Tuesday’s TV Highlights: ‘Limitless’ on CBS

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SERIES

NCIS Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has a special reason to have the team help a Drug Enforcement Administration agent (John Gabriel) with a cold case. Michael Weatherly and David McCallum also star in this new episode with guest star Robert Knepper. 8 p.m. CBS

The Muppets Josh Groban, Jay Leno, Laurence Fishburne and Lea Thompson are the flesh-and-blood guests in this new episode. 8 p.m. ABC

Grandfathered A confirmed-bachelor restaurateur (John Stamos) suddenly discovers he’s not only a dad but a grandpa too, in the premiere of this new comedy. Josh Peck, Paget Brewster, Christina Milian and Ravi Patel also star. 8 p.m. Fox

Gorongosa Park — Rebirth of Paradise In this new episode, filmmaker Bob Poole and his team tend to a seriously wounded lion cub, then document the return of zebras and giant antelopes to the area. 8 p.m. KOCE and KPBS

The Grinder In this new comedy, a former star of a TV legal show (Rob Lowe) decides to join his family’s law firm in his native Boise with his brother (Fred Savage). William Devane also stars as their father. 8:30 p.m. Fox

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The season premiere should tell us what happened to Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) in last spring’s final scene, which saw her essentially swallowed up by a cube that turned from solid to liquid, then back again. 9 p.m. ABC

Limitless Brian’s (Jake McDorman) unauthorized probe of a reporter’s murder interferes with FBI agents Harris and Boyle (Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper). Sam Robards guest stars in this new episode. 10 p.m. CBS

Frontline Ken Dornstein’s “My Brother’s Bomber,” airing in three-parts, documents the search to find those responsible for the 1988 bombing of Pan AM 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people. 10 p.m. KOCE

SPECIALS

The iHeartradio Music Festival — Night 1 The newest James Bond theme song performer, Sam Smith, is among the performers in this new special. 8 p.m. KTLA

TALK SHOWS

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

Today Neil Patrick Harris; Hilaria Baldwin; Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain; Sophia Bush; Jennifer Grey. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America Cindy Crawford; Jessica Biel. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. David Arquette (“Sherlock Holmes”); Henry Simmons (“Marvel’s Agents of Shield”); Emmylou Harris; Davis Guggenheim (“He Named Me Malala”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Joseph Gordon Levitt (“The Walk”); Cindy Crawford; Dr. Wendy Bazilian. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Meredith Vieira Show Goldie Hawn; Alan Cumming (“The Good Wife”). (N) 11 a.m. KNBC

The Doctors Women’s embarrassing body problem that can be controlled in minutes. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Sophia Bush (“Chicago P.D.”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Luis Guzman, Marcia Gay Harden, Raza Jaffrey and Bonnie Somerville; Kevin Frazier. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Rachel Ray Ted Allen (“Chopped”); Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri (“Kitchen Cousins”). (N) 1 p.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show A woman who posted a photo of her children standing by the open coffin of their father. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil A man’s daughters say he makes their friends uncomfortable with inappropriate messages to them. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Tanisha Thomas (“Crazy Talk”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Real The Game (“The Documentary 2”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Matt Damon (“The Martian”); Natasha Lyonne (“Addicted to Fresno”). (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

Tavis Smiley James Taylor. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

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

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Whitney Wolfe, Bumble. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Joseph Godron-Levitt. 11 p.m. TBS

The Nightly Show (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Julianne Moore; Mark-Paul Gosselaar; DNCE performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show: Stephen Colbert Ellen Page; Jesse Eisenberg; Dominic Wilcox. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Viola Davis; Michael Peña; Slightly Stoopid performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Zachary Levi. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night: Seth Meyers Kenan Thompson; Maura Tierney; chef John Besh. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Last Call With Carson Daly Meagan Good; Lagwagon performs; author Joy-Ann Reid. (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC