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"Ashes to Ashes" (Saturday, March 7 at 9 p.m. on BBC America)

Though the American version of "Life on Mars" continues its run with new episodes, the excellent British series that spawned it concluded in 2007. Lucky for us, its characters reappear in this spin-off, which finds ... more Chief Inspector Gene Hunt transferred from London to Manchester and butting heads with a 2008 detective who wakes up in 1981 after being shot. Question: If there's a '90s spin-off next, are they any iconic Bowie songs from that decade with which to name it? Somehow "I'm Afraid of Americans" just doesn't seem to fit. Close