Image credit: Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise: Chris Reardon

SUNDAY

April 30

''Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise''

9-11PM
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (CBS, TV-14-DLV) Tom Selleck is not Thomas Magnum in this made-for-TV movie franchise. But his wonderfully sardonic approach to chief of police Jesse Stone could easily be Magnum: Twenty Years Later. In this third adaptation based on a Robert B. Parker novel, Chief Stone hunts a runaway killer, ducks the Boston Mafia, and wrestles with sobriety. What a refreshing departure from cops who use CSIs to make their case: Stone gets the dirt on the bad guy from somewhere besides victims' fingernails. A- —Paul Katz

8-8:30PM
The Simpsons (Fox, TV-PG) ''Super lady'' Frances McDormand is the new school principal — score one for feminism! And then she dumbs down math for girls — score one for Barbie.

9-10PM*
Mystery!: Jericho (PBS, TV-PG) Horatio Hornblower's Robert Lindsay is Scotland Yard detective Jericho. Don't even try to front — I had you at Hornblower.
*check local listings

9-10PM
The Sopranos (HBO, TV-MA) ''A.J. looks to 'diversify.''' You don't have to think as little of the dude as I do to assume that means he's adding black and Asian girls to his rotation.

Originally posted Apr 21, 2006 Published in issue #874-875 Apr 28, 2006 Order article reprints
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