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Thursday’s TV Highlights: ‘American Idol’ on Fox

Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert will perform on Fox's "American Idol."

Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert will perform on Fox’s “American Idol.”

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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SERIES

You, Me and the Apocalypse Layla and Jamie (Karla Crome, Mathew Baynton) plot to free Frankie from her kidnapper. Rob Lowe and Diana Rigg also star. 8 p.m. NBC

Grey’s Anatomy While Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) handles the case of a woman who’s expecting quadruplets, Richard (James Pickens Jr.) makes some baffling staffing changes. Rita Moreno, Casey Wilson and Lance Henriksen guest star. 8 p.m. ABC

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American Idol Adam Lambert performs. 8 p.m. Fox

Top Chef The two remaining chefs get help mentors and former competitors as they prepare meals for a dining room filled with such A-list culinary figures as Emeril Lagasse, Charlie Palmer, Dominique Crenn, Jonathan Beno, Hubert Keller and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, in the season finale. 9 p.m. Bravo

Cooks vs. Cons Geoffrey Zakarian hosts this offbeat new six-episode unscripted series that pits talented home cooks against professional chefs. A rotating panel of judges, including Kardea Brown, Josh Elkin, Graham Elliot and Daphne Oz, selects the winners, without knowing if the meals were prepared by the professionals or the home cooks. 9 p.m. Food

Project Runway All Stars The designers celebrate Baroque fashion by creating couture-inspired gowns. Keren Craig and Coco Rocha join the panel as guest judges. 9 p.m. Lifetime

Shades of Blue It’s finally time for the robbery of the armored truck, but unforeseen circumstances develop in the new episode. Jennifer Lopez, Ray Liotta, Drea de Matteo and Vincent Laresca star. 10 p.m. NBC

How to Get Away With Murder The drama wraps up its second season as Annalise (Viola Davis) decides to get away from the various pressures that have been bearing down on her. 10 p.m. ABC

Vikings An air of betrayal hangs in the air at the Paris Court, where some whom Odo (Owen Roe) trusts plot against him. 10 p.m. History

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The Real World: Go Big or Go Home The venerable unscripted series returns for its 30th season with a new batch of residents. 10 p.m. MTV

Colony Following a kidnapping by the resistance, Los Angeles block is placed on lockdown in the season finale. Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Jacobson, Alex Neustaedter and Tory Kittles star. 10 p.m. USA

60 Days In Maryum Ali, the eldest daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali, joins the program and fits in with her fellow inmates in the undercover jailhouse series. 10 p.m. A&E

Idiotsitter In the season finale, Gene (Jillian Bell) takes her GED, and Billie (Charlotte Newhouse) tries to become a college teacher. 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central

TALK SHOWS

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

Today Riverdance performance; Cirque Du Soliel; Cicely Tyson; Fabio; Celtic Thunder performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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Good Morning America Clive Owen; the cast of “Midnight Special.” (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Charlie Weber (“How To Get Away With Murder”); Cynthia Bailey (“Real Housewives of Atlanta”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Jennifer Garner (“Miracles From Heaven”); Zoë Kravitz; Sabrina Carpenter performs. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Melissa Rauch. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Meredith Vieira Show Steve Harvey; Megan Colarossi. (N) 11 a.m. KNBC

The Wendy Williams Show Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

Steve Harvey Jerrod Carmichael, David Alan Grier, Loretta Devine, Tiffany Haddish and Amber Stevens West. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Real Eva Marcille (“All About the Business”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Beth Behrs (“Hello, My Name Is Doris”); author Marcia Clark (“Blood Defense”). (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Theo James. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

The Nightly Show Joanna Coles. (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Clive Owen; Nia Vardalos; Jimmy Carr. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show: Stephen Colbert William H. Macy; Melissa Rauch; Isaac Mizrahi. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Henry Cavill; Gabourey Sidibe; Flogging Molly. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Tavis Smiley Carl Reiner. midnight KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 12:30 a.m. KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS

Late Night: Seth Meyers Jennifer Garner; Thomas Middleditch; Melissa George; Matt Cameron. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC


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