Dayton Daily News

TV HIGHLIGHTS

-

Movie: Kim Possible, 8 PM

on DIS; 10 PM on DIS: Disney Channel’s third original movie adapted from the iconic animated children’s series casts Sadie Stanley in the title role of the resourcefu­l teen heroine, with Sean Giambrone (“The Goldbergs”) playing Kim’s sidekick and best friend, Ron Stoppable. The story finds Kim facing an unusual crisis of confidence as she and Ron start classes at Middleton High School and get lost in this new social hierarchy. Alyson Hannigan, Connie Ray and Todd Stashwick also star.

Movie: A Kid Like Jake, 8

PM on SHOW: Playwright Daniel Pearle adapted his own stage drama for Silas Howard’s affecting 2018 drama, which casts Claire Danes and Jim Parsons (also one of the producers) as parents struggling to do the right thing when they start to notice that their 4-year-old son (Leo James Davis) seems to be struggling with his gender identity. The couple confronts some complicate­d decisions as they begin searching for the right kindergart­en class for the boy. Priyanka Chopra, Ann Dowd and Octavia Spencer also star.

Proven Innocent, 9 PM on

Ch. 19 and Ch. 45: Danny Strong, who won an Emmy for writing HBO’s Sarah Palin docudrama “Game Change,” co- created this new legal drama set inside a scrappy law firm where Madeline Scott (Rachelle Lefevre) and her team work tirelessly on behalf of innocents who were wrongfully convicted. Their work feels unusually personal for Madeline, who along with her brother (Riley Smith) was found guilty as a teenager in a sensationa­l murder trial. Kelsey Grammer and Vincent Kartheiser co-star.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States