Thursday’s TV Highlights: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on KTLA

SERIES

BattleBots Samantha Ponder takes over as host for a new season of this robot-fighting competition. Alison Haislip is on the sidelines and Adam Savage serves as a guest judge. 8 p.m. ABC

Bones As the team investigates the murder of a billionaire explorer who went missing in Antarctica 10 years earlier, a doctor (Eugene Byrd) who was on the expedition with the victim is a prime suspect. Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz star. 8 p.m. Fox

Beauty and the Beast While trying to find out who is stalking Vincent (Jay Ryan), Cat (Kristin Kreuk) discovers that she might be pregnant. 9 p.m. KTLA

Aquarius On the day of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination Hodiak (David Duchovny) tries to prevent a riot while he investigates a murder in a black neighborhood in this new episode of the historical crime drama set in Southern California in 1968. Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont and Michaela McManus also star. 10 p.m. NBC

Thirteen This new thriller follows a woman (Jodie Comer) starting on the day she escapes from the cellar that has been her prison since she was kidnapped 13 years ago. Natasha Little, Stuart Graham, Katherine Rose Morley and Joe Layton also star. 10 p.m. BBC America

Lip Sync Battle The one-hour season finale features Chris D’Elia versus Brent Morin, then Josh Gad versus Kaley Cuoco. 10 p.m. Spike

Queen of the South Adapted from Arturo Perez-Reverte’s international bestseller “La Reina Del Sur,” which previously inspired a Telemundo series, this new melodrama follows the adventures of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga), who is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America after her drug-dealing boyfriend is murdered in Mexico. Peter Gadiot and Justina Machado co-star. 10 p.m. USA

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Danielle Brooks; Macklemore and Ryan Lewis perform; Jack Wagner; Josie Bissett; Seth and Les Gold (“Hardcore Pawn”); chef Curtis Stone. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America “Independence Day”; Penelope Wilton; Sheryl Sandberg; Tory Johnson; Chris Santos. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Sofia Carson (“Further Adventures in Babysitting”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

The View Author Christopher Darden (“In Contempt”). (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Dorinda Medley (“The Real Housewives of New York City”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk David Duchovny; Big Boy; Christina Milian. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Gun debate; millennial fathers. (N) 5:30 p.m. KOCE

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 Rapper Macklemore. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Liam Hemsworth; Lea DeLaria; Twin Peaks performs. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore Mahershala Ali. (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Will Forte; Ashley Benson; Joseph performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Paul Dano; RuPaul; Rascal Flatts performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Kevin Nealon; record producer DJ Khaled; AlunaGeorge. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Luke Wilson; Liev Schreiber; Rob Gronkowski; Birdy performs. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers Aubrey Plaza; Samira Wiley; Neil Gaiman; Ray Luzier. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

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

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