Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘Blue Bloods’ on CBS

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

The Amazing Race The unscripted competition series begins its 25th season in New York’s Times Square with 11 new teams vying for the $1-million prize at the end of an around-the-globe contest. Phil Keoghan returns as host. 8 p.m. CBS

Shark Tank The inventive series returns with back-to-back episodes. First,? a Texas couple has a? plan to create and market a unique baby swaddler. Then, a Los Angeles man pushes the idea of a nail salon for males. In the? second hour, two Las Vegas men offer a mobile wedding service. The “Sharks” (potential investors) include Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner. 8 p.m. ABC

Hawaii Five-0 In the season premiere, panic erupts on Oahu when an unknown assailant begins aiming armed drones at ordinary citizens, forcing the island into lockdown. Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan star. 9 p.m. CBS

Live From Lincoln Center Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson star in the New York Philharmonic’s production of the Stephen Sondheim thriller “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” 9 p.m. KOCE

Blue Bloods Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) is out for justice when Baez (Marisa Ramirez) is hurt by assailants while helping to transport drugs for disposal. With Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes and Len Cariou and guest star Kirk Acevedo. 10 p.m. CBS

The Knick Thackery and Edwards (Clive Owen, Andre Holland) deal with the aftermath of a white cop’s stabbing by a black man in this new episode. 10 p.m. Cinemax

SPECIALS

America After Ferguson Gwen Ifill moderates a town hall meeting addressing issues that have emerged in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo. From the University of Missouri-St. Louis. 7:30 p.m. KOCE

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Ted Danson. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today John Mellencamp performs; Gillian Flynn; Emily VanCamp; Matthew Hussey. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America Omar Epps; chef Scott Conant. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Director Antoine Fuqua (“The Equalizer”); author Dawn Wells (“What Would Mary Ann Do?”); Petra Nemcova. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Andy Samberg; Omar Epps; AJR performs. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Michael Strahan; Tory Johnson; Rory Kennedy. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show Trendy medi-spas’ walk-in procedures; microwaves. (N) 10 a.m. KCOP; 2 p.m. KTTV

The Doctors A rare condition causes extreme overgrowth in a child’s hands; chronic hip pain. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Chloë Grace Moretz (“The Equalizer”); Wolfgang Puck. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Luke Wilson; Pat O’Brien; Susan Feniger. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Rachael Ray Camila Alves. (N) 1 p.m. KABC

The Queen Latifah Show Denzel Washington. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS

The Meredith Vieira Show Joy Behar; Train performs. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

Dr. Phil A 17-year-old dates a 28-year-old divorced father; a look at the man’s history. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey A great-great grandmother publishes her first sex novel; Jenna Dewan Tatum. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Anna Faris; Kenny Chesney performs; guest DJ Janel Parrish. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

SoCal Connected 8 p.m. KCET

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis (D-Texas). (N) 10 p.m. KVCR

Real Time With Bill Maher Naomi Klein; filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi; Charles M. Blow; John Feehery; Gen. Anthony Zinni. (N) 10 and 11 p.m. HBO

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; midnight KOCE

Tavis Smiley Student debt: Hannah Appel; Aloe Blacc. (N) 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Tonight Show: Jimmy Fallon Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane; Robert Plant performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Ted Danson; Andrew Norelli. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Kaley Cuoco; Anthony Anderson. 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night: Seth Meyers Luke Wilson. 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Ben Kingsley; Bojana Novakovic. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

SPORTS

Baseball The Rockies visit the Dodgers 6:30 p.m. KDOC; the Angels visit the Seattle Mariners. 7 p.m. FSN