Best-bets for May 4: the music of Johnny and Dua

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC, In a 32-episode stretch, only Bad Bunny has doubled as host and music guest. Now Dua Lipa (shown here) does. Also, “Weekend Update” could be interesting. We’ll see if Colin Jost or Michael Che have comments about Jost’s uneven (but often funny) turn at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Read more…

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC, In a 32-episode stretch, only Bad Bunny has doubled as host and music guest. Now Dua Lipa (shown here) does. Also, “Weekend Update” could be interesting. We’ll see if Colin Jost or Michael Che have comments about Jost’s uneven (but often funny) turn at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

2) “I Am Johnny Cash” (2015), 8-10 p.m., CW. On Sunday, CW has “Walk the Line,” the terrific film that focuses on Cash’s romance with June Carter. First, this documentary views a large life. Growing up in an impoverished cotton-farm family, Cash had early troubles (including some nights in jail), then soared. He had about 50 singles in the country top-10, including 14 at No. 1.

3) “FBI International,” 8 p.m., CBS. In Portugal, the daughter of a prominent hotelier has become the primary suspect, when an employee is murdered. That’s followed by “FBI: Most Wanted,” with bombings targeting retired New York police officers.

4) “Predator” (1987), 7:30 p.m. and midnight, Sundance. This well-crafted film put beefy soldiers in a jungle, terrorized by a faceless giant. Its director (John McTiernan) later made “Commando” (which follows at 10) and “Die Hard”; two “Predator” stars (Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura) went on to be governors

5) More action. This is considered Star Wars Day (a play on words involving “May the 4th be with you”), so TBS has the original trilogy, at 3:15, 6 and 8:45 p.m., And HBO has “Predators” (2010), expanding the “Predator” concept, at 8 p.m. That’s part of a sequel/reboot night that has “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) at 5:55 p.m. and “RoboCop” (2014) at 9:50.

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