ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET
Watch this 1964 Disney live-action movie, starring Julie Andrews as the umbrella-sporting heroine of the P.L. Travers story – then go find and watch 2013’s Saving Mr. Banks, in which Emma Thompson plays Travers, and Tom Hanks plays Walt Disney, who pursues her tenaciously for the rights to make Mary Poppins into a movie. Each film, the one from 1964 and the one from nearly 50 years later, informs and enriches the other.
HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET
Insurgent, starring Shailene Woodley as Tris, is the second film based on the Divergent trilogy of acclaimed Young Adult fantasy novels. First came Divergent in 2014, followed by Insurgent earlier this year. Next up: the concluding saga of the trilogy, Astringent, in which young Tris gets a pimple.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s lineup on TCM is devoted to “Afterlife Adventures,” starting with Here Comes Mr. Jordan, a 1941 movie that was remade by Warren Beatty as Heaven Can Wait in 1978. The title role is played by Claude Rains (pictured, with Robert Montgomery playing the athlete who is separated from his body before his “time.” The title for Beatty’s remake comes from an earlier movie, from 1943 – which, conveniently, is shown at 10 p.m. ET, starring Don Ameche as a man who’s trying to talk his way into hell. And speaking of titles appropriated by others, how about tonight’s 3:30 a.m. ET movie in this “Afterlife” marathon? It’s called The Walking Dead – but in this case, it’s a 1936 movie starring Boris Karloff, as a man who comes back from the dead to seek vengeance.
Sundance, 10:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s installment is the penultimate episode of Season 2 of The Returned – and it returns us to that ominous housing complex.
NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET
Chris Hemsworth (seen here from his previous SNL appearance) is the host for tonight’s episode. Musical guest: Chance the Rapper.