1) “MasterChef” finale, 8-10 p.m., Fox. This amiable show is strictly for home chefs. This year’s 15 contestants ranged from a student, 22, to a hospice nursing assistant, 59; they included a construction worker, an animal trainer and a lifestyle coach. Now we have the final three – Autumn Moretti (shown here), 27, a bartender; Suu Khin, 30, a food-blogger; and Kelsey Murphy, 32, a physical therapist.
2) “America’s Got Talent” finale, 9-11 p.m., NBC. After lots of summertime commotion, it’s time to pick a champion. The final 10 performed Tuesday, offering a little of everything – from a nurses’ chorus to a takewondo team,, plus an acrobat, two magicians, two comedians and three singers. (Well, almost everything; previous winners have included a spoken-word poet and a dog act.) “Family Game Fight” moves up to 8 p.m.; then “AGT” has guest performances and a winner.
2) “MasterChef” finale, 8-10 p.m., Fox. This amiable show is strictly for home chefs. This year’s 15 contestants ranged from a student, 22, to a hospice nursing assistant, 59; they included a construction worker, an animal trainer and a lifestyle coach. Now we have the final three – Autumn Moretti, 27, a bartender; Suu Khin, 30, a food-blogger; and Kelsey Murphy, 32, a physical therapist.
3) “Archer,”10 p.m., FXX, rerunning at 10:30 and 11. These colleagues don’t spend much free time together; mostly, they’re ducking bombs and bullets and such. But now Pam talks them into a swirl of bar-hopping. It gets hectic (and fairly funny), especially when three crooks are in pursuit.
4) “Amanda Gorman: Brave Enough,”10 p.m., ABC. Raised by a single mom who was a 6th-grade English teacher in Watts, Gorman had auditory and speech problems. She burrowed into books and writing. At 17, she became the first National Youth Poet Laureate; at 22, she graduated from Harvard and drew raves for her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Here, Robin Roberts interviews her.
5) “Doogie Kameahola, M.D.,” any time, Disney+. Lots of plot points were stuffed into last week’s opener. Lahela (dubbed “Doogie” by co-workers), a 16-year-old doctor, passed her driving test, saved lives, felt the pain of a lost patient and kissed Walter, a handsome surfer. Now come new crises, from a tourist’s partial paralysis to Walter being distant. Like the opener, it’s a charming drama-with-comedy.