Best-bets for June 25: country’s night, disco’s past

1) CMA Fest,” 8-11 p.m.,. ABC. Each year,this is one of TV’s summer highlights, culled from four nights of Nashville concerts. This time, Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde host, with music from Kelsea Ballerini (shown here), Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson, Clint Black, Carly Pearce, Post Malone and more. Read more…

1) CMA Fest,” 8-11 p.m.,. ABC. Each year,this is one of TV’s summer highlights, culled from four nights of Nashville concerts. This time, Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde host, with music from Kelsea Ballerini (shown here), Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson, Clint Black, Carly Pearce, Post Malone and more.

2) “America’s Got Talent” and “Password,” 8 and 10 p.m., NBC. Olympics trials gobble most of the week, but NBC has today and Wednesday for other shows. Today’s “Talent” auditions are followed by a “Password” rematch with Meghan Trainor and Jimmy Fallon. The rules are flawed – too easy to use rhymes, for instance – but the people are fun

3) “Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution,” 9 p.m., PBS. In 1977, this film reminds us, disco music conquered the world. “Saturday Night Fever” dominated theaters and radio stations; 5,000 discos opened, including the ultra-selective Studio 54. Gay men and Black women led pop culture. As one person put it: “The outsiders became the insiders.”

4) “Clipped,” Hulu. A week from the finale, this true-life story finds all sides scrambling. Donald Sterling tries to keep his basketball franchise, after people heard his rants … His ex-girlfriend, who recorded those rants, tries to explain herself to Barbara Walters … And Doc Rivers, the coach, finds himself doing everyone’s work.

5) MOVIES: During the pandemic, two entertaining adventures skipped theaters and went straight to Disney+. Now you can catch either one at 8 p.m. — “Cruella” on Freeform and the animated “Raya and the Last Dragon” (both 2021) on the Disney Channel.

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