ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET
Game 2 of this year’s NBA Finals, between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs, will be played at the same stadium as Game 1, in San Antonio. That turned out to be a measurable factor in Game 1, as the total breakdown of the air conditioning system led to sweltering conditions in which the Heat, ironically, wilted the most. LeBron James left the game with intolerable cramps, and the Spurs won. The question tonight is, will the A.C. be fixed? And, if you’re the hosting team, why?
CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
With Neil Patrick Harris starring on Broadway this season, Hugh Jackman is back as host of this year’s Tony Awards. Expect an entertaining program, with tastes of both Harris’ Hedwig and the Angry Inch revival and the revival of Alan Cumming in Cabaret. And expect, also, a Jackman shout-out to Harris, because Harris did the same to Jackman when Harris was host.
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
SERIES FINALE: The universe ends tonight! The universe ends tonight! Well, this reboot of Cosmos does, anyway. And it’s worth saluting, not only as a singularly smart prime-time TV offering for Fox, but as part of a very unusual double-dip triumph by one of its executive producers, Seth MacFarlane, who also, right now, is both star and writer-director of the movie A Million Days to Die in the West. Neil DeGrasse Tyson hosts, taking us on a universal ride for one last lap.
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
In tonight’s episode, Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) and the Night’s Watch face the Wilding army in an episode called “The Watchers on the Wall.” Depending upon the scope of this battle, it could end up being the biggest cult Wall since Pink Floyd.
HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: Two episodes are shown tonight to end the latest season, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s character getting serious – and sporting a serious new haircut – in her latest quest for office.
Univision, 10:00 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: Now here’s something really interesting. It’s a Spanish-language version of Breaking Bad, a reimagining of the original with an all-new cast but with a marked amount of fidelity to the spirit of the original. Metastatis is being produced with the speed of a telenovela, which means the show’s meth-making protagonist will go from cancer diagnosis to final standoff in about three months of TV time. Instead of Walter White, he’s called Walter Blanco, and is played by Diego Trujillo. Tonight’s premiere is simulcast on Univision, Unimas and Galavision, after which the series begins running weeknights on Unimas. Televisión, perra!