LOVE, PAIN AND THE WHOLE DAMN THING
Today, 10 p.m., TCM
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
Today, 9p.m., HBO
PARENTHOOD
Tuesday, 10 p.m., NBC
PARKS AND RECREATION
Thursday, 9:30 p.m., NBC
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Secret ‘Doctor’
Dr. Grace Devlin (Jordana Spiro) is a top resident at Chicago’s Roosevelt Medical Center with several ethical problems. To pay off her brother’s life-threatening gambling debt, she agrees to provide medical services for the mob. Dr. Devlin removes bullets from dead bodies to hide incriminating evidence, saves a juiced-up racehorse and covertly helping an aging mobster with his erectile dysfunction. It’s a busy day, to be sure, and she’s also good at keeping secrets — from her best friend, Ro (Floriana Lima); her beau (Zach Gilford); her boss (Zeljko Ivanek) and even her brother, Nate (Jesse Lee Soffer). Only mob boss Constantine Alexander (William Forsythe) knows the true scope of Grace’s activities.
THE MOB DOCTOR
Monday, 9 p.m., Fox
Nothing like a Dame
For those experiencing “Downton Abbey” syndrome —a fainting feeling best cured by new episodes of the witty British costume drama — a partial remedy has arrived. Turner Classic Movies gives us two Maggie Smith movies on one night (seems too good to be true, but it is). Smith, who capped off the 1960s by winning one Oscar for her devastating performance in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” was a hot property there for a while. In her Hollywood prime, she also received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for stealing “California Suite” away from an ensemble cast that included bigger stars such as Jane Fonda and Michael Caine. In between those films, she made “Travels With My Aunt,” based on the Graham Greene novel about an eccentric rich redhead (Smith) who convinces her dull nephew (Alec McCowen) to traipse around the world with him. In “Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing,” Smith stars as an introvert who has a love affair with an aimless, much younger man, played by Timothy Bottoms.
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
Today, 8 p.m., TCM
LOVE, PAIN AND THE WHOLE DAMN THING
Today, 10 p.m., TCM
‘Boardwalk’ splinters
While hosting a Dec. 31, 1922 New Year’s Eve party, Nucky (Steve Buscemi) makes a resolution that does not sit well with Gyp Rosetti (Bobby Cannavale, right, with Michael Stuhlbarg), a moody gangster with an insult for everyone Meanwhile, Nucky’s wife, Margaret (Kelly Macdonald), looks to extend the Thompson endowment at St. Theresa’s Hospital, to her husband’s displeasure. In the absence of Jimmy and the Commodore, Gillian (Gretchen Mol) builds a new business while monitoring Richard’s mentoring of her “son,” Tommy. In Chicago, Al Capone (Stephen Graham) is rankled by Irish mobster Dean O’Banion (Arron Shiver), and Van Alden (Michael Shannon) enccounters a simple twist of fate.
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
Today, 9 p.m., HBO
Ray Romano acts again
In the season premiere, the Braverman family adapts to their new son, Julia (Erika Christensen) communicates her love in an unusual way to Victor (Xolo Mariduena). Meanwhile Crosby (Dax Shepard) and Jasmine (Joy Bryant) work as a couple to add structure and boundaries to their marriage. Also, Sarah’s (Lauren Graham) new boss Hank (Ray Romano) unexpectedly helps her understand Drew’s (Miles Heizer) feelings. And Kristina (Monica Potter) receives news that may change her life forever. Bonnie Bedelia also stars.
PARENTHOOD
Tuesday, 10 p.m., NBC
Senators slum on sitcom
In the season premiere, Leslie (Amy Poehler) and Andy (Chris Pratt) visit Ben (Adam Scott) and April (Aubrey Plaza) at their new jobs in Washington, D.C., and Leslie feels overwhelmed by the city, especially after meeting two of her idols (Senators Barbara Boxer and Olympia Snowe). Meanwhile, Ron (Nick Offerman) throws a “thank you” barbecue for the entire Parks and Recreation staff. Sen. John McCain also guest-stars.
PARKS AND RECREATION
Thursday, 9:30 p.m., NBC