What To Watch: What We Do In Shadows Returns, #OneChicago Plus 3 Other Finales, Mrs. America Bows And More
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On TV this Wednesday: The #OneChicago trifecta and Nancy Drew air their season faux-nales, LEGO Masters crowns its inaugural champ, FX on Hulu debuts the star-studded Mrs. America, and What We Do in the Shadows sinks its teeth into Season 2. Here are 13 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for April 15, 2020
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The Innocence Files
Netflix
Series premiere (all nine episodes): From Oscar winner Alex Gibney (Going Clear, Dirty Money) comes this docudrama that sheds a light on eight cases of wrongful conviction that the nonprofit organization The Innocence Project, and groups within the Innocence Network, have worked tirelessly to overturn.
Mrs. America
Hulu
Limited series premiere (first three episodes): This drama tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment through the eyes of Phyllis Schlafly (Oscar winner Cate Blanchett) and second-wave feminists Gloria Steinem (Rose Byrne), Betty Friedan (Tracey Ullman), Shirley Chisholm (Uzo Aduba), Bella Abzug (Margo Martindale) and Jill Ruckelshaus (Elizabeth Banks). (Read our "B" review.)
Outer Banks
Netflix
Series premiere (all 10 episodes): Four teens uncover a long-kept secret, setting off a chain of illicit events; Charles Esten (Nashville) co-stars. (Watch trailer.)
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Chicago Med
NBC
Season 5 finale: Crockett is approached by two detectives with questions about his past; Choi puts his life at risk to save a child. (Check renewal status.)
Riverdale
The CW
When Mr. Honey forbids Kevin from doing a song from Hedwig and the Angry Itch as part of a school variety show, the gang rebels by each performing a number from the musical. (Get First Look, read preview.)
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American Housewife
ABC
New time slot alert! Katie encourages Anna-Kat to stand up to Taylor; Greg invites Lonnie, Trip and Franklin, but not Oliver, to a "Battle of Westport" reenactment. (Where does its musical episode rank?)
Chicago Fire
NBC
Season 8 finale: One of 51's own gets injured on a call; Foster mulls over a big decision; Kidd grows concerned for one of her trainees. (Check renewal status.)
LEGO Masters
Fox
Season 1 finale: After the three remaining duos go head-to-head, the winner of the $100,000 cash prize is revealed. (Watch sneak peek; not yet renewed.)
Nancy Drew
The CW
Season 1 finale: Nancy and the Drew Crew's investigation into a mysterious death leads to new details regarding the Aglaeca curse. (Check renewal status.)
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Single Parents
ABC
When Sharon goes into labor, Poppy and the gang share their own birth stories to help distract her from Ron's absence; Regis Philbin guest-stars as... himself?
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Chicago P.D.
NBC
Season 7 finale: Atwater embarks on an undercover op to take down a gun-trafficking ring; another officer from his past is undercover in the same organization. (Check renewal status.)
Twenties
BET
Season 1 finale: Hattie must get the boot in order for Nia to land a role on Cocoa's Butter; an unexpected guest arrives when Marie holds a birthday dinner. (Not yet renewed.)
What We Do in the Shadows
FX
Season 2 premiere (two episodes): The vampires seek the help of a local necromancer, then hold a seance to deal with a ghost infestation... which leads to an even bigger ghost infestation. Bat! (Watch trailer.)
