RESIDENT ALIEN -- "Prisoners" Episode 401 -- Pictured: Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle -- (Photo by: James Dittiger/USA Network)

Best-bets for June 13: aliens, Aida and Ringo

1) “Resident Alien,” 11 p.m., USA and Syfy. Last week, our alien found double trouble: A shapeshifter (shown here) was disguising as Harry (his Earthly persona) … and captors had stolen his alien powers, making him a mere human. Now he’s desperate — as is the mayor … and the half-alien Joseph … and the deputy and many others. It’s a wild and funny hour. Read more…

1) “Resident Alien,” 11 p.m., USA and Syfy. Last week, our alien found double trouble: A shapeshifter (shown here) was disguising as Harry (his Earthly persona) … and captors had stolen his alien powers, making him a mere human. Now he’s desperate — as is the mayor … and the half-alien Joseph … and the deputy and many others. It’s a wild and funny hour.

2) “Aida,” 9 p.m., PBS. Angel Blue has a name, a look and a voice suited for stardom. A former Miss California runner-up, she could be a modern music star, but focuses on opera. Now she plays an Ethiopian queen; that launches PBS’ summer, with more key shows coming Sunday and Monday.

3) “Ringo & Friends at the Ryman,” 9-11 p.m., CBS. Ringo Starr has long been fond of country. As a teen, he sent a letter asking how he could move to Texas; it wasn’t answered. As a Beatle, he scored with a remake of Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally.” At 84, he cut a country record and did this pleasant concert with Sheryl Crow, Rodney Crowell, Mickey Guyton and more.

4) “Happy’s Place,” 8 p.m., NBC. This bounces back to the show’s third episode, with the two half-sisters trying to live together. It’s sometimes wildly overwrought, but has good moments from Bobbie (Reba McEntire), her cook and her handyman. It’s followed by one of the weaker “St. Denis Medical” episodes, with an internet star performing at the hospital.

5) ALSO: ABC has Game 4 of basketball’s best-of-seven finals, with Oklahoma City at Indiana. That’s 8:30 p.m. ET, with pre-game at 8. And Sydney Sweeney — whose delightful “Anyone But You” was a hit in theaters — stars with Julianna Moore in “Echo Valley.” Sweeney plays a scheming young addict, pulling her mom into trouble.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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