Whales and lockdowns on Animal Planet
Capt. Watson and the Sea Shepherd return to Japanese waters as “Whale Wars” (9 p. m., Animal Planet, TVPG) enters a new season.
Animal Planet also launches the new series “Louisiana Lockdown” ( 10 p. m . ) . Louisiana’s Angola prison, one of the nation’s largest maximum-security facilities, is home to more than 5,000 inmates.
Most are serving life sentences and will never leave its walls.
“Lockdown” focuses on prison programs that allow prisoners to interact with animals — from herding cattle and raising bloodhounds to breaking and training wild horses.
Some prisoners also participate in Angola’s legendary annual rodeo that allows the incarcerated the “freedom” to ride a bucking bronco, if only for fleeting seconds a year.
TASTE OF THE BRONX
If you’re ready for a taste of the Bronx, sample “The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia” ( 10 p. m., Cooking Channel).
A minor celebrity and self- described culinary ambassador to the Bronx, Ambrosia has a popular podcast and has directed two films. He turns every “Adventure” into a treasure hunt for special ingredients and local lore.
First up: After discovering a map hidden in a haunted carousel, Baron travels to Bridgeport, Conn., home to P.T. Barnum, and samples culinary specialties of that city’s immigrants, including Peruvian ceviche, Haitian oxtail and Jamaican jerk chicken.
Not in the mood for the Bronx? How about Detroit? “Motor City Rising” (10 p.m., Ovation) profiles artists and activists dedicated to making their mark while trying to help the embattled Michigan city regain its reputation as a center of industry, opportunity and creativity.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
A health- care CEO becomes an “Undercover Boss” (8 p.m., CBS, repeat).
On two episodes of “Best Friends Forever” (NBC): a not-so-open house ( 8 p. m.), a trip to Atlantic City (8:30 p.m.). The second episode is the series finale.
A patient consumed by fears on “House” (8 p.m., Fox, repeat, TV-14).
Mediators go toe- totoe in Lake Tahoe on “Fairly Legal” ( 9 p. m., USA, TVPG).
A haunted mansion on “The Dead Files” ( 10 p. m., Travel, TV-PG).
Dating websites can be murder on “Common Law” (10 p.m., USA, TV-PG).
Ike’s fortunes take a turn for the worse on the season finale of “Magic City” (10 p.m., Starz, TV-MA). SERIES NOTES Feline designs loom large on “Shark Tank” ( 8 p.m., ABC, repeat, TV-PG).
An inside look at an elite ballet corps on “Breaking Pointe” ( 8 p. m., CW, repeat, TV-PG).
Fraternity hazing pranks go murderously awry on “CSI: NY” (9 p.m., CBS, repeat, TV-14).
“Dateline NBC” (9 p.m.).
Misplaced memories on “Bones” ( 9 p. m., Fox, repeat, TV-14).
Ethical dilemmas on “Primetime: What Would You Do?” (9 p.m., ABC).
A dancer dies from Red Shoes Syndrome on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, repeat, TV-14).
A bad man offers good intelligence on “Blue Bloods” ( 10 p. m., CBS, repeat, TV14).
“20/ 20” ( 10 p. m., ABC).