erykah-badu

Erykah Badu gets the chance to wear all manner of eccentric headgear tonight while hosting the Soul Train Awards 2015 (BET, Centric 8 p.m.) in Las Vegas where performers include Boyz II Men, After 7, Fantasia, Brandy, R. Kelley, Lion Babe, Tevin Campbell, Jeremih, V. Bozeman, Erica Campbell,  Jazmine Sullivan and Cameo. Special awards go to Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Jill Scott, both of whom will also be performing.

“Downton Abbey” doesn’t return until the new year, but Hugh Bonneville is enlisted to give “A Salute to Downton Abbey” (PBS, 9 p.m.), looking back at the first five seasons and looking forward to the final one. Past such specials have been packed with spoilers.

It’s New England at Denver (NBC, 8:20 p.m.) in Sunday Night Football. Earlier games include Giants at Washington (Fox, 1 p.m.) and Pittsburgh at Seattle (CBS, 4:25 p.m.).

The stripping is not the part of the ballet world Claire imagined on “Flesh and Bone” (Starz, 8 p.m.).

On the day of the big symposium, two English visitors on “Getting On” (HBO, 10 p.m.) are actually the counterparts of Dawn and Dr. James from the original UK series.

It’s never a good sign when the father isn’t around for the birth of his child, as happens on “The Affair” (Showtime, 10 p.m.).

Things are so hot on “Alaska: The Last Frontier” (Discovery, 9 p.m.), the cattle are threatened.

Amber Riley stars as a college student who advertises for parents during the holidays in the TV movie “My One Christmas Wish” (UP, 7 p.m.).  In other holiday movies, Michelle Trachtenberg looks for an old Secret Santa on “The Christmas Gift” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.).

A website is accused of racial profiling on “The Good Wife” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.).

On the midseason finale of “The Walking Dead” (AMC, 9 p.m.), things couldn’t stay calm in Alexandria.

James Taylor attends “Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN, 8 p.m.).

Ron Howard, boyish at 61, focuses on aging advances on the latest “Breakthrough” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.).

You’ve been eating them all weekend: “The Leftovers” (HBO, 9 p.m.).

A double feature of films directed by Richard Brooks, “The Professionals” (8 p.m.) and “The Last Hunt” (10:15 p.m.).

Men’s college basketball includes Utah State at Duke (ESPNU, 12:30 p.m.), USC vs. Monmouth (ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.), Jackson State at Marquette (Fox Sports 1), Wisconsin at Oklahoma (ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.), UC Irvine vs. Evansville (ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.), Xavier vs. Dayton (ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.), Boise State vs. Arizona (ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.), Alabama vs. Notre Dame (ESPNU, 7 p.m.) and Michigan State vs. Providence (ESPN2, 10 p.m.).

In women’s games, it’s Texas at Tennessee (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.).

Major League Soccer playoffs include Dallas at Portland (ESPN, 5 p.m.) and New York at Columbus (Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.).

Sunday Talk

ABC: Ben Carson, John Katich. CBS: Carson, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, Sen. John McCain. NBC: Carson, Donald Trump, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. CNN: Mike Huckabee, Rep. Michael McCaul. Fox News: Carly Fiorina, Sen. Richard Burr.