FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
TCM, 2:45 p.m.
Catch a Classic! In this legendary 1953 drama, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Private Prewitt (Best Actor Oscar nominee Montgomery Clift) is a soldier and former boxer being manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra, in a role that established the beloved singer’s acting career) tries to help him but has his own troubles. Sergeant Warden (Best Actor Oscar nominee Burt Lancaster) and Karen Holmes (Best Actress Oscar nominee Deborah Kerr) tread on dangerous ground as lovers in an illicit affair (their embrace in the surf remains an iconic Hollywood scene). Each of their lives will be changed when their stories culminate in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The film won eight of the 13 Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann), and Best Supporting awards for Sinatra and for Donna Reed as a not-sowholesome “club hostess.”
LOVE IS A PIECE OF CAKE
Uptv, 7 p.m.
Another TV movie, another heroine in danger of losing her beloved business to a developer at the same time she’s falling in love! This time, she’s a baker (“All Rise,” Lindsey Gort).
BATWOMAN: “BAT GIRL MAGIC!”
The CW, 8 p.m.
As Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) continues to prove herself as Batwoman, she encounters the challenge of every superhero — living a double life. Mary (Nicole Kang) is still Team Ryan, while Luke (Camrus Johnson) continues to have reservations — especially when Ryan makes some alterations and unveils a new Batsuit.
ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER: “FOX CABIN FINALE”
Discovery Channel, 8 p.m.
Season Finale! Atz Sr. reveals his Fox Cabin legacy build after months of backbreaking effort. As winter begins, Eivin scrambles to complete a vital project he’d fallen behind on. Jane and Atz Lee attempt to airlift a piano to their remote cabin before snowfall.
BREAKING THE BAND: AEROSMITH
Reelzchannel, 8 p.m.
This special two-hour episode offers the inside story of legendary rock band Aerosmith as told by those who were there, including a rare interview with the man behind their 1980s resurrection in former manager Tim Collins, whose tenure ended in bitter acrimony. This is the remarkable story of how the band survived 50 years of every form of stereotypical rock band excess.
DISASTERS AT SEA: “CAPSIZED”
Smithsonian Channel,
8 p.m.
When a massive passenger ferry sets sail with its huge bow doors wide open, it capsizes in just 90 seconds — taking the lives of nearly 200 people. But this oversight alone shouldn’t have spelled disaster. Investigators have two mysteries to solve: what was different about this night; and why had no one closed the doors?
AMERICAN GODS: “THE UNSEEN”
Starz, 8 p.m.
Noble hero Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) and the smarmy Technical Boy (Bruce Langley) put aside their differences to rescue Bilquis (Yetide Badaki).
CHARMED: “SOMEONE’S GOING TO DIE”
The CW, 9 p.m.
The Destruction of the Sisterhood looms large as the Charmed Ones (Melonie Diaz, Madeleine Mantock and Sarah Jeffery) face down the Faction. Harry (Rupert Evans) and
Macy are divided over a potential ally — Julian (guest star Eric Balfour).
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL: “A TRICKI CASE”
PBS, 9 p.m.
While Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) gives Tricki-woo the spa treatment, James (Nicholas Ralph) deals with Helen’s (Rachel Shenton) champion bull. Siegfried (Samuel West) makes a decision about Tristan.
HOW DID THEY BUILD THAT?: “SUPERTALLS & FIREHOUSES”
Smithsonian Channel,
9 p.m.
Discover what happens when the world’s most radical architect
reinvents a 100-year-old fire station in Rotterdam’s port area; how engineers managed to keep one of the world’s tallest residential skyscrapers standing; and the building that would have been impossible just 10 years ago.
THE LONG SONG
PBS, 10 p.m.
New Series! Based on a novel by Andrea Levy, this series is set during the final days of slavery in 19th-century Jamaica. It follows the hardships and survival of plantation slave July and her mistress Caroline, and stars Tamara Lawrance and Hayley Atwell. In the first episode, Caroline adopts the child slave July as her maid. July grows up to witness the Christmas Rebellion and the radical transformation of her world.
MOUNTAIN MONSTERS: “THE WOLVES OF WEST VIRGINIA”
Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
The surviving members of AIMS head out on a brandnew adventure that team leader Trapper set up for them before he passed. Equipped with Trapper’s journal, they travel to the mountains of the Tygart Valley to prove there are still wolves in West Virginia.
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