Cher, Joni Mitchell, Angelique Kidjo, John Legend, SZA, Mickey Guyton and Trombone Shorty are among the stars celebrating the woman who made “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” a hit in the network special “A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl” (CBS, 8 p.m.), marking the end of the singer’s farewell tour.
The new series “Brian and Maggie” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) stars Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter as politician-turned-journalist Brian Walden and prime minister Margaret Thatcher as they prepare for their last ever TV interview in 1989, which ends up being one of recent history’s most memorable political exchanges.
Also new — and set in the 1980s— is “The Gold” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings). Based on a real case — the 1983 robbery of gold bullion near Heathrow Airport that represented the biggest theft in the history at the time — it stars Hugh Bonneville, the erstwhile Lord Grantham, alongside Dominic Cooper, Jack Lowden and Tom Cullen in a more action-packed and pulse-pounding series than usual.
A third new public TV import starting tonight, “Maigret” (PBS, 9 p.m.), a contemporary adaptation of Georges Simenon’s novels about Parisian chief inspector Jules Maigret, here played by Benjamin Wainwright. It has a contemporary flair, but it is a little odd to have all of France speak in an English accent.
Another Sunday night whodunit can be found in the latest installment of the series “The Jane Mysteries: Too Much to Lose” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), in which Jodie Sweetin investigates the disappearance of a journalist who disappears after winning a game show.
Sunday Night Football has New England at Buffalo (NBC, 8:15 p.m.). Earlier games include Minnesota vs. Cleveland (NFL, 9:30 a.m.) from London, Houston at Baltimore (CBS, 1 p.m.), Dallas at Jets (Fox, 1 p.m.) and Washington at Chargers (Fox, 4:25 p.m.).
Another actor accepts the responsibility for traveling around the world and eating for a news organization. “Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread” (CNN, 9 p.m.), following in the tradition of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” with the actor from “Monk” flying to places from France and Japan to Iceland and Brazil in the new series.
It accompanies a new four-part series about one of America’s most colorful cities, “New Orleans: Soul of a City” (CNN, 10 p.m.).
The team gets closer to breaking the case, with the help from an eyewitness on “Task” (HBO, 9 p.m.).
“Universal Basic Guys” (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) stage a magician’s duel.
Homer gets Superintendent Chalmers a job at the power plant on “The Simpsons” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
“Krapopolis” (Fox, 9 p.m.) prepares for Tyrannis’ demigod ceremony.
Bayle turns her love life into performance art on “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox, 9:30 p.m.).
“The Real Housewives of Potomac” (Bravo, 8 p.m.) returns for its 10th season and tries to process Karen’s 2024 trial and sentencing for DUI after crashing her Maserati into two signs and a median.
A ghost walking his dog is supposedly “Unexplained: Caught on Camera” (Travel, 10 p.m.).
“Wardens of the North” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.) check deer and waterfowl hunters.
A seventh season starts for “Snakes in the City” (Nat Geo Wild, 9 p.m.) and the South African handlers that catch them.
On “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” (AMC, 9 p.m.), Daryl journeys into the desert looking for someone.
A writer’s book about her abduction at the hands of a serial killer finds her sister to be kidnapped by the same guy on the made-for-TV thriller “The Little Girl Who Lived” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.).
“Heartstrings Attached” (UPtv, 7 p.m.) is a made-for-TV romance about a tutor to a violinist.
Friends and family of some of Ted Bundy’s victims speak in the new series “Mind of a Monster” (Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.).
“How Did They Build That?” (Smithsonian, 9 p.m.) looks at a recycled skyscraper in Sydney.
Meri goes speed dating “Sister Wives” (TLC, 10 p.m.).
Brennan confronts Monroe on “Reunion” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), the British series about a deaf man released from prison.
“Spinal Tap” director Rob Reiner is profiled on “60 Minutes” (CBS, 7 p.m.).
It’s that time of year: “Hocus Pocus” (Freeform, 7:20 p.m.) followed by “Hocus Pocus 2” (Freeform, 9:30 p.m.), not to mention “Halloween Wars” (Food, 9 p.m.).
Turner Classic Movies begins a month of Sundays of Alfred Hitchcock classics, starting with “Rear Window” (8 p.m.) and “Spellbound” (10 p.m.). The 12 o’clock movie is “The Pagan” (midnight), followed by a pair of imported romances, “Red” (2 a.m.) and “In the Mood for Love” (4 a.m.).
Baseball divisional series continue with Yankees at Toronto (Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.) and Detroit at Seattle (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.).
WNBA finals have Pheonix at Las Vegas (ABC, 3 p.m.) in Game 2.
Preseason basketball has Lakers at Golden State (ESPN, 8:30 p.m.).
Motor sports include the Singapore Grand Prix (ESPN, 8 a.m.), the Motocross Nations Race 2 (CBS Sports , 2:30 p.m.), the Roval 400 (USA, 3 p.m.) and the Motocross Nations Race 3 (CBS Sports, 4 p.m.).
Women’s college volleyball includes Louisville at Stanford (ESPN, 5 p.m.).
Sunday Talk
ABC: Sen. Cory Booker, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former NATO supreme allied commander Admiral James Stavridis, retired Army vice chief of staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli. CBS: Sens. Chuck Schumer and Tammy Duckworth, Rep. Mike Johnson, Rubio, Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. NBC: Johnson, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Adam Schiff. CNN: Sen. Ruben Gallego, Reps. Debbie Dingell and Buddy Carter, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett. Fox: Rubio, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Sen. Peter Welch.