She’ll start her daytime talk show next week, but this week Queen Latifah hosts a special about teaching that spotlights a year in life of four teachers in Denver, Los Angeles and Idaho in “Teach” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
It’s directed by Davis Guggenheim, whose previous movie “Waiting for Superman,” advocated for education reform. But so as to not make this look like a two hour documentary on teaching, they’ve added in celebrities to come in and say a few words, including Allison Janney, Rashida Jones, Jon Cryer, Anna Faris, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul George.
The March on Washington events weren’t enough. The Rev. Al Sharpton hosts Stevie Wonder, Magic Johnson and Condoleeza Rice for an event in Harlem called “Advancing the Dream: Live at the Apollo” (MSNBC, 8 p.m.).
Annoying enough when he was just Ross the Intern, Ross Mathews has parlayed his Hollywood hanging on into his own talk show, “Hello Ross” (E!, 10 p.m.).
Middle school crushes is the province of “Dear Dumb Diary” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), an adaptation of the Jim Benton book series starring Emily Alyn Lind, Laura Bell Bundy and Sterling Griffith.
In another new movie on TV tonight, “Secret Liason” (Lifetime Movie Network, 8 p.m.), Meredith Monroe stars as a former D.A. trying to clear her sister, who was accused of a murder.
Vegas-based series have had a tough time succeeding but the proposed “Wild Card” (USA, 10 p.m.) never made it past this pilot, which they end up airing tonight.
It sure took a long time for Alice Morgan to show up on the new batch of episodes of “Luther” (BBC America, 10 p.m.) that wind up tonight.
Climbers on Mount Everest and a kidnapped journalist in Somalia are among the stories on a two hour “Dateline” (NBC, 9 p.m.).
Guys prank the girls on “America’s Next Top Model” (The CW, 9 p.m.).
Football season is back, and so is “Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team” (CMT, 9 p.m.). Amazing that 500 women compete to be part of this activity. A different tack along these lines is the 1996 movie “But I’m a Cheerleader” (Flix, 8 p.m.).
The weeklong replay of Ken Burns’ documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) comes to an end.
A month-long, 16-film Friday night survey of the future (as seen in old films) is on Turner Classic Movies al month starting with the classic “Metropolis” (8 p.m.) and continues with “Things to Come” (10:45 p.m.), “Escape from New York” (12:30 a.m.) and “Brazil” (2:15 A.M.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Jimmy Johnson, Curt Menefee, Jay Glazer, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Jake Johnson, John Legend. The View: Chris Powell (rerun). Ellen DeGeneres: Patrick Dempsey, Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Pink (rerun). Wendy Williams: gabourey Sidibe, Colin Quinn (rerun).
Late Talk
David Letterman: Arsenio Hall, Dan Naturman, Laura Mvula. Jay Leno: Simon Cowell, Adam Carolla, American Authors. Jimmy Kimmel: Celine Dion, Jim O’Heir. Jimmy Fallon: Katie Couric, Patton Oswalt, New Politics, Tamar Braxton. Craig Ferguson: Tom Lennon, the Wild Feathers. Carson Daly: Tracy Spiridakos, Neil Shubin, ZZ Ward (rerun). Tavis Smiley: Ben Foss, Gina Torres. Chelsea Handler: Kendrick Lamar, Ian Karmel, Heather McDonald, Julian McCullough (rerun).