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‘Restaurant: Impossible’

A new episode called “Out With the Old, In With the New” takes host and chef Robert Irvine to San Diego, where he hopes to save Kaiserhof, a German restaurant where the owner is afraid to make changes for fear of disturbing his beloved late father’s original design. Robert, however, flexes serious muscle to drag the restaurant into the present, helping the current owner understand that sometimes following tradition blindly can be fatal to a restaurant’s longevity. (TVG) 8 p.m. on FOOD.

‘Let the Right One In’

It’s a vampire young-love story, but this 2008 adaptation of Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel is no “Twilight.” A lonely boy named Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) falls for a neighbor girl (Lina Leandersson) who happens to be a vampire – handy for keeping the bullies at bay but awkward in the romance department. The film was remade in 2010 as “Let Me In,” as well as an upcoming Showtime TV series adaptation. 8 p.m. on SHOW.

‘After the First 48’

This follow-up to the hit true-crime docuseries “The First 48,” which revisits some of that original series’ most compelling cases to reveal the whole story behind them, launches Season 7 with a premiere called “Crossroads.” The episode explores how two families in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are torn apart by the brutal murder of a man who was gunned down and left to die alone in the street. (TV14) 9 p.m. on A&E.

‘Swamp People’

With their primary buyer shut down in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the Edgars hunt for giant bulls they can skin themselves in a new episode called “Nothing but Bulls.” Meanwhile, the Landrys lend a hand to Ronnie Adams and Ashley Jones after they are similarly devastated by the storm. (TVPG) 9 p.m. on HIST.

‘Walkaway Joe’

Actor Tom Wright made his feature directorial debut with this somewhat unevenly written 2020 yarn about an unlikely bond that develops between a wandering loner, “Walkaway Joe” Haley (David Strathairn), who is trying to escape his uneasy past, and a 14-year-old pool shark, Dallas McCarthy (Julian Feder), who is searching for his father, a swaggering hustler (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, “The Walking Dead”). Julie Ann Emery, Evan Gamble and Andrea Frankel also are featured. 9 p.m. on STRZ.

‘Malignant’

James Wan, creator of “The Conjuring” cinematic franchise, directed this 2021 psychodrama starring Annabelle Wallis (TV’s “Peaky Blinders”) as a woman who begins to have harrowing visions of people being violently murdered. Only belatedly does she realize the killings are happening in real life as well. Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jean Louisa Kelly, Susanna Thompson and Christian Clemenson also are featured. 10:05 p.m. on HBO.

‘Single Drunk Female’

Sam (Sofia Black-D’Elia) confronts her hardest sobriety challenge yet as she tries to avoid booze on St. Patrick’s Day, when Brit (Sasha Compere) gives her the chance to rekindle a friendship in the new episode “Shamrocks and Shenanigans.” Elsewhere, James (Garrick Bernard) recruits Mindy (Jojo Brown) to help him track down his lost keys, while also resisting his own temptations on this alcohol-centric holiday. Ally Sheedy also stars. 10:30 p.m. on FREE.