Ben Platt plays a wealthy high school student determined to become President of the United States someday but first he has to win the student body election in “The Politician” (Netflix, streaming). The new “Glee”-like comedy series from Ryan Murphy has a stellar cast that includes, in addition to Platt, the star of “Dear Evan Hansen,” Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, Judith Light, Bob Balaban, Dylan McDermott, Bette Midler, January Jones and Martina Navratilova.
Speaking of Judith Light, she’s a standout in the feature-length, musical series finale of “Transparent” (Amazon Prime, streaming) in which Jeffrey Tambor’s Maura Pfefferman character is dead (and never seen, even in flashback) and the rest of the family looks back, but with songs that are surprisingly tuneful.
The German import “Skylines” (Netflix, streaming) concerns a hip hop producer who goes to work for a gangster owned record label in Frankfurt.
Boyd Holbrook, Michael C. Hall and Cleopatra Coleman star in the movie “In the Shadow of the Moon” (Netflix, streaming) about Philadelphia cops who tracks a serial killer who appears every nine years, but may be a visitor from the future.
What’s the intersection of Vivaldi and Bach? Violinist Scott Yoo, the flutist Alice Dade, go to Germany and France to investigate on “Great Performances” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings).
A new anthology horror series, “Creepshow” (Shudder, streaming) includes an adaptation of Stephen King’s “Gray Matter.”
The music special “CMT Crossroads: Sheryl Crow and Friends” (CMT, 10 p.m.) features a raft of collaborators including Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Stapleton and Lucius.
“Voces” (PBS, 10 pm., check local listings) tells the story of forgotten farmworker leader maria Moreno.
In the fourth season premiere of “American Housewife” (ABC, 8 p.m.), they sell the minivan.
“Hawaii Five-0” (CBS, 8 p.m.) is back for its 10th season (the 1968 original lasted 12 seasons). In it, mob bosses are targeted by an assassin.
“Magnum P.I.” (CBS, 9 p.m) is also back for its second season with Higgins deciding whether she’ll become Magnum’s partner.
There are a few more tricks left as “Masters of Illusions” (CW, 8 p.m.) reaches its sixth season finale.
“The Big Stage” (CW, 8:30 p.m.) also wraps its first season.
On the sixth season premiere of “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.), Evan is old enough by now to get the birds and the bees talk.
On the third episode of “Murder in the Bayou” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), the investigative reporter begins to think the line of murders isn’t the work of a serial killer after all.
The extreme sport documentary series “Peaking” (CW, 9 and 9:30 p.m.) returns with mountain biker Nicholi Rogation and beach racer Marc de Reuver.
A year-old homicide investigation dominates the 10th season premiere of “Blue Bloods” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
To tide you over to next week’s “SmackDown” premiere, there’s a two hour review of the first 20 years on cable with “WWE SmackDown’s Greatest Hits” (Fox, 8 p.m.), hosted by Charlotte Flair and the Miz.
Mau’s traumatic past comes to light on “Couples Therapy” (Showtime, 10 p.m.).
Salman Rushdie, Gina McCarthy, Barney Frank, Linette Lopez and Noah Rothman are on “Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.).
“Van Helsing” (Syfy, 10 p.m.) returns for its fourth season with Vanessa and Lilly escaping.
Kids compete in the finals on “Raven’s Home” (Disney, 8 p.m.).
A man with a skin ailment checks into “Room 104” (HBO, 11 p.m.).
The month-long Friday night focus on football movies on Turner Classic Movies closes out with some romantic films on the subject: “Good News” (8 p.m.), “So This is College” (10 p.m.) and “Eleven Men and a Girl” (midnight). Then comes a couple of Japanese horror films from the 1970s, “Belladonna of Sadness” (2 a.m.) and “House” (3:30 a.m.).
College football includes Duke at Virginia Tech (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Brown at Harvard (ESPNews, 7 p.m.), San Jose State at Air Force (CBS Sports, 8 p.m.), Penn State at Maryland (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.) and Arizona State at California (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.).
Baseball includes Cubs at St. Louis (ESPN2, 8 p.m.).
Preseason hockey includes Toronto at Detroit (NHL, 7:30 p.m.) and Los Angeles at Vegas (NHL, 10 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Alex Rodriguez, Brandon Michael Hall, Steve Patterson. The View: Bobby Flay. The Talk: Chris O’Donnell, Antoinette Clarke, Tricia Clarke-Stone, Vanessa L. Williams. Ellen DeGeneres: Natalie Portman, Billy Bush, Kylie Jenner, Stormi Webster, Chad Kroeger, JT Parr. Kelly Clarkson: Reba McEntire, Grant Harold, Lesley Nicol. Wendy Williams: Matt Roush. The Real: Lorenz Tate, Amanda Seales.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Patricia Heaton, Tegan & Sara. Jimmy Kimmel: Anthony Anderson, Malcolm Gladwell, Melanie Martinez, Whitney Cummings (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Billie Ellish, Sebastian Maniscalco. James Corden: RuPaul, David Oyelowo, Alfie Allen (rerun). Lilly Singh: Mindy Kaling, Rainn Wilson (rerun).