TV TOP PICKS

6 p.m. on LIFE

Supernanny

Jo Frost returns with new episodes of Season 8, in which she continues dispensing advice and wisdom to frazzled parents at their wits’ end dealing with more complicated family situations than ever before. This new episode finds Frost advising Michael and Angela Brown, who have combined two beds so their anxious sons can sleep with them. It’s a far from ideal situation that creates unhealthy attachment issues, but Frost works closely with the full-time working dad and stay-at-home mum to address the problem.

6 p.m. on TCM

Women Make Film

Jane Fonda, Tilda Swinton, Kerry Fox, Debra Winger and Thandie Newton are among the narrators of this new 14-part documentary from writer-director Mark Cousins, which explores the work of some of the world’s greatest directors, all of them women. Among the spotlighted filmmakers and their works are Mira Nair (India), Salaam Bombay!; Barbara Kopple (USA), Harlan County, U.S.A.); Leontine Sagan (Germany), Maedchen in Uniform; Shaohong Li (China), Stolen Life; and Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya), Rafiki.

8 p.m. on CW

Tell Me a Story

After Kayla (Danielle Campbell) spends the day in the city with Nick (Billy Magnussen), she gets new clarity on both their relationship and what the future may hold for her in the new episode “Chapter 6: Guilt.” Jordan’s (James Wolk) relentless torment drives Eddie (Paul Wesley) to a breaking point, but Mitch (Michael Raymond-James) proffers a solution. Meanwhile, a defenseless Hannah and Gabe (Dania Ramirez, Davi Santos) get blindsided.

9 p.m. on NBC

Transplant

This compelling new Canadian medical drama series stars Hamza Haq, pictured, (Quantico) as Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-honed skills in emergency medicine who fled his home country with his younger sister, Amira (Sirena Gulamgaus). As they try to make a fresh start in their newly adopted country, Bash also strives to rebuild his medical career. Laurence Lebeouf, John Hannah, Jim Watson and Ayisha Issa also star.