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Ellen Gray's TV picks this week

FOYLE'S WAR. Acorn TV, today, Feb. 9 and 16. The Brit-centric streaming service scored U.S. rights for the eighth and final season of the former PBS favorite, and with a free month's trial (see acorn.tv) you don't necessarily have to pay to see all three episodes.

Hope Davis and Scott Cohen star as parents caught between family and two countries in a spy drama whose themes should be familiar to fans of "The Americans."
Hope Davis and Scott Cohen star as parents caught between family and two countries in a spy drama whose themes should be familiar to fans of "The Americans."Read moreNBC TV Network

FOYLE'S WAR. Acorn TV, today, Feb. 9 and 16.

The Brit-centric streaming service scored U.S. rights for the eighth and final season of the former PBS favorite, and with a free month's trial (see acorn.tv) you don't necessarily have to pay to see all three episodes, which will be released a week at a time. (After that, all eight seasons will be streaming only on Acorn.) Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks star in what's now a post-World War II drama focused on espionage. Today's episode sends Foyle (Kitchen) to Nuremberg.

BEING MARY JANE. 10 p.m. Tuesday, BET.

Season 2 of one of TV's most addictive soaps picks up pretty much where we left it, with cable news personality Mary Jane Paul (Gabrielle Union) reeling from a very personal rejection. Let's just say you wouldn't want to be her goldfish right now.

FRESH OFF THE BOAT. 8:30 and 9:31 p.m. Wednesday, 6ABC.

Chef Eddie Huang's memoir of growing up in Orlando, Fla., as a Taiwanese-American lover of hip-hop culture becomes a fresh and funny sitcom - and for this week only, the bread in a "Modern Family" sandwich - in this two-episode premiere. Moves to 8 p.m. Tuesdays next week. Review, Page 21.

NASHVILLE. 10 p.m. Wednesday, 6ABC.

Can Rayna (Connie Britton) and Deacon (Charles Esten) finally find happiness, post-hiatus? What do you think?

THE AMERICANS. 10 p.m. Wednesday, FX.

If you saw last week's Season 3 premiere, you do not want to miss what happens next. Or maybe you do. People will be talking Thursday morning.

ALLEGIANCE. 10 p.m. Thursday, NBC10.

Hope Davis and Scott Cohen star as parents caught between family and two countries in a spy drama whose themes should be familiar to fans of "The Americans."

- Ellen Gray