What’s on TV Friday: ‘Stars on Stage From Westport Country Playhouse’; Oscar Roundtables
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SERIES
Undercover Boss Sharon M. Leite, CEO of the Vitamin Shoppe, goes undercover as a store associate to assess how changes she implemented are affecting her frontline employees. 8 p.m. CBS
Penn & Teller: Fool Us Featured magicians include Zak Mirz, John Henry, Andy Deemer and Thomas Solomon. 8 p.m. The CW
Shark Tank Hopefuls pitch an easy-to-use organic skincare product line; confidence-boosting swimwear; and a jewelry brand made from a unique recycled material. There’s also an update on Bunch Bikes. 8 p.m. ABC
Magnum P.I. Shammy (Christopher Thornton) asks Magnum and Higgins (Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks) to locate his missing friend, a homeless veteran, in this new episode. Matthew Peschio guest stars. 9 p.m. CBS
Dateline NBC (N) 9 p.m. NBC
20/20 (N) 9 p.m. ABC
Nancy Drew (N) 9 p.m. The CW
Stars on Stage From Westport Country Playhouse Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon performs in the finale of this limited series. 9 p.m. KOCE
Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (premiere) 9 p.m. Travel
Blue Bloods Frank (Tom Selleck) is at odds with his friend Archbishop Kearns (Stacy Keach), who says the NYPD arrested the wrong man for a murder, in this new episode of the family police drama. 10 p.m. CBS
SPECIALS
The Envelope Oscar Roundtables: Directors Host Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times leads a conversation with potential Academy Award contenders Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”), Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”), Siân Heder (“CODA”), Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Tick, Tick ... Boom!”), Reinaldo Marcus Green (“King Richard”) and Adam McKay (“Don’t Look Up”). 7 p.m. SN1
Video conversations with Academy Award-contending artists
SPORTS
Premier League Soccer Watford versus Norwich City, Noon USA; Everton versus Aston Villa, 4:30 a.m. USA
NBA Basketball The Clippers visit the Philadelphia 76ers, 4 p.m. BSSC; the Lakers visit the Orlando Magic, 4 p.m. SportsNet; the Toronto Raptors visit the Washington Wizards, 5 p.m. ESPN
College Basketball St. Bonaventure visits Duquesne, 4 p.m. ESPN2; Illinois visits Maryland, 4 p.m. FS1; Michigan State visits Wisconsin, 6 p.m. FS1; Fresno State visits Nevada, 8 p.m. FS1
Australian Open Tennis Third round, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. ESPN2; Saturday, 5 a.m. ESPN2
NHL Hockey The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Ducks, 7 p.m. BSW
High School Basketball Paraclete versus Sierra Canyon, 7:30 p.m. KDOC
Winter X Games From Aspen, Colo. 7:35 p.m. ESPN
TALK SHOWS
CBS Mornings (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin; author Liz Vaccariello; Tiffani Faison. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA
Good Morning America Will Packer; John Ortiz; Cecilia Suárez; Walker Hayes performs. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live With Kelly and Ryan Andy Samberg (“Hotel Transylvania: Transformania”); Edi Patterson (“The Righteous Gemstones”). (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View (N) 10 a.m. KABC
Rachael Ray (N) 10 a.m. KTTV
The Wendy Williams Show Kym Whitley and Finesse Mitchell; Drew Barrymore and Ross Mathews. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV
The Talk Steve Harvey. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
Tamron Hall The NFL’s Trent Williams turns a cancer diagnosis into a comeback. (N) 1 p.m. KABC
The Drew Barrymore Show Valerie Bertinelli (“Enough Already”); Jacob Bertrand and Xolo Maridueña (“Cobra Kai”). (N) 2 p.m. KCBS
The Kelly Clarkson Show Clarkson sings “Love Tonight”; Randall Park and Ed Helms; Karen Pittman; Vanna White. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC
Dr. Phil (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Julianne Hough and Nina Dobrev (“Fresh Vine Wine”); guest host Adam Devine. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
The Real Daniel Sunjata; guest cohost Kathy Hilton. (N) 3 p.m. KCOP
Washington Week President Biden’s first year in office; Russia and Ukraine: Laura Barrón-López, Politico; Mike Memoli, NBC; Vivian Salama, Wall Street Journal; Carl Hulse, New York Times. (N) 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. KOCE
Real Time With Bill Maher (season premiere) Author Timothy Snyder (“On Tyranny Graphic Edition”). Panel: Bari Weiss; Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.). 10 p.m. and midnight HBO
The Issue Is ... With Elex Michaelson (N) 10:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. KTTV
Amanpour & Company (N) 11:30 p.m. KCET; 1 a.m. KLCS
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Maddie Ziegler. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Denzel Washington; Hunter Schafer; Twenty One Pilots. 11:35 p.m. KABC
The Late Late Show With James Corden 12:37 a.m. KCBS
Late Night With Seth Meyers Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson; Ellie Kemper; Nate Smith. 12:37 a.m. KNBC
Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC
MOVIES
Easy Rider Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper hit the open road in this classic 1969 counterculture film. Jack Nicholson and Karen Black also star. 7 p.m. TCM
The “Easy Rider” soundtrack redefined movie music for the next 50 years. How it all came together.
Monday This 2020 romance from director Argyris Papadimitropoulos stars Sebastian Stan (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”) and Denise Gough (“Angels in America”) as, respectively, musician-turned-DJ Mickey and immigration lawyer Chloe, American expatriates living in Athens, who try to turn a fling into a serious relationship. Dominique Tipper and Vangelis Mourikis also star. 8 p.m. Showtime
Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough frolic in Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ reality-check romance ‘Monday.’
Pretty in Pink (1986) 8:45 a.m. and 10:34 p.m. Encore
Solaris (2002) 9 a.m. HBO
Locke (2013) 9:05 a.m. TMC
Little Women (2019) 9:21 a.m. Starz
Man Up (2015) 9:42 a.m. Cinemax
Beatriz at Dinner (2017) 9:55 a.m. Epix
Suspicion (1941) 10 a.m. TCM
News of the World (2020) 10:40 a.m. HBO
The Matrix (1999) 10:57 a.m. and 8 p.m. Syfy
Black Mass (2015) 11 a.m. BBC America
Predator (1987) 11:15 a.m. IFC
Morris From America (2016) Noon and 11:10 p.m. TMC
Lethal Weapon (1987) 12:15 p.m. AMC
Election (1999) 12:45 p.m. Epix
Blockers (2018) 1 p.m. FX
Sleepy Hollow (1999) 1:29 p.m. Starz
Fury (2014) 1:30 p.m. BBC America
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) 2:02 and 11:05 p.m. Syfy
Escape From Alcatraz (1979) 2:30 p.m. Epix
The Chosen (1981) 2:31 p.m. Cinemax
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 2:45 p.m. AMC
Despicable Me (2010) 3 p.m. Nickelodeon
Donnie Brasco (1997) 3:18 p.m. Starz
The Patriot (2000) 4 p.m. Ovation
Rush Hour (1998) 4 p.m. TNT
Friends With Benefits (2011) 4 and 11:07 p.m. VH1
Three Days of the Condor (1975) 4:25 p.m. Epix
Rambo: First Blood (1982) 4:30 p.m. BBC America
Tenet (2020) 4:35 p.m. HBO
Despicable Me 2 (2013) 5 p.m. Nickelodeon
Patriot Games (1992) 6 p.m. Showtime
A Royal Night Out (2015) 6:15 p.m. TMC
Top Gun (1986) 7 p.m. Paramount
Avatar (2009) 7:15 p.m. IFC
The Suicide Squad (2021) 7:42 p.m. HBO
My Week With Marilyn (2011) 8 p.m. KCET
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) 8 p.m. Cinemax
Panic Room (2002) 8 p.m. Epix
Creed (2015) 8 p.m. TBS
Eighth Grade (2018) 8 p.m. TMC
Mad Max (1979) 9 p.m. TCM
Air Force One (1997) 9:30 p.m. Paramount
The Artist (2011) 9:45 p.m. KCET
Black Rain (1989) 9:55 p.m. Epix
A Simple Favor (2018) 10:30 p.m. POP
Creed II (2018) 10:32 p.m. TBS
The Hurt Locker (2008) 10:41 p.m. Starz
Heavy Metal (1981) 11 p.m. TCM
Fight Club (1999) 11 p.m. TNT
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