Best-bets for June 2: young gymnasts, old Van Dyke

1) Gymnastics, 7-9 p.m., NBC and Peacock. The U.S. championships conclude in Fort Worth. The men had their finals Saturday; now the women have their turn. Gabby Douglas (shown here) has withdrawn and scuttled her attempt for an Olympic comeback; for others, however, this is the last major event before the Olympic trials, June 27-30. Read more…

1) Gymnastics, 7-9 p.m., NBC and Peacock. The U.S. championships conclude in Fort Worth. The men had their finals Saturday; now the women have their turn. Gabby Douglas (shown here) has withdrawn and scuttled her attempt for an Olympic comeback; for others, however, this is the last major event before the Olympic trials, June 27-30.

2) “Inside Out” (2015), 8-10 p.m., ABC. A TV tradition — Sunday movies – has been revived. There was a decade when the big-three networks each had a Sunday film. That faded, then was revived by CBS and ABC during the pandemic and strikes. Now ABC has Sunday movies this summer and next fall, starting with a gem, an Oscar-winner for best animated film and a nominee for its witty script.

3) “Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic,” 9-11 p.m., CBS. Around the time of his 98th birthday, this special included Van Dyke, friends, clips and more. Performing numbers from his movies (including “Mary Poppins”) were Jason Alexander, Rita Ora, JoJo Siwa, Amber Riley, Zachary Levi, Skyler Astin, Amanda Kloots and more. That reruns here, after “60 Minutes” at 7 and 8.

4) “Mayor of Kingstown.” Now recovered, Jeremy Renner is back to playing a tough guy in a prison town. The second season reruns from 1-9 p.m. today on the Paramount Network; the third (a Russian mobster arrives) opens today on Paramount+ (14 months afer the second ended) and 9 p.m. Monday on Showtime. Renner was severely injured on Jan. 1, 2023, while saving his nephew from a snowplow.

5) ALSO: The first half of Lifetime’s Nicole Brown Simpson documentary reruns at 6 p.m.,; the finale debuts at 8, rerunning at 10:03, midnight and 2:04. Also, 9 p.m. is crowded with new episodes of cable dramas. There’s “The Chi” on Showtime, “Interview With the Vampire” on AMC and (after a seven-month pause) the return of “Billy the Kid” on MGM+.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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