Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Green Day, Usher, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Pink, Jason ALdean Brad Paisley, Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige and Linkin Park all performed in Las Vegas’ two day “iHeart Radio Music Festival” (The CW, 8 p.m.) last month. A two hour special shows the highlights.
The television adaptation of “Half the Sky” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), the bestseller by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, shining a light on oppression of women worldwide begins its two night, four hour run traveling to Sierra Leone to look at gender based violence, sex trafficking in Cambodia and education in Vietham, taking on the journeys celebrities such as Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes and Gabrielle Union, whose participation is designed to bring in audiences.
Add to the raft of new daytime hosts “Marie” (Hallmark, noon), the new one from old TV hand Marie Osmond, who welcomes Betty White to her first show and hears from experts on technology and dog yoga. No singing or dancing, though.
Another new Hallmark daytime talk show is “Home & Family” (Hallmark, 10 a.m.) featuring Mark Steines and Paige Davis.
Tonight former CNN anchor T.J. Holmes starts his own late night talk show “Don’t Sleep!” (BET, 11 p.m.), which he claims is not intended as competition for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.) though it is marketed as such.
Always thought it was weird to have kids shows running late at night, so Nick Jr. opts for a parenting block called “NickMom” that features such shows as “NickMom Night Out” (Nick Jr., 10 p.m.), featuring sketches about motherhood, and “MFF: Mom Friends Forever” (Nick Jr., 10:30 p.m.).
“Warehouse 13” (Syfy, 9 p.m.) reaches its season finale.
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 8 p.m.) contestants are more proficient than dancers on earlier seasons have been, obviously because they’ve been there before.
Bob Odenkirk, who plays the oily lawyer on “Breaking Bad,” appears as a different oily lawyer on another show, “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
How did “The X Factor” finish their auditions before “The Voice” (NBC, 8 p.m.), which is just now winding up its blind auditions?
With tonight’s episode of “Partners” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.), the new show has moved from just merely unfunny to super-annoying.
What’s more ridiculous? The swordplay in “Revolution” (NBC, 10 p.m.) or how everything is overgrown with plants because of the lack of electricity? The network is calling the new show “a hit.”
Martha Stewart calls on “2 Broke Girls” (CBS, 9 p.m.). An uncle gets some care on “Mike & Molly” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.).
“Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” (Travel, 9 p.m.) visits the South of France.
Ed Asner reprises his role as a smuggler on “Hawaii Five-0” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
“The Real Housewives of New York” (Bravo, 9 p.m.) reaches a season finale.
A month-long, 52-film salute to Spencer Tracy Mondays on Turner Classic Movies begins in the 1930s with “Me and My Gal” (8 p.m.), “A Man’s Castle” (9:30 p.m.), “The Power and the Glory” (11 p.m.), “Dante’s Inerno” (12:30 a.m.), “20,000 Years in Sing Sing” (2 a.m.), “The Show-Off” (3:30 a.m.) and “The Murder Man” (5 a.m.).
When it comes to zombies, let’s go back to the modern original: The 1968 “Night of the Living Dead” (IFC, 8 p.m.).
It’s Chicago a Dallas (ESPN, 8:30 pm.) on Monday Night Football.
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Liam Neeson, Rachel, Bilson, Diana Krall. Katie Couric: Donald Trump, Jimmy Fallon, Andy Cohen, Sunny Anderson. The View: Amy Brenneman, Jami Gertz. The Talk: Sarah Ferguson, Rocco Dispirito. Ellen DeGeneres: Liam Neeson, Gilles Marini & Peta Murgatroyd, Cher Lloyd.
Late Talk
David Letterman: Stephen Colbert, Theresa Caputo, Martha Wash. Jay Leno: Bryan Cranston, Rebel Wilson, Cher Lloyd. Jimmy Kimmel: Zooey Deschanel, Maggie Grace, Electric Approach. Jimmy Fallon: Liam Neeson, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Matt & Kim. Craig Ferguson: Ethan Hawke. Carson Daly: Nat Faxon, Karmin, the Heavy. Tavis Smiley: Sheila Bair. Jon Stewart: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stephen Colbert: Ben Folds Five. Conan O’Brien: Rashida Jones, Adam DeVine, the Shins. Chelsea Handler: Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio, Josh Wolf, Jen Kirkman, Ryan Stout.