Tuesday’s TV Highlights: ‘The Fidel Castro Tapes’ and more
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SERIES
Rizzoli & Isles In the season finale, a respected county prosecutor (Jamie Bamber) is arrested for murder, but as the evidence against him starts to mount, Jane (Angie Harmon) begins to believe he is innocent. 9 p.m. TNT
Royal Pains Hank and Evan (Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo) search for their missing half-sister in the season finale. 9 p.m. USA
Drunk History This new episode tries to focus on a few of the nation’s first ladies; Courteney Cox, Casey Wilson and Alia Shawkat guest star. 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central
SPECIALS
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic This new special has plenty of material about the creation of the 2013 animated musical, including commentary from voice-cast members Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. 8 p.m. ABC
The Fidel Castro Tapes This new documentary compiles archival footage and photographs to explore the life and times of the controversial Cuban leader. 9 p.m. KOCE
Houdini The legendary illusionist (Adrien Brody) works to expose purported spiritualists and adapts to the modern world in the final years of his life, in the conclusion of this two-part biography. 9 p.m. History
MOVIES
The Jazz Singer A Jewish cantor’s son (Al Jolson) is expected to follow in his father’s footsteps but goes his own way instead in this 1927 musical, one of the first “talkies.” Robert Osborne and Dr. Eric Goldman introduce this screening, which launches Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong showcase “The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film.” 5 p.m. TCM
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Plane-crash survivor Austin Hatch; Counting Crows perform; Seth Green. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day LA (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Rachael Ray Howie Mandel. 8 a.m. KCAL
Live With Kelly and Michael Mandy Patinkin; anchorman David Muir. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View Annette Bening. 10 a.m. KABC
The Doctors Medical mistakes. 11 a.m. KCAL
The Wendy Williams Show Perez Hilton; comic Susie Essman. 11 a.m. KTTV
The Talk LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian. 1 p.m. KCBS
The Queen Latifah Show Marlon Wayans; Brooklyn Decker. 2 p.m. KCBS, ?7 p.m. KCAL
The Dr. Oz Show Fiber; eye aging. 2 p.m. KABC
The Wendy Williams Show Mekhi Phifer. 2 p.m. KTTV
Dr. Phil Accusations of child abuse. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
Steve Harvey Dating. 3 p.m. KNBC
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Britney Spears; Cirque du Soleil; John Legend performs. 4 p.m. KNBC
Tavis Smiley Authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (“Freakanomics”); musician Brian Culbertson. 11 p.m. KOCE
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Journalist Ramita Navai. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central
Conan Allison Janney; Brett Gelman. (N) 11 p.m. TBS
The Arsenio Hall Show George Lopez. 11:30 p.m. KTLA
Charlie Rose (N) 11:30 p.m. KOCE, 1 a.m. KLCS
The Colbert Report Mandy Patinkin. (N) 11:31 p.m. Comedy Central
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Adam Levine; Meredith Vieira; Maroon 5 performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
Late Show With David Letterman Luke Wilson; Julie Chen; Lee Brice performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live Eva Longoria; Wiz Khalifa performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC
Late Night With Seth Meyers Stephen Colbert; Amy Sedaris. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Carrot Top. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS
Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC
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