Delayed for years, here finally is the senior citizens version of “The Bachelor.” The 72-year-old Indiana grandfather Gerry Turner is “The Golden Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m) who gets to choose from what we suppose are age appropriate women. It makes its premiere alongside another franchise spinoff, “Bachelor in Paradise” (ABC, 9 p.m.), which is usually the most entertaining iteration, in which familiar faces from past seasons try to couple up.
Another spinoff (of the original People’s Choice Awards) is the “People’s Choice Country Awards” (NBC, 8 p.m.) from Nashville, hosted by Little Big Town. Performers include Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay, Hardy, Jelly Roll, Kane Brown and Wynonna Judd and Toby Keith, who will get a special award.
“Castlevania: Nocturne” (Netflix, streaming) is a new anime series based on the video game, a vampire tale set during the French Revolution.
New seasons come for both “Hell’s Kitchen” (Fox, 8 p.m.), for its 22nd season, and “LEGO Masters” (Fox, 9 p.m.), its fourth.
A winner is named in the first season finale of “Fight to Survive” (CW, 8 p.m.).
The true crime series “A Time to Kill” (Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.) returns for its ninth season, with the death of a single mother.
A very strange “Big Brother” (ABC, 9 p.m.) has the last two people eliminated re-entering the house as zombies, battling among themselves to return. And there’s a lot of promotion for an “Exorcist” sequel. It makes for another all-reality competition night for the network with “Buddy Games” (CBS, 8 p.m.) and “The Challenge: USA” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
There’s some mansplaining going on at “FBoy Island” (CW, 9 p.m.).
“Southern Charm” (Bravo, 9 p.m.) throws a party for Taylor.
Eddie wonders what the firehouse would be without him on “Tacoma FD” (truTV, 10 p.m.).
Filmmaker Rebecca Miller, who is also the daughter of Arthur Miller and wife of Daniel Day-Lewis, is guest programmer of Turner Classic Movies tonight. Her choices are from the 1930s: “A Night at the Opera” (8 p.m.), “Tugboat Annie” (10 p.m.) and “L’Atlante” (11:45 p.m.).
During the day are films that involve bad dinner parties, with “Dinner at Eight” (6 a.m.), “An Ideal Husband” (8:15 a.m.), “House on Haunted Hill” (10 a.m.), “An Exterminating Angel” (11:45 a.m.), “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1:30 p.m.), “My Dinner with Andre” (3:45 p.m.) and “Deathtrap” (6 p.m.).
Thursday Night Football has Detroit at Green Bay (Prime Video, 8:15 p.m.).
Baseball includes Arizona at White Sox (MLB, 2 p.m.), St. Louis at Milwaukee (MLB, 5 p.m.) and Cubs at Atlanta (MLB, 7:20 p.m.).
College football has Temple at Tulsa (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.), Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky (CBS Sports, 7:30 p.m.) and Jacksonville State at Sam Houston State (ESPNU, 8 p.m.).
Golf’s Ryder Cup (USA, 1:30 a.m.) begins in Italy.
Preseason hockey has Detroit at Washington (NHL, 7 p.m.) and St. Louis at Chicago (NHL, 8:30 p.m.).
Women’s college volleyball has BYU at Texas (Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Barbara Corcoran, Barenaked Ladies. The View: Gerry Turner. The Talk: (rerun). Drew Barrymore: George Clooney (rerun). Kelly Clarkson: Jay Leno, Bryce Vine (rerun). Jennifer Hudson: Fortune Feimster, Tasha Cobbs Leonard (rerun). Tamron Hall: Leon & the Peoples, Jessica Meiko Foreman.
Late Talk
All reruns due to the writers’ strike: Stephen Colbert: James Taylor, Eva Longoria. Jimmy Fallon: Mandy Moore, The Kids in the Hall. Jimmy Kimmel: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Omar Apollo. Seth Meyers: Hank Azaria, Diane Morgan.