1) “Saturday Night Live” season-finale, 11:29 p.m., NBC. The 50th season ends with a big night for Colin Jost. His wife, Scarlett Johansson (shown here) has her seventh time as host, this time with Bad Bunny as the music guest. And there’s a season-finale tradition: On “Weekend Update,” Jost and Michael Che each write jokes the other must read. Read more…
1) “SWAT” series-finale, 9-11 p.m., CBS. An eight-year, 163-episode run is ending. First an auto-carrier is hijacked, sparking a frantic chase and a search for a mysterious, $60-million car. Also, Hondo (shown here in a previous episode) confronts a violent thief he thought was dead. Then he finds that Russian mercenaries have planted bombs throughout Los Angeles. Read more…
1) “Grey’s Anatomy” season-finale, 10 p.m., ABC. It’s finale time everywhere, including all three ABC shows. There’s “9-1-1” at 8 p.m., “Doctor Odyssey” at 9 and “Grey’s,” wrapping its 21st season. After last week’s festive wedding (shown here), things seem cheerful The interns are ending their first year; then an emergency intervenes. Read more…
1) “Sullivan’s Crossing” season-opener, 8 p.m., CW. Last season ended with jolts: Maggie and Cal (shown here) finally admitted they love each other … just as she found she was pregnant by her ex-fiance. Then the diner exploded, after her dad raced in for a rescue. Now — a week later than scheduled, due to a news special — a good episode views the aftershocks. Read more…
1) “Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute,” 10 p.m., NBC. Rivers (shown here) carefully catalogued 70,000 jokes on note cards. There were four on Hitler, 34 on Nixon, 866 on Elizabeth Taylor. There were also 218 on death. Now, 11 years after her death at 81, people read from those cards; some (especially Nikki Glaser) add clever bits of their own. Read more…
1) “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967), 8 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. Here’s a tribute to Gene Hackman, who died in February at 95. He had supporting roles in this film and “Hoosiers” (1986, midnight), both gems. He starred in the bracing “French Connection” (shown here, 1971, 10 p.m.), “Mississippi Burning” (1988, 2 a.m.) and “Night Moves” (1975, 4:15.). Read more…
1) “Tracker” season finale, 8 p.m., CBS. This season — a good one — keeps pointing to the pain in Colter’s family. As last week’s episode ended, he had a box that may contain secrets. Now Colter(shown here, left) uncovers a decades-old kidnapping and a secret from his family. Read more…
1) “The Judd Family: Truth Be Told,” 8 p.m., Lifetime, also 10:03 p.m. and midnight. Here’s the start of a documentary (concluding Sunday) with a great story. Naomi Judd, a nurse and single mother, formed The Judds (shown here) with her daughter Wynonna; they had 14 No. 1 country songs. It’s told by Wynonna and Ashley (a movie star), with clips of their late mom. Read more…
1) “Next to Normal,” 9-11:30 p.m., PBS. A four-Friday Broadway series starts with a stunning musical — a roller-coaster through grief and a fractured mind. Some viewers will consider this too painful; more will find it deeply moving. In its original version (shown here), it won a Pulitzer Prize for drama and Tonys for its music. Now cameras can add the subtlety behind quaking emotions. Read more…
1) “Elsbeth” season-finale, 9 p.m., CBS. It’s a real stretch to plunk Elsbeth into prison, alongside eight people she helped convict. But it’s worth it, to see them again. Several are good singers (Gina Gershon, Retta, Alyssa Milano (shown here), Elizabeth Lail), so there’s even a dream scene of a song from “Chicago.” And there’s a clever, in-prison murder mystery. Read more…
