1) College football national championship game, 7:30 p.m. ET,. ESPN and ESPN2, with pre-game at 7. This is the finish that fans might prefer: There were two tight semi-finals, eacb unsettled until the final play. Surviving were Washington (shown here)and Michigan, undefeated and ranked No. 2 and 1 when the regular season ended. Now they collide.
2) “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” 8-11 p.m., ABC. Shields’ career started fast. At 11 months, she was a model … at 11 years, she did nude scenes for “Pretty Baby” … at 14, her jeans commercials were famous. She starred in movies, set it all aside to go to Princeton, then returned. This documentary traces her life so far; originally on Hulu, it has Emmy nominations for its editing and directing.
3) “NCIS,” 8-11 p.m., CBS. These three reruns involve a slain ride-share driver, a bio-terrorism threat and a Marine killed for helping an Afghan refugee. There are also the family links: In the first hour, Parker (Gary Cole) is helped by his visiting dad (Francis X. McCarthy, 81); in the third, Jimmy’s teen daughters wants to go on dates.
4) “America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League,” 8-10 p.m., NBC. Ten more acts will perform, with the show’s “superfans” sending half to the semi-finals. That’s followed at 10 p.m. by an “Irrational” rerun, with a man’s desperate plea to find his daughter.
5) “Raya and the Last Dragon” (2021), Freeform. Visually, this is gorgeous; storywise, it’s so-so. A gem is the key to all prosperity; Raya’s dad leaves it almost unguarded, then seems surprised when it’s stolen. Now she must find the dragon (yes, this is animated) who will help retrieve it. They’re helped, of course, by a snail who can become a giant wheel and a baby who can steal things.
— Mike Hughes, TV America