Best-bets for March 25: Kelsea and Kenny and more

1) “CMT Crossroads” (shown here), 10 p.m., CMT. Here are gifted stars with opposite roots: Kelsea Ballerini grew up on a farm near Knoxville and sang in church. Halsey is a city kid from New Jersey; she had some rough years and homelessness in Manhattan. But they’re similar in age (26 and 25 respectively) and in the ability to propel emotion. A sampling of this concert hour shows great duets on Halsey’s “Graveyard” and on Ballerini’s “Homecoming Queen.” Read more…

1) “CMT Crossroads” (shown here), 10 p.m., CMT. Here are gifted stars with opposite roots: Kelsea Ballerini grew up on a farm near Knoxville and sang in church. Halsey is a city kid from New Jersey; she had some rough years and homelessness in Manhattan. But they’re similar in age (26 and 25 respectively) and in the ability to propel emotion. A sampling of this concert hour shows great duets on Halsey’s “Graveyard” and on Ballerini’s “Homecoming Queen.”

2) “The Big Interview,” 8 p.m. ET, AXS. This rerun, like the CMT special, reminds us that passionate music can easily blend country and pop. In a 2014 interview, Kenny Rogers (who died Friday at 81) talks to Dan Rather about his extraordinary career, which went from doo-wop to jazz to folk and then to country, blending with Lionel Ritchie, Dolly Parton, Sheena Easton and more.

3) “Modern Family,” 9 p.m., ABC. With two episodes left – one on April 1, two on April 8 – the show pauses to rerun its season-opener. Haley tries to follow her parenting books, but her own parents keep trying to intervene. Also, Manny hopes to win back his ex-girlfriend while directing Jay’s commercial.

4) “The Masked Singer,” 8 p.m., Fox. After tonight, the show will have its nine semi-finalists. Already set are three each from Groups A and B; only one more need by sifted form C. Last week, judges dumped and unmasked Bella Thorne, who has sometimes been a professional singer. (She was 12 when she linked with Zendaya for “Fashion is My Kryptonite,”) A week earlier, they eliminated Sarah Palin, who hasn’t been a pro singer … but was once fairly close to being leader of the free world.

5) “Some Like It Hot” (1959), 8 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. Here’s the one that the American Film Institute lists as the funniest movie ever. And if you’re not looking for laughs? “Straight Outta Compton” (2015) is 7 p.m. on FXX; zooming vehicles are elsewhere: “Speed” (1994) is 11:30 a.m. on AMC; “Baby Driver” and “The Fate of the Furious” (both 2017) are 4:30 and 7 p.m. on FX.

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