All-Star Weekend begins not in Charlotte, where it was originally scheduled but wisely boycotted by the NBA, but in New Orleans. Tonight’s All-Star Celebrity Game (ESPN, 7 p.m.) at the Superdome includes such unusual players as Mark Cuban, Master P and his son Romeo Miller, Anthony Mackie, Andy Grammar Tom Cavanagh, Nick Cannon, Kris Wu and Win Butler.
It’s followed by the Rising Stars Challenge (TNT, 9 p.m.) with teams led by last year’s rookie winners Karl-Anthony Towns and Kristaps Portzingis.
On “Great Performances” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), “New York City Ballet in Paris” chronicles two of the four performances New York Ballet gave by its founder George Balanchine at the Theatre du Chatelet last summer — the Walpurgisnacht Ballet and La Valse.
A third season of “Chef’s Table” (Netflix, streaming) drops online, looking at chefs such as Jeong Kwan in South Korea, Tim Raue in Berlin, Ivan Orkin in New York and Nancy Silverton in Los Angeles.
“Dateline” (NBC, 10 p.m.) updates the story of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, convicted in a case that fascinated millions on Netflix’ “Making of a Murderer.”
“20/20” (ABC, 10 p.m.) looks at the case of a man convicted of murder after leaving his son in a hot car.
The booking of Brietbart editor and flamboyant right-winger Milo Yiannopoulos, cause of recent rioting in Berkeley, on “Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.) caused at least one scheduled panelist, Jeremy Scahill of the Intercept, to drop out. His replacement is author Malcolm Nance. Also still on the show tonight: Leah Remini, Larry Wilmore and former Rep. Jack Kingston.
An adaptation begins of “Cassandra French’s Finishing School” (DirecTV, 10:30 p.m.).
“Fashion Police” (E!, 8 p.m.) turns its attention to New York Fashion Week.
An acquaintance turns on Stefan on “Vampire Diaries” (The CW, 8 p.m.).
A subscription service for kids to learn computer code is pitched on “Shark Tank” (ABC, 9 p.m.).
“MacGyver” (CBS, 8 p.m.) runs into some bounty hunters.
Monroe celebrates a birthday on “Grimm” (NBC, 8 p.m.), as does Molly on “Sleepy Hollow” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
On “Reign” (The CW, 9 p.m.), Queen Mary is looking for leakers as well.
Kevin Dillon — Johnny Drama himself — drops in on “Blue Bloods” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
Hockey tonight includes Pittsburgh at Columbus (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Men’s college hoops today include Valparaiso at Oakland (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Kent State at Akron (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), VCU at Richmond (ESPN2, Fairfield at Quinnipiac (ESPNU, 9 p.m.) and California at Stanford (Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.).
Women’s games include Iona at Quinnipiac (ESPNU, 5 pm.) and Xavier at Villanova (Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.).
Men’s college hockey includes North Dakota at Western Michigan (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.) and Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College (CBS Sports, 9:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa: Malin Ackerman, Theresa Caputo, Bebe Rexha, Chris Harrison. The View: Trevor Noah. The Talk: David Oyelowo. Harry Connick: Bridget Moynahan, JoAnna Garcia Swisher. Ellen DeGeneres: Kate Hudson. Wendy Williams: Chrissy Metz, Gesine Bullock-Prado.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Julie Andrews, Christina Hendricks, the Umbilical Brothers. Jimmy Kimmel: Emma Stone, Danny Amendola, Matt Damon, MUNA (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Joel McHale, Zoe Kravitz, Ryan Adams. Seth Meyers: Tracee Ellis Ross, Dan Stevens, Electric Guest (rerun). James Corden: Mark Wahlberg, Jeremy Renner, Joel Egerton, Gabriel Igelsas (rerun). Carson Daly: John C. McGinley, Wild Nothing, Andy Puddicombe (rerun).