Best-bets for June 26: Miley & Monk on “SNL”

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. It’s a good weekend for Miley Cyrus fans. On Friday, her Pride Month concert started streaming on Peacock. Cyrus, who identifies as pansexual, sings her hits and a Madonna medley; her guests include Mickey Guyton, Maren Morris, Little Big Town, Orville Peck and Brothers Osborne. And in this rerun, she’s the music guest (shown here). The host is Elon Musk, who made a bit of “SNL” history by saying he’s the show’s first host with Asperger syndrome. Read more…

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. It’s a good weekend for Miley Cyrus fans. On Friday, her Pride Month concert started streaming on Peacock. Cyrus, who identifies as pansexual, sings her hits and a Madonna medley; her guests include Mickey Guyton, Maren Morris, Little Big Town, Orville Peck and Brothers Osborne. And in this rerun, she’s the music guest (shown here). The host is Elon Musk, who made a bit of “SNL” history by saying he’s the show’s first host with Asperger syndrome.

2) “When Nature Calls,” 9 p.m., ABC. If you missed the debut Thursday, here’s a second chance. It’s a British show, hosted by Helen Mirren, that has comedians provide voices for animal footage. Tonight, it’s sandwiched between reruns of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and “The Good Doctor.”

3) More nature, BBC America. Then again, you might prefer the usual British approach to nature. A new episode of “Meerkat Manor” is at 8 p.m., surrounded by reruns of the splendid “Africa” series, from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m.

4) Sports surge. There are choices everywhere tonight – baseball (varying by region) at 7:15 p.m. ET on Fox … racing (the new SRX line-up, this time in New Weston, Ohio) at 8 p.m. on CBS … and U.S. Olympic trials (gymnastics, 4-6 p.m., track & field, 9-11 p.m.) on NBC. Then there’s cable, with play-off semi-finals: At 9 p.m. ET, ESPN has basketball, with Game 4 of the Suns and Clippers; at 8 ET (if necessary), the NBC Sports Network has hockey’s Game 7 of the Canadiens and Golden Knights.

5) “College Bowl,” 8 p.m., NBC. Alongside those sports events, we get a quiz show with a sporty feel. This is competently hosted by Peyton Manning, the former football great, and his older brother Cooper. (Unlike the rest of his family – his father, his two brothers and his son – Cooper wasn’t a quarterback; as a receiver, he was a highly regarded college recruit who quit for medical reasons.) The first four teams – Auburn, Alabama, Michigan, Minnesota – each get a message from a famous sports alumnus.

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