Best-bets for May 7: Hummingbirds soar, humans sing

1) “Nature,” 8 p.m., PBS. This gentle gem flows with quiet joy. Injured or orphaned hummingbirds are taken to the massive Beverly Hills home of Terry Masear. She feeds and nurtures them, then nudges them back into the world. The photo here isn’t from the movie, but the hour is beautifully filmed. Read more…

1) “Nature,” 8 p.m., PBS. This gentle gem flows with quiet joy. Injured or orphaned hummingbirds are taken to the massive Beverly Hills home of Terry Masear. She feeds and nurtures them, then nudges them back into the world. The photo here isn’t from the movie, but the hour is beautifully filmed.

2) “The Masked Singer” finale, 8-10 p.m., Fox. Last week, the show didn’t unmask any of the contestants — but did unmask its “Lucky Duck” helper. He’s Taika Waititi, the director, producer, actor, Oscar-winning writer (“Jojo Rabbit”) … and husband of panelist Rita Ora. Now Ora starts the finale by singing “Pink Pony Club” with the final four.

3) “Wild Cards” season-finale, 8 p.m., CW. In a late change last week, CW bumped this and inserted a news special. Now we’re back to a key episode: Ellis learns more about who’s responsible for his brother’s death, and who’s protecting him; Max searches for clues. The “Sullivan’s Crossing” season-opener will wait until next week.

4) “Sherlock & Daughter,” 9 p.m., CW. Here’s another show that was scheduled for last week, then bumped by the news special. Only Amelia and Holmes (her maybe-father) know that the ambassador’s daughter faked her kidnapping, to run off with a worker … who turned out to be a scoundrel. Now we meet the steel-willed Moriarty (Dougray Scott).

5) Movies. Two Oscar-winning performances are back-to-back on Showtime. It’s Brendan Fraser in “The Whale” (2022) at 6 p.m. and Julia Roberts in “Erin Brockovich” (2000), also a best-picture nominee, at 8. Other 8 p.m. films include “Gone Baby Gone” (2007) on MGM+ and Denzel Washington in “The Equalizer” (2014) on the Paramount Network.

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