Best-bets for June 22: Organists and magicians shine

1) “Independent Lens: Pipe Dreams,” 10 p.m., PBS (check local listings). Here’s a documentary formula that has worked well lately: Pick a competition, meet some contestants in advance, then follow them and hope you get lucky. That’s worked for a spelling bee, a crossword contest, a science fair and even duck-stamp artists. Now it works wonderfully for a pipe-organ competition. “Dreams” (shown here with Alcee Chriss) has great visuals, powerful music and interesting people from the U.S., China and Germany. You’ll root for them. Read more…

1) “Independent Lens: Pipe Dreams,” 10 p.m., PBS (check local listings). Here’s a documentary formula that has worked well lately: Pick a competition, meet some contestants in advance, then follow them and hope you get lucky. That’s worked for a spelling bee, a crossword contest, a science fair and even duck-stamp artists. Now it works wonderfully for a pipe-organ competition. “Dreams” (shown here with Alcee Chriss) has great visuals, powerful music and interesting people from the U.S., China and Germany. You’ll root for them.

2) “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” season-opener, 9 p.m., CW. This mini-network keeps finding fresh ways to avoid reruns. It has imported shows from England and Canada … and summertime science fiction … and comedians and magicians. This show has talented people trying to do a trick that Penn & Teller can’t master. It starts a no-rerun stretch that takes CW all the way to 8:30 p.m. Friday.

3) “The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever!” 8-11 p.m., ABC. Last week, we re-lived the 2015 “Bachelorette,” with Kaitlyn Bristowe choosing Shawn Booth. They broke up, of course; they usually do. Now we follow Ben Higgins, who finished third with Bristowe, as he gets to choose.

4) “Bob (Hearts) Abishola,” 8:30, CBS. Bob and Abishola were getting closer to an actual romance, when his mom had a stroke. Abishola has agreed to help care for her, but she also has her regular job as a cardiac nurse. In a funny rerun, Bob and his siblings – who aren’t the caregiving sort – are frazzled.

5) “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” (1959), 8 p.m.ET, Turner Classic Movies. In a summer when concerts vanished, here’s a chance to hear greats at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. There’s Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry (really), Dinah Washington and more – including Thelonious Monk, who’s then profiled in “Straight, No Chaser” (1988) at 9:30. If you prefer scripted films, TCM has Jack Lemmon gems – “Some Like It Hot” (1959) at 3:30 p.m. ET and “The Apartment” (1960) at 5:45.

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