WHAT TO WATCH
From the publishers of TV Guide
Station 19/Grey’s Anatomy ABC, 7 p.m. (season premiere)
This three-hour premiere crossover event brings together both “Station 19” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” Last season on “Station 19,” Lt. Andy Herrera’s ( Jaina Lee Ortiz) life was full of upheaval. She spontaneously married battalion chief Robert Sullivan (Boris Kodjoe) and, in the last moment of the finale, came face to face with the mom she thought had died decades ago. The fallout will unfold against the real-life backdrop of the pandemic in season four. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC’S long-running soapy medical drama, returns for its 17th season with a double timeline: one that finds the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the other flashing back to where they left off last spring.
Leonard Maltin’s Neglected Classics
TCM, beginning at 7 p.m. Famed film critic Leonard Maltin introduces a number of films that many viewers may not have heard of, but which deserve to be remembered and enjoyed. The night begins with 1935’s “The Gilded Lily,” a romantic comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Fred Macmurray that was highly acclaimed during its time but doesn’t necessarily come to mind when thinking of those actors today. Also tonight: “Come Next Spring” (1956), a drama starring Ann Sheridan, Steve Cochran and Walter Brennan; “Blind Adventure” (1933), a pre-code mystery film starring Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack; “The Mob” (1951), a film noir starring Broderick Crawford; and “Penthouse” (1933), a crime film starring Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy and some risqué pre-code language.
Mom CBS, 8 p.m.
There’s double-date trouble tonight. Bonnie (Allison Janney) and Adam (William Fichtner) spend their first anniversary with cat lady Marjorie (Mimi Kennedy) and her new man — and regret it.
Suspicious Minds Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m. (season finale)
After 19-year-old Erica Miller disappears into a frigid January night, the town of York, Pa., is consumed with suspicion. Rumors fly as Erica’s mother desperately searches for her daughter and investigators turn up new suspects around every corner. Friends and former classmates reveal unexpected details about the young woman beloved by everyone she met — whose trust, detectives believe, was betrayed by someone close to her.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC, 8 p.m. (season premiere)
The longest-running primetime live-action series in TV history extends its record-setting run as it begins season 22 tonight. The series’ long-established core cast, including Mariska Hargitay, Ice-t, Kelli Giddish and Peter Scanavino, returns, while two newer cast members who were introduced last season
— Jamie Gray Hyder as Officer Kat Azar Tamin and Demore Barnes as Deputy Chief Christian Garland — have been bumped up to series regulars. Fans will also see familiar faces pop up, including Tamara Tunie as medical examiner Dr. Melinda Warner and Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler (Meloni will also return as Stabler full time when he headlines the spinoff series “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” slated for a 2021 premiere).
Ghost Adventures: El Rancho Hotel
Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Zak Bagans and the crew investigate a historic New Mexico hotel where a spike in paranormal activity has caused several employees to quit. The guys suspect the dark wave of supernatural energy was unleashed after a demonic ritual was conducted on the property.
The Unicorn CBS, 9:30 p.m. (season premiere)
In the second-season premiere, “There’s Something About Whoever-she-was,” Wade (Wal
ton Goggins) has an instant connection with a woman he met briefly in a parking lot, and he’s determined to find her again.
Star Trek: Discovery CBS, 9 p.m.
Season one episodes continue with “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad.” As the USS Discovery crew attempts to let loose at a party, an unwelcome visitor comes aboard, bringing about a problematic and twisted sequence of events.
The Paley Center Presents Law & Order: Before They Were Stars NBC, 9 p.m.
For an up-and-coming actor, an appearance on “Law & Order” is a rite of passage. Since 1990, more than a few of the attorneys, victims, perpetrators, witnesses, kids, suspects and police of the week have become TV and movie stars. This hourlong special features interviews with actors whose roles on a “Law & Order” series played an instrumental part in shaping their careers, including Ron Cephas Jones, Chris Sullivan and Susan Kelechi Watson (“This Is Us”); Leslie Odom Jr. (“Hamilton”); Michael Imperioli and Aida Turturro
(“The Sopranos”); Ariel Winter (“Modern Family”); Abigail Breslin (“Zombieland”) and S. Epatha Merkerson (“Chicago Med”). Several prominent actors who have a “Law & Order” credit will be part of the special, including Bradley Cooper. The special will be available on Nbcuniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, on Friday.
Chrisley Knows Best USA Network, 9 p.m. (new episodes)
Season eight of the reality series begins its second half tonight. New episodes continue to follow the entertaining life of outspoken patriarch Todd Chrisley and his over-the-top Southern family.
Miz & Mrs USA Network, 9:30 p.m. (new episodes)
Season two, which offers a glimpse into the A-list lifestyle of married WWE Superstars The Miz and Maryse, and their eccentric family, returns with new episodes. The family has moved back to Los Angeles, and things will never be the same. Shortly after the move, The Miz and Maryse welcomed their second daughter.