David Bowie to Star Trek to Blue Planet, a TV odyssey of what to watch

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David Bowie: The Last Five Years: (Available on HBO on demand and HBO Go) Francis Whately’s film reflects on the late pop icon’s final years. It includes lots of older footage – some of it unseen before – along with images from the making of Bowie’s final two albums, as well as creating a stage play. Even if the doc doesn’t reach any conclusions about chameleon-esque rocker, its subject is endlessly fascinating.

THIS WEEK

Star Trek Discovery: (Available after 5:30 Sunday on CBS All Access) In an episode called “The Wolf Inside,” Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) undergoes a dangerous mission in hopes of helping the U.S.S. Discovery return home.

Victoria: (9 p.m. Sunday on PBS SoCal) Jenna Coleman returns for a second season as the young queen. Joining the cast in the new season is legendary actress Dame Diana Rigg (“Game of Thrones”), who plays the Duchess of Buccleuch, the court’s new Mistress of the Robes. Tom Hughes reprises his role as the queen’s consort, Prince Albert, and Rufus Sewell returns as Lord Melbourne. As the season begins, Victoria is impatient to return to the business of ruling a nation, while Albert attempts to protect her from the increasingly desperate news regarding British soldiers in Afghanistan.

Divorce: (10 p.m. Sunday on HBO) The dramedy about a couple – Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church – going through a difficult separation takes on a lighter tone in its eight-episode second season. The story jumps ahead a bit so the pair is more in a holding pattern and have achieved a détente rather than the often-vitriolic first season.

Crashing: (10:30 p.m. Sunday on HBO) The first season of the comedy from Pete Holmes, which is loosely based on the comedian’s life, dealt with the aftermath of discovering his wife was having an affair. Season 2 dives into Holmes struggling to reconcile his old religious beliefs with his new life in the comedy clubs.

Chain of Command: (9 p.m. Monday on Nat Geo) The documentary, narrated by Chris Evans, received unprecedented access to embed not just on the front lines of the U.S. fight against extremism, but also inside the halls of the Pentagon where the strategy for that battle is laid out. It begins with a two-hour premiere.

Detectorists: (Available Monday on Acorn) BAFTA-winner Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones stars as two oddball metal detecting enthusiasts scouring the beautiful English countryside for treasure in the third season of the series.

Katt Williams: Great America: (Available Tuesday on Netflix) Standup special.

The Paynes: (10 p.m. Tuesday on OWN) Cassi Davis and Lavan Davis are back to reprise their roles as Ella and Curtis Payne in Tyler Perry’s new situation comedy. After years of raising their family in Atlanta, Ella and Curtis enter their retirement years and move to the Sun Coast to start a new life.

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story: (10 p.m. Wednesday on FX) Ryan Murphy’s follow-up to his 2016’s wildly acclaimed “The People v. O.J. Simpson” focuses on the 1997 murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace (played by Edgar Ramirez) in Miami.

Corporate: (10 p.m. Wednesday on Comedy Central) Edgy workplace comedy set within a soulless multinational corporation stars Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman, Anne Dudek, Adam Lustick, Aparna Nancherla, and Lance Reddick. Back-to-back new episodes air tonight. The first four episodes can be streamed via the Comedy Central app.

Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan in Season 3 of Hulu's — Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan in Season 3 of Hulu’s “The Path,” starting Wednesday.

The Path: (Available Wednesday on Hulu) When Season 3 opens, Eddie Lane (Aaron Paul) is forced to face the question of whether he can grow the Meyerism movement without becoming a cult leader while Cal (Hugh Dancy) is haunted by dark demons from the past and Sarah (Michelle Monaghan) questions her faith. The first two episodes of the 13-episode season will launch on Jan. 17.

Beyond: (8 p.m. Thursday on Freeform) The sci-fi drama returns for its second season with a two-hour premiere. While Holden (Burkely Duffield) attempts to live a normal life now that he and Willa (Dilan Gwyn) have essentially destroyed the supernatural Realm he was stuck in during his 12-year coma, elements of the past come to shake that peace

Portlandia: (10 p.m. Thursday on IFC) The final season of the Fred Armisen-Carrie Brownstein comedy series includes guest appearances by Oh Hello’s John Mulaney and Nick Kroll, plus Rashida Jones, Rachel Bloom, David Wain, Terry Crews, Tracee Ellis Ross, Cheryl Strayed, and musicians Kurt Vile, Krist Novoselic, Brendan Canty, and Henry Rollins.

Grace and Frankie: (Available Friday on Netflix) Lisa Kudrow joins the series starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin for its fourth season.

Harith Iskander: I Told You So: (Available Friday on Netflix) Standup special.

Just Add Magic: (Available on Amazon) The second part of Season 2 of the family-action fantasy show involving young girls and magic.

Real Time With Bill Maher: (10 p.m. Friday on HBO) The talk show begins its 16th season.

High Maintenance: (11 p.m. Friday on HBO) New season of the series about “The Guy” (Ben Sinclair), a bike-riding, weed-delivery salesman with an eclectic variety of Brooklyn clients.

Step Sisters: (Available Friday on Netflix) Megalyn Echikunwoke heads the cast of this college comedy about a dance competition between sorority houses from director Charles Stone III (Drumline) and writer Chuck Hayward (Dear White People).

Planet Earth: Blue Planet II: (9 p.m. Saturday on BBC America) Following on the heels of last year’s hugely acclaimed nature miniseries “Planet Earth II” comes this five-part sequel to 2001’s “The Blue Planet.” Filmed over four years and featuring a score by Hans Zimmer (including a collaboration with Radiohead) and narration by David Attenborough, the docuseries examines the variety of life present in our planet’s oceans.

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