TV This Week, Sept. 4-10: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and more

SUNDAY

Workman’s comp probably doesn’t cover getting “Backstabbed” by your vengeful boss, which is what happens to an unsuspecting woman in this new thriller. With Josie Davis and Brittany Underwood. 9 p.m. Lifetime

The new special “Pope vs. Hitler” investigates a purported Vatican plot to assassinate the Nazi leader during the dark days of WWII. 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel

Case closed: The procedural drama “Murder in the First” ends its third season. With Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson. 10 p.m. TNT

MONDAY

The unscripted series “Fast N’ Loud” revs up for another season. 8 p.m. Discovery Channel

If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, but if you don’t, that’s still too bad in the new sequel “Stalked by My Doctor: The Return.” With Eric Roberts. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Vroom! The new three-night miniseries “Harley and the Davidsons” tells the story of the men who built their motorcycle company into an iconic American brand. With Michiel Huisman (“Game of Thrones”) and Bug Hall. 9 p.m. Discovery Channel; also Tue.-Wed.

Former President George W. Bush and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani are among those looking back at the 9/11 attacks “15 Septembers Later” in this new special. 9 p.m. History Channel

“Rizzoli & Isles,” we hardly knew ye. This hit drama starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander as crime-solving gal-pals ends its run after seven seasons. 9 p.m. TNT

Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn goes “Running Wild With Bear Grylls” in a new episode of the celebrity-outdoor adventure series. 10 p.m. NBC

How Lowe can they go? Find out when the former star of “The West Wing” takes the seat of dishonor at “The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe.” With Jeff Ross, Rob Riggle and “SNL’s” Pete Davidson. 10 p.m. Comedy Central, TV Land

TUESDAY

The currency is digital and the dealings are shady in the gritty new Miami-set streaming series “StartUp.” With “Sherlock’s” Martin Freeman and “The O.C.’s” Adam Brody. Any time, Crackle

Survivors and first responders recall what it was like on “9/11 Inside the Pentagon” in this new special. 8 p.m. KOCE

“Dance Moms” is back with a preview special followed by the midseason premiere. 8 and 9 p.m. Lifetime

The reality series “Below Deck” sets sail for a fourth season. 9 p.m. Bravo

There will be more blood when the action-horror mash-up “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” returns for a third season. 9 p.m. El Rey Network

Wedding bells are ringing on the season finale of the soapy drama “Mistresses.” With Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes and Jes Macallan. 10 p.m. ABC

Just the stats: The season premiere of “America by the Numbers” looks at voter trends in the 2016 election. 10 p.m. KOCE

Georgia and/or his money on his mind, “Community’s” Donald Glover plays to win the rap-music game in “Atlanta” in this quirky new comedy. 10 p.m. FX

“True Blood’s” Rutina Wesley finds herself back in Louisiana in “Queen Sugar,” a new drama from Oprah Winfrey and “Selma” director Ava DuVernay about a family-run sugarcane farm. 10 p.m. OWN; also Wed.

WEDNESDAY

Men in tights — and masks — will grapple when the action-packed Mexican-wrestling showcase “Lucha Underground” launches a third season. 8 p.m. El Rey Network

“Curb Your Enthusiasm’s” Cheryl Hines joins in the shenanigans on a new “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” 9 p.m. KTLA

Are we any safer? That is the question when “Nova” explores counterterrorism efforts since Sept. 11 in the new episode “15 Years of Terror.” 9 p.m. KOCE

Mel B of Spice Girls fame really, really wants to go “Running Wild With Bear Grylls” in another new episode of the reality series. 10 p.m. NBC

THURSDAY

Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers get a rematch against the team that bested them in last season’s Super Bowl, the now Peyton Manning-less Denver Broncos, to kick off a new season of “NFL Football.” 5:30 p.m. NBC

Growing up in a broken home in a small Mississippi town is tough for “A Girl Like Grace” in this 2015 indie drama. With Ryan Destiny, Meagan Good, Garcelle Beauvais and Raven-Symoné. 8 p.m. BET

Pamela Adlon plays an actress and single mom moving on to “Better Things” in this new sitcom she co-created with her “Louie” and “Lucky Louie” costar Louis C.K. 10 p.m. FX

FRIDAY

Comic’s comic Tig Notaro proves you can go home again, if you really have to, when she plays a fictionalized version of herself in the poignant new online series “One Mississippi.” Any time, Amazon

Celine Dion and Keith Urban are among the performers slated for this year’s edition of the telethon “Stand Up to Cancer.” 8 p.m. CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, Comedy Central, E!, Encore, Epix, HBO, Logo, National Geographic Channel, Starz, TBS, VH1

The truth is out there: An alleged scheme by shadowy U.S. government officials to spread disinformation about UFOs is probed in the documentary “Mirage Men.” 8 p.m. History Channel

Country music’s Jason Aldean and Kelsea Ballerini are among those who’ll be bringin’ the twang while Miranada Lambert collects career kudos at the “10th Annual ACM Honors.” 9 p.m. CBS

For the first time ever, “Live From Lincoln Center” emanates from someplace other than New York, with a performance at Kentucky’s Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill featuring works by Copland, Gottschalk, Barber and Dvořák. 9 p.m. KOCE

The new stand-up special “Martin Lawrence: Doin’ Time: Uncut” has the actor-comic cracking wise for a crowd at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A. 9 p.m. Showtime

A Vietnam veteran (Logan Marshall-Green) returns to his Memphis hometown in 1972 and finds his fight is far from over in the dark new crime drama “Quarry.” Jodi Balfour also stars. 10 p.m. Cinemax

Host Michael Symon and his guest Michael Strahan chow down in New York City on the season premiere of “Burgers, Brew & ’Que.” 10 p.m. Food Newtwork

SATURDAY

Siblings in the city of “Brotherly Love” strive to rise above their circumstances in this 2015 drama. With Keke Palmer, Macy Gray and Cory Hardrict. 8 and 10:30 p.m. BET

“SNL’s” Amy Poehler and Tina Fey play “Sisters” who are so very different that hilarity has no choice but to ensue in this raunchy 2015 comedy. With Maya Rudolph and John Cena. 8 p.m. HBO

A 22-year-old hitchhiker gets kidnapped and then spends the next seven years as the “Girl in the Box” in this dark, fact-based TV movie. With Zane Holtz, Addison Timlin and Zelda Williams. 8 p.m. Lifetime

“Aquarius,” the crime drama starring David Duchovny as a 1960s LAPD detective, ends its second season. 9 and 10 p.m. NBC

Motivational speaker Iyanla Vanzant returns to help more folks help themselves on a new season of “Iyanla, Fix My Life.” 9 p.m. OWN

Better than the prequels, J.J. Abrams’ 2015 reboot “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is, hmm? But feature Yoda, it does not. With original cast members Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, plus franchise newbies Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. 9 and 11:20 p.m. Starz

Whoa, tough crowds! The new special “Jeff Ross Roasts Cops” finds the comic talking with rank-and-file police officers as well as anti-police brutality demonstrators. 11 p.m. Comedy Central

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