TV HIGHLIGHTS

The Blacklist, 8 PM on Ch. 2 and Ch. 5: The hit drama returns from hiatus with a midseason premiere consisting of two new backto-back episodes. First, in “Victoria Feinberg,” the Task Force helps Red (James Spader) track a gifted art forger who has complicated Red’s scheme to sell some stolen art pieces. Elsewhere, Liz and Ressler (Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff) share confidences, while Aram’s (Amir Arison) love life becomes increasingly complicated. Immediately following, “Cornelius Ruck” features Joely Richardson as one of Red’s old flames.

Great Performances at the Met, 9 PM on Ch. 48; 1:30 AM on Ch. 16 and

Ch. 48: Soprano Christine Goerke takes the vocally demanding title role in “Turandot,” Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, in an eye-poppingly lavish Met staging by Franco Zeffirelli. Set in a mythic ancient China, the production also stars tenor Yusif Eyvazov as Prince Calaf, who tries to answer three fiendish riddles to win the hand of the icy princess Turandot. The lush score includes the tenor aria “Nessun Dorma,” which became one of superstar Luciano Pavarotti’s vocal calling cards. Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

Portals to Hell, 10 PM on TRAV; 2 AM on TRAV:

A new episode takes paranormal investigators Katrina Weidman and

Jack Osbourne to scenic Lake George, N.Y., where the region’s breathtaking natural beauty is wildly at odds with their destination: Fort William Henry, the site of one of the bloodiest massacres in Colonial America. The pair have received several reports of eerie activity at this venue, so their mission is to find out if this seemingly paranormal activity echoes dead soldiers or is something even more sinister.