The NBA regular season begins with Philadelphia at Boston (TNT, 7:30 p.m.) and Lakers at Golden State (TNT, 10 p.m.).
In other notable sports today, baseball’s best-of-seve National League championship series begins with Game 1 of Philadelphia at San Diego (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.). But first there’s still a National League divisional final to be determined: Monday’s anticipated but rain-postponed Game 5 of Cleveland at Yankees (TBS, 4 p.m.) is played this afternoon.
Michael Flynn, the U.S. general turned QAnon whacko; who, when asked by the Jan. 6 committee whether he believed in the peaceful transfer of power, pleaded the fifth, is the subject of a special 90-minute “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) done in collaboration with the Associated Press.
“Mama’s Boy” (HBO, 9 p.m.) is a new documentary from “Milk” screen writer Dustin Lance Black about growing up gay and lessons he learned from his conservative mother.
In a new series “Primal Survivor; Over the Andes” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.), survivalist Hazen Audel takes on South America’s mountain range from east to west.
“Somebody Feed Phil” (Netflix, streaming) returns for its sixth season in conjunction with today’s release of star Phil Rosenthal’s companion cookbook.
I’ve seen him perform in the tiniest room in Los Angeles and desperately looked for an exit; nevertheless the comic became popular enough with others to fill Dodger Stadium for his special “Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy Live from Los Angeles” (Netflix, streaming).