Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

The sci-fi drama “Westworld” and a resurgent “SNL” lead the field with 22 nomination­s apiece at the “69th Primetime Emmy Awards.” Stephen Colbert emcees. 5 p.m. CBS

Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick revisit “The Vietnam War” in this exhaustive — and likely exhausting — 10-part, 18hour documentar­y series. 8 p.m. KOCE; also Mon.Thu.; concludes Sept. 28

A teen (Emily Rudd) finds romance and intrigue of the aquatic variety in the 2016 fantasy tale “Sea Change.” 8 p.m. Lifetime

No hablas español? No problema. Univision’s factbased Spanish-language narco-drama “El Chapo” is back for a second season — now with English subtitles. 10 p.m. KMEX

Guillermo del Toro’s creepy and icky horror drama “The Strain” airs its final episode. 10 p.m. FX

Big men on campus: Danny McBride and Walton Goggins return in a new season of the comedy “Vice Principals.” 10:30 p.m. HBO

MONDAY

Pop music’s Debbie Gibson, former Lakers great Derek Fisher and “Malcolm in the Middle’s” Frankie Muniz are among the celebritie­s who’ll be hoofing it on a new season of “Dancing With the Stars.” 8 p.m. ABC

Melissa Rivers and company dish on the Emmys on an all-new “Fashion Police.” 8 p.m. E!

The stories of British citizens who went to Syria to join the terrorist organizati­on ISIS are dramatized in the four-part miniseries “The State.” 9 and 10 p.m. National Geographic Channel; also Tue.

The forecast calls for climate change, food and water shortages, global instabilit­y, mass human migration, etc., as described in the 2016 documentar­y “The Age of Consequenc­es.” 9 p.m. Starz Comic Martin Lawrence is among stars feted on a 1990s-themed edition of “VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors.” 9 p.m. VH1

TUESDAY

Jerry Seinfeld recalls his time in the trenches as a struggling comic in the new special “Jerry Before Seinfeld.” Netflix The remaining contestant­s will give it their all before the winning act is revealed on the two-night season finale of “America’s Got Talent.” Tyra Banks host. 8 p.m. NBC; also Wed.

A former NYPD detective opens up his case files in the new series “Street Justice: The Bronx.” 9 p.m. Discovery Channel “The Paley Center Salutes the Best of Will & Grace” just ahead of a reboot of the hit sitcom in this new special. With Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally. 10 p.m. NBC Late-night TV’s Conan O’Brien is bound for Israel on a new installmen­t of his occasional travel series “Conan Without Borders.” 10 p.m. TBS

WEDNESDAY

Winners will also be announced on the season finales of the reality competitio­ns “Big Brother” and “Master Chef.” 8 p.m. CBS; 8 p.m. Fox Run a marathon in under two hours? Three elite athletes are training to do just that in the special “Breaking2.” 8 p.m. National Geographic Channel Ted Danson and Kristen Bell are back for a second season of the heavenly comedy “The Good Place.” 10 p.m. NBC

THURSDAY

The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin kick out the jams in D.A. Pennebaker’s 1968 film “Monterey Pop,” kicking off a slate of classic rock docs. 5 p.m. TCM The before-Batman drama “Gotham” launches a fourth season. With Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and Morena Baccarin. 8 p.m. Fox The new special “O.J.: Guilty in Vegas” takes another look at the former football star’s 2008 conviction for armed robbery in Sin City. 9 p.m. A&E Hair and make-up artists go head-to-head in the new series “American Beauty Star” hosted by supermodel Adriana Lima. 10:30 p.m. Lifetime

FRIDAY

Get up close and personal with pop-music superstar Lady Gaga in the 2017 behind-the-scenes documentar­y “Gaga: Five Foot Two.” Any time, Netflix A British comic and his dear old dad go gallivanti­ng through Southeast Asia in the new special “Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father.” Any time, Netflix Emmy winner Jeffrey Tambor is back in a fourth season of Jill Soloway’s dysfunctio­nal family drama “Transparen­t.” Any time, Amazon Country music greats including Waylon Jennings, George Jones and Tammy Wynette are on the road again in the new animated comedy “Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus.” 10 p.m. Cinemax

SATURDAY

“Macbeth” costars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard class up the otherwise by-the-numbers 2016 action tale/videogame adaptation “Assassin’s Creed.” 8 p.m. HBO An amnesiac author finds romance in the Green Mountain State in the new TV movie “Falling for Vermont.” With Julie Gonzalo and Benjamin Ayres. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel A little knowledge is not-so-dangerous thing in the new special “The Ultimate Guide to Sounding Smart.” 10 p.m. History Channel

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