1) “Chicago P.D.,” 10 p.m., NBC. For Kim (Marina Squerciati, shown here, front, in a previous episode), here’s a potent hour on two fronts. At home, she’s working on adopting a sweet and troubled girl whose mother was murdered. At work, she and other cops start with a body that landed on a car, then get into something much bigger. It’s a solid story and “P.D.” – the best of NBC’s three Chicago shows – does it well.
2) “Chicago Med” and “Chicago Fire,” 8 and 9 p.m., NBC. These other Chicago shows are no match for the crisp “P.D.” hours. Tonight’s “Fire” has a desperate attempt to save a girl who’s held captive; it holds our attention – IF we can forgive the fact that it’s built around the girl’s refusal to give her name. But “Med” takes unethical behavior to an extreme, soap-opera style. One doctor has already stolen drugs … another forces a nurse to do surgery … and even an administrator misbehaves terribly.
3) “Kids Say the Darnedest Things” season-opener, 8 p.m,, CBS. Art Linkletter talked to 23,000 kids during the 25 years of his radio and TV variety shows. That led to two books, plus “Darnedest Things” series on CBS (with Bill Cosby), on ABC (Tiffany Haddish) and in five other countries. ABC dumped the Haddish version after 12 episodes; now it jumps to CBS, where kids visit the “Price is Right” set.
4) “A Million Little Things,” 10 p.m., ABC. Generations are spanned, as long-ago controversies surface in new form. After seeing the George Floyd video, Rome talks with his father about the history of Black men in America. And Darcy (an Afghanistan veteran suffering from PTSD) talks to the father of her boyfriend, Gary, about his experiences in Vietnam.
5) Movies, cable. On the eve of its Classic Film Festival (part of its regular schedule this year), Turner Classic Movies has two black-and-white gems. “12 Angry Men” (1957), at 8 p.m. ET, ripples with emotion; “Anatomy of a Murder” (1959), agt 10 ET, has a so-so finish, but great craftsmanship, including Duke Ellington’s score. Other top choices, “Moneyball” (2011), 8 p.m., AMC; “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017), 8 p.m., FX; “Charlie Wilson’s War” (2007), 8:15, Starz; “Tenet” (2020), 9 p.m., HBO.