Daily Best Bets

1) “Murder in a Small Town,” 8 p.m. Tuesday, Fox. As a wedding nears, people on both sides — wealthy bride, blue-collar groom — fume. Something bad may be looming; then again, the series title tells us that. What follows is typical of this show — layered characters and smart plot twists, navigated by a deeply human police chief. The lone out-of-sync element is the new mayor (Marcia Gay Harden), shown in last week’s episode, confronting the librarian (Kristin Kreuk). Read more…

1) “Futurama,” 8-11 p.m., FXX. This is a great time for fans of Matt Groening’s clever cartoons. On Sunday, “The Simpsons” started its 37th season on Fox. And recently, “Futurama” — a pizza guy (right) unfrozen in the year 3000 — started its 13th. Today’s new episodes are at 8 — Bender (left) goes to a camp for screen addicts — and 8:30. Reruns start at 9, with Leela (center) involved with a presidential campaign. Read more…

1) “Unforgotten” finale, 10 p.m., PBS. This six-parter has had a deep tangle of suspects. The victim was a hateful and hated man — a cruel boss, landlord, husband, father and more. Now Sunny (shown here) and Jesse reach a jolting discovery. Also ending are “Professor T” and “The Marlow Murder Club,” at 8 and 9; they have stories that are smart, but much gentler than “Unforgotten.” Read more…

1) “I Was a Child Bride,” 8-10 p.m., Lifetime. Courtney Stodden was a teen model and singer when Doug Hutchison — a skilled actor who played the head of DHARMA on “Lost” — became her coach. They married when she was 16 and he was almost 51. (They’re shown here, later in the marriage.) Stodden narrates this, with Maggie Lawson (“Psych” and the upcoming “Boston Blue”) as her mom. Read more…

1) “Omara,” 10 p.m., PBS. We follow Omara Portuondo (shown here), now 94, on tour. (It’s the third one, she says, that promoters called a “farewell tour.”) Her gorgeous voice reflects a life of joy and pain. Her mother was ostracized for marrying a Black man; her sister later moved to the U.S. Omara stayed in Cuba and, with the Buena Vista Social Club, won Grammys and fame. Read more…

1) “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” season-opener, 9 p.m., NBC. The 27th season begins for “SVU,” which was already the longest-running primetime drama in U.S. TV history. Now Benson (Mariska Hargitay, shown here) and others try to protect a key witness in a rape case. Read more…

1) “America’s Got Talent” finale, 8-11 p.m., NBC. On Tuesday, the final 10 acts (including Jessica Snchez, shown here in an earlier episode) got their last chance to impress us. Those performances will be recapped at 8 p.m.; then the next two hours have lots of guests and the 20th champion. Read more…

1) “Murder in a Small Town” season-opener, 8 p.m., Fox. This was one of last season’s best surprises, filled with subtlety and humanity. There’s a soft-spoken police chief, his librarian lover (they’re shown here) and diligent deputies. The second season starts with a domestic dispute gone bad. With the exception of an out-of-sync character (the mayor), it’s an excellent hour. Read more…

1) “The Voice,” 8-10 p.m., NBC. For reality shows, this is a pivotal week. There are finales (“America’s Got Talent” on Wednesday, “Project Runway” Thursday, “Big Brother” Sunday) and eight season-openers. That includes “Voice,” with its people — Snoop Dogg (shown here in tonight’s opener), Reba McEntire, Michael Buble and Niall Horan — starting to find their singers. Read more…

1) “A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire: The 21at Night of September,” 8-10 p.m. ET, CBS. With its vibrant blend of pop, jazz, R&B and more, EWF (shown here) has had seven top-10 singles; one asks: “Do you remember the 21st night of September?” Now, on Sept. 21, we get EWF, Stevie Wonder, Janelle Monae, Jon Batiste, the Jonas Brothers and the London Philharmonic. Read more…