BRAINDEAD
Sunday at 10 p.m., CBS
After a stubborn slump in ratings after its second week on the air, this deeply bizarre but strangely lovable sci-fi/political/horror/comedy series from Michelle and Robert King (creators of “The Good Wife’’) has shifted over to Sunday nights and is starting to twitch once more with zombie-like signs of life. I’m pulling for it to make it to a second season. For the uninitiated, “BrainDead’’ is about a woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who goes to work for her senator brother (Danny Pino) in the midst of a tense (and strikingly familiar) government shutdown. Oh, also there’s an invasion of alien ants running amok on Capitol Hill and eating people’s brains. So I guess it’s part documentary too.
ANGIE TRIBECA
Monday at 9 p.m., TBS
Speaking of undersung comedies, this relentless Rashida Jones-helmed festival of hamfisted dad jokes, cop show cliches, and groanworthy gags has been renewed for a third season. If you’re a lover of classic Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker comedies of the ’80s and ’90s (“Airplane!,’’ “Top Secret!,’’ “Police Squad!’’) — before the ravages of Seinfeldian comedy climate change set in — you’ll delight at the sustained stupidity packed into every episode. Binge-watch at your own risk, or enjoy a single serving of ham in Monday’s second-season finale.
HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP
Tuesday at 10 p.m., HBO
The Olympics are fine and all, but they’re not football. For those who can hardly stand the wait, Tuesday begins the 11th season of this acclaimed collaboration between NFL Films and HBO Sports, which takes viewers into the conference rooms, hotel rooms, and (hold your breath) locker rooms of NFL players and coaches racing to prepare for the first kickoff. This five-episode sweep centers on the Rams, a team returning for the 2016 season to its original home of Los Angeles after its 22-year layover in St. Louis.
THE GET DOWN
Friday, Netflix
First I’ll tell you that there’s a much-buzzed about (i.e. long delayed and very expensive) Netflix series about the birth of hip-hop, punk, and disco in New York City dropping six of its 12 episodes on Friday. Then I will mention it stars Justice Smith, Herizen Guardiola, Shameik Moore, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jimmy Smits, and Giancarlo Esposito. I’ll casually toss in that there are surprise dance numbers, various flights of conceptual fancy, and that it has been described as a “mythic saga.’’ Then I’ll take a measured breath and reveal that it’s the creation of chronically divisive Australian director Baz Luhrmann (“Romeo + Juliet,’’ “Moulin Rouge!,’’ “The Great Gatsby’’). Then I’ll balance out any trepidations by mentioning Nas is an executive producer. OK, I think we can try this show now.
MICHAEL ANDOR BRODEUR
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