A week after a visit by the Chinese president, here comes a scathing portrait about that government has been treating its most celebrated contemporary artist. “
Andreas Johnsen’s film Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case,” making its debut tonight on “POV” (PBS, 10 p.m.) begins with the there month isolation imprisonment on a fake case of tax evasion and pornography and continues with a show trail and a year under house arrest. Cheerfully, he continues to resist.
The first Asian sitcom in a quarter century, “Fresh Off the Boat” has done well enough to spawn a second one. Unfortunately, “Dr. Ken” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) has none of the wit or humor or the other. It features Ken Jeong of “Community” and “The Hangover” series of movies as a doctor. The actor claims he was once a doctor, too. But that hardly helps the sitcom at hand.
It may make “Last Man Standing” (ABC, 8 p.m.) look smart by comparison.
Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Adam Gopnik, Angela Rye and Matt Welch join a new “Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.).
Contestants on “America’s Next Top Model” (The CW, 9 p.m.) have to go on their go-sees.
Danny and Baez are assigned a serial killer case on “Blue Bloods” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
Next stop on “The Amazing Race” (CBS, 8 p.m.) is Buenos Aires.
Kevin Costner whips a cross country team in shape in this year’s “McFarland, USA” (Starz, 9 p.m.), making its premium cable debut.
If you thought the Jacksons were right out of Star Trek, you’re right. Here’s a reality show that follows Tito Jackson’s kids, Taryll, T.J. and Taj, “The Jacksons: Next Generation” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.).
The newest person to get a TV talk show is DJ Skee, on “Skee TV” (Fuse, 10 p.m.).
Former “What Not to Wear” host Clinton Kelly and Devyn Simone of “The Real World” help singles improve their online profiles on the new “Love at First Swipe” (TLC, 9 and 9:30 p.m.). It accompanies a new season of “Sex in Public” (TLC, 10 p.m.) in which the annoying host goes undercover to talk to people about sex in public places.
Fox gives you a second chance to see this week’s shows, two comedy premieres, “Grandfathered” (Fox, 8 p.m.) and “The Grinder” (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) and this week’s “Scream Queens” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
An October-long Friday night collection of scary movies begins with ones about haunted houses: “Two on a Guillotine” (8 p.m.), “House on Haunted Hill” (10 p.m.), “The Haunting” (11:30 p.m.), “The House of Seven Corpses” (1:30 p.m.) and “House of Dark Shadows” (3:30 a.m.).
Baseball today includes Angels at Texas (ESPN, 8 p.m.) and Houston at Arizona (MLB, 9:30 p.m.).
College football has Memphis at South Florida (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Columbia at Princeton (NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.), Temple at Charlotte (CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.) and Connecticut at BYU (ESPN2, 10:15 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Idris Elba, Ken Jeong, Peter Gros. The View: Danny Pintauro. The Talk: Patricia Arquette. Ellen DeGeneres: Lena Dunham. Wendy Williams: Johnny Wright, Monica Stevens, Ali Wentworth, Don Lemon, Nicolle Wallace. The Real: Malika & Khadijah Haqq. Meredith Vieira: Josh Altman, Josh Flagg, James Harris, David Parnes, Grant Kemmerer.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Morgan Freeman, Ruth Wilson, Sean Murray. Jimmy Kimmel: Kerry Washington, Lea Michele, Tavis Scott (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Seth Rogen, Victor Cruz, Chvrches. Seth Meyers: Andy Samberg, Kevin Love, M. Night Shyamalan, Abe Laboriel Jr. (rerun). James Corden: Jenna Marbles, Tyler Oakley, Kandee Johnson (rerun). Carson Daly: Jon Heder, Michael Kosta (rerun). Tavis Smiley: Ringo Starr.