1) “American Music Awards, 8-10 p.m. ET today, CBS. Jennifer Lopez hosts a night with music by Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and more. There are songs by young stars — Benson Boone, Renee Rapp, Lainey Wilson — plus memories, via Gloria Estefan and career awards for Janet Jackson (shown here) with her first TV performance in seven years, and Rod Stewart. Read more…
1) “The Voice” finale, 8-10 p.m. today, 8-11 p.m. Tuesday. NBC. Tonight, finalists have a last chance to grab votes. On Tuesday, those songs are recapped at 8 p.m., with guest performances at 9. That includes the coaches; former coaches Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys and Chance the Rapper; plus Joe Jonas, James Bay, Foreigner and previous winner (shown here) Bryce Leatherwood. Read more…
1) Grey’s Anatomy” season-finale, 10 p.m. Thursday, ABC. This week overflows with finales. On Thursday alone, that includes all three NBC shows, CBS’ “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” Fox’s “Next Level Chef” and all three ABC shows, including this “Grey’s” (shown here in a previous episode). The interns are cheerful about ending their first year; then an emergency intervenes. Read more…
1) “The Masked Singer” finale, 8-10 p.m., Wednesday, Fox. Last week, the show propelled all four singers to the finals. Instead, it unmasked its “Lucky Duck” helper — Taika Waititi, the director, producer, actor, Oscar-winning writer (“Jojo Rabbit”) … and husband of panelist Rita Ora. Now Ora (shown here in a previous event) starts the finale by singing “Pink Pony Club” with the final four. Read more…
1) “NCIS: Origins,” 10 p.m. today, CBS. It’s tough when you’re investigated for murder … and tougher when you actually did it. That’s the situation for Gibbs, after what he considered a righteous killing. Now we see the crisis through the eyes of Cecelia (known as Lala, shown here), his intense colleague. It’s a gripping and well-made hour that includes a closing jolt. Read more…
1) Earth Day, Tuesday. Alongside splendid films in their libraries, streamers have new ones – “Sea Lions of the Galapagos” (shown here), Disney+; “Kiss the Ground,” Amazon Prime; “Pangolin,” Netflix; “Jane,” Apple TV+; “The Americas,” Peacock and Hulu. Also, the delightful “Secrets of the Penguins” is on Disney+ and reruns 8-11 p.m. Tuesday on National Geographic. Read more…
1) “Secrets of the Penguins,” 8-11 p.m. Sunday, National Geographic. Each year, near Earth Day (April 22), we get a superb James Cameron production. Previous ones eyed elephants, whales and octopuses. Now (shown here) comes the best yet. It ranges from the Arctic to a desert, from 4-foot-tall to two-foot. Young filmmaker Bertie Gregory captures rich, intimate detail. Read more…
1) Basketball, 8:30 p.m. ET today, CBS. A no-upset year concludes. For the first time in 17 years (and, reportedly, the second in tourney history), each team seeded No. 1 in a quadrant reached the final four. There’s no Cinderella team, no Butler or Bradley or Texas Tech. Instead, Florida, Duke (shown here), Auburn and Houston collided Saturday, with the winners tonight. Read more…
1) Basketball, 6:09 and about 8:39 p.m. ET Saturday, CBS. It’s final-four time, as the teams collide in San Antonio. The winners will be back next Monday, for the national championship. Meanwhile, CBS has some of its top shows back after a two-week break. It’s cop-and-firefighter shows on Friday (“Fire Country” is shown here) and (see No. 8) comedies and mysteries Thursday. Read more…
1) “The Joe Schmo Show” finale, 9 p.m. Tuesday, TBS. This clever show has an ending that’s even better than we’d imagined. From the beginning, it made one real guy (shown here) think he’s in a reality show. The others – friends, foes, weirdos – are actors. Now comes an ethical dilemma and then the shell-shock news. The result has a little humor and a lot of warmth. Read more…
