“A Hard Day’s Night” (TCM, 8 p.m.) may be the best way to describe this long Election Night Week. The balm, in lieu of any declaration, is The Beatles, who made the still roundly entertaining film in 1964. It was the triumph of director Richard Lester, who is getting the spotlight tonight on Turner Classic Movies with the film that got him the Fab Four job, “It’s Trad, Dad” (9:45 p.m.), also known as “Ring-a-Ding Rhythm,” a 1962 film that had performances from Gene Vincent, Del Shannon and Chubby Checker. The evening closes with Lester’s 1965 “The Knack .. and How to Get it” (11:15 p.m.), which is not about that 80s band.
The President Elect Addresses the Nation (CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, 8 p.m.) from Wilmington, Del.
The latest true nature series concentrates on “Earth’s Great Seasons” (BBC America, 8 p.m.), starting with spring. (No, election season is not one of them).
The new “Gut Job” (HGTV, 9 p.m.) is not about gastro-intestinal surgery; instead, it’s another home renovation show, alongside another renovation show “Should I Stay or Go” (HGTV, 8 and 10 p.m.) whose title mangles a Clash song.
College football dominates network broadcast TV tonight with Stanford at Oregon (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) and Clemson at Notre Dame (NBC, 7:30 p.m.). It caps a full day of football listed below.
Ashley Williams and Niall Matter star in the made for TV romance “Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.). Similarly premature, holiday-wise, is “A Welcome Home Christmas” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) starring Brandon Quinn and Jana Kramer. But wait, there’s more: “The Christmas Ring” (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 10 p.m.) with Nazneen Contractor and David Alpay.
Those fascinated by the NXVIM cult documentaries this year may want to check out an Australian cult that involved a yoga teacher in Australia who fed her band of adopted kids LSD, “The Cult of the Family” (Starz, 8:30 p.m.).