A prank war begins on “Lopez vs. Lopez” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
“Young Rock” (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) lands his first part on a TV show.
A ride malfunctions at a fair on “Fire Country” (CBS, 9 p.m.).
“Kindred Spirts” (Travel, 9 p.m.) look for ghosts ships at a Great Lakes museum.
A young zebra gets abdominal surgery on “Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom” (National Geographic, 10 p.m.).
“S.W.A.T.” (CBS, 8 p.m.) races to stop a rampage.
A serial killer is on the loose on “Blue Bloods” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
“Dateline” (NBC, 9 p.m.) covers the death of a North Dakota college student.
Sawing a woman in half is part of tonight’s “Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars” (CW, 10 p.m.).
“Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (CW, 8 p.m.) bring another gang of magicians.
A water pump fails on “Gold Rush” (Discovery, 8 p.m.); Terry takes over the family mission on “Gold, Lies & Videotape” (Discovery, 9 p.m.). An indigenous family learns mining on “Aussie Gold Hunters: Mine SOS” (Discovery, 10:10 p.m.).
“Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (Food, 9 p.m.) goes to Vegas.
A woman becomes infatuated with her stationary bike coach in the made-for-TV thriller “Spinning Out of Control” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.).
Fart jokes predominate “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV, 8 p.m.).
“Cesar Million: Better Human Better Dog” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) helps an aggressive Beagle.
Todrick is still preparing for his Pride performance on “The Real Friends of WeHo” (MTV, 9 p.m.).
On “All the Single Ladies” (OWN, 9 p.m.), a nurse learns her husband’s gay.
Men are tested on their compatibility on “Ready to Love” (OWN, 8 p.m.).
“Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.) welcomes Malcolm Nance, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Paul Begala.
There is speculation Warren Beatty, now 85, will don his old Dick Tracy hat tonight on Turner Classic Movies for a mysterious half hour special titled “Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In” (10:30 p.m.). There is no further info from TCM about the event, which sounds similar to an odd special, shown exactly once in 2010, in which he sat, in character, for an interview with Leonard Maltin. Beatty apparently holds the rights to the character, which he played in his 1990 movie, but only if he does something with it every 10 years. This presumably fulfills that tonight, amid a night of 1940s films about the comic book detective with Morgan Conway in “Dick Tracy” (8 p.m.) and “Dick Tracy vs. Cueball” (9:15 p.m.), and serial Tracy player Ralph Boyd opposite Boris Karloff in “Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome” (11 p.m.).
Then comes a half dozen short films from the quirky American director Curtis Harrington that include “Fragment of Seeking” (12:15 a.m.), “On the Edge” (12:32 a.m.), “Picnic” (12:49 a.m.), “The Assignation” (1:06 a.m.), “The Wormwood Star” (1:23 a.m.), “Usher” (1:40 a.m.) and “Queen of Blood” (2 a.m.).
During the day, TCM has the films of Alan Hale, born this day in 1892, with “Escape in the Desert” (6:45 a.m.), “Virginia City” (8:15 a.m.), “Make Your Own Bed” (10:a.m.), “Hotel Berlin” (noon), “Adventures of Don Juan” (1:45 p.m.), “The Sea Hawk” (3:45 p.m.), “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (6 p.m.).
NBA action includes Charlotte at Boston (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.) and Cleveland at New Orleans (ESPN, 10 p.m.).
Hockey has Seattle at New York (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Men’s college hoops includes Kent State at Buffalo (ESPN2, 6 p.m.), Xavier at Butler (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), Fairfield at Rider (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Saint Louis at Dayton (ESPN2, 8 p.m.), New Mexico at Air Force (Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.), Northern Kentucky at Wright State (ESPNU, 9 p.m.) and Fresno State at Nevada (Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Maude Apatow, Jillian-Michaels. The View: Kim Fields, Jeff Mauro. The Talk: Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek Pinault, Lisa Rinna. Drew Barrymore: Pamela Anderson, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, Dan Schachner, Dayanny De La Cruz. Kelly Clarkson: Alyssa Milano, Macklemore, Kranium. Jennifer Hudson: Alison Brie, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt. Tamron Hall: Kladden & Devale Ellis, Keyondra Lockett, Kimberly Lockett.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Harrison Ford, Vic Mensa (rerun). Jimmy Kimmel: Reese Witherspoon, Wesley Kimmel, Science Bob Pflugfelder (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Paul Rudd, Marc Maron, Kelela. Seth Meyers: Natasha Lyonne, Adam Pally (rerun). James Corden: Allison Janney, Joe Jonas, Pat Benatar.