A new season comes for the gals on “1,000-lb. Best Friends” (TLC, 10 p.m.).It follows the statistically less significant “My 600-lb Life” (TLC, 8 p.m.).
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC, 9 p.m.) is back in session with a big read-a-thon competition between classes.
Also back with a new episode is “Big Sky: Deadly Trails” (ABC, 10 p.m.).
“Chicago Med” (NBC, 8 p.m.) treats a high school swimmer with a heart condition; an infant safe surrender box is installed on “Chicago Fire” (NBC, 9 p.m.) and a brutal home invasion is investigated on “Chicago P.D.” (NBC, 10 p.m.).
Maria begins working with a hunky new contractor on “Home Economics” (ABC, 9:30 p.m.).
“First Contact: An Alien Encounter” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) sounds like the kind of thing that’s certainly beneath public television.
“The Price is Right at Night” (CBS, 8 p.m.) has another installment.
Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Chris Perfetti play “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
“The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” (Bravo, 8 p.m.) wonder how Heather got her black eye.
Chandra takes Naeem clubbing on “Love Without Borders” (Bravo, 9 p.m.).
“Engineering Catastrophes” (Science 9 p.m.) recounts an earthquake in New Zealand.
Fatima schemes to get back at Hayden on “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” (BET, 9 p.m.).
“Engineering on the Edge” (Science, 10 p.m.) looks at window washing on the Seattle Space Needle.
A bunch of car chases are on Turner Classic Movies tonight with “Bullitt” (8 p.m.), “High Sierra” (10:15 p.m.), “Gun Crazy” (12:30 a.m.), “The Big Steal” (2:15 a.m.) and “Adventure” (3:30 a.m.). Earlier are various curses in “Cat People” (6:15 a.m.), “The Curse of the Cat People” (7:30 a.m.), “The Reptile” (8:45 a.m.), “Seeing Red” (10:30 a.m.), “House of Dark Shadows” (12:45 p.m.), “It!” (2:30 p.m.), “My Demon Lover” (4:15 p.m.) and “Sphinx” (6 p.m.).
Basketball includes Milwaukee at Toronto (ESPN, 7:45 p.m.) and Miami at Lakers (ESPN, 10:05 p.m.).
Hockey has New Jersey at Detroit (TNT, 7 p.m.) and Tampa Bay at Minnesota (TNT, 9:30 p.m.).
Men’s college hoops includes Charleston at North Carolina A&T (CBS Sports, 5 p.m.), Villanova at Georgetown (Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.), Iowa State at Oklahoma (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Texas A&M at Florida (ESPNU, 7 pm.), Loyola Chicago at Davidson (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), UConn at Providence (Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.), TCU at Baylor (ESPN2, 9 p.m.), Clemson at Virginia Tech (ESPNU, 9 p.m.), DePaul at Butler (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.) and Colorado State at Nevada (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Winston Duke, Carson Kressley, Dr. Gregory Scott Brown. The View: Winston Duke. The Talk: Giancarlo Esposito. Drew Barrymore: Joe Isidori, Kristina Zias. Kelly Clarkson: Alexandra Daddario, Justin Guarini, Tauren Wells. Jennifer Hudson: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Tiffany Aliche. Tamron Hall: Dr. Adolph Brown, Antonia Gentry, Brianne Howey.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Shania Twain, Ayo Edebiri. Jimmy Kimmel: Anna Kendrick, Jermaine Fowler, Sabrina Carpenter. Jimmy Fallon: Winston Duke, Darren Aronofsky, Emma Myers, Idles. Seth Meyers: Kal Penn, Melissa Fumero (rerun).