WHAT TO WATCH

from the publishers of TV Guide

From Here to Eternity

TCM, 1:45 p.m.

In this legendary 1953 drama, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Pvt. Prewitt (Best Actor Oscar nominee Montgomery Clift) is a soldier manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra) has his own troubles. Sgt. 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 was nominated for 13 Oscars and won eight.

reservations — especially when Ryan unveils a new Batsuit.

Alaska: The Last Frontier

Discovery Channel, 7 p.m.

In the 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. Jane and Atz Lee attempt to airlift a piano to their remote cabin before snowfall.

Disasters at Sea

Smithsonian Channel, 7 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 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

Starz, 7 p.m.

Noble hero Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) and the smarmy Technical Boy (Bruce Langley) put aside their differences to rescue Bilquis (Yetide Badaki).

The Long Song

PBS, 9 p.m.

Based on a novel by Andrea Levy, this new series is set during the final days of slavery in 19thcentury 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.