THURSDAY’S BEST PICKS
2 PM ( GOLF) PGA Tour Golf The third World Golf Championships event of 2019-20 goes off today in Memphis, Tenn., where the PGA’s top players will tee it up in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Brooks Koepka took his first WGC title a year ago on the par-70, 7,244-yard layout, playing bogey-free golf in the final round to cruise to a three-stroke victory over Webb Simpson. 6:30 PM ( TNT) NBA Basketball After a 4 1/2-month shutdown, the NBA gets back to business tonight with this TNT doubleheader. In the opener, Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans hope a victory over Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz will be just the tonic to propel them toward the No. 8 playoff seed in the West. Then in the nightcap, it’s a battle of Los Angeles as Anthony Davis and the Lakers oppose Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers. 8:30 PM ( HGTV) Flip or Flop In the newly enhanced episode “Risky Business: Million-Dollar Cookie Cutter,” Tarek El Moussa starts to work on his latest acquisition, a cookie-cutter home in Newport Beach, Calif. He has drawn up his plans with contractor
Jeff Lawrence, but when a comparable property hits the market with a $1.4 million price tag, Tarek goes all out to take his newest flip to the next level in every respect.
10 PM ( TBS) Lost Resort In the new episode “Unmasked Meltdowns,” Meco and Claudio really give Robin and Christine a piece of their minds after the latter couple’s shrill, incessant fighting tries the patience of the rest of the group. Meanwhile, what looks to be an unlikely friendship starts to grow after the group members open up and share their points of vulnerability, and a romance among the guests quickly gets steamy.
10 PM ( TRU) Tacoma FD A reluctant Eddie (Steve Lemme) is assigned to serve as the facilitator during a peer counseling session that is intended to help the crew learn more about themselves and the colleagues around them in the new episode “The Crying Game.” Meanwhile, Terry (Kevin Heffernan) is forced to confront the very real dangers of his daughter working as a firefighter. Elsewhere, Andy (Eugene Cordero) comes to terms with a shocking family secret.
10 PM ( WE) Tamar Braxton: Get Ya
Life! Tamar Braxton, the youngest sister in the long-running “Braxton Family Values,” stars in this new reality series that takes a candid look at her personal drama, including the aftermath of her 2017 divorce from husband James Herbert after nine years together, and her private life today with a new beau. The series premiere, “The Journey Begins,” follows Braxton as she starts a personal quest to turn her life around. In a series of shocking revelations and extreme breakthroughs, she reclaims love, reboots her career and struggles to reconcile with family.