“Law & Order: Trial by Jury” (9 p.m., NBC) may have been canceled, but the spin-off series was not overlooked by the Emmy judges. Tonight’s repeat “Trial by Jury” features Angela Lansbury in the guest starring role that earned her a 17th Emmy nomination.

Lansbury, who was nominated 12 times for her performances on the long-running mystery series “Murder, She Wrote,” has never won an Emmy. In tonight’s “Trial by Jury,” Lansbury plays the protective wealthy mother of a suspected serial rapist (Alfred Molina). This role clearly echoes her famous performance in the original “The Manchurian Candidate,” (1962) in which Lansbury played the mother of all manipulative mothers.

Viewers who only associate Lansbury with her “Murder, She Wrote” character would do well to examine her entire body of work. In addition to edgy fare like “Manchurian,” she won a Tony Award for her performance in the blood-soaked Broadway musical “Sweeney Todd” and received an Emmy nomination for its 1982 PBS adaptation, but did not win. She has done Disney films and adaptations of William Inge plays (“The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”). Few actresses have shown such versatility.

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): dubious medical experiments; speed skiing; Candice Bergen.

¢ Worried that they offer their fiances too much “to have and to hold,” five prospective brides endure the “Bridal Diet Challenge” on “Dateline” (7 p.m., NBC), vowing to shed 50 pounds before the big day.

¢ The six-part 12-hour epic western series “Into the West” (7 p.m., TNT), produced by Steven Spielberg, wraps up with the massacre at Wounded Knee.

¢ Scheduled on “48 Hours Mystery” (8 p.m., CBS): sex slave rings.