Remembering ‘The Greatest Night in Pop,’ ‘Irrational’ Returns, Rosario Dawson’s ‘Celebrity IOU’

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Everyone who was anyone in the music business, from Diana Ross and Tina Turner to Billy Joel and Bob Dylan, convened in a recording studio on the hectic night of Jan. 25, 1985, to perform “We Are the World,” an anthem to raise money for African famine relief. A documentary relives that memorable night, with Lionel Richie (who co-wrote the song with Michael Jackson) among the many participants recalling the chaos and the fellowship, a who’s-who including Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Loggins, Dionne Warwick, Huey Lewis and so many more.

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Jesse L. Martin returns as behavioral science expert and Professor Alec Mercer as the crime drama returns to finish out its first season, already renewed for a second. In the opener, Alec investigates an arson, with a young burn victim triggering his own past trauma. Elsewhere, his grad-student assistants Phoebe (Molly Kunz) and Rizwan (Arash DeMaxi) compete for a research grant.

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The feel-good renovation series features Ahsoka star Rosario Dawson doing right by someone who has been a special person in her life since she was 19. With the help of Jonathan and Drew Scott, she plans a surprise upgrade of his unique home.

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TMZ didn’t exist in the 1980s, but would have had a field day with the sensational 1982 murder of rising star Dominique Dunne (Poltergeist) and the ensuing controversial trial of her ex-boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney. Her killer’s conviction of manslaughter, not murder, was met with protests and a published journal by her father, journalist-author Dominick Dunne.

INSIDE MONDAY TV:

• America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League (8/7c, NBC): The semi-finals get underway, with two of the remaining acts receiving Golden Buzzers and moving on to the finals. A third act will be chosen by audience vote.
• The Bachelor (8/7c, ABC): It’s a busy episode for Joey, who goes on the first group date and the first one-on-one.
• Yellowstone (9/8c and 10/9c, CBS): The final episodes of Season 3 end on an explosive cliffhanger.