Best-bets for Aug. 19: Networks link with laughs and songs

1) “Stand Up to Cancer,” 8 p.m., ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and more. Every two years, people combine for comedy sketches and talks, raising millions for cancer research. This show, the eighth, comes during the writers’ and actors’ strikes, so it will rerun sketches with Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Melissa McCarthy Bill Hader and more. It also reruns music by The Who, Brittany Howard (shown here) and the widow of Chadwick Boseman, who died of cancer at 43. Read more…

1) “Stand Up to Cancer,” 8 p.m., ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and more. Every two years, people combine for comedy sketches and talks, raising millions for cancer research. This show, the eighth, comes during the writers’ and actors’ strikes, so it will rerun sketches with Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Melissa McCarthy Bill Hader and more. It also reruns music by The Who, Brittany Howard (shown here) and the widow of Chadwick Boseman, who died of cancer at 43.

2) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. It’s been a great stretch for Quinta Brunson and the show she created, “Abbott Elementary.” Each of the first two seasons drew Emmy nominations for best comedy series and for Brunson as best actress; she also won for her pilot script. Now here’s a rerun of her first time hosting “SNL”; Lil Yachty is the music guest.

3) “Hip Hop Treasures,” 10 p.m., A&E. Coolio was a West Coast rapper who scored a No. 1 hit with “Gangsta’s Paradise.” He died of an overdose last September, at 59. Shortly before that, this episode was filmed, with a collector working with Coolio to find his artifacts.

4) “MasterChef,” 9 p.m., Fox. Here’s a rerun of the 250th episode – a celebration that required each contestant to create a cake. Other networks also have reruns at 9 p.m., after “Stand Up.” It’s “Shark Tank” on ABC, “48 Hours” on CBS and “America’s Got Talent” on NBC.

5) Movie double-features. CMT has a fun duo — “School of Rock” (2003) at 5:30 p.m.,. “Big” (1988) at 8. Sundance has Patrick Swayze films – “Road House” (1989) at 1:45 and 6:45 p.m., “Dirty Dancing” (1987) at 4:15 and 9:15. And Showtime has current Oscar-winners – “The Whale” (Brendan Fraser, best actor) at 9 and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (best picture and more) at 11.

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