SPECIALS

“The Metropolitan Opera Presents” salutes Giuseppe Verdi with a collection of performances drawn from “Aida,” “Otello” and “Falstaff,” among others (8 p.m. KCET, KVCR).

CBS supplies a backstage pass to “Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life” (8 p.m.), a one-hour show featuring footage from the pop group’s “Around the World in 100 Hours” tour.

“Million Dollar Mysteries” (9 p.m. Fox) opens unsolved cases involving buried treasure, stolen jewels and metallic debris found in Roswell, N.M.

SPORTS

The Dodgers wrap up a three-game series against Colorado (7 p.m. FSN2).

MOVIES

Christina Ricci and Thora Birch are two of the young stars in “Now and Then” (9 p.m. CBS), a 1995 drama reminiscent of “Stand by Me,” but not nearly as good.