TV Guy: A return to history with Auschwitz Untold – New Jersey Herald

-- Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. To commemorate the event, the History Channel returns to history, for one night at least, with "Auschwitz Untold" (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-14), a history of the Nazis' Final Solution program, including interviews with survivors who recall their internment when they were only children.

Discovery offers a special airing of the 2018 historical drama "Who Will Write Our History" (3 p.m. Sunday, TV-14). Joan Allen and Adrien Brody headline an impressive voice cast in this handsome production about a group of scholars, journalists and activists in Poland's Warsaw Ghetto, who decided, at great personal risk, to write and research the real story of their occupation and oppression in order to counter Nazi propaganda that depicted Jews as filthy vermin fit for extermination.

-- Linking the Maitland family's "vacation" in Ohio to similar mysterious killings, Holly begins to see patterns that defy rational explanation on "The Outsider" (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO, TV-MA). Portrayed by actress Cynthia Erivo ("Bad Times at the El Royale," "Harriet"), investigator Holly Gibney is the latest in a long line of "damaged" detectives, dating back through "Monk" all the way to Sherlock Holmes.

Her social unease and peculiar focus, born of her place on the autism spectrum, makes her one of the more compelling television characters to emerge in the new year. "The Outsider" is a very good series. Holly has all but stolen the show.

SUNDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

-- "60 Minutes" has been preempted by "Grammy Red Carpet Live" (7 p.m., CBS).

-- Alicia Keys hosts the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards (8 p.m., CBS).

-- The doctor (Jodie Whittaker) races to save Gloucester from trigger-happy space police in the latest helping of "Doctor Who" (8 p.m., BBC America).

-- "The Impeachment of Donald J. Trump" (8 p.m., CNN) recaps events from the Senate trial.

-- "The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth" (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-14) returns for a fifth season to cover both impeachment drama and the impending primary season.

-- "Shameless" (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA) wraps ups its 10th season.

-- A murder occurs with supernatural trappings on "Vienna Blood" (10 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check local listings).

-- An optimistic scenario emerges on "Avenue 5" (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

-- Election night proves tense as "The L Word: Generation Q" (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA) wraps up its eight-episode season.

-- Abby leaves her apartment to help Julia Sweeney with her radio showcase on the season finale of "Work in Progress" (11 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

SUNDAY SERIES

"America's Got Talent" (7 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) ... Knock on wood on "The Simpsons" (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) ... "America's Funniest Home Videos" (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) ... Birthday drama on "Batwoman" (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) ... Biology class cut-ups on "Bob's Burgers" (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

"American Ninja Warrior" (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) ... On two helpings of "Family Guy" (ABC, r, TV-14): Peter becomes the president's spokesman (9 p.m.); job insecurity (9:30 p.m.) ... On two helpings of "Shark Tank" (ABC, r, TV-PG): kids' shoes (9 p.m.); stem cells (10 p.m.) ... An unoriginal villain strikes on "Supergirl" (9 p.m., CW, TV-PG).

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