Tuesday’s TV Highlights: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ on Fox
SERIES
NCIS Guest star Laura San Giacomo returns as Dr. Grace Confalone, who suggests to Gibbs (Mark Harmon) that the death of a Marine sergeant who fell from a building wasn’t accidental. Joe Spano also returns as FBI agent Fornell. Wilmer Valderrama, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray and Jennifer Esposito also star. 8 p.m. CBS
The Flash Everything has changed for Barry (Grant Gustin) — due to the trip he made to alter his past — as the adventure series starts a new season. Candice Patton and Keiynan Lonsdale also star with guest star Matt Letscher. 8 p.m. KTLA
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jake and Holt (Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher) get help in their crusade against Figgis (Eric Roberts) when their comrades from New York come to Florida. 8 p.m. Fox
New Girl Jess (Zooey Deschanel) brings members of her singles-only group along when she’s invited on a couples excursion with Schmidt and Cece (Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone) and Winston and Aly (Lamorne Morris, Nasim Pedrad). Curtis Armstrong (“Moonlighting”) guest-stars. 8:30 p.m. Fox
No Tomorrow Tori Anderson stars as a quality-control officer with no room for spontaneity until she falls for a free spirit (Joshua Sasse) who is convinced the world will end in less than a year. Amy Pietz also stars. 9 p.m. KTLA
Halt and Catch Fire While Donna, Bos and Diane (Kerry Bishe, Toby Huss, Annabeth Gish) hit the road on a mission to raise the profile of Mutiny, everyone else is left to sit back at the office and play an anxious waiting game. 10 p.m. AMC
Star Plates Alyson Hannigan (“How I Met Your Mother”) tries her hand as a line cook for demanding celebrity chef Michael Voltaggio, who teaches her how to make one of her favorite dishes, a deconstructed apple pie a la mode, from his Los Angeles restaurant. 11 p.m. Food
SPECIALS
Vice Presidential Debate Candidates Tim Kaine (D) and Mike Pence (R) debate the issues; Elaine Quijano moderates at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. 6 p.m. CBS; NBC; ABC; Fox; KCAL; KOCE; KPBS; Bloomberg; CNN; CSPAN; CSPAN2; Fox News; Fox Business. 8:30 p.m. CSPAN; 10 p.m. CNN; 10 p.m. Fox Business; 11 p.m. Fox News
2016 Hip Hop Awards DJ Khaled hosts this annual celebration honoring the best performances in this musical genre. For the third year in a row, Drake snagged the most nods,14, including album of the year, best live performer, lyricist of the year and best hip-hop video. Other top nominees include Future, Khaled and Kanye West. 8 and 10:35 p.m. BET; 8 p.m. MTV
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning Nate Parker; Samantha Bee; John Dickerson. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Emily Blunt; Lindsey Vonn; Kelly Clarkson. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA
Good Morning America Molly Shannon; Colman Domingo and Penelope Ann Miller. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. Jordan Sparks (“Tattoos for a Cause”); Alyssa Milano; Atkins Diet (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live With Kelly Justin Theroux; Lindsey Vonn; Melissa Etheridge performs; Fred Savage. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
Today Olivia Newton-John; Emily Blunt and Paula Hawkins; Lindsey Vonn; John Currence. (N) 10 a.m. KNBC
The View Issa Rae. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
Rachael Ray Chef Vivian Howard; Jaimie Alexander. (N) 10 a.m. KCAL
The Doctors A stabbing victim reveals a shocking story; Angie Everhart discusses her battle with cancer. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL
The Talk Alyssa Milano; Tori Anderson; Nischelle Turner. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
The Dr. Oz Show A look at the murder of Chandra Levy. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV
The Real The Bella Twins (“Total Bellas”). (N) 2 p.m. KTTV
Dr. Phil Phone interview with Steven Avery (“Making a Murderer”). (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Kelly Clarkson; Chrissy Teigen (“Lip Sync Battle”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
Harry Savannah Guthrie; Regis Philbin. (N) 4 p.m. KTTV; 9 p.m. KCOP
Tavis Smiley (N) 11 p.m. KOCE
Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Ezra Klein. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central
Conan Kristen Bell; Evan Peters; Miike Snow performs. (N) 11 p.m. TBS
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon John Goodman; Lin-Manuel Miranda; Empire of the Sun; Olivia Newton-John performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Cheri Oteri; Paul F. Tompkins; Melissa Etheridge performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live Billy Bob Thornton; Kristin Chenoweth; Ryan Donahue. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC
The Late Late Show With James Corden Rob Lowe; JK Simmons; Eliza Skinner. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS
Late Night With Seth Meyers Judy Sheindlin; Kelly Clarkson; Tom Odell performs; Stanton Moore performs. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC
Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC
Last Call With Carson Daly Joy Reid; Holy Ghost performs; Michael Rosenbaum. (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC
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