1) “An Oprah Special: The Presleys,” 8 p.m., CBS. Riley Keough’s life has been hectic lately. Her mother (Lisa Marie Presley) died at 54. Keogh won legal fights for control of the estate of her grandfather, Elvis Presley. She was Emmy-nominated for “Daisy Jones and the Six” (shown here). And she finished a memoir her mother started; she discusses that with Oprah Winfrey.
2) “Accused” season-opener, 8 p.m., Fox. A gifted actress is finally back to work. Felicity Huffman almost vanished after the 2019 college -admissions scandal. Now she plays a defendant, someone who feels she has visions of missing children. It’s a deeply depressing story, but beautifully done by Huffman, her husband William H. Macy and others.
3) “Murder in a Small Town,” 9 p.m., Fox. It isn’t easy to come up with stories featuring a librarian and a police chief. The first two episodes did that seamlessly. In this one, Kristin Kreuk (one of the two stars) is barely present. It’s still a strong hour, with the cop (Rossif Sutherland) probing the claims of a beautiful-but-mysterious loner (Stana Katic of “Castle”).
4) “The Irrational” season-opener, 10 p.m., NBC. Alec (Jesse L. Martin) is a behavioral-science professor who usually offers an outside perspective. But now things get personal: In an involving (if somewhat overwrought0 hour, his loved one (a former British spy) has been abducted.
5) MORE: For the second straight night, two top reality shows – NBC’s “The Voice” and ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” – collide from 8-10 p.m. Also, PBS launches “Citizen Nation” – a four-week look at a teen civic competition – at 9 p.m., then views the U.S. vice-presidential candidates at 10.
— Mike Hughes, TV America