Daily Best Bets

1) “Killer Camp”(Shown here) debut, 8 p.m., CW. Reality shows like surprises, but this goes to an extreme: One camper simply blows up; the camp leader (Bobby Mair) then says one more will be killed each night. Mair is an actor; the others seem to be acting, but the show insists they’re real reality contestants. Chances are, they’ve figured out they won’t really die; they play along, trying to figure which camper is helping the killer. This British transplant is both goofy and gory, but it’s an OK summer distraction. Read more…

1) Peacock debut, www.peacocktv.com. A new streaming giant – the size of Netflix or Disney+ or HBO Max – arrives. This one is free, but you can pay extra to add shows and dump commercials. It’s stuffed with great old shows from NBC (“Frasier,” “30 Rock”) and beyond (“Downton Abbey”), plus movies, and new shows – an eight-part “Brave New World” (shown here), a David Schwimmer comedy, a conspiracy thriller, a “Psych” movie and animation, with “Curious George,” “Cleopatra in Space” and “Where’s Waldo?” Read more…

1) “World of Dance,” 10 p.m., NBC. Here’s the second half of the “duels” in the senior category, with sharply contrasting styles. Some have catchy gimmicks – a duo tethered together, sometimes breaking apart; a group that does wonders with arms and hands and even a bouncing chin. Others (including Oxygen, shown here) are high-energy dance. Two advance, joining last week’s three winners; then two of the five losers get a shot at the final spot. Amid way too many cliches, there are some great dance moments. Read more…

1) “CMA Best of Fest,” 8-11 p.m., ABC. Each summer, ABC turns Nashville’s CMA Fest into a terrific special. This year’s festival was canceled, but the special continues. There’s new music from Luke Bryan (shown here), who hosts, and from Darius Rucker; others will be shown in bits from 16 previous years. We’ll get newer stars (Luke Combs, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini) and A-list veterans – Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Brooks and Dunn and more. Read more…

1) “Snowpiercer” season-finale, 9 and 9:58 p.m., TNT. As the current heat wave grips much of the country, here’s the exact opposite: The temperature outside is minus-122 Celsius, which is worse than it sounds; in Fahrenheit, we’re told, that’s minus-188, People are safe only as the train keeps moving. But inside the train, Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly (shown here) battle for control. And outside, there are potent new forces. It’s a tautly crafted finale, but don’t expect an ending. Mostly, this propels us to next season. Read more…

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. It was beefy-guy night, when this aired on Super Bowl eve. JJ Watt, 6-foot-5, 288, hosted; Luke Combs, 5-8, 198, sang (shown here). Watt is a pro football star – three times named defensive player of the year. Combs played football in high school, but then soared as a singer. He’s quicklty had eight songs reach No. 1 on the country chart; “Beautiful Crazy” stayed for seven weeks. Here, he offers the important musical message: “Beer Never Broke My Heart.” Read more…

1) “American Masters: Unladylike,” 9 p.m., PBS. This summer’s PBS shows have been propeling us toward a milestone – the 100th anniversary (Aug. 26) of women’s vote in federal elections. But before the national change, individual states stepped in. We meet Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, who was elected in 1896 to Utah’s state senate and sparked health reforms; her statue (shown here) is alongside the state capitol. And Jeannette Rankin, elected by Montana to Congress in 1916. It’s a strong hour that also includes black, Latina and American Indian activists. Read more…

1) “In the Dark” season-finale, 9 p.m., CW. For the second straight season, “Dark” started slowly and built to a crescendo. Murphy (who is blind) and friends have until midnight to find and return the drugs Ben stashed before his death. Now they collide with Dean (the crooked ex-cop), who also wants the drugs. This has a too-long detour that strains believability, but then wraps things up powerfully … and propels us toward next season. Despite its flaws, “Dark” has subtly gifted actors (especially Perry Mattfeld and Brooke Markham, shown here, as Murphy and Jess) in a gripping story. Read more…

1) “Tough as Nails” debut, 8 and 9 p.m., CBS. Here is tough-guy Americana – a retired Marine with four combat tours, a scaffold-builder, two firemen and more. And here are tough women, too – a farmer, a welder, an ironworker … and Michelle Kiddy (shown here), baggage-handler who is 62 and described as “5-foot-nothing.” That’s the charm of this working-skills show. which Phil Keoghan co-produces (with his wife), directs and hosts. The bad news is the repetition of cliches; the good news is a solid human core. Read more…

1) “Live in Front of a Studio Audience,” 8-9:30 p.m., ABC. Norman Lear’s best comedies were like plays – great dialog, mostly confined to one room. That’s why they work so well in live productions with fresh casts. Tonight’s first rerun has Woody Harrelson and Marisa Tomei in “All in the Family” (shown here). one dinner guest (Jesse Eisenberg) is dodging the draft; the other (Kevin Bacon) had a son who died in Vietnam. Then “Good Times” has Andre Braugher and ViolaODavis argue about a local councilman. Read more…