The current holder of the rock ’n’ roll Grammy stars in the music special “Brandi Carlile: In the Canyon Haze – Live from Laurel Canyon” (HBO, 8 p.m.), performed from the Los Angeles crossroads for music last year (before the real haze from Canadian wildfires this year). In it, Carlile and her band perform songs from her album “In These Silent Days” and covers David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” She also performs with her wife for the first time on their 10th anniversary and takes questions called in from the iMax theaters it was initially broadcast to.
The Tour de France (NBC, 8 a.m.) begins, in all places, Bilbao, Spain for its 23-day run.
“Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper” (Nat Geo Wild, 10 p.m.) goes to Hawaii.
“My Professor’s Guide to Murder” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) concerns a mystery writer suddenly suspected for a campus murder while being a guest lecturer there.
Don Wildman follows in the footsteps of John Wilkes Booth on “Lincoln Assassination: Mysteries at the Museum” (Travel, 10 p.m.).
Following the death of Alan Arkin on Thursday at 89, his Oscar-winning role in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Cinemax, 9:50 p.m.) happens to be on.