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7 p.m. on ABC Shark Tank

Two entrepreneurs from Industry, Calif., pitch their innovative system to create a custom pillow based on a customer’s sleep profile in tonight’s new episode. Two visitors from Ipswich, Mass., try to convince the Sharks they’ve scored a hole-inone with their natural and fun alternative to a traditional sport. Some Michigan entrepreneurs take outdoor dining to another level, while a husband and wife from Idaho demonstrate their shoes that are both functional and easy to wear. Sharks include Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner and Robert Herjavec.

7 p.m. on CW Charmed

The Charmed Ones (Melonie Diaz, Madeleine Mantock, Sarah Jeffery) are excited to discover a letter from their mother that may well hold answers to some of their most burning questions in the new episode “Spectral Healing.” Elsewhere, Harry (Rupert Evans) ponders a decision that literally could change his life, and Jordan’s (Jordan Donica) goodwill lands him in hot water. Poppy Drayton also is featured.

7 p.m. on FX Pride

This new six-part documentary series — which airs three back-to-back episodes tonight, followed by the remaining three parts next Friday — chronicles the struggle for LGBTQ rights from the 1950s up through the early 2000s. Each episode is helmed by a noteworthy director from the LGBTQ community and explores heroic and heartwarming personal stories. The premiere, “1950s: People Had Parties,” looks at the vibrant lives lived by queer people in the ’50s amidst a sharp rise in governmental regulations — led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy — against the LGBTQ community.

7 p.m. on MAX Movie: Brothers by Blood

Writer-director Jérémie Guez adapted Pete Dexter’s 1991 novel “Brotherly Love” for this bleak 2020 crime drama set in Philadelphia. The story follows a multi-generational vendetta that begins when a little girl is mowed down by a reckless driver. Years later, Peter Flood (Matthias Schoenaerts), who was only 8 when he witnessed his sister’s death in that incident, remains haunted by the bitterness and vengeance that followed it, but he wants to escape his family’s crime enterprise. Joel Kinnaman, Paul Schneider and Ryan Phillippe co-star.

8 p.m. on PBS Great Performances

The new episode “The Arts Interrupted” offers a special report on how the extended COVID-19 pandemic has posed a series of daunting challenges to professionals in the arts community. Representatives of several such organizations across the United States share some of the survival strategies they have employed, which often have involved temporarily reinventing themselves and their relationship to their audiences. As health mandates forbade or put severe restrictions on large gatherings, many theater companies began streaming their productions to audiences quarantined at home.

8 p.m. on CBS Blue Bloods

In the two-hour Season 11 finale, “The End; Justifies the Means,” Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) discovers his nephew Joe Hill (recurring guest star Will Hochman) is at risk of getting his cover blown on an undercover assignment inside a gunrunning operation, so the Reagan family bands together to ensure Joe isn’t killed in the line of duty as his father was. Annabella Sciorra and Gloria Reuben guest star; CBS has renewed this police drama for a 12th season.

8 p.m. on CW Dynasty

On her wedding day with Liam (Adam Huber), Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies) is caught off guard when Blake (Grant Show) sits her down for a father-daughter talk that is quite different from what she was expecting in the new episode “Vows Are Still Sacred.” Elsewhere, Blake is forced to turn to Cristal (Daniella Alonso) for help after hostile forces seem to be conspiring against him. Things appear to be swinging to Alexis’ (Elaine Hendrix) advantage, but Dominique (Michael Michele) still has another card to play. Sam Underwood also stars.

9 p.m. on PBS We Are Family: Songs of Hope and Unity

Among the artistic casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic has been large public music concerts, since such gatherings were deemed risky for both singers and audience members. Recorded last fall, this concert by the American Pops Orchestra and guest soloists including singer and actresses Laura Osnes, Morgan James and Nova Payton features uplifting songs from the American songbook, and a finale featuring “The Voice” contestant Rayshun Lamarr performing with a virtual choir made up of groups from across the United States.

9 p.m. on OWN Black Love

Created by newlywed filmmakers Codie and Tommy Oliver, this docuseries returns for its fifth season of chronicling love stories from couples in the Black community, exploring the question of what makes a marriage work. In the season premiere, “How Love Begins,” this season’s featured couples — Tabitha and Chance Brown, Ledisi and Ron Young, Tank and Zena Foster and Kenny Lattimore and Faith Jenkins — reflect on how love often appears at unexpected times.

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