Seven years before the police bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia that killed 11 and destroyed 65 houses, nine MOVE members were arrested and sentenced to a maximum 100 years for the shooting of an officer at the home. A son of two of those imprisoned, Mike Africa Jr. (pictured above, visiting the cell where he was born) tries to make sense of the events in a documentary “40 Years a Prisoner” (HBO, 9 p.m.).
The new documentary “Emicida: AmarElo — It’s All for Yesterday” (Netflix, streaming) celebrities of a Brazilian rapper Emicida and his new project, which also sheds light on Brazilian Black culture of the past century, which he compares with his own debut performance.
On the anniversary of John Lennon’s death comes the documentary “Lennon’s Last Weekend” (BritBox, streaming) about his final interview with BBC broadcaster Andy Peebles.
Another cable network gets into the holiday movie business with “A Christmas for Mary” (OWN, 9 p.m.) with Vivica A. Fox and Morgan Dion.
The sitcom “Mr. Iglesias” (Netflix, streaming) returns for a third season, with Oscar Nuñez and Sherri Shepherd co-starring.
“Transplant” (NBC, 9 and 10 p.m.) ends its first season with a pair of episodes.
A third season starts for the true crime series “Murder in the Heartland” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.) with a case in North Dakota.
Tayshia concludes her two-on-one date with the feuding Bennett and Noah and probably sends both home on “The Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m.).