Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson knows a thing or two about putting together a solid music documentary from old footage, as his “Summer of Soul” showed. So he’s a good choice for putting together what’s likely a can’t miss component of the excess hoopla surrounding the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” — a focus on its history of musical guests in “Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of ‘SNL’ Music” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
New interviews with Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, Billie Eilish, Debbie Harry, Dua Lipa, Kacey Musgraves, Paul Simon and more accompany the wealth of music clips accumulated over half a century (including maybe the Roots’ appearance from 1999). Counting the commercials, it runs three hours.
“The Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m.) returns for its 29th season with a two hour premiere, hoping to do better for its second Black bachelor — Grant Ellis from season 21 of “The Bachelorette — than it did for its first.
Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked by a new documentary special “Resistance: They Fought Back” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings).
“The CBS Evening News” (CBS, 6:30 p.m.) begins a new era, replacing departing anchor Norah O’Donnell from D.C. with the team of John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, originating in New York.
The shocking thing about the new series “History’s Most Shocking” (History, 10 p.m.) is that it’s not about, say, our current state of affairs but about things like alligator attacks and a haywire ski lift. You know: history.
It accompanies the sixth season premiere of “History’s Greatest Mysteries” (History, 9 p.m.), which dwells tonight on the kind of things covered on “Hunting UFOs: The Crash Retrieval Whistleblower” (CW, 9 p.m.).
“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” (ABC, 10 p.m.), the tawdry Hulu hit from the fall about young wives in Utah who danced on TikTok and admitted swinging, makes its broadcast network debut, with a replay of its explosive first season.
The rise and fall of rap mogul Sean Combs is told in the two night documentary series “The Fall of Diddy” (Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.). It concludes Tuesday.
Junior accuses Poppa of lying about his dog allergy on “Poppa’s House” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.).
“NCIS” (CBS, 9 p.m.) helps a blackmailed baker, played by Melina Kanakaredes.
Pickleball causes problems in “The Neighborhood” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
“NCIS: Origins” (CBS 20 p.m.) looks into the death of a Marine commander’s son.
There are relationships to untangle on “Rescue: Hi-Surf” (Fox, 9 p.m.), just as locals crash will riding an inflatable Supsquatch.
“9-1-1: Lone Star” (Fox, 8 p.m.) rescues a doomsday prepper trapped in a bomb shelter.
Dietary restrictions cause problems on “Below Deck Sailing Yacht” (Bravo, 9 p.m.).
“Love & Hip Hop Miami” (VH1, 8 p.m.) sees an ultimatum from Amara to Allan.
Sea animals are the assignment on “Kids Baking Championship” (Food, 8 p.m.).
“Baylen Out Loud” (TLC, 9:08 p.m.) goes to a Tourette’s convention in Texas.
Turner Classic Movies mars Holocaust Remembrance Day all day, starting with the documentaries “Filmmakers for the Prosecution” (6 a.m.), “Nuremberg” (7 a.m.), “The Nuremberg Trials” (8:30 a.m.) and “Shoah: The Four Sisters” (10 a.m.), followed by “The Juggler” (2:45 p.m.), “Exodus” (4:15 p.m.), “The Pawnbroker” (8 p.m.), “Sophie’s Choice” (10:15 p.m.), “The Man in the Glass Booth” (1 a.m.), “Crossfire” (3 a.m.) and “They Won’t Forget” (4:30 a.m.).
Basketball includes Detroit at Cleveland (NBA, 7 p.m.) and Clippers at Phoenix (NBA, 9:30 p.m.).
Hockey has Los Angeles at Detroit (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball includes Holy Cross at Boston University (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Iowa at Ohio State (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.), NC State at Duke (ESPN, 8:30 p.m.), Towson at Northeastern (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.), UCLA at USC (Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.) and Iowa State at Arizona (ESPN, 19:30 p.m.).
Women’s games include Holy Cross at Boston University (CBS Sports, 4 p.m.) and South Carolina at Tennessee (ESPN2, 7 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: Grant ellis, David Gray. The View: Sen. John Fetterman. Kelly Clarkson: Matt Iseman, Sam Heughan, Julia Michaels, Charles, Esten. Drew Barrymore: Naomi Watts, Brooke Shields, Drs. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz and Judith Joseph. Jennifer Hudson: Beth Behrs.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Chris Hayes, Nicole Scherzinger. Jimmy Kimmel: Cynthia Erivo, Sean Evan, Riley Green. Jimmy Fallon: Shailene Woodley, Martha Stewart, Ryan Day, cast of “Death Becomes Her.” Seth Meyers: Sterling K. Brown, Lisa Ann Walter. Taylor Tomlinson: Margaret Cho, Dylan Adler, Ian Harvie.