WHAT To WATCH
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Michael caine Icon-a-thon MOVIES!, beginning at 9:45 a.m.
This afternoon, enjoy a triple feature of some lesser-shown, but greatly enjoyable, films starring the always fantastic British icon Michael Caine in roles where his charm comes through, even when playing less-than-honorable characters. First, in the neo-noir crime thriller “Deadfall” (1968), Caine plays cat burglar Henry Clarke, who, with some accomplices who aren’t the most emotionally stable people, plots to steal diamonds from a millionaire’s chateau. Next, in director John Sturges’ World War II film “The Eagle Has Landed” (1976), Caine steps into the uniform of Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner, who leads an infiltration into England as part of a plot to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter and Donald Pleasence co-star. Finally, Caine plays a playwright who plots murder in order to take credit for a play by one of his students (Christopher Reeve) in the darkly comic mystery film “Deathtrap” (1982), directed by Sidney Lumet and based on Ira Levin’s play.
Homestead rescue Discovery Channel, 7 p.m.
Survival pro Marty Raney and his kids Misty and Matt visit Washington state this week to
aid a pair of green homesteaders. Seems their A-frame rates an F (for “fallen down”) and their readiness for winter in terms of crops and livestock isn’t much better.
Night court NBC, 7 p.m.
When the court is overrun with cases from a wedding expo gone awry, the team looks to help Abby (Melissa Rauch) plan her wedding, while a wedding planner (Lyric Lewis) shows Dan (John Larroquette) the finer things in life, and Olivia (India de Beaufort) and Gurgs (Lacretta) wrestle over who will serve as maid of honor.
Gotham Knights The CW, 8 p.m.
The Mutant gang retaliates
against Gotham by taking hostages at the annual Founder’s Gala.
Accused Fox, 8 p.m.
After a white nationalist plows his car into a peaceful demonstration and gets away, a survivor takes justice into her own hands. Abigail Breslin and Aisha Dee star in the new episode “Esme’s Story.”
renovation 911 HGTV, 8 p.m.
In “Fires, Floods and Teenagers,” emergency restoration experts and sisters Lindsey Uselding and Kirsten Meehan have their hands full restoring the Higgins’ kitchen, living room and garage, all destroyed by a raging fire. Later, they get the call to investigate a scene where a joyriding teenager crashed into a house, demolishing the outer wall and a prized fireplace. If that isn’t enough, they then race to save what they can of a client’s living room and basement after a major flood caused by a tiny washing machine hose.
History’s Greatest Heists with Pierce brosnan
History, 9 p.m.
This suspenseful series wraps its freshman season with the theft that host Pierce Brosnan told us he’d most like to see solved. In 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers stole a half-billion dollars’ worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The paintings are still missing — and numerous suspects have turned up dead.
restaurants at the end of the world
Nat Geo, 9 p.m.
Host Kristen Kish explores Arctic cuisine at Isfjord Radio Restaurant, part of a wilderness hotel/coast radio station located on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. The food at this restaurant is as adventurous as the journey to get there: In the summer, the place is reached by crossing the Arctic Ocean in a boat; in winter, one gets there by sled dogs or snowmobile after gliding over glaciers and mountains.