The life of the businessman, civil rights leader and presidential counselor is recounted in the documentary “Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings).
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s aeronaut is determined to help Lyra in the season two finale of “His Dark Materials” (HBO, 9 p.m.). It’s returning for a third season, in which it will adapt the final novel in the series “The Amber Spyglass.”
The animated short “Cops and Robbers” (Netflix, streaming) adapts Timothy Ware-Hill’s poem about the death of Ahmaud Abery.
I’m worried how they’re upping the overweight ante in the new “1,000 Pound Sisters” (TLC, 10 p.m.), but it’s the number represents their combined weight.
A dozen young chefs compete in the new 10-week “Kids Baking Championship” (Food, 9 p.m.). Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman host.
Because there isn’t yet a New Year’s Eve of Many Colors, here’s a replay of 2016’s “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors” (NBC, 8 p.m.) with Jennifer Nettles, Ricky Schroder and Gerald McRaney.
Sad and McKenna finally close in on Gabriel Knox on “L.A.’s Finest” (Fox, 9 p.m.).