Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY “The Dude” gets his due when Jeff Bridges collects the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the “The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards.” Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg host. 5 and 8 p.m. NBC We have an Inca-ling where they might find the “Lost City of Machu Picchu” in this special. 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel MONDAY

The Clemson Tigers take on the Crimson

Tide of Alabama for the “College Football Playoff National Championsh­ip.” From Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. 5 p.m. ESPN; split-screen coverage, ESPN2

The spin-off “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” has contestant­s from “AGT” franchises around the world going head-tohead. Terry Crews hosts. 8 p.m. NBC

Former NFL player and “Bacheloret­te” also-ran Colton Underwood gets to be “The Bachelor” this time around in a new season of the competitio­n. 8 p.m. ABC

See what happened when the North Dakota oil boom went bust in the documentar­y “My Country No More” on a new “Independen­t Lens.” 10 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

Felicity Jones and “Crazy Rich Asians’ ” Constance Wu are among the thespians talking shop in new episodes of “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.” 7 and 7:30 p.m. KOCE; also 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. Thu.

“Game of Thrones” creator George R.R. Martin, first of his name, learns about his family history on the season premiere of “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” 8 p.m. KOCE

Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) from “The Fosters” are almost all grown up in the new spin-off “Good Trouble.” 8 p.m. Freeform

Women reconnect with others who inspired them to fight for women’s rights in the season finale of “We’ll Meet Again.” Ann Curry hosts. 9 p.m. KOCE

The new special “USS Indianapol­is: The Final Chapter” updates the story of the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser sunk by a Japanese sub in 1945 after delivering the atomic bomb that was later dropped on Hiroshima during WWII. 10 p.m. KOCE

The truth may be in there in “Project Blue Book,” a new series inspired by the U.S. Air Force’s secret investigat­ion into the UFO phenomenon in the 1950s and ’60s. With “Game of Thrones’ ” Aidan Gillen as Dr. J. Allen Hynek. 10 p.m. History Channel

WEDNESDAY

David Attenborou­gh comes face-to-face with a prehistori­c ichthyosau­r — don’t worry, it’s only a fossil — in “Attenborou­gh and the Sea Dragon” on a new “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE

The 1980s-set sitcom “The Goldbergs” begets a 1990s-set spinoff, “Schooled.” With Tim Meadows, Bryan Callen and AJ Michalka. 8:30 p.m. ABC

“Nova” attempts to untangle the concept of quantum entangleme­nt in the episode “Einstein’s Quantum Riddle.” 9 p.m. KOCE

The new six-part series “The Dictator’s Playbook” examines the tactics used by such rulers as Kim Il Sung, Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein. 10 p.m. KOCE

Wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of mine as the salty rom-com “You’re the Worst” begins its fifth and final season. With Chris Geere, Aya Cash, Desmin Borges and Kether Donohue. 10 p.m. FXX

THURSDAY

You can’t keep a good cop comedy down. Canceled by Fox, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” is back on a new network. With Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher. 9 p.m. NBC

“The Vampire Diaries’ ” Nina Dobrev is keeping it all in the “Fam” in this new sitcom. With Gary Cole, Tone Bell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Odessa Adlon. 9:30 p.m. CBS FRIDAY

Richard Dreyfuss and Chevy Chase get “The Last Laugh” in this comedy about a has-been comic and his former manager on the comeback trail. Any time, Netflix

Everything you always wanted to know about “Sex Education” but were afraid to ask is revealed in this new Britcom. With Asa Butterfiel­d and Gillian Anderson. Any time, Netflix

Lang Lang, the pianist so nice they named him twice, has a part to play in “The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebratio­n” on a new “Great Performanc­es.” 9 p.m. KOCE

SATURDAY

Hallmark and chill with the romantic TVmovie sequel “One Winter Proposal.” With Jack Turner and Taylor Cole. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett assemble an all-star crew to pull off a heist at N.Y.C.’s super-exclusive Met Gala in the 2018 spin-off “Ocean’s 8.” Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna and Awkwafina also star. 8 p.m. HBO

A woman dealing with her father’s sudden death finds her problems have multiplied in the new thriller “My Mother’s Split Personalit­ies.” 8 p.m. Lifetime

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Byron Cohen FXX “YOU’RE THE WORST” returns for a fifth and final season on FXX. With Aya Cash and Chris Geere.

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