Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘W. Kamau Bell: Semi-Prominent Negro’ on Showtime

SERIES

The Amazing Race The racers take on a 40-foot plunge before they get to a double U-turn. 8 p.m. CBS

Grimm The assault on Sgt. Wu (Reggie Lee) has a surprising effect on him. 9 p.m. NBC

The Originals Cami (Leah Pipes) is in desperate need of a cure and as he stays with her, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) has to rely on others to do what’s needed. 9 p.m. KTLA

Hell’s Kitchen Restaurant-industry professionals serve as the judges who gauge five very different dishes prepared by the top two finalists in the season finale of the cooking competition. Gordon Ramsay hosts. 9 p.m. Fox

Banshee Dawson and Lucas (Eliza Dushku, Antony Starr) scope out a kinky S&M club in search of murder clues, while Watts (Chance Kelly) pushes Calvin (Chris Coy) to his limits. 10 p.m. Cinemax

Wynonna Earp Wynonna and Dolls (Melanie Scrofano, Shamier Anderson) conduct a daring raid on the trailer park run by the lead Revenant in Purgatory. 10 p.m. Syfy

SPECIALS

W. Kamau Bell: Semi-Prominent Negro Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock direct this stand-up special by the socially conscious comic. 10 p.m. Showtime

MOVIES

The Drew: No Excuse, Just Produce This 2015 documentary chronicles the history of the Drew League, a fixture for the past four decades in the basketball history of Los Angeles. 8 p.m. Showtime

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Chris Anderson, TED. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Adam Levine; Vanilla Ice performs; Salt-N-Pepa perform; Kate Hudson, Garry Marshall and Jack Whitehall; Nia Long; All-4-One performs. (N) (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Jennifer Aniston; Jason Sudeikis; 16 couples get married in Times Square; Boyz II Men performs. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Writer-producer Julian Fellowes (“Downton Abbey”); author Marcia Clark (“Blood Defense”); Dr. Sonu Ahluwalia; Roy Firestone. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Adam Levine (“The Voice”); Jordan Peele (“Keanu”). (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Meredith Vieira Show Emily Maynard Johnson (“The Bachelorette”); Fredrik Eklund (“Million Dollar Listing New York”). (N) 11 a.m. KNBC

The Doctors Sued for posting the wrong photo on social media; dangerous foods for children. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Susan Sarandon (“The Meddler”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis; chef Sunny Anderson. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Rachael Ray Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”). (N) 1 p.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show Marie Osmond; Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil Nick Gordon discusses the night Bobbi Kristina Brown drowned and fell into a deadly coma. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Dolvett Quince (“The Biggest Loser”); Pastors Rich and DawnCheré (“Rich in Faith”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Real Tia Mowry-Hardrict (“Tia Mowry at Home”); Ariana Neal (“Mother’s Day”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Mario López (“Extra”). (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

Charlie Rose — the Week (N) 7:30 p.m. KOCE

Washington Week With Gwen Ifill Presidential politics: Jeff Zeleny, CNN; Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg; Indira Lakshmanan, Politico; Lisa Lerer, AP. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Millennials and government. (N) 10 p.m. KVCR

Real Time With Bill Maher Animal rights advocate Wayne Pacelle; Thomas Frank; Kellyanne Conway’ Mark Leibovich; director Rob Reiner. (N) 10 and 11:30 p.m. HBO

Tavis Smiley Poet Shihan Van Clief; Nia Long. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Paul Rudd; Hugh Dancy; Jack Whitehall. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Anderson Cooper; Mark Feuerstein; Gwen Stefani performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, Chadwick Boseman and Paul Bettany; Mayer Hawthorne. 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Cuba Gooding Jr.; Don Cheadle; Jon Bernthal; Troye Sivan. 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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

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