PBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
Episode 2. This installment looks at the impact of changing seasons on life on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – and also looks at one of the reef’s most otherworldly visitors, the gliding, imposing manta ray. Check local listings.
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
When the earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc on the Pacific Rim in 2011, triggering a nuclear meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima power plant, the PBS series Frontline jumped into action and did a very well-reported story on it the following year. Three years after that broadcast, Nova returns to the story. What else is left to tell? Start with this stunner of a fact: There were two nuclear power plants in Fukushima, only a few miles apart – and the second one avoided disaster. How? Tune in to see, and learn. Check local listings.
Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET
It’s bad enough I have to mourn the impending retirement of Jon Stewart from The Daily Show. Now I have to watch Key & Peele, another Comedy Central mainstay, knowing that this is that show’s final season as well. So how am I supposed to laugh now? Simple: Just tune in. Their sketch about teachers being revered as athletes is something plenty of people have imagined – but only these guys presented that hypothetical via a SportsCenter academic equivalent.
USA, 10:01 p.m. ET
On tonight’s episode, Elliot (Rami Malek) helps plan a prison break. He’s reluctant at first – but if the people around Elliot know anything, and they do, it’s how to push his buttons. And not just the ones on his computer keyboard. And he's not the only character being pushed into a corner...
Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m. ET
When Ted Cruz canceled at the last minute Monday, Jon Stewart countered by substituting author and historian David McCullough. Tonight, Stewart’s guest is Doris Kearns Goodwin – and when some of Stewart’s last shows are populated by some of our era’s best and most respected historians, it makes you regret his imminent departure even more.