’30s
PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS
Premieres April 26, 10/9c, Showtime In this spinoff of the popular horror show, the Angel of Holy Death (Lorenza Izzo) and her demon sister, Magda (Natalie Dormer), roam 1938 L.A., a city rife with political demagogues, foreign agents and vulnerable communities. —IR
’60s
SHE WALKS WITH APES
Premieres April 22, 9/8c, BBC America This doc profiles pioneering primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas, dubbed the Trimates. They went to live among, respectively, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans to better understand our closest genetic relatives—and witness a different kind of swingin’ ’60s. —John Hogan
’80s
LET’S GO CRAZY: THE GRAMMY SALUTE TO PRINCE
Premieres Spring, CBS Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this thing called Prince’s life—including the towering achievement that…
