AMERICAN GODS
Starz!, 8:00 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Each season of this adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel has had a different showrunner – and, basically, a different approach in tone. Season 3 begins tonight, and it, too, has different people in charge, led by new showrunner Charles H. Eglee. If that name’s not familiar, he has a long, impressive resume, starting as a writer on St. Elsewhere and Moonlighting, a long stint working with Steven Bochco on such shows as L.A. Law, NYPD Blue and Murder One, and subsequent turns on The Shield, Dexter and The Walking Dead. Oh, and the director for tonight’s Season 3 opener is another person that comes to American Gods with a peerless pedigree: Jon Amiel, who 35 years ago directed TV’s greatest dramatic masterpiece, The Singing Detective. Still returning to American Gods, from the show’s original cast, are Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon, Emily Browning as Moon’s raised-from-the-dead wife, and, most crucially, Ian McShane (pictured) as the manipulative god Mr. Wednesday.