College football fans wrap up a rich holiday season as Miami and Ohio State meet in the Fiesta Bowl (7 p.m., ABC) to determine who gets the bragging rights as national champs. Keith Jackson will provide play-by-play commentary with Dan Fouts adding his analysis. Todd Harris and Lynn Swann will announce from the sidelines.

The ratings power of the Fiesta Bowl has driven all of the other networks into deep repeat mode. CBS offers two hours of recycled material from “48 Hours Investigates,” with a report about a boy’s death at a disciplinary boot camp at 7 p.m., and a story of murder allegations against a decorated Green Beret at 9 p.m.

“Dateline” (7 p.m., NBC) serves up a reheated two-hour report about a wife who reportedly pushed her husband off a cliff in 1992. Fox repeats the 1996 Eddie Murphy version of “The Nutty Professor” (7 p.m., Fox), the funny if vulgar and scatological remake of Jerry Lewis’ own 1963 variation on the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

• “Biography” (7 p.m., A&E) recycles its biography of comedian and “Hollywood Squares” regular Paul Lynde. In fact, Lynde was on “Squares” when it made its debut in 1967 and would continue to appear as the permanent Center Square for much of the next 15 years.

Lynde was probably best known for playing the nervous father of a teenage daughter in the Broadway musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” as well as its 1963 big-screen adaptation.

Lynde was the star of his own sitcom in 1972, playing an uptight California father at odds with his brilliant but free-spirited son-in-law. Archie Bunker he was not, and the show was canceled after one season.

According to a profile on Biography.com, the failure of “The Paul Lynde Show” was one of the reasons for the star’s drinking problems and frequent arrests for public intoxication.

Lynde died at age 55 on Jan. 10, 1982.

• Turner Classic Movies celebrates the films of Marlene Dietrich with the airing of the rarely shown 1932 drama “Shanghai Express” (7 p.m.), directed by Josef von Sternberg. The 2000 documentary “Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song” (8:30 p.m.) is next, followed by Dietrich classics including “Morocco” (10:15 p.m.), “Rancho Notorious” (midnight), “The Blue Angel” (1:30 a.m.) and “The Monte Carlo Story” (3:30 a.m.).
• As a diplomatic crisis between the United States and North Korea continues to simmer, “Nightline” (10:35 p.m., ABC, time approximate after football) broadcasts an update of a documentary on North Korean refugees who decided to flee their famine-stricken nation.

Tonight’s other highlights

• Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock and Oliver Platt star in the 2000 comedy “Gun Shy” (7 p.m., UPN).
• The Boston Celtics play host to the Portland Trail Blazers in NBA action (7 p.m., ESPN).
• A gambler (Fisher Stevens) needs Mike’s help on “Hack” (8 p.m., CBS).
• A faithful wife (Sheryl Lee Diamond) locks up her cheating spouse (Anthony Michael Hall) in the cellar in the odd 2001 thriller “Hitched” (7 p.m., USA).
• Stabler’s work gets a little too close to his daughter’s high school social circle on “Law & Order: SVU” (9 p.m., NBC).

Cult choice

• A few years before her “Dynasty” fame, veteran actress Joan Collins was reduced to appearing in the 1977 shocker “Empire of the Ants” (10:30 p.m., AMC), written, produced and directed by fright-master Bert I. Gordon.

Series notes

• Val still likes to snooze in her old boyfriend’s sweatshirt on “What I Like About You” (7 p.m., WB) … Ashanti guest stars on “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” (7:30 p.m.).
• Hurtful comments on “Reba” (8 p.m., WB) … David turns to dad for romantic advice on “Greetings From Tucson” (8:30 p.m., WB).

Late night

Don Rickles and Jim Gaffigan appear on “Late Show with David Letterman” (10:35 p.m., CBS) … Jay Leno hosts Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson and Joan Osbourne on “The Tonight Show” (10:35 p.m., NBC).

Sean Astin and the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players chat on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (11:35 p.m., NBC) … Patricia Heaton, Joey McIntyre and Daniel Bedingfield appear on “The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn” (11:37 p.m., CBS).