TONIGHT'S BEST
Batwoman 6 p.m. on @AE
There’s a new face behind the mask as this superhero series starts its sophomore season following original star Ruby Rose’s shock departure from her lead role as Kate Kane. That latter character is being written out, replaced by Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder, who takes up the cape going forward. She’ll battle a scarier-than-ever Alice (Rachel Skarsten) and the security team of Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott), Kate’s troubled father. Camrus Johnson, Nicole Kang and Meagan Tandy are among other Season 1 returnees.
American Masters 7 p.m. on (DOCU)
Yoruba Richen’s two-hour documentary ““How It Feels to Be Free” chronicles the inspirational story of how six Black female entertainers — Lena Horne, jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier — fearlessly confronted an industry that was deeply complicit in perpetuating insidious racial stereotypes, transforming both themselves and their audience in the process. In addition to interviews and archival performances by these pioneers, this film also features conversations with executive producer Alicia Keys and other contemporary stars influenced by their forerunners.
Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece 8 p.m. on .
Something akin to a Victorian-era take on “Veronica Mars,” this diverting new crime drama stars Kate Phillips as female sleuth Eliza Scarlet, who yearns to follow in the footsteps of her father and mentor Henry (Kevin Doyle, “Downton Abbey”), a former cop now working as a private eye. Alas, it’s all but impossible for a young woman of Eliza’s times to break into this male-only profession, which is why she’s lucky to be childhood friends with Detective Inspector William “The Duke” Wellington (Stuart Martin) of Scotland Yard.