Thursday’s TV Highlights: ‘Valerie’s Story: A Meredith Vieira Special’

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

The Million Second Quiz The big-money game show ends its first season. 8 p.m. NBC

Inside the Actors Studio Jake Gyllenhaal sits down with host James Lipton in this new episode. 8 p.m. Bravo

Project Runway The designers are paired with fans of the show and must create looks specifically for them in this new episode. 9 p.m. Lifetime

Anger Management Charlie recruits Sean to help him throw an epic party in this new episode. 9:30 p.m. FX

SPECIALS

Valerie’s Story: A Meredith Vieira Special Valerie Harper — who appears on “Dancing With the Stars” this season — shares her experiences from when she learned she has an incurable disease to undergoing experimental treatments and working to live each day to the fullest. 10 p.m. NBC

MOVIES

Argo Director and star Ben Affleck’s 2012 drama tells the true story of a CIA effort to get several American diplomats out of Iran during the late-1970s hostage crisis. Alan Arkin, John Goodman and Bryan Cranston also star. 9 p.m. HBO

Wanderlust Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd — teamed previously in “The Object of My Affection” — are reunited in this racy, amusing 2012 comedy from a master of that combination, producer Judd Apatow. Alan Alda, Malin Akerman and Justin Theroux co-star. 10 p.m. Cinemax

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Emily Sukiennik and Libby Sauter; Leigh Gallagher; Cate Edwards; Anna Gunn. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs; Five for Fighting; “America’s Got Talent” winner; Terrence Howard. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America Eva Mendes; Nicholas Sparks; Pink. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Dr. Jessica Wu; Megan Boone and Ryan Eggold (“The Blacklist”); Mayor Eric Garcetti (Los Angeles); David Cruz; T.J. Simers; Ben Falcone (“Enough Said”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Rachael Ray Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL

Live With Kelly and Michael Tom Selleck (“Blue Bloods”); Toni Collette. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Luke Bryan; Eva Mendes; Fred Stobaugh. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Dr. Phil McGraw. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Danny DeVito; Nadia G. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Queen Latifah Show Jamie Foxx; Elisabeth Shue; Tom Higgenson. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show Relationship sleep problems; Melissa Gorga. (N) 2 p.m. KABC

Dr. Phil The parents of a teen who was abducted and killed. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Katie Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano and Maria Bello. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Pink; Zendaya performs. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

The Doctors Parenting a gender-creative child; a man loses more than 175 pounds in three years. (N) 5 p.m. KCAL

The Queen Latifah Show Jamie Foxx; Elisabeth Shue; Plain White T’s Tom Higgenson. (N) 7 p.m. KCAL

The Arsenio Hall Show Russell Simmons; Stacy Keibler; Big Sean. (N) 11 p.m. KTLA

Tavis Smiley Author James McBride. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Chelsea Clinton. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Chelsea Lately Natasha Leggero; Greg Fitzsimmons; Leah Remini. (N) 11 p.m. E!

Conan Charlie Day, Rob McElhenny and Glenn Howerton. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Colbert Report Jack Johnson. (N) 11:32 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Tim Allen; Dwyane Wade; Fitz & the Tantrums perform. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Tina Fey; Valerie June performs. 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live James Caan; Morena Baccarin; Grouplove. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Hugh Jackman; Gillian Flynn; Elvis Costello. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Connie Britton; Aimee Garcia. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS