TV top picks
7 p.m. on ABC The 51st annual CMA Awards Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley mark their 10th anniversary as hosts of this event, as country music again honors its own at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Miranda Lambert leads this year’s nominees with five bids, while Keith Urban and Little Big Town are tied with four each. Eric Church, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett and Chris Stapleton each have three ... and a posthumous nomination went to Glen Campbell, for a collaboration with Willie Nelson.
7 p.m. on CW Riverdale An article written by Alice (Madchen Amick) sparks tensions, and thrusts Jughead (Cole Sprouse) into the role of peacekeeper, in the new “Chapter Eighteen: When a Stranger Calls.” A threat sends Betty (Lili Reinhart) to Archie (KJ Apa) for assistance. Veronica’s (Camila Mendes) longtime friend Nick St. Clair (guest star Graham Phillips, The Good
Wife) comes to Riverdale. Marisol Nichols, Luke Perry, Madelaine Petsch and Mark Consuelos also star.
7 p.m. FOOD Iron Chef Showdown Whose cuisine reigns supreme? That’s the familiar question as this old favorite returns with only a few modifications. In tonight’s series premiere,“Big Thanksgiving Battle,” Florida chef Lindsay Autry and Chicago culinary star Matt Kerney prepare their best dish using a secret ingredient. The winner of that round, as
judged by host Alton Brown, then moves on to a suspenseful showdown with Iron Chef Bobby Flay, pictured, with the winner declared by judges John Besh and Antonia Lofaso.
8 p.m. on SUND The A Word This British drama about two interrelated families adjusting to the autism diagnosis of a young member picks up the action for Season 2 two years after Season 1, as young Joe (Max Vento), now 7, is becoming aware that he doesn’t fit in with many of his friends. That awareness forces parents Paul and Alison (Lee Ingleby, Morven Christie) to have a forthright talk with Joe in the season premiere, “Naming Day.” Christopher Eccleston and Pooky Quesnel also star.
8:01 p.m. on A&E Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour For the Season 2 premiere, “Like Father, Like Sun,” Ozzy and Jack Osbourne embark on a new road trip, this time in a vintage 1973 GMC camper, the same RV in which Ozzy toured with Black Sabbath as he was just starting his career in America. At their starting point in Key West, Fla., father and son get in a spot of deep-sea fishing and pick up a creepy souvenir from Robert the Haunted Doll to ride up front with them.