Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson salute the record label they helped make famous and vice versa in the new special “Motown 60: A Grammy Celebratio­n.”8 p.m. CBS

Something’s fishy in “Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters.” The “River Monsters” host is back in this new series. 9 p.m. Animal Planet

Jimmie Walker, Tonya Harding and Morgan Fairchild are among the “Worst Cooks in America” in a new celebrity edition of the culinary competitio­n. 9 p.m. Food Network

MONDAY

9-1-1, what is your emergency? See what happens next as first responders leap into action in the new real-time docu-series “Live Rescue.” 9 p.m. A&E

The 2018 documentar­y “Under the Wire” retells the tragic tale of war correspond­ent Marie Colvin, who lost her life covering the Syrian government’s brutal siege of the city of Homs in 2012. 9 p.m. Starz

Cops, community activists, local government officials and everyday citizens discuss efforts to end an epidemic of violent crime in Baltimore in the documentar­y “Charm City” on “Independen­t Lens.” 10 p.m. KOCE

Suit up! A woman (Suranne Jones) in early 19th-century England is determined to live life on her own terms in the fact-based drama “Gentleman Jack.” 10 p.m. HBO

TUESDAY

Beauty maven Madam C.J. Walker and Motown founder Berry Gordy are among the African American entreprene­urs profiled in

the new special “Boss: The Black Experience in Business.” 8 p.m. KOCE

Gabrielle Union’s hit romantic drama “Being Mary Jane” returns to wrap things with a belated feature-length series finale. With Michael Ealy. 8 p.m. BET

The new six-part docu-series “1969” isa moon-landing-to-Manson-family-to-Stonewall-to-Woodstock survey of the tumultuous year that was. 10 p.m. ABC

“Frontline” wades into the ever-contentiou­s pro-life/pro-choice debate in “The Abortion Divide.” 10 p.m. KOCE

All is far in love and work in the new L.A.set drama series “Games People Play.” With Lauren London, Karen Obilom and Parker McKenna Posey. 10 p.m. BET

WEDNESDAY

Chaka Khan… Chaka Khan… The R&B singer guest stars as herself and performs on a new episode of “Empire.” 8 p.m. Fox

Scientists and engineers tasked with “Saving the Dead Sea” lay out their plans in this new episode of “Nova.” 9 p.m. KOCE

A new “Breakthrou­gh: The Ideas That Changed the World” gives props to Leonardo da Vinci, the Wright Brothers and other aviation pioneers. 10 p.m. KOCE

THURSDAY

“Supernatur­al” ends its 14th season already renewed for a 15th. With Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. 8 p.m. The CW

Bruce Wayne, we hardly knew ye: After five seasons, the before-Batman drama “Gotham” ends its run with a series finale set 10 years in the future. With Ben McKenzie and Donal Logue. 8 p.m. Fox

The auto-centric series “Top Gear” revs up for another season. With Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, et al. 9 p.m. BBC America

The new docu-special “Rookie Moonshot: Budget Mission to the Moon” charts Israeli efforts to put an unmanned lander on the lunar service. 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel

FRIDAY

Road trip! Curatorial types hit the highways and byways to see what’s really happening on the American art scene in the new special “State of the Art.” 9 p.m. KOCE

In Russia, jazz listens to you: Herbie Hancock, the Manhattan Transfer and others perform as part of “Internatio­nal Jazz Day From St. Petersburg” in this new concert special. 10 p.m. KOCE

SATURDAY

Is this thing on? In lieu of a comedian, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow will be the featured speaker at this

year’s edition of “The White House Correspond­ents’ Dinner.” 4 p.m. CNN

But if you still need wisecracks, there’s “Not the White House Correspond­ents’ Dinner 2” on a very special “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee.” 10 p.m. TBS

Brits do it better: Radiohead, Roxy Music, Def Leppard, the Zombies and the Cure are among the honorees at the “2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.” 8 p.m. HBO

The new special “Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case” finds former kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart investigat­ing the Wisconsin teen’s shocking 2018 abduction. 8 p.m. Lifetime

A teen makes a name for himself as a drug kingpin in 1980s Detroit in the 2018 crime drama “White Boy Rick.” With Richie Merritt and Matthew McConaughe­y. 8 p.m. Starz

Pierce Brosnan saddles up for a second season of the decades-spanning, Texas-set frontier-era drama “The Son.” 9 p.m. AMC

A hospital director hooks up with a hunky medevac chopper pilot in the new TV movie “Love Takes Flight.” With Nikki DeLoach and Jeff Hephner. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

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Nathan Bolster BET GABRIELLE UNION stars in the TV-movie finale of “Being Mary Jane.”

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