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TV picks: 'Game of Thrones,' 'Rebellion,' 'Veep' and more

* GAME OF THRONES. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO. Is Jon Snow (Kit Harington) dead or alive? Don't ask me. As the show moves past the George R.R. Martin books for Season 6, secrecy is tighter than ever.

* GAME OF THRONES. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO.

Is Jon Snow (Kit Harington) dead or alive? Don't ask me. As the show moves past the George R.R. Martin books for Season 6, secrecy is tighter than ever.

* REBELLION. 8 p.m. Sunday,

9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday,

SundanceTV.

The story of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland is told through the stories of three fictional women. Filmed on location in Dublin, it's soapier than it needs to be in places, but the history's there, too.

* UNITED SHADES OF

AMERICA. 10 p.m. Sunday, CNN.

Comedian W. Kamau Bell tries to get to know the Ku Klux Klan (and gets invited to a cross-burning) in the premiere of a new series that has him exploring a variety of topics.

* SILICON VALLEY and VEEP.

10 and 10:30 p.m. Sunday, HBO.

HBO's two best comedies return. On Silicon Valley, Pied Piper founder Richard (Thomas Middleditch) tries to fight back after being removed as CEO of his startup, and Veep's Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) hopes to break the election tie that leaves her presidency in limbo.

* TURN: WASHINGTON'S

SPIES. 10 p.m. Monday, AMC.

Season 3 premieres. Owain Yeoman (The Mentalist) returns as future traitor Benedict Arnold, seen in photo above with Philadelphia loyalist Peggy Shippen (Ksenia Solo).

* THE NATIONAL PARKS:

AMERICA'S BEST IDEA. 9 p.m. Monday-Friday, WHYY12.

Thinking about a summer road trip? PBS is rerunning Ken Burns' series on the vacation spots we all own.