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Daily guide of TV movies and radio highlights

ON WGBH

Greater Boston With Emily Rooney 7 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) Mob books: Casey Sherman’s “Animal,” Dick Lehr’s “Whitey,” and Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy’s “Whitey Bulger.”

ON CHRONICLE

Fighting Back 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) Stories of triumph over tragedy.

RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

WBUR’s Morning Edition With Bob Oakes 5 a.m. and All Things Considered With
Sacha Pfeiffer
4 p.m. WBUR-FM (90.9)

Boston Public Radio noon WGBH-FM (89.7) “Open Mic” with Charlie Baker, 2010 Republican nominee for Massachusetts governor.

Radio Boston 3 p.m. WBUR-FM (90.9) A roundtable of civil rights and religious leaders to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Nightside With Dan Rea
8 p.m. WBZ-AM (1030) Recovery from traumatic brain injuries.

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NEWS & TALK SHOWS

Morning

CBS This Morning at 7 a.m. on Chs. 4 and 12.

Good Morning America at
7 a.m. on Chs. 5, 6, and 9.

Today at 7 a.m. on Chs. 7 and 10; 10 a.m. on Ch. 7.

Live! With Kelly and Michael at 9 a.m. on Chs. 5 and 9.

The View at 11 a.m. on Chs. 5, 6 and 9. Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Afternoon

The Talk at 2 p.m. on Chs. 4 and 12. Blake Shelton performs.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
at 4 p.m. on Chs. 5, 9 and 10. Ted Danson.

Greater Boston at 6 p.m. on Ch. 44; 7 p.m. on Chs. 2 and 11; midnight on Ch. 2.

Evening

Conan at 11 p.m. and
12:30 a.m. on TBS. Vin Diesel.

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno at 11:34 p.m. on Chs. 7 and 10. Josh Duhamel; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform.

Jimmy Kimmel Live at
11:35 p.m. on Chs. 5, 6, and 9. Sharon Stone; Jamie N Commons performs.

Late Show With David Letterman at 11:35 p.m. on Chs. 4 and 12. Anderson Cooper; Robert Randolph and the Family Band perform.

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon at 12:37 a.m. on Chs. 7 and 10.

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The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson at 12:37 a.m. on Chs. 4 and 12. Emily Mortimer.

MOVIES

The Anderson Tapes 8 p.m. (TCM) Sean Connery leads a gang planning a luxury apartment heist. PG (1971)

Just Desserts 8 p.m. (HALMRK) Lauren Holly stars as a Manhattan pastry chef. NR (2004)

Magic Mike 8 p.m. (MAX) Veteran male stripper Magic Mike teaches a protege about seducing women. R (2012)

The Mummy 8 p.m., 10:46 p.m. (AMC) An adventurer unleashes an ancient mummy. Brendan Fraser. PG-13 (1999)

The Perfect Wife 8 p.m., midnight (LMN) A woman seeks vengeance for her brother’s death. Perry King. NR (2000)

The Day the Earth Stood Still 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. (FXM) An alien lands on Earth to eradicate the human race because of environmental damage. Keanu Reeves. PG-13 (2008)

The Proposal 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. (FX) A businesswoman (Sandra Bullock) rushes into a marriage of convenience with her young assistant. PG-13 (2009)

Vanity Fair 8 p.m. (FLIX) Bland adaptation of Thackeray’s rags-to-riches novel about a 19th-century orphan. Reese Witherspoon. PG-13 (2004)

The Crow 9 p.m., 11 p.m. (BBCA) A murdered rock star (Brandon Lee) returns from the dead. Dark, eerie and violent. R (1994)

2 Days in New York 9:25 p.m. (SHO) A couple’s life is turned upside down when the wife’s father, sister, and sister’s boyfriend visit. R (2011)

The Long Kiss Goodnight
10 p.m. (MAX) An amnesiac mom (Geena Davis) can’t recall her life as an assassin. R (1996)

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Michael 10 p.m. (ENCR) John Travolta as a warm but slovenly angel. PG (1996)

My Neighbor’s Secret 10 p.m. (LMN) A married pair (Chandra West, Vincent Ventresca) become the target of their sinister neighbor. NR (2009)

Savages 10 p.m. (HBO2) Two pot dealers must rescue their mutual girlfriend from the Mexican Baja cartel. R (2012)

See Girl Run 10 p.m. (TMC) Disenchanted thirtysomething Emmie seeks out an old flame in a bid to revitalize her boring life. NR (2012)

The Virgin Suicides 10 p.m. (SUND) Drama about five doomed teen sisters. Kirsten Dunst. R (2000)