Best-bets for June 4: “Bear,” “Balls,” basketball boss

1) “Clipped” opener, Hulu. On the surface, this is fun and flash: The 2013 Los Angeles Clippers had great players, a respected coach (Doc Rivers, played by Laurence Fishburne, shown here), a Hollywood setting … and a bizarre owner. As his team soared; his girlfriend leaked a tape of his rants. These first two hours try to humanize the people, Still, many viewers will find them hard to like. Read more…

1) “Clipped” opener, Hulu. On the surface, this is fun and flash: The 2013 Los Angeles Clippers had great players, a respected coach (Doc Rivers, played by Laurence Fishburne, shown here), a Hollywood setting … and a bizarre owner. As his team soared; his girlfriend leaked a tape of his rants. These first two hours try to humanize the people, Still, many viewers will find them hard to like.

2) “The Bear” reruns, 10 and 10:34 p.m., FX. With the third season set for June 27 on Hulu, here are the fifth and sixth episodes from the first, which won the Emmy for best comedy. At 10, Sydney finds a solution to kitchen troubles. At 10:30, Richie notices changes in the neighborhood and Carmy cleans the office. They’re played by Emmy-winners Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jeremy Allen White.

3) “The Quiz With Balls,” 9 p.m., Fox. This copies a lot from “Family Feud,” including the notion of two overhyped families. These two tonight have one thing in common – they really don’t want the “literature” category. They end up ranging from Barbie dolls to Scorsese films. There’s flash and (literally) splash, as the large balls propel losers into the water. The result is moderately fun.

4) Wrestling, cable. From 8-10 p.m., USA has “WWE NXT,” for emerging stars. At 10, Vice has “Who Killed WCW?” It looks at the league Ted Turner started on his cable channels in 1988. It soared with Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, then collapsed in 2001. Now wrestling is back on the Turner networks, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

5) ALSO: NBC has “America’s Got Talent” auditions at 8 p.m., then Johnny Knoxville on “Password” at 10. Movies range from “Black Widow” (2021) at 7 p.m. on FX to two classics. The charming “Lady and the Tramp” (1955) is 5 p.m. on Freerform. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000, 8 p.m., HBO) had nine Oscar nominations; it won four, including best foreign-language film.

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