8 PM^ American Masters TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
Emmy-winning filmmaker Mary McDonagh Murphy takes a cleareyed look at American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, a Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65 and turned her frontier childhood into the bestselling “Little House” books. Drawing on previously unpublished letters, photographs and family artifacts, the documentary explores the context in which Wilder lived and wrote, as well as the true nature of her personality. Victor Garber narrates; interviewees include Melissa
Gilbert and other cast members of the hit TV series adaptation, “Little House on the Prairie.”
8 PMGPopstar’s Best of 2020
Elizabeth Stanton (“World’s Funniest Animals”) serves as host for this new one-hour special, wherein she counts down what polls from Popstar Magazine indicates were the greatest and most memorable moments and trends of 2020, which many viewers no doubt will consider a year that will live in infamy.
8 PM( TLC) 7 Little Johnstons Trent and Amber Johnston return for a new season of adventures with their family, who have gone through multiple changes since last season. All the adult kids are back under one roof, although Jonah has a long-distance girlfriend, a relationship that is serious enough for him to consider moving to a different state to be closer to her. Anna was loving her college experience, until the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered in-person classes, forcing her to return home to her family. Meanwhile, Trent and Amber try to keep their marriage fresh.
9 PM* The Year: 2020 Robin Roberts hosts the 10th anniversary edition of this two-hour special that looks back at events that defined the past 12 months, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the contentious presidential race. George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan and David Muir are among the multiple co-hosts joining Roberts, along with such guests as actors Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Kal Penn, political commentator Michael Eric Dyson, fashion designer Christian Siriano, comics Joel McHale and Nikki Glaser, “Queer Eye” streaming star Karamo Brown and country musician Brad Paisley.