Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘Purple Rain’ on VH1

SERIES

All In With Cam Newton A girl who dreams of being the first woman to play in the NFL meets quarterback Cam Newton. 8 p.m. Nickelodeon

What Would You Do? The hidden camera series that stages troubling scenes that cause dilemmas for unsuspecting witnesses returns for a new season with host John Quinones. 9 p.m. ABC

Dateline: On Assignment Former late night host David Letterman is interviewed in the season finale of this news magazine series, which includes a segment on the distrust between police and poor urban communities in Los Angeles. 10 p.m. NBC

Outcast The partner of a detective who has begun to exhibit signs of being possessed seeks out Kyle and Reverend Anderson (Patrick Fugit, Philip Glenister). 10 p.m. Cinemax

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy Fieri wraps up the season of of his travelling food show with stops in San Francisco, Stockton and Maui. 10 p.m. Food

Wynonna Earp Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) must split her focus between protecting Dolls (Shamier Anderson) from a new foe and figuring out how to outwit Bobo Del Rey (Michael Eklund). Tim Rozon also stars. 10 p.m. Syfy

Homestead Rescue In this new unscripted series a family of experts help homesteaders and others trying to eke out a living off-grid in the wilderness. Up first, a Montana, family lives in an abandoned ghost town that’s stalked by a mountain lion and void of any livestock, water or food. 10 p.m. Discovery

SPECIALS

Hannity Special: Jihad In America This new special examines the threat of Islamic terrorism in the U.S. 7 and 10 p.m. Fox News

MOVIES

Purple Rain A Minneapolis singer’s (Prince) sordid family background provides the impetus for his rise to the top of the music world in this 1984 rock musical. With Apollonia Kotero and Morris Day. 6:30 p.m. VH1

The Good Dinosaur This 2015 Disney-Pixar animated feature explores the bond between a dinosaur and a youngster (voices of Raymond Ochoa and Jack Bright). The voice cast includes Anna Paquin, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Steve Zahn and Sam Elliott. 8 p.m. Starz

Sinister 2 Courtney Collins (Shannyn Sossamon) and her 9-year-old twin sons, Dylan and Zach (Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan), encounter an evil spirit in their rural farmhouse situated next door to a deconsecrated Lutheran church in this 2015 horror film sequel. 8:20 p.m. Cinemax

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning CDC Director Tom Frieden; Dag Kittlaus, Viv. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Bill Simmons; Charlie Puth performs; Jim Gaffigan and executive producer Jeannie Gaffigan (“The Jim Gaffigan Show”). (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Demi Lovato; Ty Burrell; winner of Musical.ly challenge. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Nia Long (“Uncle Buck”); Diane Warren; Roy Firestone; author Stacey Dash (“There Goes My Social Life: From Clueless to Conservative”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

The View Jim Gaffigan. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Talk Ty Burrell; Cameron Mathison; Jurnee Smollett-Bell. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Melissa Rivers; Ginuwine performs. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Diane Keaton (“Finding Dory”); Tig Notaro (“I’m Just a Person”); Dan & Shay perform. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

Charlie Rose — the Week (N) 7:30 p.m. KOCE

Washington Week With Gwen Ifill Orlando shooting: Pete Williams; Christi Parsons; Robert Costa; Jeff Zeleny. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Millennial fathers. (N) 10 p.m. KVCR

Real Time With Bill Maher Author Rebecca Traister (“All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation”); Ravi Patel; Josh Barro; Emily Miller; Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, U.S. Army (ret.). (N) 10 p.m. HBO

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 12:30 a.m. KOCE; 1 a.m. KLCS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Ricky Gervais; Tony Hale; Brian Regan. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Aaron Paul; Michael Ian Black; Silversun Pickups perform. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Tavis Smiley (N) midnight KOCE

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

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