New this week to TV, streaming and more: Plenty of Dolly Parton and ‘Lucy and Desi’

— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy

— Roger Allam, known to fans of PBS’ “Endeavor” as British police detective Fred Thursday, takes a cross-channel jaunt to play a French crime-buster in “Murder in Provence.” The three-episode series based on M.L. Longworth’s novels debuts Tuesday, March 1, on streaming service BritBox. Allam stars as investigating judge Antoine Verlaque of Aix-en-Provence, a lovely city also conveniently home here to menace and mysteries. Nancy Carroll plays his partner in romance and sleuthing, with Keala Settle (“The Greatest Showman”) as a trusted detective.

— The ACM Awards are touting a lineup that includes Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean and Dolly Parton — with Parton as host, performer and the recipient of a tribute by Kelly Clarkson. Viewers also should be aware that the ceremony has moved from its longtime network home of CBS to streaming service Amazon Prime Video. Other artists set for the two-hour show (8 p.m. EST Monday, March 7) from Las Vegas include Thomas Rhett, Brittney Spencer, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini and Chris Young, who leads the nominees’ field with seven nods.

— Ready for a good pirate yarn, one afloat on a sea of puns, slapstick and general all-around silliness? The 10-episode “Our Flag Means Death,” debuting Thursday on HBO Max, stars Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet, a landowner who reinvents himself, very awkwardly, as the Gentleman Pirate. He teams up with Taika Waititi as Edward Teach, aka the notorious Blackbeard. While real-life 18th-century figures Bonnet and Blackbeard did cross paths, it would be misguided to base a history paper on the mischievous comedy created by David Jenkins and produced by Waititi. The cast includes Fred Armisen and Leslie Jones.