The development of a kind of American art form — the late night TV talk show — and how it developed over 60 years is lovingly recalled on the long-delayed series “The Story of Late Night” (CNN, 9 p.m.). Based on Bill Carter’s authoritative books, the series features a lot of different experts (and friends) in new interviews surrounding some terrific clips of shows going back to Jack Parr and Steve Allen, but also showing some insight into the genius of Johnny Carson, the fight for his seat and the present day landscape. Just about everybody but David Letterman and Jay Leno participated in the consistently entertaining documentary series
It’s accompanied by a new season of “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN, 10 p.m.), starting with an extended look at police reform.
The third season of the sleek “The Girlfriend Experience” (Starz, 8 p.m.) returns, just as sleek and maybe even chillier than ever as a high end escort tries to glean information to help develop a sexual AI for her brainy day job. Julia Golden Telles — who once played the daughter Whitney on “The Affair” is the star this time around. And as it’s set in London it has some echoes with HBO’s recent series “Industry.”
The third and final season of “Pose” (FX, 10 p.m.) picks up in 1994.
The imported Israeli comedy “Uri and Ella” (HBO Max, streaming), concerns a father and daughter dealing with grief.
It was a decade ago this weekend that the long search following 9/11 was completed under Barack Obama, commemorated in the special “Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden” (History, 8 p.m.) that includes interviews with the former president as well as Secretary of the State Hilary Clinton, Defens Secretary Robert Gates and CiA director Leon Panetta, among others.