Mike Hughes on TV

1) “9-1-1” season-finale, Fox. This is Fox’s most-watched show … but the network won’t be bringing it back next season. Instead, it will jump to ABC. That’s partly because Fox doesn’t own a piece of the show; it does own part of “9-1-1: Lone Star,” which it will keep next season. And it’s partly because this is an expensive show – as we’ll see tonight (shown here). Car crashes leads to the collapse of an overpass, endangering civilians and rescuers. Read more…

1) “Fear the Walking Dead” season-opener, 9 p.m., AMC, rerunning at 10:19. After vanishing for three seasons, Madison (the terrific Kim Dickens,shown here) returned in the seventh-season finale (which reruns at 7:48 p.m.). She’d been stealing children for PADRE, which re-programs kids (including Morgan’s daughter Mo). Now the eighth and final season jumps ahead seven years; it’s a potent hour, with Madison, Morgan and Mo in a fierce power struggle. Read more…

1) “Attenborough’s Global Adventure,” 8-9:10 p.m., BBC America. An all-day (almost) marathon of gorgeous nature films concludes with this look back. David Attenborough (shown here), who turned 97 on Monday, was in his 80s when he re-ignited his career with a three-year push, returning to favorite places. Read more…

1) “Great Performances,” 9 p.m., PBS. Celebrating its first 50 years, the show has new performances of songs from a half-century of Broadway musicals. Sutton Foster hosts and sings beautifully. There’s zesty dancing to music from “Dancin'” (shown here), “Sophisticated Ladies,” “Jelly’s Last Jam” and more. There are great voices, old (Norm Lewis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Raul Esparza) and new (Ledisi, Solea Pfeiffer, Mamie Parris, more), plus a dandy blitz from Rob McClure. Read more…