When comedians make sitcoms based vaguely on their own lives, they can stage elaborate possibilities without actually living them. For Marc Maron, the put-upon podcaster of “Maron” (IFC, 9 p.m.), returning for its fourth season imagining what would happen if a drug relapse, fueled by oxycontin, would sent his life into such a spiral that instead of interviewing stars and comedy pals in his garage, he’s living in a storage unit and can’t find his microphones.
Things get so bad in the season premiere that an unseen Louis C.K. checks him into rehab, where things do not go particularly well. Especially when he meets his rapping roommate in a second episode.
Where has Richard Belzer’s Det. Munch been all these years? He pops up in a case on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC, 9 p.m.).
Just in time for mother’s day is Lucious’s music video about his own on “Empire” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
It’s mother’s day, too, on “The Middle” (ABC, 8 p.m.) and “The Goldbergs” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.).
Khalil makes a deal with his brother on “The Last Panthers” (Sundance, 10 p.m.).
The scheming continues as the field shrinks on “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
There’s Martha fallout on a new episode of “The Americans” (FX, 10 p.m.) directed by Matthew Rhys.
It’s all about bugs on the three part “Micro Monsters with David Attenborough” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.).
Thomas Gibson’s Hotch is apprehended by SWAT teams for suspected conspiracy on the season 11 finale of “Criminal Minds” (CBS, 9 p.m.).
“American Pickers” (History, 9 p.m.) returns for a new season.
The rescue of the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard is the subject of a new “Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m.).
A dark fog makes a small town crazy on “Supernatural” (The CW, 9 p.m.).
Luke and Manny get advice on getting prom dates on “Modern Family” (ABC, 9 p.m.).
On “Arrow” (The CW, 8 p.m.) Oliver and Felicity look for a way to defeat Darhk, or at least buy him a vowel.
A transgender woman fights breast cancer on an episode of “Heartbeat” (NBC, 8 p.m.) titled “Permanent Glitter.”
“Lopez” (TV Land, 10 p.m.) hosts a celebrity golf tournament.
Luke’s good intentions backfire on “Nashville” (ABC,10 p.m.).
The 13th season finale of “Restaurant: Impossible” (Food, 10 p.m.) involves an eatery in Pennsylvania.
The 28th season begins for “The Challenge: Rivals III” (MTV, 10 p.m.).
Potty training is an issue on “There Goes the Motherhood” (Bravo, 10 p.m.).
Big drama is promised in the second season of “Little Women: NY” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.).
The three day series on European directors who moved to Hollywood in the years before World War II on Turner Classic Movies with Fred Zinnemann’s “The Seventh Cross” (8 p.m.), Robert Siodmak’s “The Killers” (10 p.m.), Billy Wilder’s “A Foreign Affair” (midnight), Alfred Hitchcock’s “Foreign Correspondent” (2 a.m.) and King Vidor’s “Comrade X” (4:15 a.m.).
It’s Washington at Pittsburgh (NBC Sports, 8 p.m.) in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The NBA playoffs have Atlanta at Cleveland (TNT, 8 p.m.).
Baseball includes San Francisco at Cincinnati (MLB, 12:30 p.m.), Seattle at Oakland (MLB, 3:30 p.m.) and Boston at White Sox (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Jeremy Renner, Carrie Ann Inaba. The View: Sarah Jessica Parker, Rob Reiner. The Talk: Jack O’Connell, Brian McDaniel. Ellen DeGeneres: Pink, Kai Langer. Wendy Williams: Ian Drew. The Real: Garry Marshall. Meredith Vieira: Arianna Huffington, Daran Kagan.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Anthony Mackie, Rob Reiner, Maxwell. Jimmy Kimmel: Julie Bowen, Lucy Boynton, Florida Georgia Line. Jimmy Fallon: Jeremy Renner, Fran Leibowitz, Grimes. Seth Meyers: Aaron Paul, Gilbert Gottfried, Mark Giuliana. James Corden: Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Gwen Stefani, Bibi Bourelly. Carson Daly: Garfunkel & Oates, Zella Day, Mercedes Mason. Tavis Smiley: David B. Agus, Gregory Porter. Trevor Noah: Bethany Cosentino. Larry Wilmore: Meghan Markle. Conan O’Brien: Rob Riggle, Moshe Kasher, the Heavy.