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Fight Club AMC 12:30 p.m.

This mind-bending cult film, based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel of the same name, stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton as members of a group of bareknuckl­e boxers escaping from the banality of everyday life. The group quickly evolves into something more.

No Country for Old Men

SHOW 1 p.m.

The Coen brothers adapt Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name for this critically acclaimed neo-Western thriller starring Javier Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones. A Vietnam vet is hunted by a killer who is being hunted by a sheriff after finding $2 million.

1000-lb Sisters

TLC 1 p.m.

Relive Amy and Tammy’s journey in a marathon of this unscripted weightloss series. Tensions rise between the 30-year-old siblings as they take on the struggles and hardships of their journeys together, learning to lean on each other rather than on food.

Ellen’s Game of Games

(4) WNBC (30) WVIT 8 p.m.

Season 4 returns with back-to-back new episodes. Ellen DeGeneres hosts as contestant­s compete in a series of outrageous games that originated on her hit daytime talk show. Winners advance to the final round for a shot at the $100,000 prize.

L.A.’s Finest

(5) WNYW (61) WTIC 8 p.m.

Gabrielle Union stars as former DEA agent Sydney Burnett in this procedural drama spinoff of the Bad Boys film franchise. After transferri­ng to the LAPD, Syd is partnered with Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), who is secretly a former criminal.

Masterpiec­e Classic: Elizabeth Is Missing

(21) WLIW 8 p.m.

Glenda Jackson returns to the small screen in this series premiere as Maud Horsham, a feisty grandmothe­r battling the early stages of Alzheimer’s. When Maud’s only friend, Elizabeth (Maggie Steed), goes missing, she attempts to solve the mystery.

100 Day Dream Home

HGTV 8 p.m.

Brian and Mika clear some land bought long ago by a pair of engaged police officers in this new episode. Daunted by trying to clear the property by hand, the couple have been living in a trailer and are looking forward to planning their future together.

All Rise

(2) WCBS (3) WFSB

9 p.m.

Los Angeles Deputy-DA-turned-judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick) challenges expectatio­ns while seeking justice in Season 2 of this female-led legal drama. Wilson Bethel and Ruthie Ann Miles also star as members of the L.A. justice department.

Jason Bourne

10 p.m.

FX

Matt Damon reprises his role as former CIA assassin Jason Bourne in the fifth installmen­t of the Bourne series. Bourne has finally remembered who he is, and is now attempting to reveal the truth as to why his memory was wiped in the first place.

Alien HBO 11:30 p.m.

Seven astronauts working on a commercial spaceship accidental­ly take an alien on board their vessel in this sci-fi horror classic from director Ridley Scott. Sigourney Weaver stars as the film’s heroine, battling the creature as it attacks the crew.

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Ellen DeGeneres hosts “Ellen’s Game of Games.”

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