Steve Carell’s latest comedy, devised with Greg Daniels, has him leading the newly-formed U.S. “Space Force” (Netflix, streaming) with a strong comic cast that includes John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, Ben Schwartz, Jimmy O. Yang, Jessica St. Clair, Chris Gethard, Roy Wood Jr. and the late Fred Willard. They throw a lot of resources at this and the cast alone nearly pulls it off. Your reaction to it may depend on your reaction to the phrase “boots on the moon.”
What would “Bob’s Burgers” look like with streaming resources, songs and its own stellar voice cast? “Central Park” (Apple TV+, streaming) is narrated by Josh Gad, who sings and helps create the story of a family that lives on the park, defending it from a heiress who wants to buy it for real estate. Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell and Tituss Burgess lend voices. And the songs are pretty good.
No one could have foreseen the pandemic that not only caused the carnage and economic collapse but required the odd prime time programming of something called “Haircut Night in America” (CBS, 8 p.m.) in which top stylists try to coach celebrities to do it themselves, among them Kelly Osbourne, Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban.
“All on the Line” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) follows an 18-year-old fishing boat captain going after bluefin tuna in the Atlantic.
A disappearance of a 7-year-old boy in Portland, Ore., is the subject of “Little Boy Lost: An ID Mystery” (Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.).
Steve Carell, Dakota Johnson, John Legend and Katy Perry are guests on “The Graham Norton Show” (BBC America, 11 p.m.).
Ken tries a new approach on “Bering Sea Gold” (Discovery, 8 p.m.).
Magicians named Trigg Watson, Lefty and Hans Klok perform on “Masters of Illusion” (CW, 8 p.m.).
A new “Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.) hosts Tom Colicchio, Ian Bremmer, Soledad O’Brien and Jay Leno.
There’s a lip synch battle among the top three on the season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1, 8 p.m.).
Jean Peters stars in a trio of movies on Turner Classic Movies, “Pickon on South Street” (8 p.m.), “Three Coins in the Fountain” (9:30 p.m.) and “Niagara” (11:30 p.m.). Then comes two 80s slasher films, “Chopping Mall” (2 a.m.) and “Night of the Creeps” (3:30 a.m.).
Earlier, it’s all Bette Davis with “Payment on Demand” (9 a.m.), “A Stolen Life” (10:45 a.m.), “Deception” (12:45 p.m.), “It’s Love I’m After” (2:45 p.m.), “June Bride” (4:30 p.m.) and “The Bride Came C.O.D.” (6:15 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: DJ Pauly D, Adison Rae, AIR. The View: Gov. Gavin Newsom, Ice Cube. The Talk: Matthew Morrison, Pat Harvey. Ellen DeGeneres: Gregg Garfield. Kelly Clarkson: Lauren Graham, Roy Choi, Lilly Tartikoff, Dr. Dennis Slamon (rerun). Tamron Hall: Michael Symon, Tim Love, Jessica Tom, Tabitha Brown, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval. Wendy Williams: Charlie Wilson (rerun).
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Trevor Noah; Willie, Lukas and Micah Nelson (rerun). Jimmy Kimmel: Sean Penn. Jimmy Fallon: Miley Cyrus, Barack Obama, Steve Carell. Seth Meyers: Aidy Bryant, Rep. Eric Swalwell, the Jonas Brothers, Adam Marcello (rerun). James Corden: Jamie Lee Curtis, Thomas Middleditch, Pardison Fontaine with Offset (rerun). Lilly Singh: Christina Hendricks (rerun).