Samantha Who returns to ABC to anchor Thursday nights with a new comedy about the highs and lows of motherhood. Sunday brings more women power with Jill Scott leading HBO's series adaptation of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and PBS begins airing the five-episode BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit.

Peter Doherty hopes for some Grace from his fans and critics with his debut solo album. Looking to Crack the top of the charts is Mastodon's latest album featuring songs about Rasputin. Also out this week, fresh off appearances at SXSW, The Decemberists have their latest 17-track concept album, and the Indigo Girls release their first album on Vanguard.

No matter what system you own, March is war-time. The gleefully over-the-top violence of MadWorld will scratch the itch of mature Wii owners. Resident Evil 5 strays from its survival horror roots toward more action-oriented thrills. And for a polished historical real-time strategy, Empire: Total War wows the PC set.