TV TOP PICKS
7 p.m. on FOX The Gifted
Trying to make his powers less volatile and unpredictable, Reed (Stephen Moyer) joins Caitlin and Lauren (Amy Acker, Natalie Alyn Lind) for a meeting with Dr. Madeline Risman (guest star Kate Burton), who specializes in such issues. Lauren, however, soon discovers her positive impressions of this physician are off-base in the new episode “the dreaM.” Elsewhere, Thunderbird and Blink (Blair Redford, Jamie Chung) continue their pursuit of the Inner Circle.
7 p.m. on CBS Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The beloved “Animagic” tale of the most famous reindeer of all offers a thoughtful lesson about discrimination. Young Rudolph is teased by the other reindeer and excluded from their games because his nose is different. His taunters sing a different tune, though, when Rudolph uses the trait to keep Christmas from being canceled. Burl Ives is the voice of Sam the Snowman, who narrates the story and renders the title tune (of course) plus “A Holly Jolly Christmas.”
8 p.m. on ID Body Cam
Police procedural fans can go along on actual ride-alongs, from the safety of their sofa at home, via point-ofview footage from the body cameras of the officers in this new unscripted series. The “you are there” effect of the visuals is heightened and augmented by firsthand accounts of various situations, thrusting the audience into harrowing moments from multiple stories in each episode, covering incidents ranging from domestic disputes to traffic stops that abruptly go dangerously off the rails.
8 p.m. on A&E The Devil Next Door
This new six-episode docu-series takes viewers inside the reclusive Word of Faith Fellowship Church in North Carolina, where some former members claim they suffered harsh physical and psychological abuse. Now that they have withdrawn from the sect, these ex-members seek to persuade loved ones still inside to make a break. In the series premiere, Sarah Anderson and her cousin, Chad Cooper, have no regrets about leaving, but their spouses — with whom each shares a child — still choose to stay.
8:30 p.m. on TBS The Guest Book
In the new episode “Tonight You Become a Man,” temporary tenants Anne and Scott (guest stars Nadine Velazquez and Steve Talley) impulsively leave their resourceful 6-year-old son, Sam (guest star Antonio Raul Corbo, pictured), to take care of himself for a few hours in the vacation home while they slip off to check out Beacharoo, the town’s lively music festival. Elsewhere, Nikki (Kimiko Glenn) decides to take Vivian (Carly Jibson) into her confidence.