1) “Elsbeth,” 10 p.m., CBS. A slick consultant (Matthew Broderick, shown here) assures people he can get their kids into an Ivy League college. That leads to trouble and (as usual) murder; soon, Elsbeth is fencing with him – verbally and literally, It’s a good episode, with Broderick’s son, James, playing Carl.
2) “Mandy & Georgie’s First Marriage,” 8 p.m., CBS. Georgie takes a job with a competing tire company – owned by a guy who has a past with Georgie’s in-laws. That leaves Mandy trying to soothe tension at home. Then “Ghost” (8:30) sees Jay accused of stealing a recipe; he’ll have a hard time explaining that it was given to him by Pete, a ghost.
3) “Animal Control,” 9 p.m., Fox. The season started with a zoo break; the team gathered most of the escaped animals … but not a penguin named Oreo. Amid pressure from higher-ups, Frank and Shred expand their hunt. That’s followed by “Going Dutch”: Quinn adjusts to a springtime Christmas …and to his girlfriend not wanting his daughter there.
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4) “Suffragette” (2015), 10 p.m., Showtime. British women got the right to vote in 1918, two years before Americans. Here’s a passionate look at their struggle, with Carey Mulligan as a young laundry worker and Merle Streep as a key activist. For contrasting worlds, catch FX’s “The Woman King” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (both 2022), at 5 and 8.
5) MORE: The “Next Level Chef” opener chose the social-media chefs; now (8 p.m., Fox) it’s time for home chefs. Also, hockey’s 4 Nation Face-Off concludes at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. At 9 p.m., NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” has a security guard working with Velasco to catch a suspect.
— Mike Hughes, TV America.