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Five shows you don't want to miss this week

Don't miss these five this week. Chasing Life After four months of chemo treatment, April (Italia Ricci) returns to work. But the young reporter finds that a lot has changed at her Boston newspaper. 9 p.m. Monday on ABC Family.

Life is changing on "Chasing Life," which will return this week.
Life is changing on "Chasing Life," which will return this week.Read more
    by David Hiltbrand | Columnist, Inquirer
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Don't miss these five this week.

Chasing Life After four months of chemo treatment, April (Italia Ricci) returns to work. But the young reporter finds that a lot has changed at her Boston newspaper. 9 p.m. Monday on ABC Family.

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore series premiere The veteran TV hand, most recently senior black correspondent on The Daily Show, takes over Stephen Colbert's slot. With a drier, less-demonstrative style than his predecessor, does Wilmore have the comic chops? Let's find out, shall we? 11:30 p.m. Monday on Comedy Central.

Backstrom series premiere Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute on The Office) returns to prime time as the title character, a vexing but brilliant police detective in Portland. Others in the cast of this hour-long comedy/crime series include Genevieve Angelson, Dennis Haysbert, Kristoffer Polaha, and Thomas Dekker. 9 p.m. Thursday on Fox29.

Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot In her riotous second stand-up special, Shlesinger riffs on girl logic ("a contradiction wrapped up in a bow"), Pinterest ("porn for white women"), and her inner party goblin (just add alcohol). Available for download Friday on Netflix.

Black Sails season premiere Shiver me timbers! The rollicking pirate adventure is back with a new buccaneer (played by Tadhg Murphy) who makes Capts. Flint (Toby Stephens) and Vane (Zach McGowan) look like pussycats. 9 p.m. Saturday on Starz.