mar. 16 at 10 p.m. on FX.

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders This second Criminal Minds spin-off centers around a division of the FBI that fights crime and helps American citizens abroad. Premieres Wed., Mar. 16 at 10 p.m. on CBS.

Happy Valley The popular British police drama about a female police sergeant Catherine Cawood (basically the English version of Fargo’s Frances McDormand) tasked with solving violence and crime in the suburbs of Northern England returns for a second season. Available Wed., Mar. 16 at 12:01 a.m. on Netflix.

Thursday
Gigolos The sixth installment of the reality series following the sexual escapades of male gigolos from the Las Vegas female escort service Cowboys4Angels. Premieres Thurs., Mar. 17 at 11 p.m. on Showtime.

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ A hilarious spoof of outrageous reality TV house-selling shows like Million Dollar Listing and The Property Brothers, this semi-scripted features six Beverly Hills real estate agents competing for a partner position at their firm, led by big-boss man Paul F. Tomkins (Comedy Bang! Bang!). Cameo appearances from Adam Scott, Gillian Jacobs, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and more. Series debuts Thurs., Mar. 17 on streaming channel Seeso.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4sw1N05KW2I

 
Friday
Daredevil Nothing screams brooding knight in shining armor like a corruption-fighting lawyer by day and villain-fighting superhero by night. Who is also blind. Season two of the Marvels’ series introduces The Punisher (played by the Walking Dead’s Jon Bernthal), his ball-busting ex-girlfriend Elektra (Élodie Yung), and possible hints to the future of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and the Marvels’ Universe. Season two premieres Fri., Mar. 18 at 12:01 a.m. on Netflix.

Jimmy Carr Funny Business Netflix features British stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr packing a punch with one-liners and deadpan humor at the U.K.’s Hammersmith Apollo. Premieres Fri., Mar. 18 at 12:01 a.m. on Netflix.

Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday The long-awaited Judd Apatow and Paul Reubens collaboration is finally here. Our favorite bowtie wearing man-child is back and when a mysterious stranger (True Blood’s Joe Mangianello) convinces him to take a holiday, Pee-Wee embarks on an adventure of friendship and destiny. Premieres Fri., Mar. 18 at 12:01 a.m. on Netflix.

Sunday
The Passion Not the Mel Gibson kind. Narrated by Tyler Perry, Fox’s newest live musical will be the modern-day biblical retelling of Jesus Christ’s (Jencarlos Canela) last hours as he presides over the Last Supper, is betrayed by Chris Daughtry (our modern-day Judas), and put on trial by Seal (modern-day Pontius Pilate). Set in New Orleans, the live event will be followed by a large procession of hundreds of people carrying a 20-foot cross from the Superdome to the live stage on the Mississippi river. Debuts Palm Sunday, Mar. 20 at 8 p.m. on Fox.

Ying Lo writes about television for Creative Loafing. She has a blog or you can find her flunking social media @yinglo. Let her tell you how best to binge watch every Monday.

This article appears in Mar 10-16, 2016.