Three chef teams compete in their own restaurants across the country in “American Restaurant Battle” (Food, 9 p.m.).
“New Year’s Nightmare” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.) is at least a timely crime episode.
The new couples are discussed before the new season starts on “Married at First Sight” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.).
“Partners in Rhyme” (ALLBLK, streaming) has its first season finale.
The first couple episodes of “Hacks” (HBO2, 10 p.m.) make their way to premium cable to sample.
Turner Classic Movies’ series of movies featuring real life couples who met on the set concludes with “Swing Shift” (8 p.m.) with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, “The Getaway” (10 p.m.) with Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw, “The Last Picture Show” (12:15 a.m.) by Peter Bogdanovich with Cybil Shepherd and “Blood Simple” (2:30 a.m.) by Joel Cohen with Frances McDormand, and and “Klute” (4:15 a.m.) with Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland
During the day are films featuring Russ Tamblyn, who turns 87 today, with “Hit the Deck” (8 a.m.), “Don’t Go Near the Water” (10 a.m.), “Father of the Bride” (11:45 a.m.), “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1:30 p.m.), “West Side Story” (3:15 p.m.) and “The Haunting” (6 p.m.).
Today’s college football bowl games have North Carolina vs. South Carolina (ESPN, 11:30 a.m.) in the Mayo Bowl, Tennessee vs. Purdue (ESPN, 3 p.m.) in the Music City Bowl, Michigan State vs. Pittsburgh (ESPN, 7 p.m.) in the Peach Bowl, Wisconsin vs. Arizona State (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Basketball includes Philadelphia at Brooklyn (NBA, 7 p.m.) and Golden State at Denver (NBA, 9:30 p.m.).
No Thursday Night Football from the NFL tonight.
Men’s college hoops includes Michigan at UCF (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), East Tennessee State at Chattanooga (ESPNU, 7 p.m.) and Marshall at Louisiana Tech (ESPN2, 9 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Ben Platt, Liza Koshy, Padma Lakshmi. The View: Cynthina Nixon, Laverne Cox (rerun). The Talk: Gerald McRaney, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rose McIver (rerun). Ellen DeGeneres: Normani, Antonia Lofaso, Ciara. Drew Barrymore: Meredith Hagner, Jonah Larson (rerun). Kelly Clarkson: Kirsten Dunst, Brooke Shields, Lawrence Zarian (rerun). Wendy Williams: Evette Rios, Remy Ma, Fat Joe (rerun). The Real: Nene Leakes (rerun).
Late Talk
All reruns: Stephen Colbert: Andrew Garfield, José Andres. Jimmy Kimmel: Rob McElhenney, Ariana DeBose, Sting. Jimmy Fallon: Pete Davidson, Miley Cyrus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Seth Meyers: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kyle Mooney. James Corden: Adrien Brody, Zazie Beetz, Little Simz.