Here is a list of the programming options to expect on TV this week:
On March 18, the new A&E series Bates Motel will debut at 10 PM. This prequel series to the classic box office movie Psycho will explore the formative years of Norman Bates and his relationship with his mother Norma.
Also on March 18, the Sundance Channel 7-part mini-series Top of the Lake will debut its first two-hours at 9 PM. This mystery revolves around the disappearance of Tui, a pregnant 12-year-old. Investigative detective Robin Griffin must lose herself in order to find the missing girl. During the investigation, she collides with Matt Mitcham, Tui’s father, a local drug lord, and G.J, a guru at a local women’s camp. As the case unfolds, in a paradise where honest work is hard to find, Robin will find that her limits are tested, sending her on a journey of self-discovery.
An all-day marathon of episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager will air on ABC Family on March 18 from 11 AM to 8 PM, leading up to the season premiere of the final season of the series at 8 PM.
Arrow and Supernatural will be back on March 20 with new episodes on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively.
On March 21, Scandal will be back with new episodes on ABC at 10 PM.
The movie Shadow on the Mesa will debut on the Hallmark Movie Channel on March 23 at 8 PM. Bounty hunter Wes Rawlins is a man of few words and the American West’s quickest draw. A silent but calculatingly honest man, Wes is devastated when his mother is brutally murdered by a couple of outlaws who are still on the run. Determined to solve the crime and bring justice to his family, Wes leaves his adopted grandparents and sets off to find the father he never knew, a rancher named Ray Eastman. Ray is in the midst of an increasingly bloody feud with a corrupt neighbor, Pete Dowdy, who greedily wants to take all of Ray’s land. As Wes gets to know his father and two half-siblings, Ray’s deceitful wife, Mona holds a secret that fuels the war to a colossal final showdown. When Wes jumps in to defend his new family, he learns the truth behind his mother’s murder and soon his life will never be the same.
Also on March 23, the Lifetime original movie Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story will debut at 8 PM. In the quiet town of Delmar, New York 21-year-old Chris Porco was accused of brutally murdering his father Peter and disfiguring his mother Joan in a savage axe attack, a claim made all the more shocking when the case’s lead detective Joe Sullivan believed Joan had identified Chris as her attacker. Weeks after the crime, however, Joan would refute Detective Sullivan’s story, while the town of Delmar and many of Chris’ former friends and girlfriends would also rally to his defense, despite Sullivan’s fierce mission to prove his guilt. Prosecutors believed that beneath Chris’ picture-perfect facade was a devious and cunning sociopath who would stop at nothing to keep his lies hidden.
Mark your calendars!
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