Daily Best Bets

1) “America Masters: Norman Lear,” 9-10:30 p.m., PBS. It was a hard-scrabble start for Lear (shown here): His dad, full of dreams and schemes, spent three years in prison for selling phony stocks; Lear left college to fight in World War II, worked as a publicist … then did TV comedy. Two networks balked at “All in the Family,” but it became No. 1 for five straight years. At one point, Lear had five shows in the top nine, while nudging TV into topical turf. This excellent rerun profiles a strong talent who’s now 98. Read more…

1) “Good Girls,” 9 p.m. NBC. This won’t be back next year, but we can catch new episodes on the next four Thursdays. Desperate to dump their counterfeit cash, the women lost it all in Las Vegas. They were delighted; Rio, the gang leader who leads the counterfeit scheme, wasn’t. Now he takes a hostage; there are great moments for Mae Whitman (center) and Christina Hendricks (left), as Annie and her sister Beth. Read more…

1) “The Bold Type” series finale, 10 p.m, Freeform. With smart characters and sleek visuals, this has seemed like the ideal show for Freeform’s young-adult target. At a magazine, three women became friends; Jane (right) writes, Sutton (center) designs, Kat (left) does tech. Now the network promises “big changes and hard decisions”; a brief sampling focuses on Jane: She bumps into Zach, whom she did a story on previously; also, she tries to nudge Kat into reviving the romance with Adina. Read more…

1) “Motherland: Fort Salem,” 10 p.m., Freeform. Those first days of college can always seem rough – especially when this is War College (shown here) and everyone is a witch. Also, there’s a quick test that makes even an escape room seem easy. Complicating things: As they start classes, the friends still don’t know why, in a crucial moment, they were able to link explosively. It’s a good episode in an intriguing series. Read more…

1) “Celebrity Dating Game,” 10 p.m., ABC. The “Dating Game” franchise has been around since 1965, but this is apparently a first for it – a contestant considering people from both genders. That’s Demi Burnett (shown here), whom viewers have seen dating a man (Colton Underwood) on “The Bachelor” and a woman (Kristian Haggerty) on “Bachelor in Paradise.” Now, answering her questions, will be both options. Read more…

1) BET Awards, 8-11:30 p.m., BET, MTV and VH1; BET also has a preview at 7 and a rerun at midnight. Taraji Henson hosts, Queen Latifah gets a lifetime award and there’s a barrage of performers. They included Andra Day (shown here in her Billie Holiday movies), H.E.R., DJ Khaled, City Girls, Migos and gospel’s Kirk Franklin. Others range from Lil Baby and Lil Durk to Roddy Ricch and Moneybagg Yo! They include Bree Runway, Tone Stith, Jazmine SuIlivan and Rapsody. Read more…

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. It’s a good weekend for Miley Cyrus fans. On Friday, her Pride Month concert started streaming on Peacock. Cyrus, who identifies as pansexual, sings her hits and a Madonna medley; her guests include Mickey Guyton, Maren Morris, Little Big Town, Orville Peck and Brothers Osborne. And in this rerun, she’s the music guest (shown here). The host is Elon Musk, who made a bit of “SNL” history by saying he’s the show’s first host with Asperger syndrome. Read more…

1) Daytime Emmy Awards, 8-10 p.m., CBS. For eight years, this was relegated to TV’s hinterlands — small cable channels (HLN, Pop) or just online. Last year, it returned to CBS, for a drab night of at-home acceptance speeches, with nominees. That format returns now, possibly with better results; Sheryl Underwood hosts. Categories include soap operas, talk shows and a chance for one more Emmy for Alex Trebek (shown here), who died last July at 80; it would be his eighth win and his third in a row. Read more…

1) “Making It” season-opener, 8 p.m., NBC. This has never been your ordinary reality competition. As hosts and producers, Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman (shown here) provide offbeat humor and a warm view of the contestants. They’re a likable bunch of laymen – taxidermist, muralist, market researcher, etc. – who do crafts at home. One was a pitcher, ready for the majors until his arm gave out; another’s dad (Dave Kingman) hit 48 home runs one season. Blue-collar artistry ripples through the opener. Read more…

1) “The Blacklist” season-finale, 10 p.m., NBC. After eight years of tangled twists and smart dialog, “Blacklist” might be ready to share a few secrets. Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) has shattered her FBI career, while obsessing on catching Raymond Reddington (James Spader), the former mentor who killed her mother. (They’re shown here in an early episode.) Now he has a disturbing request, before he’ll reveal his true identity. Read more…