Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘At Middleton’ on Starz

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Cold Justice The season finale Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary head to Vigo County, Ind., where a woman was found dead in a water-filled bathtub that also held a clock radio. The big question: Was this a tragic yet simple accident, or did someone “help” it along? 9 p.m. TNT

The Knick In this new episode Dr. Thackery (Clive Owen) orders hospital superintendent Herman Barrow (Jeremy Bobb) to arrange for more cadavers so the surgical team can test experimental procedures. 10 p.m. Cinemax

Funniest Wins The three finalists put together a mini comedy show for a live audience in the season finale. 10 p.m. TBS

The Almighty Johnsons The death (by meteorite) of an elderly woman seems to hold special importance to Axl, Anders and Olaf (Emmett Skilton, Dean O’Gorman, Ben Barrington), who set off on a road trip to central New Zealand, unaware that goddesses Michelle and Ingrid (Michelle Langstone, Rachel Nash) are racing them to the same destination, in this new episode. 11 p.m. Syfy

SPECIALS

Megalodon: The New Evidence Last year Discovery’s dramatized Shark Week special “Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives,” a fake documentary, was realistic enough to fool more than a few viewers. This new follow-up doubles down on the deception. 10 p.m. An extended version of the original airs at 8 p.m.

MOVIES

How to Build a Better Boy When her best friend Mae (Kelli Berglund) is humiliated at school by a resident mean girl (Ashley Argota), tech-savvy Gabby (China Anne McClain) offers to create a virtual boyfriend to ease Mae’s pain. What neither girl realizes is that the computer they’re using is set up to generate a super-soldier robot (Marshall Williams). Roger Bart, Noah Centineo and Matt Shively also star in this new TV movie. 8 p.m. Disney

Side by Side: The Science, Art, and Impact of Digital Cinema In this 2012 documentary directors James Cameron, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan and others discuss digital technology’s impact on filmmaking. With Keanu Reeves. 9 p.m. KOCE

At Middleton A tightly wound retailer (Vera Farmiga) accompanies her daughter (Taissa Farmiga) on a tour of prospective colleges when she meets a nerdy heart surgeon (Andy Garcia) touring schools with his son (Spencer Lofranco). Tom Skerritt co-stars in this 2013 romantic comedy. 9 p.m. Starz

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Neon Trees perform; “Last Comic Standing” winner. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Demi Lovato; Florida Georgia Line performs. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Terry Crews (“The Expendables 3”); Odeya Rush (“The Giver”); Amber Tamblyn (“Reasons To Be Pretty”); Jeannie Mai. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Jennifer Lawrence; Jonah Hill; Phillip Phillips performs. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Bill Rancic; Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth; New Edition. 10 a.m. KABC

The Doctors Remembering Robin Williams; a 5-year-old girl who saved her mother’s life. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Talk Daniel Radcliffe; Susan Feniger prepares grilled salmon. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Dr. Phil A man’s wife and two women who say they are his mistresses. 3 p.m. KCBS

Charlie Rose — the Week (N) 7:30 p.m. KOCE

Washington Week With Gwen Ifill Unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following shooting of a teenager by police: Carrie Johnson, NPR. Iraq: Yochi Dreazen. Foreign Policy Magazine. Reported rift between Hillary Clinton and President Obama over foreign policy: Jeff Zeleny, ABC. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Jimmy Carter (“A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power”); rising divorce rates. 10 p.m. KVCR

Tavis Smiley Dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley. 11 p.m. KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jason Statham; Demi Lovato; chef David Chang. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Night With Seth Meyers Ethan Hawke. 12:36 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC