Los Angeles Times (Sunday)

TV THIS WEEK

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By Matt Cooper SUNDAY “Elvis: That’s the Way It Is”

(TCM, 5 p.m.): A two-film 88th birthday salute to the King of Rock ’n’ Roll kicks off with this 1970 concert doc.

“Alert: Missing Persons Unit” (Fox, 8 p.m.; also 9 p.m. Mon.): Scott Caan and “Devious Maids’ ” Dania Ramirez head the cast of this new drama.

“Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science” (KCET, 9 p.m.): MIT professor Alan Lightman asks the big questions in this new three-part special.

“Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” (AMC, 8 p.m.): Alexandra Daddario (“The White Lotus”) is one of them in this new supernatur­al drama.

“Giuliani: What Happened to America’s Mayor?” (CNN, 9 and 10 p.m.): This new series charts the rise and fall of the former New York mayor turned Trump loyalist.

MONDAY

“Detectoris­ts” (Acorn TV): The treasure-hunting BFFs (Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones) are back in a new special.

College Football Playoff National Championsh­ip (ESPN, 4:30 p.m.): Georgia takes on TCU.

“NCIS,” “NCIS: Hawai’i” and “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS, 8, 9 and 10 p.m.): Team members from across the franchise assemble for a three-part crossover event.

“POV” (KOCE, 10 p.m.): A disabled filmmaker hits the streets in his wheelchair in the 2022 doc “I Didn’t See You There.”

TUESDAY

“Golden Globe Awards” (NBC, 5 p.m.): Eddie Murphy collects career kudos at the annual shindig in Beverly Hills. “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (KOCE, 8 p.m.): Jeff Daniels and Claire Danes are the professor’s subjects in this new episode. “Frontline” (KOCE, 10 p.m.): The two-part investigat­ion “Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus” concludes.

WEDNESDAY

“Willow” (Disney+): The adventures of the titular wizard (Warwick Davis) and his band of heroes conclude in the fantasy drama’s finale.

“Lingo” (CBS, 9 p.m.): Contestant­s struggle to find the right words in this new game show hosted by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star RuPaul Charles.

THURSDAY

“Velma” (HBO Max): The bespectacl­ed “Scooby Doo” sleuth (Mindy Kaling) is ready for her close-up in this adult animated comedy. “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” (KOCE,

8, 8:30, 9 and 9:30 p.m.): Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh are among the thespians talking shop in new episodes of this awards season series.

“Christina in the Country” (HGTV, 8 p.m.): “Christina on the Coast’s” Christina Hall decamps for Tennessee in this new home-reno spinoff.

FRIDAY

“Break Point” (Netflix): Up-and-coming tennis stars travel from tournament to tournament in this new docuseries.

“Dog Gone” (Netflix): A youngster and his dad go to great lengths to track down the family’s missing pooch in this fact-based 2023 tale. With Rob Lowe. “Hunters” (Prime Video): Our heroes return to sniff out more Nazis in 1970s NYC in a second season of this drama starring Al Pacino. “Servant” (Apple TV+): This eerie domestic drama from M. Night Shyamalan returns for a fourth and final season. “Gold, Lies & Videotape” (Discovery, 9 p.m.): A family fights to reclaim of fortune that may not actually exist in this new unscripted series.

SATURDAY

“Miss Universe” (Roku, 4 p.m.): Women from around the globe vie for the title at the annual pageant in New Orleans.

“How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Cybill Shepherd plays an unhappily married romance novelist in this new TV movie.

“Austin City Limits” (KOCE, 11:30 p.m.): Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats perform.

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