A country celebration
11TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS
The event celebrates honorees and winners from the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards in Nashville, including Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and the TV series Nashville. Scheduled performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Little Big Town and more. (CBS)
CHESAPEAKE SHORES
It’s a new episode of the drama based on the like-named novels by Sherryl Woods. The O’Brien family reunites after years apart to face the memories of their past. (W Network)
MARKETPLACE
The Canadian consumerawareness series kicks off a new season. The premiere launches an investigation into fake university degrees and how simple it is to get one. Fake diplomas are a billion-dollar industry, experts say. Marketplace enrols in a university to see just what’s involved. (CBC)
KINDRED SPIRITS
In the Season 2 premiere, ghost hunters Amy Bruni and Adam Berry investigate one of the most infamous places in America, the Lizzie Borden House. One of the tour guides experiences terrifying paranormal activity and fears for her life, and Bruni and Berry discover there’s a life hanging in the balance. (TLC)
TRANSPARENT
Three Season 3 episodes air. In the first, Oh Holy Night, Sarah (Amy Landecker) receives support from the Pfefferman family and Josh (Jay Duplass) turns to Raquel (Kathryn Hahn) after the death of a friend. Then in The Open Road, undeniable chemistry emerges when Josh hits the road with an unexpected co-pilot. Finally, in Life Sucks and Then You Die, Josh has difficult news for Colton (Alex MacNicoll). (Showcase)
MY CAT FROM HELL
Season 8 continues with the new episode Kitten Impossible: Roadtrip Rescue. To save the lives of 50 kittens from Los Angeles shelters, the Cat Daddy takes the orphans in need of a home all the way to his old stomping grounds of Boulder, Colo. (Animal Planet)
ANCIENT ALIENS
In The Majestic Twelve, a memo from 1952 surfaces informing U.S. president-elect Dwight Eisenhower about the existence of a top-secret group of scientists, government officials and military personnel who are tasked with investigating reports of UFOs. Another new episode, The Akashic Record, follows. (History)
MAYDAY
It’s a fresh episode, Deadly Myth. A commuter flight to Detroit ends in a harrowing death spiral, and a close analysis leads investigators to a stunning realization. (Discovery)