This week’s best bets

SUNDAY

7:20 p.m.

NFL FOOTBALL A battle of NFC division leaders is on tap tonight at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, where Drew Brees and the Saints face a possible playoff foe in Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. With “Bountygate” behind them, the Saints are once again the best in the South, thanks in large part to the play of Brees and one of the NFL’s best pass defenses. Romo, too, is one of the league’s top passers, and the Dallas run defense isn’t too shabby, either.

8 p.m.

REVENGE Conrad (Henry Czerny) hires Bizzy Preston (Ana Ortiz), a former party girl who is now a skilled public relations professional, to restore the shine to the Grayson family name. Emily (Emily VanCamp) becomes more involved in planning her next move. Nolan (Gabriel Mann) has his own revenge plan in the works in the new episode “Resurgence.” Madeleine Stowe also stars.

MONDAY

8 p.m.

JFK: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The television landscape is filled with remembrances of John F. Kennedy this month, the 50th anniversary of his assassination. This two-part film paints a rich portrait of the man who became the 35th president of the United States via interviews with scholars, journalists, relatives and members of his administration. Part 2 airs Tuesday.

8 p.m.

MIKE & MOLLY Molly (Melissa McCarthy) has decided on a new career: She wants to be a crime novelist. And as it happens, she’s married to a guy who fights crime for a living. She decides to do some research by riding along with Mike (Billy Gardell) while he’s working. If the fact that this is a sitcom doesn’t give you an idea how this turns out, the title of this new episode is “The First and Last Ride-Along.”

8 p.m.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Trying to neutralize a high-profile beast leads Vincent (Jay Ryan) to rescue a damsel in distress (Amber Skye Noyes) who may hold the key to completing his mission. Cat (Kristin Kreuk) confronts her biological father (Ted Whitall) for answers about the role he’s played in her life. Nina Lisandrello and Austin Basis guest star in the new episode “Father Knows Best.”

TUESDAY

7 p.m.

THE ORIGINALS As Klaus and Elijah (Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies) seek Sabine’s (Shannon Kane) help in finding the missing Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin), someone from Hayley’s past reveals something that causes her to worry about herself and the baby. A trip down the bayou leads Klaus into a dangerous, unexpected encounter. Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) makes Rebekah (Claire Holt) an offer that has her torn in the new episode “Bloodletting.”

8:01 p.m.

THE GOLDBERGS The Kremps, a seemingly perfect all-American family, move into the Goldbergs’ neighborhood in this new episode. When they fail to respond to Beverly’s (Wendi McLendon-Covey) invitation to a barbecue, she presses the issue, and what happens at the get-together surprises everyone in “The Kremps.” Tom Cavanagh ( Ed) and Jennifer Irwin ( Eastbound &

Down) guest star.

9:01 p.m.

CHICAGO FIRE While out jogging, Severide (Taylor Kinney) discovers a boy trapped in a backhoe loader at a construction site. Boden (Eamonn Walker) continues butting heads with McLeod (Michelle Forbes) over the firehouse’s fate and breaks the news to Casey (Jesse Spencer) about his own future. Mouch (Christian Stolte) and his rival for the union presidency (Eric Slater) have an online debate in the new episode “Joyriding.” Monica Raymund also stars.

WEDNESDAY

7 p.m.

ARROW After arranging for A.R.G.U.S. agents to kidnap him, Amanda Waller (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) tells Diggle (David Ramsey) that Lyla (Audrey Marie Anderson) has gone missing in Moscow. Oliver and Felicity (Stephen Amell, Emily Bett Rickards) decide to join Diggle on his rescue mission to Russia, but things get complicated when Isabel (Summer Glau) shows up and insists on coming along in the new episode “Keep Your Enemies Closer.”

8 p.m.

NOVA Would there still be as many questions and theories surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy if it had taken place today — when we have all kinds of sophisticated forensic tools we didn’t have in 1963? That’s the premise of the new episode “Cold Case JFK,” in which modern investigators use those tools to analyze the evidence.

8 p.m.

MODERN FAMILY Phil and Claire (Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen) are planning surprises for each other for their 20th anniversary. Unfortunately, Phil’s is supposed to be sprung at the annual school fair, while Claire’s is at home. Gloria (Sofia Vergara) signs up Jay (Ed O’Neill) as a fair cop. Cam’s (Eric Stonestreet) unhappiness over the football team’s recent losses keeps him from enjoying the festivities in the new episode “A Fair to Remember.”

THURSDAY 7 p.m. ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND In a flashback, Anastasia and Will Scarlet (Emma Rigby, Michael Socha) jump into Wonderland, which isn’t what they imagined. After a humiliating experience at the palace ball, Ana urges Will to steal the crown jewels, with startling results. In the present, the Red Queen (Rigby) offers Alice (Sophie Lowe) a deal involving magic dust and information about Cyrus (Peter Gadiot), who’s escaped from Jafar’s castle, in the new episode “Heart of Stone.”

8 p.m.

REIGN Mary (Adelaide Kane) seeks solace with Bash (Torrance Coombs) when Francis’ (Toby Regbo) old flame Olivia (Yael Grobglas) comes to the castle. Queen Catherine (Megan Follows) blackmails Aylee (Jenessa Grant) into spying on Mary. Heretics threaten Bash for interfering with a sacred blood rite in the new episode “A Chill in the Air.” Alan Van Sprang also stars.

9 p.m.

PARENTHOOD Sarah (Lauren Graham) gets a valuable bit of advice from Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) in this new episode. Victor’s (Xolo Mariduena) school has some disturbing news for Julia (Erika Christensen). The media uncover some skeletons in Kristina’s (Monica Potter) closet that turn an unwelcome spotlight on Adam (Peter Krause). Amber (Mae Whitman) makes a decision that has an impact on Ryan (Matt Lauria) in “The Ring.”

FRIDAY

8 p.m.

SHARK TANK An entrepreneur from California pitches a product that allows people to know who’s at the door, even when they aren’t home. Also in this new episode, two sisters seek funding for their business selling creative toys by subscription. An entrepreneur whose slaw/salsa condiment is a hit in stores wants to expand, and three men pitch an app that lets people create

products with their phones.

8 p.m.

RAISING HOPE They may mess up, but the Chances’ hearts are in the right place. In other words, they’re just like us, and that’s what makes this sitcom — which starts a fourth season tonight — so enjoyable. Lucas Neff returns as Jimmy, the no-longer-single father raising his little girl (Baylie and Rylie Cregut) with a little help from his new wife (Shannon Woodward), his parents (Garret Dillahunt, Martha Plimpton) and great-grandmother (Cloris Leachman).

8 p.m.

AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL The first coed season of the modeling competition comes to an end tonight, The last two contestants standing face off in a fierce runway show and then a photo shoot — with Tyra herself behind the camera — in “Finale Part 2: The Guy or Girl Who Becomes America’s Next Top Model.”

SATURDAY

7:30 p.m.

MOM If you’ve seen this freshman sitcom, you know that Bonnie and Christy (Allison Janney, Anna Faris) don’t always see eye to eye — and that’s a candidate for the Understatement Hall of Fame. When a family crisis arises, however, they set their differences aside to deal with it together in “A Pee Stick and an Asian Raccoon.”

8 p.m. AS IT HAPPENED: JOHN F. KENNEDY 50

YEARS This new special revisits the events of Nov. 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. It also examines the debate over whether there was a conspiracy behind the president’s death — a debate that goes on 50 years after the fact.