Friday Highlights: ‘American Masters: Dorothea Lange’ on PBS

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

American Masters This new episode, “Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning” profiles the American photographer. Lange’s granddaughter, Emmy winner Dyanna Taylor, serves as the program’s producer, director, writer and narrator. 9 p.m. KOCE

The Almighty Johnsons The goddesses (Michelle Langstone, Rachel Nash, Eve Gordon) may have found the lost Frigg in the form of a goth-singing butcher (Brooke Williams), but they keep their discovery a secret from Agnetha (Alison Bruce) in this new episode. 11 p.m. Syfy

SPECIALS

George Strait: The Cowboy Rides Away This new special features interviews with Strait and highlights from his final concert in Dallas along with performances from Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert and Martina McBride. 7 and 10 p.m. CMT

MOVIES

Portrait of Jennie Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones star in this 1948 fantasy adapted from a novella by Robert Nathan, about a 1930s-era New York artist (Cotten) who becomes fascinated by a strange young beauty (Jones) who, he comes to realize, seems to live in a different time than he does. Joseph H. August won a posthumous Oscar for his cinematography. 5 p.m. TCM

No Cameras Allowed This 2014 documentary focuses on the exploits of James Marcus Haney, a die-hard music fan who would sneak backstage at concerts and into music festivals, including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Ultra, and Glastonbury, in the U.K. 10 p.m. MTV

TALK SHOWS

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

Today Ariana Grande performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Brad Paisley performs. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Tony Hale (“Veep”); Deana Carter; Steven Bauer (“Ray Donovan”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Jennifer Lopez; Justin Theroux; Bethany Mota. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View October Gonzalez and Sage Steele; Brad Paisley performs. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Doctors Ronnie Dunn; diet-pills; laser melts away fat. 11 a.m. KCAL

The Talk Kelsey Grammer; Mark Feuerstein. 1 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show Jo Frost. 2 p.m. KABC

Dr. Phil Siblings say their mother hoards so much that nearly every inch of her home is filled with junk. 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Kim Gravel (“Kim of Queens”); Rosie Perez. 3 p.m. KNBC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Lindsay Lohan; Amy Schumer; 13-year-old singer John-Robert Rimel performs. 4 p.m. KNBC

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

SoCal Connected 8 p.m. KCET

Washington Week With Gwen Ifill ISIS in Syria; Russian troops in Ukraine: Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics; Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers. Foreign mergers to avoid U.S. taxes: Greg Ip, the Economist. Midterm election issues: Dan Balz, the Washington Post. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jon Hamm; Brit Marling; Martha Stewart. 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Serena Williams; Chadwick Boseman; Echo & the Bunnymen perform. 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Kathy Griffin; Sharon Van Etten performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Tavis Smiley Joan Rivers. (Part 2 of 2) midnight KOCE

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

Late Night With Seth Meyers Meredith Vieira; Dane DeHaan; Magic Man performs. 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Jesse Tyler Ferguson; author Jon Gnarr. 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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

Last Call With Carson Daly Rhys Darby; Band of Skulls performs. 1:37 a.m. KNBC