Monday’s TV Highlights: The season premiere of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ on CBS

SERIES

The Big Bang Theory The smart comedy’s 10th season begins with an awkward moment after parents (Laurie Metcalf and Judd Hirsch) of friends Sheldon and Leonard (Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki) spent an evening together. Guest stars Christine Baranski and Keith Carradine also return, and after “8 Simple Rules,” Katey Sagal again plays Kaley Cuoco’s mother. 8 p.m. CBS

The Voice Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are judges as the singing competition returns for a new season. 8 p.m. NBC

Gotham Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) charts a new course for himself as a bounty hunter as a new season of the superhero origin series begins. Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and David Mazouz also star. 8 p.m. Fox

Fashion Police Fashions from “The 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards” are dissected, critiqued, ridiculed and lauded by Melissa Rivers, Giuliana Rancic and Brad Goreski in this new episode of the occasional series. 8 p.m. E!

Food Network Star Kids In the “Hollywood Power Lunch” episode, finalists must prepare two of their favorite lunch dishes for mentors Tia Mowry and Donal Skehan. Special guests include Loni Love and Neel Sethi (“The Jungle Book”). 8 p.m. Food

Kevin Can Wait Kevin James’ return to TV comedy, starring as a cop trying to ease into retirement. Erinn Hayes, Taylor Spreitler, Mary Charles-Jones and James DiGiacomo also star. 8:30 p.m. CBS

The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey The documentary miniseries featuring an expert reexamination of the headline-grabbing murder case ends. 9 p.m. CBS

Lucifer Lucifer (Tom Ellis) develops a mother complex when his mom (Tricia Helfer) escapes from hell. Lauren German also stars, and Aimee Garcia joins the cast. 9 p.m. Fox

The Good Place Kristen Bell stars as a newly deceased woman trying to make up for her misdeeds during her lifetime in the two-episode premiere of this new afterlife-comedy. Ted Danson also stars. 10 and 10:30 p.m. NBC

POV The human side of the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border is seen through the experiences of a U.S. drug enforcement agent, an activist nun in Mexico and a former Texas smuggler. 10 p.m. KOCE

Major Crimes The team gets closer to the mastermind behind the Dwight Darnell murders in the season finale. 10 p.m. TNT

SPECIALS

Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks Filmmaker Dan Reed’s documentary chronicles the harrowing story of the Islamic State strike in Paris. 8 p.m. HBO

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning John Brennan; Bruce Springsteen; Kevin James; Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Nick Jonas; Robby Benson; Emmys fashion; Lilliana Vazquez. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Denzel Washington; Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha; Emmy highlights; fashion stylist Joe Zee. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Dave Mazour (“Gotham”); Brandon Ingram; Harry Connick Jr. (“Harry”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live with Kelly Busy Philipps; Kevin James; Rachael Harris; Mike Posner. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View (N) 10 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray Bob Harper (“The Biggest Loser”); Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino; steak, bacon and mushrooms. (N) 10 a.m. KCAL

The Doctors (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show (Season Premiere)(N) 11 a.m. KTTV

. 1 p.m. KCOP

Steve Harvey Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora (“Power”). (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

The Real Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”); Loni at the Emmys Red Carpet. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil Burke Ramsey, brother of murder victim JonBenét Ramsey. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”); Damon Wayans (“Lethal Weapon”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

Harry Emma Roberts (“Scream Queens”); Taraji P. Henson (“Empire”). 4 p.m. Fox; 9 p.m. KCOP

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; midnight KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS

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

StarTalk (Season Premiere) Whoopi Goldberg. (N) 11 p.m. National Geographic

Conan Andy Samberg; St. Paul & the Broken Bones performs. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

Tavis Smiley (N) 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Season Premiere) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton; Terry Crews; Ariana Grande performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Chris Pratt; Scott Bakula; Frederik the Great. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

The Late Late Show With James Corden Damon Wayans; Michael Weatherly; DeAndre Jordan; Rizzle Kicks performs. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers (Season premiere) Ice T; Clark Gregg; Glass Animals; Elaine Bradley. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

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

Last Call With Carson Daly (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC

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