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Hollie Richardson, Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue and Ellen E Jones

TV tonight: the return of warm hug of a show Somebody Somewhere

Bridget Everett in Somebody Somewhere
The jokes never stop … Bridget Everett in Somebody Somewhere Photograph: Marian Wyse/Marian Wyse/HBO

Somebody Somewhere

9pm, Sky Comedy

TV’s most gorgeous friendship returns to the screen in this second series of comedian and singer Bridget Everett’s warm hug of a comedy-drama. It’s business as usual for Sam (Everett) and Joel (Jeff Hiller), who are now inseparable in their Kansas home town – bursting into fits of infectious laughter while playing “pound it or pass?” during walks in the park, and enjoying nights of martinis and dancing in the living room. But as well as continuing to grieve for her sister, Sam is now also dealing with her other sibling’s separation from her husband, and running the family farm while their father seeks respite from their mum’s addiction problems. Despite all this, the jokes never stop. Hollie Richardson

Steeltown Murders: Hunting a Serial Killer

9pm, BBC One

A documentary telling the tragic true story behind the excellent recent drama about the 1973 murders in Port Talbot. The case was notable for familial DNA evidence being used to posthumously convict Wales’s first serial killer – but, like the drama, this film doesn’t forget Sandra Newton, Geraldine Hughes and Pauline Floyd, the victims at the heart of the case. Phil Harrison

Waterloo Road

8pm, BBC One

If soaps are only as good as their villains, then Waterloo Road has lucked out this year with impish Welsh schemer Myles. As well as trying to trigger Kelly Jo’s ADHD on her first day back in class, the peroxide provocateur expertly needles fostered brothers Mike and Joe about their birth mum trying to reconnect. It all makes for an explosive school day. Graeme Virtue

Jane McDonald is to helm the The British Soap Awards following the departure of Phillip Schofield.
Jane McDonald is to helm the The British Soap Awards following the departure of Phillip Schofield. Photograph: ITV

The British Soap Awards 2023

8pm, ITV1

Sure, the absence of original host Phillip Schofield will be the elephant in the room – and the reason many people will be tuning in. But, if anyone cares about the actual awards: the Platts, Millers, Slaters, Dingles and McQueens are all fighting it out for best family in soapland. HR

Forensics: The Real CSI

9pm, BBC Two

The last case in a sad but essential documentary series follows what happened when a 12-year-old reported being raped by a man who groomed her online. With little physical evidence to go on, will forensics be able to find proof on two smartphones seized from the suspect? HR

A Black Lady Sketch Show

10.10pm, Sky Comedy

Robin Thede never misses. High-concept sketches, such as the “Whose man’s is this?” murder-mystery party, or the office gossip chatshow (“That’s why you never let incels near your Excels!”), have the exhilarating energy of a girls’ night out, plus writing so densely packed you’ll still be finding new laughs on a third rewatch. Ellen E Jones

Live sport

Cycling: Critérium du Dauphiné 2pm, Eurosport 2. Stage three, from Monistrol-sur-Loire to Le Coteau.

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