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Tuesday’s TV Highlights: ‘The Fidel Castro Tapes’ and more

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This week’s TV Movies

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SERIES

Rizzoli & Isles In the season finale, a respected county prosecutor (Jamie Bamber) is arrested for murder, but as the evidence against him starts to mount, Jane (Angie Harmon) begins to believe he is innocent. 9 p.m. TNT

Royal Pains Hank and Evan (Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo) search for their missing half-sister in the season finale. 9 p.m. USA

Drunk History This new episode tries to focus on a few of the nation’s first ladies; Courteney Cox, Casey Wilson and Alia Shawkat guest star. 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central

SPECIALS

The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic This new special has plenty of material about the creation of the 2013 animated musical, including commentary from voice-cast members Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. 8 p.m. ABC

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The Fidel Castro Tapes This new documentary compiles archival footage and photographs to explore the life and times of the controversial Cuban leader. 9 p.m. KOCE

Houdini The legendary illusionist (Adrien Brody) works to expose purported spiritualists and adapts to the modern world in the final years of his life, in the conclusion of this two-part biography. 9 p.m. History

MOVIES

The Jazz Singer A Jewish cantor’s son (Al Jolson) is expected to follow in his father’s footsteps but goes his own way instead in this 1927 musical, one of the first “talkies.” Robert Osborne and Dr. Eric Goldman introduce this screening, which launches Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong showcase “The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film.” 5 p.m. TCM

TALK SHOWS

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

Today Plane-crash survivor Austin Hatch; Counting Crows perform; Seth Green. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day LA (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Rachael Ray Howie Mandel. 8 a.m. KCAL

Live With Kelly and Michael Mandy Patinkin; anchorman David Muir. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Annette Bening. 10 a.m. KABC

The Doctors Medical mistakes. 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Perez Hilton; comic Susie Essman. 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian. 1 p.m. KCBS

The Queen Latifah Show Marlon Wayans; Brooklyn Decker. 2 p.m. KCBS, ?7 p.m. KCAL

The Dr. Oz Show Fiber; eye aging. 2 p.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Mekhi Phifer. 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil Accusations of child abuse. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Dating. 3 p.m. KNBC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Britney Spears; Cirque du Soleil; John Legend performs. 4 p.m. KNBC

Tavis Smiley Authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (“Freakanomics”); musician Brian Culbertson. 11 p.m. KOCE

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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Journalist Ramita Navai. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Allison Janney; Brett Gelman. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Arsenio Hall Show George Lopez. 11:30 p.m. KTLA

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

The Colbert Report Mandy Patinkin. (N) 11:31 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Adam Levine; Meredith Vieira; Maroon 5 performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Luke Wilson; Julie Chen; Lee Brice performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Eva Longoria; Wiz Khalifa performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night With Seth Meyers Stephen Colbert; Amy Sedaris. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Carrot Top. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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

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