What's on TV the week of April 18: Containment, Inside Amy Schumer, Game of Thrones

Welcome to This Week in TV, a weekly feature in which we spotlight the series debuting or returning to air. Set your DVRs and alarms: below are the highlights for the next seven days.

SEASON PREMIERE

12 Monkeys (Syfy, 9 p.m.)

The Army of the 12 Monkeys hunts Cole, and Railly battles the Messengers in the future in season 2. If that sentence made sense to you, read our Q&A with EP Terry Matalas on what’s coming up next.

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Containment (The CW, 9 p.m.)

A virus that hits Atlanta forces the CDC to cordon off a section of the city, incites chaos, and traps photogenic CW cast members inside.

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The Night Manager (AMC, 10 p.m.)

Speaking of photogenic people, Tom Hiddleston stars in this sleek spy drama based on John Le Carré’s 1993 novel.

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There Goes the Motherhood (Bravo, 10 p.m.)

A docuseries that “hilariously captures the fabulous, fascinating, and shocking truths behind modern motherhood,” according to a press release that refused to alliterate all the way through.

Time Traveling Bong (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.)

Ilana Glazer’s ode to weed happens on 4/20, natch.

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Deadbeat (Hulu)

This supernatural comedy series about a medium for hire made it to three seasons! The joke practically writes itself.

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Comedy Knockout (TruTV, 10:30 p.m.)

Comedians stand up and face off to decide who’s funniest. Expect knock-knock jokes, I guess?

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Alone (History, 9 p.m.)

Surprisingly enough, 10 people will star in season 2 of this reality series about living alone in the wilderness.

Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.)

She’s back and more NSFW than ever.

SPECIAL

Patton Oswalt: Talking For Clapping (Netflix)

Patton Oswalt’s new stand-up set features topics like “misery,” “defeat,” and “hopelessness.” You know, totally clap-worthy material.

SPECIAL

Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.)

Ah yes, a special with an uncomfortable subtitle for everyone who went to Northwestern University.

MINISERIES PREMIERE

Rebellion (Sundance, 9 p.m.)

This three-part miniseries honors the 100th anniversary of the Irish Easter Uprising by dramatizing said uprising. Maybe “honors” isn’t the right word.

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Game of Thrones (HBO, 9 p.m.)

Dragons! Houses! White Walkers!

Silicon Valley (HBO, 10 p.m.)

Nerds! Hooli! Weed!

Veep (HBO, 10:30 p.m.)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Julia Louis-Dreyfus!