TV Best Bets

Alita: Battle Angel

Adapted from a popular 1990s manga series by Yukito Kishiro, director Robert Rodriguez’s 2019 cyberpunk action flick has no less a power player than James Cameron as a producer and co-writer, but the project still went through a tortured preproduction process between its 2003 announcement and the commencement of filming in 2016. Rosa Salazar (“Man Seeking Woman”) provides the voice of the titular cyborg heroine, who awakens in an unfamiliar body. Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali and Jackie Earle Haley co-star. 7:30 p.m. on FX.

America’s Top Dog

Some of the dogs who suffered the heartbreak of coming in just behind the winner return to battle it out for the last remaining spot in the upcoming Season 2 grand finale in the new episode “The Comeback Dogs.” Working dogs face off against underdogs for their last chance to be America’s Top Dog. The season finale immediately follows. (TVPG) 8 p.m. on A&E.

Wendy

Director Benh Zeitlin (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”) transplants the “Peter Pan” story to the rural Deep South in this 2020 fantasy drama, which he also co-wrote with his sister, Eliza. Devin France stars as 9-year-old Wendy Darling, whose mother, diner waitress Angela (Shay Walker), gave up her childhood dreams to raise a family. Wendy and twin brothers Douglas and James (Gage and Gavin Naquin) are swept into an adventure, though, as they hop a train with a rambunctious boy named Peter (Yashua Mack). Kevin Pugh plays Captain Hook. 8 p.m. on MAX.

Catfish: The TV Show

Still reeling from the trauma of her recent break-up, Brittany finds herself almost wishing that she actually is being catfished – and by her ex, no less – in the new episode “Brittany & Mark.” Specifically, she’s indulging in the pipe dream that her former love has repented and wants to test the waters as far as a reconciliation. Nev & Kamie are able to assess the sad situation more rationally, and they hope to free Brittany from heartache and find out who’s behind a mystery profile. (TV14) 9 p.m. on MTV.

Doubling Down With the Derricos

Diez has his postoperative follow-up exam to determine how well he is healing in the new episode “Snowy Surprise.” With much to celebrate, the Derrico kids are thrilled to take their first trip to the snow for some much needed recreation and fun after so much worry. Trouble rears its head in Utah, though, when Deon shoots down a monumental wish Karen has for the family’s future. (TVPG) 10 p.m. on TLC.

Motherland: Fort Salem

The new episode “Irrevocable” finds Raelle (Taylor Hickson) desperately fighting for her life, just as the Army and the Spree converge on a secret stronghold of the Camarillo. In the middle of all that drama, the thirst for revenge on the part of Abigail (Ashley Nicole Williams) and Khalida’s brother Adil (Tony Giroux) only keeps escalating. Jessica Sutton and Amalia Holm also star. (TV14) 10 p.m. on FREE.

Man vs. History

Storyteller and historian Bil Lepp explores the daredevil career of “The Real Houdini” in this new episode by putting his own twist on this showman’s death-defying stunts, testing whether it’s possible for a human to survive a plunge over Niagara Falls. Lepp also investigates the controversial 1926 death of daredevil aviator Bessie Coleman, who was thrown from a plane in midflight at 2,000 feet. (TVPG) 10:03 p.m. on HIST.