Renée Zellweger resurfaces in the new series “What /If” (Netflix, streaming) about a wealthy venture capitalist who will invest in a another woman company if she can sleep with the husband – a kind of reverse gender “Indecent Proposal.” Jane Levy and Blake Jenner also star in the series from Mike Kelley (“Revenge”).
Allison Williams stars in the new movie “The Perfection” (Netflix, streaming), a thriller about a musical prodigy who checks out her old school’s new star (Logan Browning). Plenty of weird twists are promised in the film from Richard Shepard.
In the Spanish import “Alta mar / High Seas” (Netflix, streaming) two sisters get on a transatlantic ship from Europe to South America in the 1940s on which a murder has occurred.
Spike Lee’s series based on his own film, “She’s Gotta Have It” (Netflix, streaming) is back for a second season, with a slight expansion for Brooklyn to Puerto Zico and Martha’s Vineyard.
In the Austrian film “Joy” (Netflix, streaming) a Nigerian woman turns to the streets to pay off her debts.
Kids are caught up in an alien invasion in the new film “Rim of the World” (Netflix, streaming) a throwback adventurer in the “Stranger Things” mold.
The documentary “After Maria” (Netflix, streaming) shows the struggles of women to return to Puerto Rico years after the devastating hurricane.
Broadway’s Megan Hilty performs “Live from Lincoln Center” (PBS, 9 p.m.).
The second season of the documentary series “Whistleblower” (CBS, 8 p.m.) begins with officers who stole from drug dealers and planted them on innocent people.
There’s no new “Real Time with Bill Maher” tonight, but there is the season finale of “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas” (HBO, 11 p.m.) on for-profit colleges targeting veterans.
“Dynasty” (CW, 8 p.m.) ends its second season with some dredged up secrets. It’s been renewed for a third season.
A villain threatens the FBI on “Blindspot” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (ABC, 8 p.m.) have a big night out on the planet of Kitson.
The third episode of “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) shows the effects of their success.
Not the most popular vacation destination: “Portals to Hell” (Travel, 10 p.m.).
Turner Classic Movies celebrates the work of Lillian Hellman with “The Little Foxes” (8 p.m.), “Toys in the Attic” (10:15 p.m.) and “Watch on the Rhine” (midnight). She had no hand, however, in writing René Cardona’s surreal 1959 “Santa Claus” (2 a.m.) or the 1964 “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (4 a.m.). During the day, the dramas are all about children in peril with “Desperate Search” (6 a.m.), “Pursuit” (7:15 a.m.), “The Searchers” (8:30 a.m.), “A Cry in the Night” (10:30 a.m.), “Ransom!” (noon), “Night Nurse” (1:45 p.m.), “Shadow on the Wall” (3 p.m.), “The Night of the Hunter” (4:30 p.m.) and “The Nanny” (6:15 p.m.).
Baseball includes Cincinnati at Cubs (MLB, 2 p.m.) and Boston at Houston (MLB, 8 p.m.).
The FIFA U-20 World Cup has Qatar vs. Nigeria (Fox Sports 2, 11:50 a.m.), Uruguay vs. Norway (Fox Sports 2, 2:20 p.m.) and Ukraine vs. U.S. (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.).
In the women’s college lacrosse NCAA tournament semifinals, it’s North Carolina vs. Boston College (ESPNews, 5 p.m.) and Maryland vs. Northwestern (ESPNews, 7:30 p.m.).
College softball NCAA super regionals have Oklahoma vs. Northwestern (ESPN2, 3 p.m.), LSU vs. Minnesota (ESPN2, 5 p.m.), Florida State vs. Oklahoma State (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Tennessee vs. Florida (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Mississippi vs. Arizona (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Alabama vs. Texas (ESPN, 9 p.m.), James Madison vs. UCLA (ESPNU, 9 p.m.) and Kentucky vs. Washington (ESPN2, 9 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Dana Carvey. The View: Mark Cuban, Barbara Cocoran, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner, Daymond John (rerun). The Talk: John Travolta, Ella Bleu Travolta, Michael Ray, Jodie Sweetin. Ellen DeGeneres: Snoop Dogg, James Blake. Wendy Williams: Jeremy Parsons. The Real: Logan Bowning.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, the Barenaked Ladies (run). Jimmy Fallon: Dana Carvey, Emily Ratajkowski, Chloe Hilliard. Seth Meyers: Bill Hader, Kathryn Newton, Johnny Radelat (rerun). James Corden: Adam Scott, Taron Egerton, Miles Kane (rerun).