Top TV picks for March 20: 'The Passion,' 'Dancing with the Stars,' 'Heartbeat'

New Orleans has apparently swept away enough beads from its Mardi Gras festivities to accommodate "The Passion," a live musical that will take place throughout the Crescent City. The star-studded affair includes Trisha Yearwood as the Virgin Mary, Seal as Pontius Pilate and Chris Daughtry as Judas. Confession will be offered during commercial breaks.

7 p.m. Sunday, KMSP, Ch. 9

"Dancing With the Stars," the reality series that doesn't seem to take a break during slow numbers, returns with its usual mix of onetime TV favorites (Mischa Barton), athletes looking for a unique workout (Super Bowl MVP Von Miller), journalists "on assignment" (Geraldo Rivera) — and at least one curve ball. In this case, that's Marla Maples, Donald Trump's ex-wife, whose presence may be part of an elaborate campaign to pitch herself as Secretary of Tango in a Trump administration.

7 p.m. Monday, KSTP, Ch. 5

I can't quite figure out what Katherine Heigl, who left "Grey's Anatomy" to become a rom-com queen, is doing back in scrubs. Did "Knocked Up Again" not get the green light? Oh, wait. That's Melissa George, not Heigl, doing her best to slip out of a love triangle in "Heartbeat" while performing surgeries straight out of a Ripley's Believe It or Not exhibit. Like George's role, you've seen this before.