1) “SEAL Team” return, 10 p.m., CBS. After years on CBS, this show slid over to the Paramount+ streamer. It aired the first four episodes of the fifth season on CBS, then made the jump. Now it’s back, filling a strike-time void. It starts with the two-parter that opened that fifth season: The crew members (led by David Boreanaz, shown here, center, in a previous episode) gets at-home time, then start a “training exercise” … and learn it’s a real (and dangerous) rescue mission.
2) “Buddy Games” finale, 8 p.m., CBS. So far, the show has ousted three teams – the Roller Derby women, the “pageant queens” and the Philadelphia friends. That leaves three more – Chicago cops, Oklahoma friends and an LGBQ team – in the running for the $200,000 prize. That’s followed at 9 by “Big Brother,” which has its two-hour finale a week later.
3) “Transplant,” 9 p.m., NBC. There are lots of bureaucratic tangles tonight. Still working in the emergency department, Bash also starts work in surgery – where the older surgeons resist. Mags, his new love interest, worries about her boss’ ethics. And their friend Theo faces internet criticism from a woman who says he was too forceful in giving her a shot. It adds up to a fairly drab hour … until the final minutes deliver a quick jolt.
4) “Everyone Else Burns,” 9:30 p.m., CW. David’s stern religious beliefs took a hit last week, when he didn’t get the church promotion he expected. Now his wife starts her own business and their daughter conspires to have a phone and a friend. There are some fairly good moments, wrapping up a night that starts with Canadian comedies – “Son of a Critch,” “Run the Burbs” and “Children Ruin Everything.”
5) ALSO: “Hell’s Kitchen” (8 p.m., Fox) has the consummate fusion challenge: Fuse French, Thai, Italian, Japanese and other flavors. And Netflix has a four-part mini-series, based on “All the Light We Cannot See,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set during World War II. Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie co-star, but the focus is on two young people, a blind girl and a German soldier.