Ashley Mcbride, Kane Brown and Sarah Hyland host The 2020 CMT Music Awards (CMT, MTV, 8 p.m.), which features performances from Shania Twain, Sam Hunt, Maren Morris, Luke Bryan, Halsey with Kelsea Ballerini and Little Big Town, among others. 

“American Ninja Warrior” (NBC, 9 p.m.) continues its semifinals in a new time slot. Also in a new slot: “The Wall” (NBC, 8 p.m.).

Christmas and Nicole, both up for eviction, fight for the season’s most powerful veto on “Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.). 

Braunwyn reveals a secret on “The Real Housewives of Orange County” (Bravo, 9 p.m.). 

The “Coroner” (CW, 9 p.m.) investigates the death of a lab technician. 

The mating rituals of pandas is followed in the Qinling Mountains on “Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings). 

“The Amazing Race” (CBS, 9 p.m.) is already zipping from Trinidad and Tobago to Colombia. 

“Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) reports on a NASA plan to grab a piece of an asteroid and bring it back to Earth. 

“Brother vs. Brother” (HGTV, 8 p.m.) has a look-behind-the-scenes episode.

In the middle of fall, let’s look at the splendors of spring in “American Wild Seasons” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.). 

“The Age of Nature” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) explains a new understanding of nature that could help restore the environment. 

“Gold Rush” (Discovery, 9:16 p.m.) offers a sneak preview of its 12th season that begins Friday. 

Preston surprises Danni with dinner and flowers on “Sistas” (BET, 9 p.m.). 

“Kim Kardashian West’s Birthday Celebration” (E!, 8 p.m.) leads into celebrating her 40th on “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” (E!, 10 p.m.). 

A supposed Irish heiress may be “The Con” (ABC, 10 p.m.). 

“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS, 10:30 p.m.) will be all worked up over the the election. 

The edgy writers of 90 years ago, who populate a new book “Scoundrels & Spitballers: Writers and Hollywood in the 1930s” are featured tonight on Turner Classic Movies with “Hard to Handle” (8 p.m.), “The Beast of the City” (9:30 p.m.), “They Live By Night” (11:15 p.m.) and “One Way Passage” (1 a.m.), followed by two films starring Stewart Granger, “The Prisoner of Zenda” (2:30 a.m.) and “Green Fire” (4:15 a.m.). 

The day begins with a couple of Women in Film examples from last night, with “Araya” (6:30 a.m.), “Children of a Lesser God” (8:15 a.m.), and then the doctor is in with “Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day” (10:30 a.m.), “Young Dr. Kildare” (12:15 p.m.), “Calling Dr. Kildare” (1:45 p.m.), “The Secret of Dr. Kildare” (3:30 p.m.), “Dr. Kildare Comes Home” (5 p.m.) and “Dr. Kildare’s Crisis” (6:30 p.m.).

Daytime Talk

Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest: Eddie Redmayne, Monica Margin. The View: Dr. Jill Biden, Natalie Portman. The Talk: Sara Gilbert. Ellen DeGeneres: Sarah Hyland, Chasten Buttigieg. Drew Barrymore: Glennon Doyle, Michelle Buteau, Christian Sirano. Kelly Clarkson: Matthew McConaughey, Lauren Ash, Jonny Cota, Lawrence Zarian, Delta Goodrem. Tamron Hall: Brandy, Ray J. Wendy Williams: Marlon Wayans. The Real: Eris Baker. 

Late Talk

Stephen Colbert: Bruce Springsteen, Eva Longoria. Jimmy Kimmel: Tracee Ellis Ross, Eric Andre, Tate McRae. Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie, Lily James, Black Thought with Portugal the Man and the Last Artful Dodgr. Seth Meyers: Sen. Cory Booker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. James Corden: Bill Gates, the Head and the Heart. Lilly Singh: Susan Kelechi Watson, Tig Noraro (rerun). Conan O’Brien: Michelle Obama (rerun).