If Frank Sinatra were still alive this week, hitting 100, I don’t think he’d say, “Get that Nick Jonas kid here to sing my songs.” And certainly not, “That cat who does ‘Family Guy’ or ‘That judge from ‘The Voice,”
Nevertheless, the Jonas brother, Seth MacFarlane and Adam Levine will all be part of a crew gathered in Vegas to perform “Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert” (CBS, 9 p.m.), less a Rat Pack than baby mice.
There will only be a couple of people Blue Eyes knew, including Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones and daughter Nancy Sinatra, who probably won’t be called upon to sing her half of “Something Stupid.” But mostly, in a casino that wasn’t there when Frank was around, it will be people like
John Legend, Lady Gaga, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Sam Smith, Katherine McPhee, Celine Dion, Alicia Keys, Zac Brown, L.L. Cool J, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Sinatra’s actual centenary isn’t until Saturday.
Prime time schedules all night will be adjusted somewhat due to a Presidential Address (8 p.m.) on the U.S. response to terrorism, the first primetime address from the White House since 2010. This also means he won’t be at the Kennedy Center Honors, being taped tonight for telecast after Christmas.
The fourth anniversary of the departure on the second season finale of “The Leftovers” (HBO, 9 p.m.) brings a big conflagration to Miracle in Texas, and a reminder of how far afield Damon Lindelof has taken Tom Perrotta’s elegant book.
It’s a ballerina showdown on “Flesh and Bone” (Starz, 8 p.m.).
The best thing about “The Affair” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) this season, in addition to its additional points of view, has to do with its jumps in time. Here he’s in couple’s therapy with Cynthia Nixon.
An emergency disciplinary hearing is convened on “Quantico” (ABC, 10 p.m.).
Swedish officers pay a visit to “Brooklyn Nine Nine” (Fox, 8:30 p.m.).
Sunday Night Football has Indianapolis at Pittsburgh (NBC, 8:30 p.m.). Earlier, it’s Seattle at Minnesota (Fox, 1 p.m.) and Baltimore at Miami (CBS, 1 p.m.) and Philadelphia at New England (Fox, 4 p.m.).
CNN takes a breath in its terrorism coverage to talk about people doing good work in the annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” (CNN, 8 p.m.).
Lest it be overshadowed by “A Very Murray Christmas” (Netflix, streaming), there is also a “Bojack Horseman Christmas Special” (Netflix, streaming).
Single mothers are the focus of the made-for-TV holiday movies tonight, both in “Last Chance for Christmas” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.), in which a stablehand tries to find a fill-in for an ailing Prancer, with Tim Matheson and Hilarie Burton and in “Magic Stocking” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.), about a woman who starts to find odd things in a Christmas stocking she finds at a crafts fair. Bridget Regan and Victor Webster star.
The latest new show on Bravo focuses on personal trainers and their clients in the Big Apple, “Work Out New York” (HBO, 9 p.m.).
With no “Walking Dead” in the picture, “Into the Badlands” ((AMC, 10 p.m.) is preceded by all three of its earlier episodes, starting at 7 p.m.).
“The Twelve Chairs” (TCM, 8 p.m.) is followed by a variation on the same Russian novel, “It’s in the Bag” (TCM, 10 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball includes St. Francis at St. John’s (Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.), VCU vs. Florida State (ESPNU, 2 p.m.), Davidson at North Carolina (ESPNU, 6 p.m.) and Vanderbilt at Baylor (ESPNU, 8 p.m.).
Women’s games include Duke at South Carolina (ESPN2, 2 p.m.) and Michigan at Princeton (ESPN2, 4 p.m.).
In pro basketball it’s Sacramento at Oklahoma City (NBA, 7 p.m.). In hockey, Pittsburgh at Anaheim (NHL, 8 p.m.).
Sunday Talk
ABC: Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush. CBS: Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Bernie Sanders. NBC: Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Rand Paul, Lindsey Graham. CNN: Trump, John Katich, Marco Rubio, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. Fox News: Ben Carson, Rep. Michael McCaul.