Best-bets for June 17: new Homer; random awards

1) “The Simpsons,” Disney+. Yes, a new episode is arriving in June — and for streaming-only. Disney+ is celebrating the fact that it now has all 37 seasons of the show, plus the movie and shorts. This one has Marge (shown here in a previous episode) imagine life with alternate Homers; there will be two more new episodes this summer. Read more…

1) “The Simpsons,” Disney+. Yes, a new episode is arriving in June — and for streaming-only. Disney+ is celebrating the fact that it now has all 37 seasons of the show, plus the movie and shorts. This one has Marge (shown here in a previous episode) imagine life with alternate Homers; there will be two more new episodes this summer.

2) “Las Culturistas Culture Awards,” 9-11 p.m., Bravo. This started as a whimsical podcast with former college pals — Bowen Yang of “Saturday Night Live” fame and Matt Rogers of comedy semi-fame. Then came the award show, which reached Bravo last year, with lots of winners showing up. Categories are random; the mood is festive.

3) “The Kimberley: Africa’s Wild West” opener, 10 p.m,., PBS. Gorgeously filmed and smartly narrated, this views a West Australian region that’s the size of California, but has only 34,000 people. It’s from the perspective of natives — including Mark Coles Smith, an award-winning actor who narrates and, in the opener, take a rafting trip.

4) “Brilliant Minds,” 8 p.m., NBC. After a couple superb episodes, this settles for one that’s merely OK. On his first day back at work, Dr. Wolf is in the midst of a hostage situation. Then, of course, a medical crisis emerges. An odd little final twist helps salvage a so-so hour.

5) World Cup. The first two games (1 and 4 p.m. ET) are on Fox, with the others (7 and 10) on Fox Sports1. That gives Fox some room for reality-show reruns: At 8, “MasterChef” has its final auditions, picking a team with roots in the Americas; at 9 is “Fear Factor: House of Fear.”

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