“True Detective” returns to HBO, this time with Mahershala Ali. And revolution brews in PBS’s “Victoria.”What’s on TVTRUE DETECTIVE 9 p.m. on HBO. Fresh off his Golden Globe win for “Green Book,” Mahershala Ali leads the third season of HBO’s time-jumping crime drama, which returns after a less-than-beloved second season. As a level-headed detective, Ali (along with his partner, played by Stephen Dorff) investigates, while viewers are ping-ponged between decades — and see Ali’s character afflicted with dementia, struggling to explain the details of the case in a movie-within-a-show documentary. One of the pleasures of a decade-hopping show like “True Detective” is watching the costumes change to reflect the time periods, the way suits and hair are cut providing an indication of which one is being explored.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2019 06:00 UTC