TV HIGHLIGHTS
SERIES
NCIS Gibbs (Mark Harmon) watches his 11-yearold neighbor (Jack Fisher). 8 p.m. CBS The Flash A mysterious, hallucinogenic contagion tests Barry’s (Grant Gustin) convictions as Iris (Candice Patton) uncovers a massive conspiracy. 8 p.m. CW Arrow Oliver (Stephen Amell) is faced with a lifeor-death situation after being double-crossed by Lyla (Audrey Marie Anderson) in this new episode. 9 p.m. CW Mixed-ish Paul (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) struggles when Rainbow and Santamonica (Arica Himmel, Mykal-Michelle Harris) want to participate in a beauty pageant. 9 p.m. ABC Empire As she takes her first steps back into the music business, Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) spots an artist with enormous raw talent whom Lucious (Terrence Howard) passed on. 9 p.m. Fox black-ish Dre and Bow (Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross) are worried about Junior’s (Marcus Scribner) future after he tells them he wants to produce shows for unknown comics. 9:30 p.m. ABC NCIS: New Orleans After Eddie Barrett (Eddie Cahill) provides an alibi witness, Pride (Scott Bakula) and the team are more determined than ever to find a break in the case. 10 p.m. CBS Running Wild With Bear Grylls Rob Riggle joins Grylls on an adventure through Iceland’s Vatnajokull Glacier in this new episode of the unscripted adventure series. 10 p.m. National Geographic
SPECIALS
Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry The country music star is honored in this new special. Parton will perform several of her biggest hits, and a number of her friends — including Dierks Bentley, Emmylou Harris, Chris Janson, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Margo Price and Hank Williams Jr. — will be on hand. 9 p.m. NBC
College Behind Bars In the conclusion of the fourpart documentary special, the incarcerated students embark on yearlong senior projects. Also, the debate team faces counterparts from West Point and Harvard. 9 p.m. KOCE and KPBS Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season This 2019 documentary presents an intimate chronicle of the iconic athlete’s last competitive skiing campaign, interspersed with a look back at her transcendent career. 10 p.m. HBO
MOVIES
Check Inn to Christmas New York attorney Julia Crawley (Rachel Boston) returns for a holiday visit to her Rocky Mountain hometown but finds that a generations-old feud has been rekindled in this new tale of star-crossed romance. 8 p.m. Hallmark Annihilation (2018) 11 a.m.
Epix The Good Dinosaur (2015)
11:23 a.m. Encore Only the Brave (2017) 3 p.m.
FXX
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning (N) 7
a.m. KCBS Today Alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn (“The Final Season”); co-author Neal Katyal (“Neal Katyal on Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump”). (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America Daisy Ridley (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”); Ally Brooke performs; a “Dancing With the Stars” finale party. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. Garth Brooks (“The Road I’m On”); Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety J. Pickens (“The Work Around”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV Live With Kelly and Ryan Daisy Ridley. (N) 9 a.m. KABC The View LL Cool J; Arica Himmel. (N) 10 a.m. KABC Rachael Ray Cameron Mathison. (N) 10 a.m. KTTV Wendy Williams Julie Bowen. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV The Talk Don Johnson. (N) 1
p.m. KCBS Tamron Hall Jon Dorenbos (“America’s Got Talent”). (N) 1 p.m. KABC The Dr. Oz Show A friend reveals the horror Travis Alexander faced in the months before his killing. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kristen Bell; Ne-Yo. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC Dr. Phil A woman discovers that her husband of nearly 20 years has been having a sexual affair with a man. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tom Hanks. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC The Real Tina Lifford (“Queen Sugar”); Ne-Yo (“Another Kind of Christmas”); Tisha Campbell. (N) 3 p.m. KTTV The Doctors Whether the paleo diet is safe while breastfeeding. (N) 3 p.m. KCOP Amanpour and Company (N) 11 p.m. KCET; 1 a.m. KLCS; midnight KVCR The Tonight Show Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); Katherine Langford; Gary Vaynerchuk. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC The Late Show Paul Rudd; Adrienne Warren. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS Jimmy Kimmel Live! Laura Dern; Andrew Yang; Bishop Briggs performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC The Late Late Show Kathy Bates; Billy Eichner. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS Late Night Oscar Isaac; Casey Wilson; Jon Pardi performs. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC A Little Late Esther Povitsky; Brenda Song. (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC