WHAT TO WATCH
From the publishers of TV Guide
Murdoch Mysteries
Ovation, 6 p.m.
Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) suspects that the murder of a nasty, satirical cartoonist has links to city politics.
Renovation Goldmine HGTV, 7 p.m.
Joe and Meg Piercy take on two projects in which one of the most important rooms in the house has been left behind. At the Biedermans’ single-family home in the center of Chicago, they are helping Stephanie and Eric update their kitchen. This family of five has lived in the house for more than 20 years and taken on some big projects, but somehow the heart of the home hasn’t made the cut. It’s time to change that and give them a space their family and friends can enjoy. Meanwhile, out in the northern suburbs, Robbyn and Josh have renovated their entire house to fit their four growing boys, but ran out of time and money for their main bedroom and bathroom. Joe and Meg must find an affordable way to finish this house and give them a space of their own.
John Wayne in the ’70s TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.
When most people think of John Wayne, they probably recall him in his Westernand war-movie heyday from the 1940s and ’50s, and for good reason — the Duke and his iconic onscreen persona, combined with great directors such as John Ford, made for some enduring classics in that era. But Wayne also did something interesting as he neared the end of his life (he died on June 11, 1979, at 72). While the swingin’ early ’70s may not
have seemed like a prime time for someone from the older guard like Wayne, he did make his box-office presence known, coming off his best actor Oscar-winning performance in 1969’s “True Grit,” the only Academy Award win in his long career. This evening, Turner Classic Movies airs a double feature of Westerns representing late-career highlights for Wayne, starting with 1972’s “The Cowboys,” in which he stars as a rancher whose regular hands leave him to search for gold, so he hires a group of youngsters for a 400-mile cattle drive, along the way becoming a father figure of sorts as they learn to become
men. Second on tonight’s double bill is “Cahill, United States Marshal” (1973), led by Wayne as the tough-as-nails titular lawman who faces a moral dilemma when his rebellious sons seek to make their own names by robbing a bank.
I Bought a Dump … Now What?
HGTV, 8 p.m.
Three brave duos who bought dilapidated houses begin their individual demolitions in hopes of uncovering their own diamond in the rough. Just as the walls start to come down, the drama goes up, tempers run high and the teams’ budgets quickly get strained.