1) BET Awards, 8 p.m., BET, CMT, VH1. Kevin Hart hosts, with “ultimate icon” awards for Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey (shown here), Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg. The latter three will perform, as will Lil Wayne, Teyana Taylor, GloRilla, Playboi Carti and Leon Thomas. There are awards for music (Kendrick Lamar has 10 nominations), movies and sports.
2) “Art Detectives” openers, www.acorn.tv. None of the gritty back-alley crimes here. Stephen Moyer plays the sole (at first) member of the Heritage Crime Unit. In the first hour, he’s at a mansion where a family collection has been re-assembled; in the second, a farmer says he found 9th-century gold. Both are fairly good mysteries, with enough twists to hold us.
3) “The Neighborhood,” 8 and 8:30 p.m., CBS. Right now, the summer line-ups only have four situation comedies — this one, two on Thursdays on CBS and one Fridays on NBC. So we might as well try these reruns: First, there’s curiosity about new neighbors; then a neighborhood social app causes a stir.
4) “Cruella” (2021) and “Cinderella” (2015), 5:25 and 8:30 p.m., Freeform. Disney keeps turning its animated gems into non-cartoon movies. Here are two prime examples. “Cruella” has plot holes, but is great visually. “Cinderella” was beautifully crafted by director Kenneth Branagh.
5) MORE: After starting in Edmonton, hockey moves to Florida for the third match in a best-of-seven finals. Also, ABC gives us a quick route through the “Jeopardy Masters” tournament. The semi finals rerun at 8 and 9 p.m., with the finals at 10.