1) “Schitt’s Creek,” 11 a.m. ro midnight, Pop. Here’s the show that lifted Pop out of obscurity (briefly). Created by Dan Levy and his father Eugene (who’s shown here with Catherine O’Hara), it had lots of quiet character humor. In its sixth and final season, it dominated the Emmys; then Pop sagged. Now here are the first two “Creek” seasons; the second two are on Sunday, the final ones Monday. Read more…
1) “An Evening With Nicole Scherzinger,” 9 p.m., PBS. Amid the glamour of Royal Albert Hall, Scherzinger (shown here at a previous event) has poor stage patter, but awesome vocals. She glides from Broadway to rock, re-visiting hers past in theater (“Sunset Boulevard”) and with the Pussycat Dolls, convincingly asking: “Don’t Cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me?” Read more…
1) Stephen Colbert farewell, 11:35 p.m., CBS. A great CBS tradition — late-night wit, with 22 years of David Letterman and 11 of Colbert (shown here) — skids to an end. CBS says the show was losing money; others say the change was made to appease Donald Trump. Either way, a once-great network is diminished … but not until it has a big-deal farewell. Read more…
1) “Survivor” finale, 8-11 p.m., CBS. This 50th edition has been a bit one, with a doubled prize (now $2 million prize) and this live, three-hour finale. Fresh from finishing fourth in the previous edition, Rizo Velovic, 25, is again in the final five (shown here). He’s joined by Jonathan Young, 32; Tiffany Ervin, 34; Aubry Bracco, 39 and Joe Hunter, 45. Read more…
1) “Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart,” 8-10 p.m., CBS. At 81, Sir Roderick Stewart (shown here) is still going strong. He’s sold 120 million records, including three No. 1’s — “Maggie May,” “Tonight’s the Night” and –48 years ago — “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy.” Here he is in concert, in Miami. Read more…
1) “FBI” season-finale, 8 p.m., CBS. A bio-weapon has been stolen from an unwitting defector. Now the FBI must link with an old foe, rushing (shown here) to prevent an outbreak in New York City. Read more…
1) “Family Guy” and “Bob’s Burgers” season-finales, 8 and 9:30 p.m., Fox. For “Guy,” it’s a comic version of epic events — the French Revolution (shown here), Civil War and World War II. And for “Burgers” (which also has an 8:30 episode), the crisis is closer to home: Dead fish are washing ashore, just as the town prepares for a festival. Bob must save the day. Read more…
1) “Saturday Night Live” season-finale, 11:29 p.m.,, NBC. The 51st season ends big, with two familiar guys. Will Ferrell was a regular for seven seasons, many of them as the show’s main star (shown here). Here’s his sixth turn as host, with Paul McCartney’s sixth as music guest. Both men have also popped into “SNL” specials, including the 50th-anniversary one. Read more…
1) “Top Hat,” 9 p.m., PBS. The silly plot stretches a mistaken identity to the breaking point; still, the show redeems itself with superb song and dance. Based on a 1935 movie (with extra Irving Berlin songs added), this has gifted stars Phillip Attmore (shown here) and Amara Okereke doing “Cheek to Cheek,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” and more. Read more…
1) “Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear” opener, 9 p.m., Fox. We thought the first two versions of “Fear Factor” were creepy enough. But this two-week show adds more: People face challenges while going 48 hours without sleep. Contestants (shown here)P are a yacht captain, a firefighter captain, a lawyer, a dental hygienist and people who work in marketing and health care. Read more…
