1) “WWE SmackDown,” 8-10 p.m. Friday. Virtually every week for five years, this has been Fox’s Friday show. Even during summers, strikes and Covid, it’s been there. Now that ends; next week, “SmackDown” (shown here) returns to the USA Network. It’s been there before, and at UPN, CW, Syfy and MyNetwork.
2) Football. Next week, Fox switches to Friday-night football. For now, its sports channel (Fox Sports1) has Duke and Northwestern, at 9 p.m. ET. Also, ESPN2 has BYU-SMU (Brigham Young-Southern Methodist) at 7.
3) Movies. There are animated gems to choose from. At 6 p.m., FX has “Encanto” (2021); at 8, FX has “Coco” (2017) and the Disney Channel has “Inside Out” (2015). More movies: IFC has the first two “Police Academy” films at 5:45 and 8; MGM+ has “Challengers” (2024), with Zendaya in a tennis triangle, at 8.
4) “Blue Bloods,” 10 p.m., CBS. This rerun starts a story (continuing next week) that sees Baez in crisis: A serial killer, who once targeted her and her daughter, has been released early from prison
5) “Rebel Ridge,” Netflix. Aaron Pierre (Malcolm X in “Genius”) plays an ex-Marine, confronting an evil sheriff (Don Johnson). That comes a day after Netflix added an Apollo 13 documentary and the Nicole Kidman mini-series, “The Perfect Couple.” Also this week: season-openers of Hulu’s “Tell Me Lies” and Apple’s “Slow Horses.”