1) “Walking With Dinosaurs,” 8-10 p.m. today, Tuesday and Wednesday, PBS. Fact and fiction blend neatly, in a lush production. We see scientists finding bones … then get stories imagining those creatures. Special-effects and animatronics link with great filming (shown here). Rebooting a 1999 series, this starts with a baby triceratops and a 13-foot-high tyrannosaurus. Read more…
1) Football, 8 p.m. ET, ABC. There’s one more game … followed by a couple football-free months. This one wraps the second year of the United Football League. The Michigan Panthers (shown here) and D.C. Defenders had 6-4 records during the regular season, then upset the division leaders in the semi-finals. Now they collide for the championship. Read more…
1) “Resident Alien,” 11 p.m., USA and Syfy. Last week, our alien found double trouble: A shapeshifter (shown here) was disguising as Harry (his Earthly persona) … and captors had stolen his alien powers, making him a mere human. Now he’s desperate — as is the mayor … and the half-alien Joseph … and the deputy and many others. It’s a wild and funny hour. Read more…
1) “Revival” debut, 10 p.m., Syfy and USA. Elsewhere, evil zombies roam afar. Here, a few benign (mostly) ones are confined to Wausau, Wis. The opener starts adequately and gets better as we get to know Dana (a cop), her dad (the police chief), her son and her sister. The result is sometimes involving (albeit nasty, shown here) or funny, with a great closing line. Read more…
1) “Sherlock & Daughter” season-finale, 9 p.m., CW. Holmes was skeptical about the American who says he’s her father. (They’re shown here.) But now they’ve linked to unmask the syndicate that kidnapped Watson. The final confrontation is at a debutante ball, where, CW says, shots are fired and hearts are betrayed. Read more…
Lots of folks might think they have (or are) bad parents. They might be right.
But anything they do pales compared to the animal world. “Underdogs” — a quirky delight Sundays on the National Geographic Channel (with one hour on ABC and everything on Disney+ and Hulu) — offers:
— A goose that hatches its four eggs on an 800-foot cliff, (shown here), then has no plan for how its offspring will get down.
— A koala whose idea of good baby food is … well, poop.
— Lemurs, who overdo the notion of “it takes a village.” A baby is passed through a dizzying succession of aunts, uncles and, maybe, strangers. Read more…
1) “The 1% Club” season-opener, 8 p.m., Fox. One of TV’s best games is back, in some ways better than ever. Patton Oswalt was an excellent host the first year; Joel McHale (shown here) is even better, bantering with the sometimes-quirky contestants. This opener’s answers can be devilish; at times, it’s even hard to understand the question. Still, this is great fun. Read more…
There are many splendid things about Wausau, Wisconsin.
It’s had baseball teams, football stars (including the only Crazylegs and the only double-zero) and a 150-year-old insurance company. But it has not, to my knowledge, had zombies.
Until now.
“Revival” (shown here) — debuting at 10 p.m. Thursday (June 12) on Syfy and USA — offers a fresh take on the living dead. Other shows have great hordes of unpleasant ones, sweeping (well, shuffling) across the land. This one has a modest number of mostly benign ones, confined to the greater Wausau area. Read more…
1) BET Awards, 8 p.m., BET, CMT, VH1. Kevin Hart hosts, with “ultimate icon” awards for Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey (shown here), Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg. The latter three will perform, as will Lil Wayne, Teyana Taylor, GloRilla, Playboi Carti and Leon Thomas. There are awards for music (Kendrick Lamar has 10 nominations), movies and sports. Read more…
1) Tony Awards, 8 p.m. ET, CBS. “Hamilton” (shown here) reached Broadway in August of 2015, scoring instantly. Ten months later, it won 11 Tonys and the Tonycast ratings jumped 35 percent. Now the original cast returns for a 10th-year performance. There will also be numbers from music from the nominated musicals (including ones with Audra McDonald and Nicole Scherzinger) and, presumably, host Cynthia Erivo. Read more…
Best-bets for June 20: Janis and Jaws, Minecraft and more 
Best-bets for June 19: new episodes of mystery, drama, cartoons 
Best-bets for June 18: comedies (really) and romance 
