Here's a late reminder of an HBO series that has just now returned to the lineup. If you've missed any episodes, it's easy to catch up at HBO.com.
It's the sixth and final season for Lena Dunham's comedy/drama Girls. The series, which follows the lives of four bright young millennial women searching for themselves and trying to make it in New York, airs at 9 p.m. Sunday with plenty of reruns during the week.
In this season, Dunham's Hannah Horvath, an entitled, largely bungling, narcissistic aspiring writer, takes an assignment for a magazine that sends her to a surf camp for women in the Hamptons. She then sets her sights on free-spirited instructor Paul-Louis (Riz Ahmed). Stuff happens.
Divorced from husband Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Marnie (Allison Williams) attempts to remain independent, but is so self-absorbed, she doesn't realize her relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky) isn't all that healthy.
Jessa (Jemima Kirke) and Hannah's ex-boyfriend Adam (Adam Driver) are now an overly frisky couple. They begin a creative project that could cause problems.
Meanwhile, Ray's ex-girlfriend Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) is doing quite well at a marketing agency, but realizes her friendships could be a roadblock to her success.
Girls, with its frequent (some say gratuitous) nudity and explicit sex doesn't seem to have many viewers who are ambivalent. Either you love it or loathe it. So far, Season 6 has stuck to the blueprint.
Girls has been nominated for 15 Emmys, winning twice -- for Outstanding Guest Actor (Peter Scolari) and Outstanding Casting for a Comedy.
• Billions. Meanwhile, Showtime's complex Wall Street drama has returned for a second season. It airs at 9 p.m. Sunday and features impressive and nuanced acting from Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti.
Lewis portrays billionaire Bobby Axelrod, a brilliant, ambitious financial genius who plays by his own rules and is the target of shrewd and savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti).
Rhoades is obsessed with Axelrod. Their cat-and-mouse game is fascinating to watch.
• The Detour. Season 2 kicks off at 9 p.m. today on TBS, followed by a second episode at 9:30. Created by the husband-wife team of Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, this wacky comedy is inspired by their own misadventures on family vacations. Jones plays husband Nate, and Natalie Zea is his wife, Robin, a woman with a mysterious past.
In Season 2, Nate gets a promising new job in New York and the family packs up and moves.
• Chrisley Knows Best. Season 5 debuts at 9 p.m. today on USA with the episode "50 Shades of Faye." The reality series follows the adventures of micromanaging, Botoxed, self-made millionaire Todd Chrisley, wife Julie, their kids and his mother, Faye. The series is rated TV-14 and is definitely an acquired taste.
• The Pop Game. This new series premieres at 9 p.m. today on Lifetime. It follows rapper and Grammy winner Timbaland (real name Tim Mosley) as he brings five teenage wannabe pop stars to Los Angeles for a 10-week artist boot camp and a chance at a contract with his record label. Producers include rapper Queen Latifah and music mogul Jermaine Dupri.
Guest stars Macy Gray, Nelly Furtado and Jordin Sparks help the teens through the challenges.
• Jep & Jessica: Growing the Dynasty. Season 2 begins with "Maid to Order" at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on A&E.
In case you missed the first season, Jep & Jessica is A&E's attempt to keep the Duck Dynasty cash cow alive with a spinoff featuring the youngest son of Phil and Kay Robertson.
Last season, Jep and Jessica adopted son Gus after health risks no longer allowed Jessica to give birth. The boy joined the couple's four other children, Lily, 13, Merritt, 11, Priscilla, 9, and River, 7.
In this new episode, Jep tells Jessica he will hire someone to help around the house when he decides to get into the food truck business.
• The Bachelorette. For those who haven't heard, ABC has named Rachel Lindsay to be its next Bachelorette when the series returns for a 13th season May 22. The 31-year-old Texas lawyer will be the first black woman to head the series.
When the announcement was made, Lindsay was still in the running to win the heart of Nick Viall, currently looking for love (again) on The Bachelor. I guess that didn't work out.
ABC has been criticized frequently for a lack of racial diversity on its dating reality shows. For the record, the current season of The Bachelor began with the most diverse cast yet -- eight nonwhite young ladies. In 2016, there were five nonwhite contestants; 2015 had only one.
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Style on 02/21/2017