TV THIS WEEK
SUNDAY
Commemorations of the Sept. 11 attacks include “9/11: 15 Years Later,” “9/11: Timeline of Terror” and “102 Minutes That Changed America: 15th Anniversary.” 5 and 8 p.m. CNN; 6 p.m. Fox News Channel; 8 p.m. History Channel
Their lips are moving, but they’re not singing anything in the new special “Lip Sync Battle All-Stars Live.” 5 and 8 p.m. Spike
“SNL’s” Jason Sudeikis is an animated warrior adrift in the live-action ’burbs in the new sitcom “Son of Zorn.” 8 p.m. Fox
“Harry Potter’s” Michael Gambon portrays a postWWII Winston Churchill in “Churchill’s Secret” on “Masterpiece Classic.” 8 p.m. KOCE
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty, and meet me tonight in Atlantic City for the “2017 Miss America Competition.” 9 p.m. ABC
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun in new episodes of the period drama “Indian Summers” on “Masterpiece Classic.” 10 p.m. KOCE
It’s personal, professional and prurient as ever on the return of “Masters of Sex.” With Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan. 10 p.m. Showtime
MONDAY
If Ryan Lochte doesn’t win the trophy on “Dancing With the Stars,” he can always say he was robbed. Marcia from “The Brady Bunch” and Vanilla Ice are among the other celebs hoofing it this season. 5 p.m. ABC
The Los Angeles Rams play their first away game (and we miss them already) against the San Francisco 49ers on “Monday Night Football.” 7:15 p.m. ABC and ESPN The latest champion is crowned on “So You Think You Can Dance.” 8 p.m. Fox Two young African American men from Chicago’s South Side pursue college careers in “All the Difference” airing on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE SIBLINGS reunite in the Lifetime TV movie “Sister Cities.” With Michelle Trachtenberg.
TUESDAY
Also-rans from presidential elections past are recalled in the new six-part series “The Contenders.” 8 p.m. KOCE
“Frontline” gives the for-profit college industry gets a failing grade in the new exposé “A Subprime Education.” 9 p.m. KOCE
Speakers including actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith weigh in on the state of education in America in an all-new “TED Talks.” 10 p.m. KOCE
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne share footage they shot while “Taking Fire” in Afghanistan in this new series. 10 p.m. Discovery
WEDNESDAY
Watch in awe as the “Forces of Nature” reveal themselves in this visually stunning four-part series from the BBC. 8 p.m. KOCE
Floating classrooms? “Nova” imagines the “School of the Future” in this episode. 9 p.m. KOCE
Quack! The new special “The Million Dollar Duck” checks in on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s annual Duck Stamp Contest. 9 p.m. Animal Planet
Not-so-plain Jane (Jaimie Alexander) is back in action on a second season of the hit action drama “Blindspot.” 10 p.m. NBC
“South Park” launches its 20th season (!), followed by the new animated comedy “Legends of Chamberlain Heights.” 10 and 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central The anthology series “American Horror Story” returns with a tale of terror as yet untold. 10 p.m. FX “SNL’s” Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Seth Meyers will leave no doc un-spoofed in new episodes of “Documentary Now!” 10 p.m. IFC
THURSDAY
Those who can, do — but they also teach, to pass on their techniques to new generations, on “Craft in
America.” 8 p.m. KOCE Heidi Klum’s “Project
Runway” is back with a preview special and the season premiere. 8 and 9 p.m. Lifetime “Beauty and the Beast,” we hardly knew ye. This fantasy drama starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan ends its run after four seasons. 9 p.m. KTLA
FRIDAY
“Z Nation,” the thirdbest zombie drama on cable, is back for a third season. 8 and 9 p.m. Syfy “Art in the Twenty-First Century” begins a new season with visits to Chicago and Mexico City. 9 and 10 p.m. KOCE
“Guns N’ Roses: The Most Dangerous Band in the World” salutes the greatest rock ’n’ roll group this city ever produced — if you don’t count the Byrds, the Doors, X, Van Halen… 10 p.m. Showtime
Yes, they cannabis: Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld’s weed-themed Web comedy “High Maintenance” comes to cable. 11 p.m. HBO
SATURDAY
Ron Howard’s new documentary “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years” salutes the greatest rock ’n’ roll group that ever existed or ever will. Period. End of sentence. Any time, Hulu
Leonardo DiCaprio has to grin and bear it — only there ain’t much to grin about, though there is an actual bear — in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s 2015 frontierera survival/revenge saga “The Revenant.” With Tom Hardy. 8 p.m. HBO
Secrets spill forth when estranged siblings reunite in the new TV movie “Sister Cities.” With Jacki Weaver, Stana Katic, Troian Bellisario and Michelle Trachtenberg. 8 p.m. Lifetime