THE VOICE -- "The Playoffs Premiere" Episode 2313 -- Pictured: Sorelle -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)

Best-bets for May 22: “NCIS” ends season; “Voice” is close

1) “The Voice” finale, 8-10 p.m.,NBC. In his last season, Blake Shelton has two finalists – Grace West, 19, and NOIVAS, 30. They perform tonight, along with Gina Miles, 18; D.Smooth, 25; and the sister trio Sorelle (shown here), plus guest performers Lewis Capaldi and Alex Newell. A re-cap will be from 8-9 p.m. Tuesday, leading into the two-hour finale. Read more…

1) “The Voice” finale, 8-10 p.m. NBC. In his last season, Blake Shelton has two finalists – Grace West, 19, and NOIVAS, 30. They perform tonight, along with Gina Miles, 18; D.Smooth, 25; and the sister trio, Sorelle (shown here), plus guest performers Lewis Capaldi and Alex Newell. A re-cap will be from 8-9 p.m. Tuesday, leading into the two-hour finale.

2) “NCIS” season-finale, 9 p.m., CBS. The past is back to haunt heroes in both of today’s drama finales. In this one, Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) is in prison, as his colleagues try to stop a terrorist attack. In “NCIS: Hawaii” (10 p.m.), Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) tries to catch a killer who could destroy everything she’s built. That wraps the second season for “Hawaii” – and the 20th for “NCIS.”

3) “Jeopardy Masters,” 8 p.m., ABC. After wrapping its season early, ABC starts an unscripted streak that will last all summer and (due to the writers strike) into the fall line-up. The “Jeopardy” tournament has three nights left. Tonight, it’s followed (9-11 p.m.) by a documentary on the 1972 Andes plane crash. In events somewhat similar to the “Yellowjackets” cable drama, 16 people –mostly members of a rugby team – survived a frozen, 72-day ordeal.

4) “Animal Control,” 9 and 9:30 p.m., Fox. This network is banking heavily on Joel McHale. In two weeks, “Crime Scene Kitchen” starts its second season, with McHale as host. In the meantime, Fox is rerunning his show … which is, so far, its only non-cartoon comedy ifor next season. (More episodes will air at 9 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday.) Tonight, that follows an 8 p.m. “TMZ” rerun, viewing Britney Spears’ first 18 months of financial freedom;

5) ALSO: Two more shows end their seasons and one starts its final season. Wrapping up are “The Neighborhood” and “Bob (Hearts) Abishola,” at 8 and 8:30 p.m. on CBS. Starting is “Happy Valley,” at 10 on BBC America and today at AMC+ and www.acorn.tv. It might be great … if you have closed-captioning. Sarah Lancashire is terrific as an old cop, filled with warmth and rage, but her words (in a regional English accent) blur into a fast, flat monotone.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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