1) CMA Fest,” 8-11 p.m. Tuesday,. ABC. An annual summer highlight,, this is culled from four nights of Nashville concetss. Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde host, with music from Lainey Wilson (shown here), Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Kelsea Ballerini, Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Clint Black, Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Post Malone, Big & Rich and more.
2) “BET Awards, 8-11 p.m. Sunday, BET. Taraji B. Hensons hosts a night stuffed with music. Several of the nominees will perform, including Ice Spice, Victoria Monet, GloRilla, Latto, Tyla ad Sexyy Red, Also performing: Lauryn Hill, Shaboozey, andmore. There are categories for music, movies and sports, plus a lifetime prize for Usher.
3) “Interview With the Vampire” season-finale, 9 p.m. Sunday, AMC. The June 23 episode seemed fierce and final; is there anything else to say? A lot; coming are jolts that twist the plot yet again. With its rage, despair (and, of course, vampires), this clearly isn’t for everyone. But it’s sharply written, beautifully acted and surprisingly affecting.
4) “POV:: King Coal, 11 p.m., today, KVPT. This documentary has drawn film-festival awards and praise for its personal approach, focusing on generations in coal country. It starts a strong week for PBS, including the upbeat mid-section of the disco documentary (9 p.m. Tuesday), two eco-films (8 and 9 p.m. Wednesday) and strong dramas Sunday.
5) “America’s Got Talent” and “Password,” 8 and 10 p.m. Tuesday, NBC. Olympics trials gobble most of the week, but NBC still has Wednesday (the Chicago shows) and Tuesday. After “Talent” auditions, Meghan Trainor battles Jimmy Fallon. The game is flawed – too much advantage to going second and to using rhymes – but the players are fun.
6) “Walker” series-finale, 8 p.m.,Wednesday, CW. “Walker, Texas Ranger” ran nine seasons and this prequel lasted four more. “You can’t kill it with a stick,” co-creator Paul Haggis used to say. But the show is ending, because it doesn’t fit the lower-budget plans of the new CW owners. The finale brings people together for Walker’s son’s graduation.
7) “The Real CSI: Miami” debut, 10 p.m. Wednesday, CBS. Here’s a plan that has worked for CBS during summers, strikes and the pandemic – true-crime tales from agencies depicted in series. That’s worked for “NCIS” and “FBI”; now this show starts with a couple, 30 and 26, killed with young children nearby. A blackmail scheme was uncovered.
8) “Land of Women,” Wednesday, Apple TV+,. For Gala (Eva Longoria), a sleek, upscale life vanishes. Her husband is missing and she’s on the run – something she has neither the skills nor the shoes for. Soon, she’s in Spain with her mother and college-age daughter. In Spanish (often) and English, this six-parter has action, humor and great scenery.
9) Women’s gymnastics Olympic trials,, 8-10 p.m. Friday and Sunday, NBC. For many Americans, this is the favorite Olympic sport, with past champions (Simone Biles, Suni Lee) still competing. The men are at 3 p.m. PT Thursday (then ight that has tthe presidential debate at 6) on USA and noon Saturday on NBC, but the women get the best spots.
10) “Grantchester,” 9 p.m , Sunday., PBS. Fir eight-plus seasons, Geordie (Robson Green), a cop, has had crimesolving help from local vicars. Last week, his second vicar departed in an emotionl episode; now the third arrives, in one that’s often quite funny. And yes, there’s a murder to solve; there’s another in a pivotal “Professor T,” at 8.