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TV picks: 'American Gods,' 'Victorian Slum House,' 'Batman & Bill' and more

Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel becomes a Starz series, PBS unveils another history-rooted social experiment, and two Philadelphia filmmakers bring the story of Batman's long-uncredited co-creator to Hulu.

2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Honorees are Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Pearl Jam, the late Tupac Shakur, Yes, and Nile Rodgers. Taped April 7. 8 p.m. Saturday, HBO.

The White House Correspondents Dinner. If you must watch this annual event that brings the press and politicians together to raise money for scholarships —  the president, in a departure from tradition, is skipping this year — at least go for the unfiltered view you're unlikely to find on cable news. The Daily Show's Hasan Minhaj will perform.  9:30 p.m. Saturday, C-SPAN.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Not the White House Correspondents Dinner. The president won't be at this one, either. But Bee will. Proceeds go to the Committee to Protect Journalists. 10 p.m. Saturday, TBS.

Sexual Assault in College: Tamron Hall Investigates. It's estimated one in five women in college will experience sexual assault. Hall, a Temple graduate and trustee and a former Today show cohost, looks at the issue and what's being done to deal with it in a one-hour special that includes an interview with Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.), who cosponsored the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act.  8 p.m. Sunday, Investigation Discovery.

American Gods. Neil Gaiman's Hugo Award-winning fantasy novel comes to TV in this intriguing but not necessarily easy to follow adaptation by Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) and Michael Green (Kings). The casting of Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon and Deadwood's Ian McShane as his  mysterious employer and traveling companion, Mr. Wednesday, makes this road trip worth the occasional pothole.  9 p.m. Sunday, Starz.

Read more: How  Ian McShane found his Mr. Wednesday

United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. As the docu-series returns for a second season, Bell — a comedian and, less famously, University of Pennsylvania dropout, who uses humor to start serious conversations —  turns his attention to immigrants and refugees. 10 p.m. Sunday, CNN.

Read more: W. Kamau Bell talks about bringing KKK to CNN

Warning: This Drug May Kill You. A look at the opioid epidemic through the stories of four families whose lives were changed by addictions that began with legally prescribed painkillers. 10 p.m. Monday, HBO.

Jackson. Documentary looks at the status of abortion in Mississippi from the perspectives of three women: one running the state's last remaining abortion clinic; one a leader of the anti-abortion movement; and one a young mother of four dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Showtime.

Victorian Slum House. This could be your antidote to all those cable dream-home shows. Participants are sent back to 19th century tenement conditions "to live as their ancestors did" in London's East End. Fans of PBS's "House" shows (Manor House, Frontier House, etc.) should recognize the format.  8 p.m. Tuesday, WHYY12.

Batman & Bill. Philadelphia filmmakers Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce (The Art of the Steal) turn their attention to the story of Bill Finger, the long-uncredited cocreator of Batman, and to author Marc Tyler Nobleman, who made a crusade of winning recognition for Finger. May 6,  Hulu.

Read more:  Batman & Bill marks Hulu's entry into original docs