Television’s most watched news program “60 Minutes” (CBS, 7:30 p.m.) returns for its 59th season as possibly a very different show under its new management. That’s a lot of unfamiliar faces up there. Still, Leslie Stahl has a report tonight on Trump’s pardon economy, a U.S. airman rescued from Iran last spring grants his first interview to Norah O’Donnell and there’s a report on the L.A. Rams. The show’s stated 7:30 p.m. start is iffy due to the NFL’s first full Sunday of games.
Those games include Baltimore at Indianapolis (CBS, 1 p.m.), Atlanta at Pittsburgh (Fox, 1 p.m.), Washington at Philadelphia (Fox, 4:25 p.m.), Green Bay at Minnesota (CBS, 4:25 p.m.), and Dallas at Giants (NBC, 8:20 p.m.) for the first Sunday Night Football game.
Elsewhere in sports, the U.S. Open (ABC, 2 p.m.) concludes with its men’s singles final with top-seeded German Alexander Zverev vs. No. 8 seed Ben Shelton of the U.S.
To generate some excitement for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards Sept. 27, there is the first of two specials looking at the past. “Best of the VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.), hosted by Donnie Wahlberg, looks at performances from past winners of the Video Vanguard Awards, which include Beyonce, Justin Timberlake Rihanna, pink, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Shakira, Katy Perry and Mariah Carey.
A two hour third season finale comes for “The Walking Dead: Dead City” (AMC, 9 p.m.).
“American Dad!” (Fox, 9 p.m.) ends its 22nd season by presenting its 400th episode.
Joel Kinnaman portrays CIA officer John Nixon in the new series “High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam” (TNT, 9 p.m.), which begins with a pair of episodes.
“The Floor” (Fox, 8 p.m.) has a sixth season premiere, though the fifth season of the Rob Lowe-hosted game show only ended in June.
One icon down, a new head of household is named to nominate three possible new evictees on “Big Brother” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.).
“Eye of the Storm” (Discovery, 10 p.m.) follows a series of Father’s Day tornadoes in Texas.
With the pumpkin spice filling store shelves, it’s time for a new season of “Halloween Wars” (Food, 9 p.m.) hosts by Jonathan Bennett.
“The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip” (Bravo, 8 p.m.) touches down in Miami.
There’s still a lot of suspects in the mayoral murder case on “The Marlow Murder Club” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings).
“Marble Hall Murders” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) has a hunt for suspects among the wealthy.
A father decides to rescue the youngest daughter on the made-for-TV movie “Family Through the Fire” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.).
“Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked” (Discovery, 8 p.m.) has to deal with a deadly infection following the stingray attack.
People perhaps need to clean their lenses on “Paranormal Caught on Camera” (Travel, 9 p.m.).
“Air Disasters” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.) ends its 25th (!) season with a report on a 1991 runway collision at LAX.
To tie-in with host Dave Karger’s new book “50 Movie Nights: Contemporary Stars on Their Favorite Classic Films,” Turner Classic Movie has Paul Rudd present “Withal and I” (8 p.m.) and Anna Kendrick choosing “The Women” (10 p.m.). The midnight silent movie is Ernst Lubitsch’s 100-year-old comedy “So This is Paris” (12:30 a.m.) followed by two from Ingmar Bergman: “Through a Glsss Darkly” (2 a.m.) and “Hour of the Wolf” (3:45 a.m.).
Baseball includes Houston at Tampa Bay (MLB, 1:30 p.m.), Texas at Arizona (MLB, 4:30 p.m.) and San Diego at San Francisco (Peacock, 7:20 p.m.).
NASCAR runs its Enjoy Illinois 300 (USA, 3 p.m.).
Women’s college volleyball includes UCLA at Utah (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
Sunday Talk
ABC: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Mike Lawler, ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon. CBS: Michigan U.S. senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Cook Political Report editor Amy Walter. NBC: House Speaker Mike Johnson, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Coxon. CNN: Johnson, Sen. Ruben Gallego, national economic council director Kevin Hassett. Fox: Hassett, former DNC fundraiser Lindy Li, Oklahoma Gov, Kevin Stitt, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.