Thursday’s TV Highlights: ‘The Biggest Loser’ on NBC

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

The Biggest Loser Former athletes, including Olympians and professional football players, try to get back in shape and change their lives as the weight loss series returns for a new season. 8 p.m. NBC

The Quest The fantasy-reality competition series with a two-hour finale. 8 p.m. ABC

Haven As the eerie series returns for a fifth season, the main characters deal with the aftermath of last season’s finale. Audrey’s (Emily Rose) body is now being controlled by Mara, Nathan (Lucas Bryant) worries that the woman he loves may be gone forever and Duke (Eric Balfour) is a ticking time bomb, fighting to control the Troubles inside him. Laura Mennell joins the show this season in a recurring role. 8 p.m. Syfy

Project Runway In this new episode, the designers create avant garde looks that must be able stand up to the elements, especially rain. Caitlin FitzGerald (“Masters of Sex”) is a guest judge. 9 p.m. Lifetime

SPECIALS

Rebuilding the World Trade Center Using time-lapse imagery, Marcus Robinson chronicles the reconstruction of the World Trade Center and restoration of the New York City skyline in this new special. 6 and 11 p.m. History

9/11 Rescue Cops Airing on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this new special incorporates previously unseen archival footage and poignant firsthand accounts to celebrate the heroism and honor the sacrifice of the New York Police Department’s elite Emergency Service Unit (ESU). 8 p.m. Discovery

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Jim Nantz and Phil Simms; Katharine McPhee. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Tom Brokaw; Jessie Pavelka; Jennifer Widerstrom. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Scott Conant; Joseph Altuzarra; Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Prostate Cancer: Dr. Drew Pinsky; Michelle Monaghan (“Fort Bliss”) (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Katharine McPhee (“Scorpion”); Taraji P. Henson. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Meredith Vieira; Star Jones; Joy Behar. 10 a.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show The new face of heart attacks; five symptoms every woman should know; flu shots. (N) 10 a.m. KCOP

The Doctors A teen prank leaves a mother of four in critical condition; a procedure banishes unwanted body fat. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Talk Tony Gonzalez; George Lopez; Kevin Frazier; Duff Goldman prepares tailgating fare. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Rachael Ray Hairstyles. (N) 1 p.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show The new face of heart attacks; five symptoms every woman should know; flu shots. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil Stephanie Hayden (“Sons of Guns”); a father acquitted of murder charges. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Ali Fedotowsky; LuAnn de Lesseps; Deidre Hall; Dorothy Wang and Morgan Stewart. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show David Spade; gymnast Kacy Catanzaro; Meghan Trainor performs. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Women recruiting women for jihad; transgender students. (N) 5:30 p.m. KOCE

Tavis Smiley Ed Harris. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Kunal Nayyar; Ben Schwartz; Garfunkel and Oates. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

Charlie Rose (N) 11:30 p.m. KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS

The Colbert Report Author Lonn Taylor. (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jessica Chastain; Jeffrey Tambor; Chris Brown performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Jason Bateman; Billy Eichner; Ryan Adams performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Morgan Freeman; Julianne Hough; Ingrid Michaelson performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night: Seth Meyers Harry Connick Jr.; Josh Charles; Nick Jonas. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show: Craig Ferguson Ben Mezrich. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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