Mike Hughes on TV

1) “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,” 9-11 p.m., PBS. This joyous journey includes, as some people put it, everyone except Cole Porter. It traces the Gershwins, Lerner and Loewe, Kander and Ebb, Comden and Green, Rodgers and Hart and then Hammerstein (raised Protestant, with Jewish roots). It savors Sondheim and Bernstein (including this scene from the movie of their “West Side Story”) and more greats. Read more…

1) “There She Goes,” 8-10 p.m., Fox. Utkarsh Ambudkar competes with himself tonight. He’s Jay in “Ghosts” (he’s shown here, center) and stars with Rachael Leigh Cook in this film based, loosely on her experience. They play high school sweethearts who broke up when she became a teen star; now they meet, 25 years later. Read more…

1) “Brilliant Minds” return, 8 p.m., NBC. When we last saw Dr. Oliver Wolf, he was obsessing over saving Sofia, a friend of his dad. Then came a shell-shock: Does she really exist? We saw her, but was that just his perspective? Now others try to untangle the mystery … while handling a tough case (shown here) at the hospital. It’s a strong start to the show’s final six episodes. Read more…

1) “Bear Grylls is Running Wild,” 9 p.m., Fox. Elizabeth Banks is an actress and game-show host, but she was also the director of the successful movie, “Cocaine Bear.” Now she’s with Bear (Grylls, not Cocaine), heading into the frigid wilderness. (They’re shown here.) They try to navigate the crevasses of a melting glacier, then kayak to the site of a cold extraction. Read more…

1) “American Music Awards,” 8-11 p.m. ET, CBS. Queen Latifah hosts a night stuffed with music. Performing will be Karol G (shown here) and Billy Idol (both getting special honors), country’s Keith Urban and Riley Green and more, including Teddy Swims, Teyana Taylor, Sombr, Twenty One Pilots, Katseye, Pussycat Dolls, BTS, New Kids on the Block and Hootie & The Blowfish. Read more…

1) “National Memorial Day Concert,” 8 p.m., PBS, rerunning at 9:30. Building toward the country’s 250th birthday on July 4, this recalls the soldiers who got us here; one segment (with Noah Wyle) goes back to 1776. Music is from country’s Alan Jackson (shown here), Mickey Guyton and Jamey Johnson, plus Blessing Offor, Laura Osnes and the National Symphony. Read more…

1) “Schitt’s Creek,” 11 a.m. ro midnight, Pop. Here’s the show that lifted Pop out of obscurity (briefly). Created by Dan Levy and his father Eugene (who’s shown here with Catherine O’Hara), it had lots of quiet character humor. In its sixth and final season, it dominated the Emmys; then Pop sagged. Now here are the first two “Creek” seasons; the second two are on Sunday, the final ones Monday. Read more…

1) “An Evening With Nicole Scherzinger,” 9 p.m., PBS. Amid the glamour of Royal Albert Hall, Scherzinger (shown here at a previous event) has poor stage patter, but awesome vocals. She glides from Broadway to rock, re-visiting hers past in theater (“Sunset Boulevard”) and with the Pussycat Dolls, convincingly asking: “Don’t Cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me?” Read more…