1) Emmy Awards, 8-11 p.m. ET, CBS. Nate Burgatze hosts on CBS … which has few nominations, beyond reality shows and Stephen Colbert. Instead, streamers dominate: Apple TV+ has two best-comedy nominees (“The Studio, “Shrinking”) and two for drama (“Severance,” “Slow Horses”). HBO has “White Lotus” (shown here) and “The Last of Us,” plus two for HBO Max.
2) Emmy red-carpet. CBS has its hour at 7 p.m., barring a football overrun, with Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner on the carpet. (That means another Sunday without “60 Minutes” and “Big Brother.”) The E channel tops that with a preview at 5, red-carpet at 6 and post-Emmy show at 11.
3) “Doc,” 8 p.m. ET, Fox. This was one of the best surprises of this past season — an extreme concept (a doctor with an eight-year memory gap) that was executed with subtle skill. Now it gets a post-football showcase, prior to airing Tuesdays, starting Sept. 23. In thius opener, an angry dad is desperate to get a heart-transplant for his daughter.
4) “Up North” finale, 9 and 9:30 p.m., Fox. It’s apparently the end for the series, which hasn’t been renewed. Russell’s cousin shows up at Moon’s sleepover, causing general chaos and dismay. And Beef (voiced by Nick Offerman) has a heroic mission\: Bring a roadkill moose back for the town.
5) Mysteries, 8-11 p.m., PBS. At 8, “Professor T” has a lushly filmed hour, with a plot that’s a bit of a stretch. At 9, “Marlow Murder Club” wraps a smart and complicated tale, complete with separate bodies at a cul de sac. And at 10, “Unforgotten” digs deeper into the troubled women surrounding the victim, including his widow and a right-wing commentator.