1) “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” season-finale, 8 p.m., Disney Channel. Billie, the teen witch, always seems to have trouble, but this is a big one: She has disappeared; so has the son of Justin, her wizardry instructor. (Justin is shown here, with the kids, in a previous episode.) And one more complication: A villain might take over the world. Read more…
1) “Ghosts,” 8:30 p.m., CBS. Isaac has been grumbling about history’s cruel twist: The world forgot him … but gave his nemesis (Alexander Hamilton) a hit musical. Now flashbacks (shown here) tell us how their rivalry began. Hamilton is played by Nat Faxon, an Oscar-winning writer (“The Descendants”) who plays Jackie’s husband in “The Conners.” Read more…
1) “Survivor” opener (shown here), 8-10 p.m., CBS. This network really likes fire folks. “Fire Country” is one of its top shows; Tom Westman (a firefighter, then 40) was one of its most skilled “Survivor” champions. Now the show has two firefighters, a captain, 45, and a lieutenant, 55. Others, on a Fiji island, range from a doctoral student, 24, to a surgeon, 46. Read more…
1) “Eyes On the Prize III,” 9-11 p.m., HBO. Over the next three nights, this civil rights documentary will take us from 1977 and community activists to 2015 and Black Lives Matter. One note: Spike Lee complained that the original “Eyes” only had eight minutes on Malcolm X; now HBO has Lee’s brilliant “Malcolm X” (1992, shown here), at 5:35 p.m. Read more…
1) “The Bachelor,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. Only seven women remain, including a lawyer, a tech engineer, a venture capitalist and a pediatric speech therapist. Tonight, Grant Ellis (shown here) takes them to Edinburgh, for a Scottish fair, a helicopter ride and more. Read more…
1) “The Americas” debut, 7 and 8 p.m., NBC. The filmmakers are British, but the narrator is Tom Hanks and the subject is purely New World. That starts with gorgeous hours on the Atlantic Coast and in Mexico. There are exotic visions of swarming fish, swooping eagles and glowing fireflies, plus quirky fun with raccoons (shown here) cavorting in cities and suburbs. Read more…
1) “NAACP Image Awards,” 8-10 p.m., CBS and BET. “Wicked,” which reaches Peacock on March 21, is up for best picture, alongside “Bob Marley: One Love” (shown here), “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” “Piano Lesson” and “The Six Triple Eight.” TV comedies include “Abbott Elementary,” “Poppa’s House,” “The Neighborhood,” “The Upshaws,” and “How to Die Alone.” Read more…
1) “American Masters,” 9 p.m., PBS. Hazel Scott (shown here) was a piano prodigy at 4, a Juilliard student at 8, a nightclub performer in her teens, then a movie co-star. At 22, she led a three-day strike on a movie set; at 29, she had a DuMont Network TV show … until McCarthyism intervened. Here is a passionate profile, spiced by clips of a great singer and pianist. Read more…
1) “Elsbeth,” 10 p.m., CBS. A slick consultant (Matthew Broderick, shown here) assures people he can get their kids into an Ivy League college. That leads to trouble and (as usual) murder; soon, Elsbeth is fencing with him – verbally and literally, It’s a good episode, with Broderick’s son, James, playing Carl. Read more…
1) “Nature,” 8 p.m., PBS. At 98, David Attenborough (shown here) keeps trying new ideas; here’s one of his best hours ever: He pretends to visit London’s Natural History Museum overnight; then special effects bring extinct creatures back to life. The result is honest — he tells which parts are definite and which are speculation – and immensely entertaining. Read more…
