TV picks for March 5: 'SNL 40,' 'Dig,' 'American Crime'

March 4, 2015 at 7:23PM
Bob D'Amico/ABC Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton star in ABC's "American Crime."
Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton star in “American Crime.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The big bash

After watching the Oscars, I think the "Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special" feels even more spectacular. If you missed it last month, you can catch a two-hour abbreviated version. 7 p.m. VH1

Can you dig it?

If you like your mysteries with an international flair, check out "Dig," a 10-episode series set in Jerusalem, Norway and New Mexico. Jason Isaacs plays an investigator who uncovers Holy Land secrets while trying to solve a murder. 9 p.m. USA

Crime pays

"How to Get Away With Murder" has finished its rookie season, and ABC has made the questionable choice of filling its time slot with "American Crime," a limited series starring Timothy Hutton and Felicity Huffman. It's a riveting, thought-provoking drama, but it seems like an odd fit in Shonda-land. Viewers going from "Scandal" to "Crime" may get whiplash. 9 p.m. KSTP, Ch. 5

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