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“Cheer Squad Secrets” “Follow Your Heart” “black-ish”

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(7 p.m., 11:01 p.m., Lifetime): Kelly (Margaret Anne Florence) succeeds in helping her daughter, Amelie (Karis Cameron), win the coveted position of cheerleadi­ng squad captain in this new thriller, but she’s far less thrilled to discover someone is giving Amelie some mysterious performanc­e-enhancing supplement­s — and that person is prepared to do anything, up to and including murder, to cover up that arrangemen­t. Anita Brown and Matthew Anderson also star.

(8 p.m., HMM): Galadriel Stineman (“The Middle”) stars in this 2020 romance as Kathy Yoder, who left the close-knit Amish community where she grew up in favor of a promising career as a travel writer. After extended time away, however, Kathy is summoned home to settle the business affairs of her late father. After her culture-shock rebound wears off during this homecoming, she begins to recall and appreciate the simple pleasures of her early life.

(9 p.m., ABC): Airing in advance of this family comedy’s Season 7 premiere, the Johnsons return tonight in a new special comprising two back-to-back episodes, both of which deal with the upcoming November election. In “Election Special, Pt. 1,” Junior (Marcus Scribner) is looking forward to Election Day, until he discovers he’s been purged from the voter polls, prompting him to investigat­e why.

(9 p.m., 11:30 p.m., CNN): Actress Robin Wright (“House of Cards) narrates this new six-part docuseries profiling some of the most iconic First Ladies in American history. The series, which begins tonight with an extended episode on former First Lady Michelle Obama, blends in-depth interviews, rare archival footage and cinematic recreation­s to provide striking revisions to how each woman traditiona­lly has been portrayed, revealing how their time in the White House affected them and how their achievemen­ts shaped history.

“First Ladies”

“The Comedy Store” (9 p.m., 12:30 a.m., 2:30 a.m., Showtime): Showtime canceled its underrated dramedy “I’m Dying Up Here” after two seasons, but the venue that inspired that series — the Comedy Store in Los Angeles — is the “star” of this new four-part documentar­y series from actor-director Mike Binder, a former stand-up comic himself. The limited series chronicles the nearly 50-year history of this storied club, where Richard Pryor and David Letterman got their starts.

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