Monday’s highlights on TV

Published 1:48 pm Friday, March 27, 2015

Monday’s highlights on TV include:

It may not be the easiest thing to watch, but “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies” is a vital six-hour film from Ken Burns and Barak Goodman that charts the history of the disease and examines the current status of cancer research and treatment. 9 p.m., PBS

In “The Big Picture With Kal Penn,” the actor and civil servant analyzes criminal operations in the opener of this statistics-, information- and data-based series. 9 p.m., NatGeo

“Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber”: Hannibal Buress, Martha Stewart and others take pot shots at the Biebs. Kevin Hart hosts. 10 p.m., Comedy Central

From Herald news services