What To Watch: Law & Order Takes On True Crime, Lethal Weapon's New Night, This Is Us And 5 Other Returns
On TV this Tuesday: Edie Falco represents the Menendez Brothers, Brooklyn Nine-Nine faces life behind bars and This Is Us returns in the aftermath of a big fight. Here are 13 programs to keep on your radar:
Showtimes for September 26, 2017
Def Comedy Jam 25
This stand-up comedy special features Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Steve Harvey, Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish and many others. (Watch trailer.)
Difficult People
Season 3 finale: Julie helps Billy move to Los Angeles; Tony Hale (Veep), Andy Cohen (Watch What Happens Live) and exec producer Amy Poehler (Parks and Rec) guest-star. (View photo; not yet renewed.)
Celebrity Family Feud
Season 3 finale (special night): Dancing pros compete against Tank Sharks; Kandi Burruss faces off against fellow Atlanta Real Housewife Cynthia Bailey. (Get renewal status.)
Lethal Weapon
Season 2 premiere (new night): Murtaugh races to Mexico, where Riggs is hellbent on avenging his wife's death. (Get scoop.)
NCIS
Season 15 premiere: The team continues searching for Gibbs and McGee, who have been missing for two months since their fight with Paraguayan rebels. (Get scoop.)
The Voice
Season 13 premiere (Night 2 of 2): The blind auditions continue with coaches Adam, Blake, Miley and Jennifer.
Bull
Season 2 premiere: Bull goes up against Diana (recurring guest star Jill Flint), who is defending a billionaire's widow/suspected killer (Friday Night Lights' Minka Kelly). (Get scoop on Season 2 changes.)
Dancing With the Stars
Special night and time (two hours): The 12 remaining celebs perform before a second elimination.
The Mick
Season 2 premiere (new time): Mickey and the kids get accustomed to their new living arrangements after being cut off by their financial advisor.
This Is Us
Season 2 premiere: Jack and Rebecca deal with the consequences of their big fight; Randall and Beth contemplate a major life decision. (Get scoop; watch sneak peek.)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Season 5 premiere (Part 1 of 2; new time): Jake joins a prison gang; Rosa calls on Holt and Terry for a few too many favors; Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) and Tim Meadows (The Goldbergs) guest-star.
Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Series premiere: In this retelling of the high-profile 1993 murder case, Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) takes on the role of Erik and Lyle Menendez's defense attorney Leslie Abramson; Josh Charles (The Good Wife), Sam Jaeger (Parenthood), Heather Graham (Flowers in the Attic), Anthony Edwards (ER), Elizabeth Reaser (Grey's Anatomy), Chris Bauer (The Deuce) and Constance Marie (Switched at Birth) co-star. (Watch trailer.)
NCIS: New Orleans
Season 4 premiere: The team is closely monitored by a new supervisor (Girls' Becky Ann Baker) while secretly investigating a case involving stolen nuclear waste.