Best-bets for Aug. 26: ninjas and bachelors near finales

1) “The Bachelorette,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. Jenn Tran (shown here) takes her final three guys — Devin Strader,.Marcus Shoberg and Jonathon Johnson – to Hawaii. After dates via boat, Jeep and helicopter, she invites them for separate “overnight dates.” Tuesday brings the “Men Tell All” episode, setting up next week’s two-night finale. Read more…

1) “The Bachelorette,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. Jenn Tran (shown here) takes her final three guys — Devin Strader,.Marcus Shoberg and Jonathon Johnson – to Hawaii. After dates via boat, Jeep and helicopter, she invites them for separate “overnight dates.” Tuesday brings the “Men Tell All” episode, setting up next week’s two-night finale.

2) “Voces: Almost American,” 10 p.m., PBS. After giving four nights last week to the convention, PBS returns to its regular shows. Tonight, it has two “Antiques Roadshow” reruns, followed by this portrait of a family from Ecuador, struggling with immigration rules.

3) More returns. Several other shows are back – each at 10 p.m. — after being bumped by the convention. NBC’s “The Wall” is new; others are reruns: CBS has “NCIS: Hawaii” (protecting the daughter of a Russian oligarch); ABC has “Celebrity Family Feud”: Robin Thicke vs. Anthony Anderson, Walker Hayes vs. Rachel Bilson.

4) “61st Street,” 9 p.m., CW. Two weeks from the season-finale, the trial begins with a tough task: Logan is being painted as the one bad cop in a good department;’ Franklin wants to flip that, condemning the department for its attempted cover-up.

5) ALSO: “American Ninja Warrior” (8-10 p.m., NBC) is continues the finals in Las Vegas. Also new: the delightful “1% Club” game show (9 p.m., Fox); and the finale of “Houses of Horror” (9 and 10 p.m., A&E), a three-Monday documentary probing fraternities and sororities.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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