What’s On: ‘The Good Doctor’ is back, but where’s Shaun? ‘The Brave,’ David Bowie on HBO

Matt Roush
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THE GOOD DOCTOR - 'Apple' - During a robbery at the grocery mart Dr. Shaun Murphy is shopping at, his communication limitations puts lives at risk. Meanwhile, after Shaun's traumatic day, Dr. Aaron Glassman worries that he isn't doing enough to help Shaun, on 'The Good Doctor,' MONDAY, NOV. 20 (10:01-11:00 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Jack Rowand) ZACHARY GORDON, FREDDIE HIGHMORE
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A critical checklist of notable Monday TV:

The Good Doctor (10/9c, ABC): The fall’s biggest new hit drama returns for the second half of its season—but Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) is playing hooky after striking out at his mentor, Dr. Glassman (Richard Schiff), who’s covering for him at work. While Shaun hits the road with his carefree neighbor/potential love interest Lea (Paige Spara), the doctors back at San Jose St. Bonaventure tackle a challenging case involving a kidney transplant between conjoined twins. Shaun’s really going to hate having missed that one when he gets back, if he gets back. (But you know he’ll get back. This is TV.)

The Brave (10/9c, NBC): Also returning from hiatus, and closing out its first season later this month, is the fall’s best new military drama. The special ops team faces one of its most intense crises when their ace assassin Jaz (Natacha Karam) is caught by Iranian forces after executing a hit. With boss lady Patricia (Anne Heche) putting her career on the line back in D.C. regarding this mission impossible that she officially disavows knowledge of, team leader Dalton (Mike Vogel) weighs loyalty to Jaz with the safety of the rest of his crew.

David Bowie: The Last Five Years (8/7c, HBO): A new documentary from Francis Whately (David Bowie: Five Years) profiles the music legend in his final burst of creative energy, during which two acclaimed albums (The Next Day and Blackstar) and the theatrical musical Lazarus were produced before his untimely death at 69 in 2016.

Inside Monday TV: Aiming to be seen as the Super Bowl for college sports, the College Football Playoff National Championship game (8/7c, ESPN) will for the first time present a celebrity Halftime Performance show. The headliner: Kendrick Lamar. … PBS’s long-running hit Antiques Roadshow (8/7c, check local listings at pbs.org) opens its 22nd season in Harrisburg, Pa., promising an emotional response to an appraisal worth $200,000-$300,000, and an anecdote involving a mosquito that reveals a masterpiece. … The CW repeats its four-part “Crisis on Earth-X” crossover stunt from November, starting with episodes of Supergirl (8/7c) and Arrow (9/8c). The conclusion airs Tuesday.

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    RedCupcake

    Nothing new for me tonight. I guess a few networks are going the safe route and still airing repeats while the championship game is on.

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      CyanCoathanger

      And then, there are all the awards shows and 2 weeks of The Olympics. (And doesn't the Superbowl fit in there somewhere?) Things won't really pick up again until that's all over.

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      GoldSubmarine

      Great time for you to catch up.

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      RedCupcake

      I enjoyed the CBS shows last night. Tonight there are channels airing runs of MASH and Star Trek Voyager, not to mention some shows about the Nazis. (For some reason, the Nazis fascinate me. How they could be so callously evil, and how they thought they could dominate the world, much less have their "reich" last 1000 years. They were scary-crazy. Or maybe crazy-scary.)

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      CyanCoathanger

      I think Voyager is on every day on BBC America. I'm pretty sure I saw every episode of it at one time, but I'm surprised at how many I don't remember. I guess it's been too many years since I first saw them.

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      RedCupcake

      Wanna hear something sad? I know that BBC-A airs Voyager all day at least once a week (maybe twice), and Next Generation another day, all day. And Original Series (which I can't stand) on Fridays. Yeah, I've seen most episodes at least five times in the past year or two.

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      CyanCoathanger

      Surprisingly, I do remember seeing most episodes of Next Gen which is a lot older. Maybe I've seen repeats of more of them over the years. Voyager wasn't on anywhere for years. One of the oldies channels has Deep Space 9 on it. I haven't seen that for years either, but I haven't been able to watch any of those episodes yet.

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      RedCupcake

      I never quite warmed up to DS9. Not sure why, but mybe the stationary nature of the space station felt a little boring to me. Speaking of shows that are (or are not) in reruns I can't wait until someone (BBC-A?) gets the rights to the two Stargate shows. Years ago SyFy aired them in repeats, but not in at least five years or more. I wonder why. Like the Star Trek Voyager/Next Gen series, I fluctuate on which Stargate series I prefer. Atlantis might have a slight edge over SG-1.

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      CyanCoathanger

      I'm not very familiar with the Stargate series. I think I have the original movie on DVD, but I've only seen an occasional episode of the TV shows. I don't remember a thing about any of them except for the stargate itself.

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    GoldSubmarine

    The Brave and The Good Doctor. Not sure which I will watch live. Great to know I chose the best new military drama on TV! The promos for it were awful last summer and early this fall, but I took the chance upon recommendations from my mom (who watches more TV than anyone I know) and my brother.

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      CyanCoathanger

      Except for The Good Doctor, I don't see anything new I watch on tonight which is actually ok since I still have a lot of shows to catch up on.

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      GoldSubmarine

      What shows are you still behind on? Or should I ask, what shows are you all caught up with?

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      CyanCoathanger

      I still have 2 episodes of Inhumans to watch, I'm trying to find the first 5 episodes of this season of Shannara Chronicles, and I still have a couple of shows from last week to watch.

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      GoldSubmarine

      Not too bad, you'll likely catch up with everything shortly. There really isn't that much new on lately.

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      CyanCoathanger

      That's just the current stuff. I still have 100 hours of shows on my DVR to deal with.

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      CyanCoathanger

      Good luck with all of that. You better get caught up before all the shows restart and you end up with more to catch up on.