Thursday’s TV Highlights: ‘Ripper Street’ on BBC America

SERIES

Beauty and the Beast The complications of married life plague Cat and Vincent (Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan) as they evade beast hunters and other pursuers. Nina Lisandrello, Austin Basis and Nicole Gale Anderson also star. 9 p.m. KTLA

Greatest Hits This new episode features songs from 2000 to 2005 and performances by Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Fifth Harmony and Kelsea Ballerini. 9 p.m. ABC

Ripper Street As this Victorian procedural drama returns for a new season, recently promoted Det. Inspector Drake (Jerome Flynn) is called to investigate a dockside murder that may be an anti-Muslim hate crime. Matthew Macfadyen and Adam Rothenberg also star. 10 p.m. BBC America

Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle On each night of this four-episode event (airing Thursday through Sunday) Jeff Ross welcomes comics to the stage of the esteemed Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. A panel of celebrity judges decides each night’s winner and the finalists face off in next Sunday’s finale. David Spade and Kevin Hart are guest judges the first night. 10 p.m. Comedy Central

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Gigi (Elizabeth GIlles) helps Ava (Elaine Hendrix) prepare for her solo debut while Johnny (Denis Leary) is somewhat supportive. 10 p.m. FX

SPECIALS

Democratic National Convention C-SPAN begins its final day of coverage with a preview of scheduled events, programs and speeches, (8 a.m.), followed by live coverage (1:30 p.m.). Cable news channels, including CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News, Bloomberg and MSNBC, will incorporate coverage into their regular programming and as breaking news. Hillary Clinton’s prime-time acceptance speech will be included in special programming on PBS (5 p.m.); CBS, NBC, KTLA, ABC and Fox (7 p.m.).

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Democratic National Convention; Matt Damon; Oz Pearlman; Nick Cannon; Elizabeth Chambers; Colbie Caillat performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Ellen Page; Jai Courtney and Joel Kinnaman; DJ Khaled. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Ben Mankiewicz (“Summer Under the Stars”); Rob O’Neill. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

The View Democratic National Convention; Al Franken. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Talk Christina Applegate; Annie Mumolo; Jessica Radloff. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Real Time With Bill Maher Amy Holmes; Michael Moynihan; author Salman Rushdie. (N) 8 and 11 p.m. HBO

Tavis Smiley Emilio T. Gonzalez, former director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Roberto Suro. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Mark Leibovich. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Christina Applegate; Adrienne C. Moore. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Will Smith; Ellen Page; Usher performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Abbi Jacobson; Ilana Glazer; Doris Kearns Goodwin. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Greg Kinnear; Dino Archie; Joe Bonamassa. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore Former Obama advisor Cass Sunstein. (N) 11:35 p.m. Comedy Central

Late Night With Seth Meyers Colin Jost and Michael Che; Jessi Klein. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC

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