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‘All American’

Spencer’s (Daniel Ezra) determination to protect his teammates from unfair punishment puts his own future in jeopardy in the new episode ‘‘Walk This Way.’’ As Olivia and Layla (Samantha Logan, Greta Onieogou) start to question their plans for after graduation, answers present themselves where they least expected it. Too proud to ask for financial help to attend his dream college, Asher (Cody Christian) takes out his frustration on the very people who are trying to help him. Bre-Z, Taye Diggs and Monet Mazur also star. (TVPG) 8 p.m. on 22.1

‘Kids Baking Championship’

In the two-hour season finale hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman embrace the loaded foods trend by asking the kid bakers to make loaded milkshakes from scratch topped with two different baked goods. The three best bakers secure a place in the final competition, where Goldman and Bertinelli task them with making a two-tiered cityscape cake that captures the quintessential sights of an assigned iconic American city. The baker who emerges victorious takes the $25,000 grand prize. (TVG) 8 p.m. on (FOOD)

‘Below Deck Sailing’

Yacht Capt. Glenn Shephard returns to the Parsifal III and the sparkling waters off Menorca, Spain, as this reality series returns for Season 3. Last season’s chief stew, Daisy Kelliher, and first mate Gary King try to leave the contentious dynamic they once shared behind them as they sail into uncharted relationship waters. Daisy’s hope for a tranquil cruise, however, are threatened by resentments among the other stews. Meanwhile, new chef Marcos Spaziani finds it surprisingly difficult to maintain his sterling service on land once they’re at sea. (TV14) 8 p.m. on (BRAVO)

‘Abraham Lincoln’

Part 2 of this historical docuseries, ‘‘A President at War,’’ finds the Civil War fully underway. The stakes could not be higher, with brother fighting against brother, and Abraham Lincoln, with no personal military experience, forced to learn on the fly how to manage a military force as its commander in chief. Ultimately, he comes to see only one path through the carnage: the emancipation of slaves. (TV14) 8 p.m. on (HIST)

‘All American: Homecoming’

Set against the backdrop of the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) experience, this spinoff of the hit CW series ‘‘All American’’ is a young adult sports drama that follows Simone (Geffri Maya), a young tennis hopeful at Bringston University, where she seeks to fight her way back to the top after some time away from the sport. Similarly, Damon (Peyton Alex Smith), an elite baseball player from Chicago, struggles to cope with the lofty expectations his talent attracts. Kelly Jenrette, Cory Hardrict, Sylvester Powell and Camille Hyde also star. (TV14) 9 p.m. on 22.1

‘The Endgame’

Emmy-winning ‘‘NYPD Blue’’ writer-producer Nicholas Wootton is among the executive producers on this new high-stakes thriller starring Morena Baccarin (‘‘Gotham’’) as Elena Federova, a recently captured international arms dealer and criminal mastermind so cunning that she’s able to orchestrate complicated bank heists even while in custody. Her opposite number is Ryan Michelle Bathe (‘‘All Rise’’) as Val Turner, a relentless but socially awkward FBI agent who is determined to keep Elena on a short leash. Kamal Angelo Bolden, Costa Ronin, Noah Bean and Mark D. Espinoza also star. (TV14) 10 p.m. on 6.1

‘Independent Lens’

Since the beginning of America’s heavily flawed War on Drugs, the number of women in U.S. prisons has risen by 800 percent. Most of them are mothers. The powerful new documentary ‘‘Apart,’’ which was filmed over the course of three and a half years, travels to a state in the Midwest where three such mothers – Tomika, Lydia and Amanda – return home and begin trying to rebuild their lives after being separated from their children for years. (TVPG) 10 p.m. on 12.1