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- By Matt Cooper Messers. Cooper and Cohen reunite in New York City’s Times Square for 5 and 10:30 p.m. CNN BTS and Sheryl Crow are among the performers slated for 8, 10 and 11:30 p.m. and 1:09 a.m. ABC Maria Menounos and Rob Gronkowski lend Mr. Harvey a h

SUNDAY

They’ll have to hoof it before they can hook up in the new dating show “Flirty Dancing.” “Step Up’s” Jenna Dewan is the host. 8 p.m. Fox; also Wed.

A murder leaves a small-town high school’s cheerleadi­ng squad with little to cheer about in the new mystery drama “Dare Me.” 10 p.m. USA

MONDAY

Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) plays a Courtney Love-like rock star in the 2018 indie drama “Her Smell.” 8 p.m. HBO

Lend me a tenor: The late, great opera star Luciano Pavarotti is profiled in “Pavarotti,” a new documentar­y directed by Ron Howard. 8 p.m. Showtime

Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazili chronicles his family’s experience­s as refugees in the documentar­y “Midnight Traveler” on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

“New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.”

“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2020.”

“Fox’s New Year’s Eve With Steve Harvey: Live From Times Square.” 8 and 11 p.m. Fox

Isn’t it rich? Bernadette Peters joins the New York Philharmon­ic for a salute to Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim on “Live From Lincoln Center.” 8 p.m. KOCE

Carson Daly hosts and Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and “Hamilton’s” Leslie Odom Jr. perform on “NBC New Year’s Eve Special 2020.” 10 and 11:30 p.m. NBC

WEDNESDAY

Rita Moreno, “Firefly’s” Gina Torres and gymnast Laurie Hernandez serve as cogrand marshals for the “131st Tournament of Roses Parade” in Pasadena. 7:30 a.m. KTLA; 8 a.m. NBC, Hallmark Channel

Rah, rah, sis boom bah! Wisconsin battles Oregon in the “Rose Bowl,” also from Pasadena. 2 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2

The 2019 documentar­y “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” celebrates the singer with the powerful pipes who rose to fame in the early 1970s. 6 and 9 p.m. CNN

Is there a “Doctor Who” in the house? Jodie Whittaker continues her stint as the 13th Time Lord when the British sci-fi drama launches a new season. 8 p.m. BBC America

Take this waltz: “Downton Abbey’s” Hugh Bonneville is your host for “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebratio­n 2020” on “Great Performanc­es.” 9 p.m. KOCE

You down with RBG? Felicity Jones portrays a pre-SCOTUS Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the 2018 bio-pic/courtroom drama “On the Basis of Sex.” 9 p.m. Showtime

THURSDAY

“What Is Jeopardy!? Alex Trebek and America’s Most Popular Quiz Show” goes behind the scenes of the long-running answer-and-question game show. 8 p.m. ABC

“Last Man Standing’s” Tim Allen returns for another season of the sitcom “Last Man Standing.” 8 p.m. Fox

Parents turn to the power of prayer as their adoptive son lies in a coma in the inspiratio­nal 2019 drama “Breakthrou­gh.” With Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”). 8 p.m. HBO

Clung-clung! Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay, et al., will be on hand when “The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU” new special. 9 p.m. NBC

A grizzled veteran (Stephen Dorff ) of the L.A. County Sheriff ’s Department gets promoted from “Deputy” to the department’s top cop in this new action drama. 9 p.m. Fox

A second season of the docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly” continues to probe allegation­s of sexual abuse made against the R&B star. 9 and 10:06 p.m. Lifetime; also 9 and 10:05 p.m. Fri., 8 p.m. Sat.

FRIDAY

The new standup special “Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning” finds the “Broad City” star tackling a variety of hot topics. Anytime, Amazon Prime

Who invited him? “Slumdog Millionair­e’s” Dev Patel is “The Wedding Guest” in Michael Winterbott­om’s 2018 thriller set in India and Pakistan. 8:30 p.m. Showtime

SATURDAY

A British officer’s wife (Keira Knightley) has the hots for a German widower (“True Blood’s” Alexander Skarsgard) in postWWII Hamburg in the 2019 romantic drama “The Aftermath.” 8 p.m. HBO

Couples from all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are fixin’ to get hitched in the new spin-off series “Say Yes to the Dress America.” 8 p.m. TLC

Lacey Chabert hooks up with a local hunk after inheriting a ski chalet in the new made-for-cable romance “Winter in Vail.” 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

The tortured romance between Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC and pro football star Andre Rison is revisited in the debut of “Hopelessly in Love.” 9:30 p.m. Lifetime

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Jonathan Wenk Focus Features FELICITY JONES portrays a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the 2018 biodrama “On the Basis of Sex.”

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