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The Book of Boba Fett

Disney+

One of the most beloved and mysterious figures in the “Star Wars” galaxy, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison), gets his story told in this new series. Episodes are available Wednesdays.

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

Netflix

This is the second installmen­t of an ongoing documentar­y series about how certain locations became accomplice­s to crimes that took place there. “Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer” will examine how the danger and depravity of New York’s Times Square in the late 1970s and early ’80s made it possible for one man to commit — and nearly get away with — unthinkabl­e acts in a nearly lawless area rife with drugs and sex work.

Best of Natural History

Smithsonia­n Channel, beginning at 5 a.m.

Includes “Dogs With Extraordin­ary Jobs,” “Cher & the Loneliest Elephant” and “Age of Humans.”

Married at First Sight Lifetime, 7 p.m.

Ahead of the Jan. 5 return of this quick-commitment hit, two specials go behind the scenes. Tonight, the “Matchmakin­g Special” looks at the fix-up process. Thursday, the “Kickoff Special,” hosted by Kevin Frazier, introduces the five pairs about to marry in season 14.

Earth Emergency PBS, 7 p.m.

This program explores how environmen­tal feedback loops are amplifying global warming and what we can do about it.

Star of the Month: Ingrid Bergman

TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.

The final evening of this month’s Wednesday night salute to the films of Ingrid Bergman features her later works, beginning with “Murder on the Orient Express.” Bergman won her third and final Oscar, for best supporting actress, in the film. Next, Bergman stars with Anthony Quinn and Fritz Weaver in the 1970 romantic drama “A Walk in the Spring Rain;” the 1969 comedy “Cactus Flower,” with Walter Matthau and best supporting actress Oscar winner Goldie Hawn; and the 1973 children’s film “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweile­r.” Airing early Thursday is “A Matter of Time,” a 1976 American-italian musical fantasy costarring Liza Minnelli. The Bergman celebratio­n concludes with her final feature film, 1978’s “Autumn Sonata” (aka “Höstsonate­n”), which brought her back full circle to her roots in Swedish cinema, for a dramatic role that earned her a best actress Oscar nomination.

Property Brothers: Forever Home

HGTV, 7 p.m.

Derek and Krista bought their house more than 10 years ago, as their family grew it became clear they’d need help to make it their own. The home holds treasured memories, but it’s stuck in the ’80s. Drew and Jonathan Scott transform the living room, family room, kitchen and dining room to give the family the home of their dreams.

Calls From the Inside Investigat­ion Discovery, 8 p.m.

It’s part of any crime story: When a suspect is arrested, they get one call. In reality, they have multiple opportunit­ies to make calls as they await trial. The vast majority of those calls are recorded. An admission, a threat, a slip of the tongue, a bribe — it’s all on tape, and the suspect knows it. But this doesn’t always stop them from talking. This series uses jailhouse phone calls to frame the narrative of murder investigat­ions.

Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller

Nat Geo, 8 p.m.

Mariana van Zeller follows a meth superhighw­ay from a massive cartelrun lab in Sinaloa, Mexico, across the border and into the lives of American users. Her guide is a wily, meth-smoking dealer whose smuggling empire stretches from coast to coast. Some get rich, some get high, while others wind up dead.

 ?? National Geographic ?? Mariana van Zeller, the host of “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller,” travels a meth superhighw­ay with a wily dealer who heads a smuggling empire.
National Geographic Mariana van Zeller, the host of “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller,” travels a meth superhighw­ay with a wily dealer who heads a smuggling empire.

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