Daily Best Bets

1) “Yellowstone,” 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., Paramount Network. It will be a long wait for the last six episodes of this final season (coming November, or later). But now we can re-see Kevin Costner (shown here, right) and the others from the start. Tonight’s reruns go mid-way through the first season; that resumes at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the second-season finale at 11:50 p.m. There’s more Sunday, leading into reruns of the prequel, “1883.” Read more…

1) “Generation Gap” season-opener, 8 p.m., ABC. The second season begins for a game show with big-time producers – Jimmy Kimmel, Mark Burnett (the “Survivor” and “Voice” boss) and Kelly Ripa (shown here). She’s the host, in show a that tests which generation knows more about the other. Read more…

1) “Grown-ish” season-opener, 10 p.m., Freeform. The early seasons, the focus was on Zoey (shown here), but now it’s her brother Andre’s second year in college. Tonight, he’s nudged by his dad to choose a major and by his friends to go to a music festival … where he meets rapper NLE Choppa. It’s an ambitious half-hour with two so-so sories — Andre’s indecision and Kiela’s effort to schedule everyone’s fun. Read more…

1) “Gotham Knights” series-finale, 9 p.m., CW. This has had a sharp concept, strong visuals, attractive characters … and disastrous timing. Just as it debuted, CW (under new ownership) began dumping its fantasy shows. In “Knights,” Bruce Wayne (Batman) was killed and his adopted son was framed. On the lam, he linked with Joker’s daughter (they’re shown here0 and others. Now they try a dangerous rescue; also, Harvey Dent copes with his evil persona, “Two-Face.” Read more…

1) “The Bachelorette” opener, 9-11 p.m., ABC. Charity Lawson (shown here), 27, is a therapist with a master’s degree, so the show gives her lots professionals. The 25 guys (ages 24 to 33) include a doctor, a travel nurse, a medical specialist and two scientists. There’s an airplane pilot and a yacht captain, plus a tennis pro, a wrestling pro and a world record-holder: Chris Spell, 5-foot-9, had a vertical leap of 5-foot-7.
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1) BET Awards, 8 p.m., BET. Nearing the 50th anniversary (Aug. 11) of the first hip hop event, BET calls this a “non-stop hip hop party.” It has the Sugar Hill Gang, which had the first top-40 rap single, in 1980. Others include MC Lyte (shown here), Ja Rule, Soulja Boy, Kid ‘N Play, Fat Joe, Big Daddy Kane, Chief Keef, DJ Unk, E-40, Fat Joe and more. Also performing are GloRilla (with six nominations, trailing only Drake), Coco Jones, Doeschii and more. Read more…

1) “Keyshia Cole: This Is My Life,” 8 p.m. and midnight, Lifetime. Cole’s first six albums were in the top-10, two of them reaching No. 2. More difficult was re-connecting with her mother (who, struggling with addiction, let friends adopt her at 2) and sisters and finding her dad. Cole (shown here) plays herself, with Debbi Morgan as her mom. That follows reruns of two well-acted Mary J. Blige productions, “Real Love” and “Strength of a Woman,” at 4 and 6 p.m. Read more…

1) “Will Trent,” 8 p.m., ABC. Fridays have become the best night for drama reruns. There are the CBS ones, now joined by this sharp show. Will (Ramon Rodriguez,shown here) is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation detective, short on people skills. He’s hated by most cops, secretly loved by one (Erika Christensen). In this strong second half of the series-opener, a kidnapped teen is the daughter of an enemy/friend (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) from their days in juvenile hall. Read more…

1) NBA draft, 8 p.m. ET, ABC and ESPN. The football draft ia a ratings hit, so basketball gets its primetime moment. ABC will have the first round, with San Antonio choosing first and expected to take the 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama (shown here, blocking a shot despite resistance); ESPN has both rounds. That’s part of this week’s sports surge, which also has football: The USFL semi-finals are 8 p.m ET Saturday on NBC and 7 p.m. ET Sunday on Fox. Read more…

1) “LA Fire & Rescue” debut, 8 p.m., NBC, Los Angeles County sprawls across several worlds, from a desert to an ocean. One firehouse is in tough Compton; at another, there’s talk of Kardashians or a Schwarzenegger. Now this fairly entertaining, non-fiction show bounces between seven stations. We get personal stories – this week, a cancer survivor – plus action. (The Los Angeles scene show here is not from the show.) Most of it is medical, but the opener closes with a giant blaze that continues next week. Read more…