1) “Guilt” season-opener, 10 p.m., PBS. Max is an upscale schemer; Jake is his down-market brother, a decent chap who’s along for the ride. In the first two seasons, Max went to prison and Jake found love. Now they’re in Chicago with Jake’s girlfriend, running a bar; in their native Scotland, others rage and run. By the end of the first hour, things merge in wild and entertaining way; they’re shown here, executing a mucky escape.
2) Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office” finale, 9 p.m., PBS. After a surprisingly rough “Call the Midwife” at 8 p.m., viewers will need a pick-me-up. They get it here. In real life, English sub-postmasters who were accused of losing money … and told that no one else had the prolem. Then they found that lots of people did – linked to a new computer system. Here’s the compelling conclusion.
3) “American Idol,” 8-10 p.m., ABC. In 2011, Scotty McCreery was a teen, giving up his senior year as a baseball pitcher, to compete on “Idol.” He won and (on the country charts) has had three No. 1 albums and four top-10 singles. He’ll perform tonight and Shania Twain will mentor the 10 contestants, doing songs from the year they were born.
4) More music. From 8-10 p.m., NBC reruns the first half of its “playoffs,” with two teams (John Legend and Dan + Shay) trimming from five singers to three; on Monday, Reba McEntire and Chance the Legend will do the same. And at 10:01 on ABC, Michael Strahan interviews Jon Bon Jovi, the subject of an excellent Hulu documentary.
5) Baseball. You could watch a terrific movie: Penny Marshall’s “A League of Their Own” is loosely based on the professional women’s league that began in 1943, Or you could simply watch current baseball — the Cubs and Red Sox, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
— Mike Hughes, TV America