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What’s on TV this week: 'This is Us' finale, 'Stranger Things' Season 4 and 'Obi-Wan Kenobi'

Sunday

“American Idol” (ABC, 8 p.m. ET): The winner is revealed in the singing competition's 20th season finale.

“The Simpsons” (Fox, 8 p.m.): “X-Men’s” Hugh Jackman lends his voice to the season finale.

“Lucy Worsley Investigates” (PBS, 8 p.m.): A new episode delves into the mental health issues that bedeviled Britain’s George III.

“Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (CNN, 9 p.m.): Your humble host finds himself in — London? — in a new episode.

Monday

“Baby Drivers” (Discovery+): Their feet can barely reach the pedals in this new series about youth go-kart racing.

“Prehistoric Planet” (Apple TV+; also Tuesday-Friday): The indefatigable David Attenborough is your guide in this five-part series.

“Slippin’ Jimmy” (AMC+): Meet “Better Call Saul’s” Jimmy McGill when he was just a wee lad in Chicago in this new animated series

“Don’t Forget the Lyrics” (Fox, 8 p.m.): No teleprompter will save you in a reboot of this competition hosted by Niecy Nash.

“NCIS” (CBS, 9 p.m.): The long-running procedural drama ends its 19th season.

“Celebrity IOU” (HGTV, 9 p.m.): “Winning Time’s” John C. Reilly pays it back in this new episode.

Tuesday

“Ricky Gervais: SuperNature” (Netflix): Is he having a laugh? Yes, yes he is in the British comic's latest stand-up special.

“Sins of the Amish” (Peacock): Accounts of sexual abuse within that insular religious community are probed in this two-part series.

“Yo! MTV Raps” (Paramount+): They hip-hop and they don’t stop in a reboot of the 1988-95 music showcase.

“This Is Us” (NBC, 9 p.m.): Keep those hankies handy as the saga of the Pearson family comes to a close in the series finale. With Mandy Moore.

“American Experience” (PBS 9 p.m.): A new episode looks back on an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco in 1900.

Wednesday

“Somebody Feed Phil” (Netflix): Mr. Rosenthal’s gastronomic rapacity knows no satiety in the return of his foodie travelogue.

"Lost Angeles: City of Homeless" (Fox, 6 p.m.): This new docuspecial examines the seemingly intractable homelessness crisis afflicting our fair city.

“Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.): See who outwitted, outplayed and outlasted whom in the three-hour season finale.

“The Great American Tag Sale With Martha Stewart” (ABC, 8 p.m.): Everything must go in the lifestyle maven’s new special.

“Masterchef” (Fox, 8 p.m.): Also-rans from seasons past get a second chance as the competition returns.

“The American Rescue Dog Show” (ABC, 9 p.m.): They’re all good boys in a new edition of this canine competition.

“Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m.): Follow a trail of “Ice Age Footprints” in this new episode.

“Colombia: Wild and Free” (PBS, 10 p.m.): The two-part series concludes with a trek to the coastal regions.

Thursday

“Look At Me: XXXTENTACION” (Hulu): This documentary remembers the controversial rapper murdered in 2018.

“The Dreamers” (Sundance Now): Three young Palestinians find themselves indebted to a local crime family in this imported drama.

“That Damn Michael Che” (HBO Max): The comic and “SNL” star's eponymous sketch show returns.

“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 8 p.m.): The long-running medical drama concludes its 18th season.

“Accused: Guilty or Innocent” (A&E, 9 p.m.): Did they or didn’t they? Find out when the docuseries returns.

“Alone” (History, 9 p.m.): The outdoor survival competition is back for Season 9.

“Bull” (CBS, 10 p.m.): The legal drama starring Michael Weatherly ends its run after six seasons.

“Unsettled History: America, China, and the Doolittle Tokyo Raid” (PBS, 10:30 p.m.): A tale of daring from World War II is retold from different perspectives in this documentary.

“Kings of Pain” (History, 10:30 p.m.): They’re in for a world of hurt in new episodes of this reality series.

Friday

“Emergency” (Prime Video): Three hard-partying college pals find an unconscious woman in their apartment in this edgy 2022 comedy.

“A Banquet” (AMC+): A teenage girl starts skipping meals after a supernatural encounter in this 2022 terror tale.

“Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+): Hello, there! Ewan McGregor reprises his role as the Jedi master in this new “Star Wars” series.

“Stranger Things” (Netflix): Those kids have got to be in their late 20s/early 30s by now as the sci-fi/fantasy series returns for Season 4.

“We Feed People” (Disney+): Chef, activist and humanitarian José Andrés is saluted in this 2022 documentary from director Ron Howard.

“Great Performances” (PBS, 9 p.m.) Go behind the scenes of the Broadway revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Company.”

Saturday

“From Here to Eternity” (TCM, 5 p.m.): A Memorial Day weekend marathon includes this Oscar-winning 1953 drama starring Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.

“Old” (HBO, 8 p.m.): The twist is, they were old the whole time in M. Night Shyamalan’s bonkers 2021 thriller.

“I Won’t Let You Go” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A happily married woman isn't so happy about being stalked by her ex-boyfriend in this TV movie.

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(Los Angeles Times listings editor Matt Cooper compiled this column.)

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