Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ on HBO
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SERIES
Tailgate Battle This new series, touring the nation’s sports venues in search of the best game day foods, opens at the Rose Bowl. Eddie Jackson and Tim Love host. 7:30 p.m. Food
MacGyver MacGyver (Lucas Till) enters a maximum-security facility to find an incarcerated drug lord (Raoul Trujillo) to get help breaking up the kingpin’s cartel. George Eads, Sandrine Holt and Justin Hires also star. 8 p.m. CBS
Last Man Standing Eve’s (Kaitlyn Dever) gap-year break from education prompts Mike (Tim Allen) to show her just how tough life can be, but she surprises him in this new episode of the family comedy. 8 p.m. ABC
Dr. Ken Ken (Ken Jeong) is ridiculed by D.K.’s (Dana Lee) friends for not knowing how to speak or understand Korean, so he takes lessons with Dave (Albert Tsai). 8:30 p.m. ABC
Hawaii Five-0 Catherine (Michelle Borth) informs McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) that his mother (Christine Lahti) has been captured and is in danger of being executed. 9 p.m. CBS
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) struggles to choose between Josh and Greg (Vincent Rodriguez III, Santino Fontana). Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell and Gabrielle Ruiz also star in this new episode of the musical comedy. 9 p.m. KTLA
Shark Tank Two California entrepreneurs pitch a method for testing fish for mercury levels. 9 p.m. ABC
The Exorcist The possession of Casey (Hannah Kasulka) becomes public knowledge and makes national headlines with Father Tomas (Alfonso Herrera) at the center of a media firestorm. Kurt Egyiawan, Geena Davis, Alan Ruck and Brianne Howey also star. 9 p.m. Fox
Austin City Limits Detroit native Iggy Pop, accompanied by members of Queens of the Stone Age and Arctic Monkeys, performs classics and tunes from the new album “Post Pop Depression.” 9 p.m. KLCS
Live PD Officers from six diverse departments are followed as they patrol the streets in this live broadcast (on tape in the Pacific time zone). 9 p.m. A&E
Blue Bloods Following the murder of the key witness in a case Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) was working, Erin (Bridget Moynahan) puts Anthony (Steve Schirripa) on the search for the killer. Schirripa’s fellow “The Sopranos” costar Michael Imperioli returns as a federal attorney who wants Frank’s (Tom Selleck) cooperation in an excessive-force probe. Will Estes and Vanessa Ray also star. 10 p.m. CBS
Van Helsing Pursued by vampires, Axel (Jonathan Scarfe) leads the surviving members of their group to his old military base for shelter, but it is abandoned and falling apart. 10 p.m. Syfy
Tracey Ullman’s Show Ullman’s characters Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, baby-sits little Prince George, while Judi Dench continues her torrent of mischief at a hotel in this new episode of the comedy variety series. 11 p.m. HBO
SPECIALS
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater This new offering features the internationally celebrated troupe in performances of several pieces, including “Revelations,” created by company founder Alvin Ailey. 9 p.m. KOCE and KPBS
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning Stephen Colbert. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler; Rachel Bloom. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA
Good Morning America John Legend; the Fray performs; Andrew Garfield. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live with Kelly Kyra Sedgwick (“The Edge of Seventeen”); Josh Radnor; co-host Christian Slater. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View Chris Wallace. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
Rachael Ray Clinton Kelly. (N) 10 a.m. KCAL
The Doctors A mouth makeover; random swelling; cheating-alarm implant; cravings; toxic medicine combos to avoid. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL
The Wendy Williams Show Rapper Common. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV
The Talk Erinn Hayes; Nina Parker. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
The Dr. Oz Show Eating carbs without gaining weight; belly fat; Montel Williams tours a high-tech marijuana factory. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV
Steve Harvey Earvin “Magic” Johnson; Mark Cuban (“Shark Tank”). (N) 2 p.m. KNBC
The Real Kandi Burruss (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”); Eve. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV
Dr. Phil A woman’s family say that since her husband’s death she has spun out of control. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Justin Timberlake (“Trolls”); Gabrielle Union. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
Harry Chris Noth (“White Girl”); Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”); Chris Gethard. (N) 4 p.m. KTTV; 9 p.m. KCOP
Charlie Rose -- the Week (N) 7:30 p.m. KOCE
Washington Week With Gwen Ifill The last few days of the 2016 election: Ed O’Keefe, the Washington Post; Alexis Simendinger, Real Clear Politics; Manu Raju, CNN; Karen Tumulty, the Washington Post; Josh Gerstein, Politico. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE
To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Pre-election coverage. (N) 10 p.m. KVCR
Real Time With Bill Maher President Barack Obama; David Frum; former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.), Martin Short. (N) 10 and 11:32 p.m. HBO
Tavis Smiley Carole Bayer Sager. (N) 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 Dana Carvey; Alicia Keys and Young M.A perform. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Viggo Mortensen; Patton Oswalt; Maz Jobrani. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC
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