TV TOP PICKS

6 p.m. on BBCA

The Watch

Adapted from the Discworld fantasy novels of Terry Pratchett, this new limited series follows the comic misadventures of the City Watch, a highly diverse squad entrusted with keeping order in the crime-ridden metropolis of Ankh-Morpork. Led by the world-weary Sam Vimes (Richard Dormer, Game of Thrones), these improbable heroes — who include a werewolf and a troll — must stop some rogue wizards from resurrecting a great dragon that threatens their city.

7 p.m. on FOX

Call Me Kat

Very freely adapted from a hit British sitcom starring Miranda Hart, this new character-driven comedy stars Mayim Bialik, pictured, in the title role of an eccentric woman who has made such unconventional life choices as being happily single as she approaches middle age. Oh, and spending her entire life savings to open a cafe for cats in Louisville, Ky. Kat’s exasperated mother (Swoosie Kurtz) would like to see her daughter happily married, although Kat has the warm support of cafe colleagues Phil and Randi (Leslie Jordan, Kyla Pratt).

8 p.m. on PBS

Elizabeth Is Missing on Masterpiece

Returning to television for the first time in nearly three decades, twotime Oscar winner Glenda Jackson stars in this two-hour adaptation of Emma Healey’s novel, playing feisty grandmother Maud Horsham, who finds herself confronted with two mysteries as she battles encroaching dementia. The first puzzle involves the whereabouts of Maud’s only close friend, Elizabeth (Maggie Steed), who inexplicably has vanished. The other head-scratcher involves part of an old cosmetics compact Maud finds while gardening. Jackson already has won an International Emmy and BAFTA Award for this performance.

8:30 p.m. on DSC

Cal Fire

Produced by Discovery Channel in partnership with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (Cal Fire), this new docuseries embeds multiple camera crews with the department’s front-line firefighters during the 2020 fire season, the worst in that state’s history. The footage acquired during filming gives viewers a harrowing front-row look at some of California’s most damaging infernos, from the Apple Fire near the Cherry Valley neighborhood in Southern California to the El Dorado Fire near San Bernardino County.