Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘The Knick’ on Cinemax

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History After winning a third presidential term, FDR (voice of Edward Herrmann) turns his attention to World War II — well before the attack on Pearl Harbor — in the sixth installment of Ken Burns’ documentary miniseries. 8 and 10 p.m. KOCE

Tanked Shaquille O’Neal wants an aquarium built in a semi-truck’s front end, and the guys help a Vegas illusionist re-create an old Houdini escape trick with fish in this new episode. 10 p.m. Animal Planet

The Knick In this new episode, Thackery and Bertie (Clive Owen, Michael Angarano) vow to reverse a series of operating theater mishaps. David Fierro, Juliet Rylance, Eric Johnson, Maya Kazan, Andre Holland and Jeremy Bobb also star. 10 p.m. Cinemax

Z Nation In this new episode, the crew slowly makes its way across country until running out of fuel. Pisay Pao, Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott and DJ Qualls also star. 10 p.m. Syfy

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Martine Rothblatt, United Therapeutics. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Yoga instructor Hilaria Baldwin; Adam Levine; TV host George Oliphant (“George to the Rescue”); Hollywood. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Tina Fey (“This Is Where I Leave You”); Reese Witherspoon; the Madden Brothers perform. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Ben Mckenzie (“Gotham”); British rock duo Chad and Jeremy; Mike Lupica. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Tina Fey (“This Is Where I Leave You”); Luke Wilson. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Billy Crystal. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show Dangerous, trendy “medi-spas”; Alzheimer’s disease. (N) 10 a.m. KCOP; 2 p.m. KTTV

The Doctors When using medical marijuana crosses the line. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Danielle Brooks (“Orange Is the New Black”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Tom Selleck; Charles Michael Davis; Jason Santos. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Rachael Ray Neil Patrick Harris. (N) 1 p.m. KABC

The Queen Latifah Show Rapper Snoop Dogg. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS; 7 p.m. KCAL

The Meredith Vieira Show Bill Hader; Carson Kressley; Carole King performs. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

Dr. Phil A woman says her 13-year-old daughter is angry, violent and out-of-control. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey An audience full of couples; a woman’s quick thinking saves her children. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Kaley Cuoco (“The Big Bang Theory”); Dax Shepard; Shawn Mendes performs. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Freed octogenarian female slaves picture. (N) 10 p.m. KVCR

Real Time With Bill Maher Former Sec. of State Colin Powell; activist Matthew Segal; Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.); Katrina vanden Heuvel; Wendell Pierce. (N) 10 and 11 p.m. HBO

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 12:30 a.m. KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon James Spader. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Michael Strahan; tennis player Marin Cilic; mogul Richard Branson; Interpol performs. 11:35 p.m. KCBS

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

Tavis Smiley Ballet dancer Misty Copeland; Charles “Lil Buck” Riley. (N) midnight KOCE

Late Night With Seth Meyers Heidi Klum; Kieran Culkin; Leslie Jones. 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Morgan Freeman; Génesis Rodriguez. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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

Last Call With Carson Daly Richard Ayoade; Franz Ferdinand performs; Royal Canoe. 1:37 a.m. KNBC