It’s 1999 all over again, with Jennifer Lopez on every hour of prime time tonight over two separate networks. Maybe someone will show her in a new video too.
Primarily, she stars as a police detective and single mother caught up in a crooked cop shop politics in the new “Shades of Blue” (NBC, 10 p.m.) that also stars Ray Liotta. But earlier in the night, she’ll put in her two full hours on the panel of “American Idol” (Fox, 8 p.m.), considering auditions from Little Rock and San Francisco while being impeccably dressed.
Having her own moment of exposure, Jane Lynch is on her third consecutive night of being on network TV — after her “Hollywood Game Night” Monday and hosting the People’s Choice Awards Tuesday, she stars in a new series, about an abrasive guardian angel of a dermatologist played by Maggie Lawson on the new comedy “Angel from Hell” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.).
January is all about feeling bad about your shape, so the latest training competition is “My Diet is Better Than Yours” (ABC, 9 p.m.), hosted by Shaun T, originator of the so-called “Insanity” workout.
David Cross’ character must be making the right decision, as the second season of “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” returns for its third season as simply “Todd Margaret” (IFC, 10 p.m.).
Jeff Daniels goes “Inside the Actors Studio” (Bravo, 8 p.m.).
It’s Channing Tatum vs. his wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum on the second season premiere of “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike, 10 p.m.). Why didn’t he take the hyphenated name as well.
On “Growing Up Hip Hop” (WE, 10 p.m.), the offspring of old school rappers like Rev Run, Master P, Jam Master Jay and Pepa, all try to hone their own performance skills.
Online a new streaming service up today offers up a handful of new comedies, including “The UCB Show” (Sees0, streaming), with Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Mett Besser and Ian Roberts; the musical series “Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane” (Seeso, online), drunk comics on “Before the Morning After” (Seeso, streaming), and “Dave and Ethan: Lovemakers” (Seeso, streaming) amid reruns of “The Office” (both versions), “Saturday Night Live,” “Fawlty Towers,” “30 Rock” and “Monty Python.
The work of art director William Cameron Menzies is being featured all month on Turner Classic Movies each Thursday, hosted by his biographer James Curtis. First up are the elaborate sets he created for his early films in the late 20s and early 30s: “Bulldog Drummond” (8 p.m.), “Change the Magician” (9:45 p.m.), “Alice in Wonderland” (11 p.m.), “The Thief of Bagdad” (12:30 a.m.), “Her Night of Romance” (3:15 a.m.) and “The Arabian Knights” (4:45 a.m.).
Men’s college hoops include Bryant at Wagner (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Cincinnati at SMU (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Louisville at North Carolina State (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Michigan at Purdue (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.), Illinois at Michigan State (ESPN, 9 p.m.), Arizona at UCLA (ESPN2, 9 p.m.), Alabama at Mississippi (ESPNU, 9 p.m.) and Santa Clara at BYU (ESPNU, 8 p.m.).
NBA action includes Boston at Chicago (TNT, 8 p.m.) and Lakers at Sacramento (TNT, 10:30 p.m.).
Hockey has Philadelphia at Minnesota (NBC Sports, 8 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Emmy Rossum, Shaun T. The Talk: Lily James, Keltie Knight. Ellen DeGeneres: Queen Latifah, Marlon Wayans, Shaping Sound Dance Company. Wendy Williams: Ellie Krieger. Meredith Vieira: Morgan Spurlock.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Damian Lewis, America Ferrera, the Floyd-Little Double Dutch Team. Jimmy Kimmel: Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, Vance Joy. Jimmy Fallon: Mark Ruffalo, Kendrick Lamar. Seth Meyers: Tim Roth, La La Anthony, Jillian Bell & Charlotte Newhouse, Matt Sorum. James Corden: Gael Garcia Bernal, Meghan Trainor, Transviolet. Carson Daly: Daniel Wu, Cherry Glazerr, Ross Patridge (rerun). Tavis Smiley: James Taylor. Trevor Noah: Dalia Mogahed. Conan O’Brien: Ricky Gervais, Marsai Martin, Rory Shovel.