Hot dog eating contests are usually confined to July 4th but a new competition in which longtime champ Joey Chestnut faces off against six-time champ Takeru Kobayashi is now a streaming event on Labor Day in “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef” (Netflix, 3 p.m.). On the other hand, others program the day as if it were “Independence Day” (TNT, 8 p.m.).
Labor Day supposedly kicks off the campaign season in earnest, and two consecutive episodes of “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” (CNN, 8 p.m.) looks at the policy stances of the two presidential candidates. Audie Cornish reports “Fight for the White House: Where Harris Stands” first, and then Abby Phillip presents “Fight for the White House: Where Trump Stands” at 9.
The two-night special “The Chicano Squad” (A&E, 9 p.m.) follows a pair of bilingual cops chosen to head the first all-Latin homicide unit in Houston. It concludes Tuesday.
Franklin puts Logan’s colleagues on the stand on “61st Street” (CW, 9 p.m.).
“American Ninja Warrior” (NBC, 9 p.m.) continue finals in Las Vegas.
Game shows tonight include “Name That Tune” (Fox, 8 p.m.), “The 1% Club” (Fox, 9 p.m.) and “The Wall” (NBC, 10 p.m.).
“History’s Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman” (History, 9 p.m.) tells the story of a man who broke out of a maximum-security cell when he learned he was going to be a father.
Efforts are made to bring back baseball to Bringston on “All American: Homecoming” (CW, 8 p.m.).
“Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior” (Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.) is a five-episode true crime documentary from producer Michael Bay about little known serial killer Hadden Clark.
A new stew joins up “Below Deck Mediterranean” (Bravo, 9 p.m.).
Unidentified warship packages wash up on the Florida shore on “Contraband: Seized at Sea” (Discovery, 9 p.m.).
“BBQ Brawl” (Food, 9 p.m.) has to whip up chow for a wedding.
Tony Hawk helps plan a hangout for a longtime pal on “Celebrity IOU” (HGTV, 9 p.m.).
“Gangland Chronicles” (History, 10 p.m.) recalls the life of Whitey Bulger.
Cocaine is found in frozen avocado paste on “To Catch a Smuggler” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.).
The streaming true crime documentary “TikTok Star Murders” (Oxygen, 8 p.m.) comes to cable.
“Basketball Wives” (VH1, 8 p.m.) try to forge some peace before a bachelorette party.
Lauren Bacall is Turner Classic Movies’ star of the month, and her September-long Monday night showcase of films begins with “Woman’s World” (8 p.m.), “How to Marry a Millionaire” (10 p.m.), “Designing Woman” (midnight), “Sex and the Single Girl” (2:15 a.m.) and “Young Man with a Horn” (4:15 a.m.).
During the day, for whatever reason, TCM has prison flicks with “His Greatest Gamble” (6:15 a.m.), “Red Hot Tires” ( 7:30 a.m.), “Bad Guy” (8:45 a.m.), “Dust Be My Destiny” (10 a.m.), “They Live by Night” (11:30 a.m.), “Brute Force” (1:15 p.m.), “The Big House” (3 p.m.), “Public Hero No. 1” (4:30 p.m.) and “Each Dawn I Die” (6:15 p.m.).
Monday night NFL football begins next week. Tonight there’s college football with Boston College at Florida State (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.).
The U.S. Open (ESPN, 11 a.m., 7 p.m.) continues its fourth round of tennis in Flushing, N.Y.
THe NHRA runs its Drag Racing Finals (Fox Sports 1, noon; Fox, 2 p.m.).
Canadian football has Toronto at Hamilton (CBS Sports, 2:30 p.m.) and Edmonton at Calgary (CBS Sports, 6 p.m.).
Women’s college volleyvall has Stanford vs. Wisconsin (Fox, 5 p.m.) and Texas vs. Minnesota (Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Ana Gasteyer, Steve Patterson, The War and Treaty. The View: Fred Trump III, Jay Ellis (rerun). The Talk: Sofia Vergara, Manolo Gonzalez Vergara, Katie the Chemist (rerun). Kelly Clarkson: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Lee Jung-jae, (rerun). Drew Barrymore: Andie MacDowell, Theresa Caputo (rerun). Jennifer Hudson: Chris Stapleton (repeat). Tamron Hall: DJ Cassidy, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Doug E. Fresh, 702, Kameelah Williams, Lemisha Fields (repeat).
Late Talk
All reruns: Stephen Colbert: Pete Buttigieg, Chance the Rapper. Jimmy Kimmel: Mark Wahlberg, Rob Delaney, Grace Bowers & the Hodge Podge, Jeff Goldblum. Jimmy Fallon: Nick Jonas, Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe, Ice Spice. Seth Meyers: Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Bob Mould. Taylor Tomlinson: Pete Holmes, Maria Bamford, Vinny Thomas.