1) “Now Hear This,” 9 p.m., PBS. This beautifully crafted show — with violinist Scott Yoo (shown here in a previous episode) as host and sometimes-performer — finds fresh ways to visit music masters. Last week was Brahms and European elegance; now it’s Scott Joplin and mid-America. We hear dazzling bits of ragtime piano and much more — including a 12-piece orchestra in Pennsylvania and a Black-themed opera in Chicago.
2) “Boston Blue,” 10 p.m., CBS. Here’s another nod to the now-departed “Blue Bloods”: A Brooklyn murder leads to a dangerous situation in Boston; Danny and Lena link with his former New York police partner, Maria Baez. That follows “Sheriff Country” at 8 (a pattern of local girls disappearing) and “Fire Country” at 9, with a massive oil-well explosion.
3) “Happy’s Place,” 8 p.m., NBC. People collide with modern times, finding mixed results. A smaller story — Emmett and emojis — is fairly good; a bigger one, involving an AI accountant, is mostly idiotic.
4) Roger Corman films, Turner Classic Movies. Gifted filmmakers worked with micro-budgets: At 8 p.m. ET, Peter Bogdanovich’s “Targets” (1968); at 9:45, writer John Sayles and director Joe Dante adding wit to “Piranha” (1978). Then “Queen of Blood” (1966), 11:30; Francis Coppola’s “Dementia 13,” 1; four directors scrambling on “The Terror” (1963), 2:30.
5) ALSO: At 9 p.m.,. CW has Jeff Foxworthy hosting the “American Bible Challenge” quiz show; ironically, that follows “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” with Penn Jillette, an outspoken atheist. And at 7, catch younger Indy (“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” 1984, Syfy) or older one (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” 2023, FX).