TV HIGHLIGHTS

American Masters, 8 PM on Ch. 16 and Ch. 48; 4:30 AM on Ch. 16 and Ch. 48: The new 90-minute episode “Mae West: Dirty Blonde” explores how this provocative and subversive performer may have created an aura of “sex symbol” around herself, but a closer examination of her work reveals how she shrewdly and perceptively invested her saucy story lines with astute commentary about some of the most complicated social issues of the 20th century. Over the course of an eight-decade career, West broke one boundary after another, in the process earning creative and economic power that was unheard-of for a female entertainer in the 1930s.

Siesta Key, 8 PM on MTV: Season 3 of this reality series resumes with new episodes as the group tries to maintain at least a tenuous peace now that some uncomfortable truths have come out. Juliette continues trying to balance her exciting new job working for one of the biggest fashion entrepreneurs in Siesta

Key with finding her way in a new relationship, while Garrett continues to have trust issues as he and Kelsey give their own fragile relationship another chance.

Sweet Home Sextuplets, 10 PM on TLC; 2 AM on TLC: Big changes are afoot in the Waldrop home as this reality series opens Season 3. And we’re talking some literal big changes, because a major home renovation is afoot, which means this family of 11 starts seriously considering moving into a 1,500-square-foot mobile home until the work is finished. That would be challenging for any family, but the babies are increasingly mobile as they approach their “terrible twos,” amplifying the challenge even more.