Best-bets for May 2: pop music and fast horses

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. After two weeks of reruns, “SNL” closes the season with three new episodes. That starts with youth: Olivia Rodrigo (shown here in a previous concert), 23, has her first turn as host and third as music guest. (By comparison, the May 16 season-finale has Will Ferrell, 58, and Paul McCartney, 83.) Next week has Matt Damon and Noah Kahan. Read more…

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. After two weeks of reruns, “SNL” closes the season with three new episodes. That starts with youth: Olivia Rodrigo (shown here in a previous concert), 23, has her first turn as host and third as music guest. (By comparison, the May 16 season-finale has Will Ferrell, 58, and Paul McCartney, 83.) Next week has Matt Damon and Noah Kahan.

2) Kentucky Derby, NBC and Peacock. The race itself will be over in a few blinks. It’s scheduled to start at 6:57 p.m. ET and will be done by 7. Still, the prelude starts at 2:30 ET. And if you want more fuss, catch “Kentucky Roses,” at 8 on Hallmark; it’s a new movie, set at the Derby’s racetrack.

3) “The Go-Go’s” (2020), 8-10 p.m., CW. In 1982, this group made history: It was the first — and, still, only — time an all-female band (including vocals and instruments) had a No. 1 album. The Go-Go’s broke up (with Belinda Carlisle having solo success), but re-united. Shortly after this documentary debuted, they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

4) “NCIS: Origins,” 9 p.m., CBS. Three days before the season-finale, this rerun see a surprise for the team: The widowed Gibbs rushed to Las Vegas and married Diane Sterling, the real-estate agent. That follows an “NCIS” rerun with a Christmas emergency: A truck filled with toys has been stolen.

5) ALSO: At 6:15 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies reruns a documentary celebrating 50 years of the American Film Institute’s lifetime awards. And at 8, HBO has the cable debut of “Wuthering Heights” (2026); the story is blunt, the characters are unlikable, but director Emerald Fennell and star Margot Robbie make it work. Fennell’s “Saltburn” (2023) is at 5:45.

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