TV Eye

Think of it as “The Bachelor” in plaid work shirts. “Farmer Wants a Wife” (Fox, 9 p.m.),based on a British format, had come to U.S. TV before on the CW five years ago. It’s back again, now on a different network, with in has four men of the soil pausing to consider some of the single city women who’ve come out to pursue them. Jennifer Nettles hosts. 

A new documentary series “MH370: The Plane That Disappeared” (Netflix, streaming) picks up the mystery of the Malaysian flight that vanished in 2014.

Winners worldwide from their own variations of “The Challenge” now compete with each other in an international competition “The Challenge: World Championship” (Paramount+, streaming). Hosts from the individual franchises in the U.S., Australia, Argentina and the UK join forces. 

From Germany comes the romantic comedy “Faraway” (Netflix, streaming), a middle aged woman finds love on a Croatian island. 

A new program covering the day’s financial news, “Last Call” (CNBC, 7 p.m.), makes its premiere. 

“Kung Fu” (CW, 9 p.m.) ends its season, with a possibility it won’t return. 

Jackie installs a lottery machine on “The Conners” (ABC, 8 p.m.).

“The Flash” (CW, 8 p.m.) tries to keep the Red Death from destroying the city. 

It’s DC Superheroes night on “The Masked Singer” (Fox, 8 p.m.), where last week they unmasked Grandmaster Flash.

The new eight-part series “ArtNation” (Smithsonian, 10 p.m.) collects features from “60 Minutes” and “CBS Sunday Morning” about artists like Bradfield, above, but also actors, dancers and musicians. It’s hosted by Demin Richards of “Yellowstone” fame and accompanies “The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist” (Smithsonian, 9 p.m.), the reality competition that was made for Smithsonian but was deemed ready for a wider audience and premiered Friday on MTV. Here’s a story I wrote about that series. 

“Under the Banner of Heaven” (FX, 10 p.m.), which premiered last year on Hulu, gets a chance for a wider audience with the cable premiere of the better-than-usual series based on the Jon Krakauer book that stars Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Another rapper turns chef in the new series “Downright Delicious with Yo-Yo” (aspireTV, 8 p.m.) in which the onetime protege of Ice Cube whips up some favorite recipes. 

The World Baseball Classic begins in Taiwan with Cuba vs. Netherlands (Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.). 

“Houses with History” (HGTV, 10 p.m.) is a new series that involves renovations of older homes. 

Jimmy Fallon brings his celebrity-filled “Tonight” show games back to primetime with a second season of “That’s My Jam” (NBC, 10 p.m.). First up in the music-related game show is Kelsea Ballerina, Jason Derulo and Nicole Scherzinger. 

Something a little unexpected is the British import ”Rain Dogs” (HBO, 10 p.m.), as gritty as the Tom Waits song title it uses, about a down-on her-luck working class mom in London and her gay friend, freshly sprung from prison. Daisy May Cooper and Jack Farthing star. 

It comes alongside the second season with the rebooted “Perry Mason” (HBO, 9 p.m.), with Matthew Rhys in the title role. It displayed its own brand of dark storytelling and grit, ending its first season back in 2020, but in its own stylish period setting — 1930s Los Angeles. The second season concerns the murder of an oil magnate. Juliet Rylance and Chris Chalk return; Hope Davis and Sean Austin have been added to the cast.

The voice of Mel Brooks is heard narrating “History of the World, Part II” (Hulu, streaming), which picks up from his 1981 feature of sketches lampooning moments of history. Despite a solid contemporary comedy cast including Nick Kroll, Ike Barinholtz and Wanda Sykes, the crass and obvious writing just isn’t funny. At least “Drunk History” had an excuse for its occasional lapses. 

Blake Shelton returns for his final season of “The Voice” (NBC, 8 p.m.) sitting on the spinning chairs alongside Kelly Clarkson and newcomers Chance the Rapper and Niall Horan. Let the blind auditions begin.

It’s taken time for the true crime documentary series genre to catch up with the infamous child predator from the sandwich shop, but here’s “Jared from Subway: Catching a Monster” (Investigation, 9 p.m.), with all three parts showing back-to-back. 

“The Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m.) travels to Budapest and takes a hot air balloon ride. Hope nobody shoots it down.