Five actors — Jeffrey Wright, Nicole Behave, Colman Domingo, Jonathan Majors and Denzel Whitaker — read the words of the monumental abolitionist in the special “Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches” (HBO, 9 p.m.). Based on David W. Blight’s “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” it also includes commentary from Henry Louis Gates Jr. André Holland narrates.
“Snowfall” (FX, 10 p.m.) the drug series that found an 80 percent grown of audience between season one and two returns for its third season with a pair of episodes4, set in the summer of 1986, where profits are high and the outlook dangerous.
The documentary “11M: Terror in Madrid” (Netflix, streaming) looks back on the largest terrorist attack in European history, on March 11, 2004, in Madrid, when 192 people were killed and nearly 2,000 were injured.
America’s love affair with the horse is covered on a new episode of “Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings).
The ultimately disappointing season of “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” (CBS, 8 p.m.) crowns a winner from among probable winner Miesha Tate, Todrick Hall and Cynthia Bailey. As part of the jury, Lamar Odom still won’t quite know how the game was played. Viewers will get to vote should there be a tie.
A two-hour “Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) examines how brain-controlled robotic limbs can help amputees.
“Skyville Live” (CMT, 10 p.m.) features a performance by Graham Nash with Ricky Skaggs and Lee Ann Womack, among others.