Widely overlooked in its first run last summer “Power” (Starz, 9 p.m.) was a decent drama that was all but eclipsed by another all African American series, “Empire.” Producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will take a greater role in season two, which will still largely focus on Omari Hardwick’s character trying to shake his shady drug-dealing past even as he moves forward as a legit nightclub owner. That his mistress is a Fed won’t help. A story I wrote about the new season and creator Courtney Kemp Agboh can be found here.
Isabela Moner, Jaheem Toombs and Christian Powers play three best friends determined to make the most out of their middle school years in the new series “100 Things to Do Before High School” (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.). First up is facing their fears, from giant-sized basketball players, a cute guy and questionable school lunches. The cute and kind of goofy little series is from Scott Fellows, who was behind “Big Time Rush” and the similar “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.”
“Life Story” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) is a six-part series on the life cycle of animals. Part one begins with birth and then the second hour, at 10, goes to adolescence. You get the idea. Meerkats, barnacle geese, humpback whales, Arctic foxes, tiger cubs and a veined octopus are all covered.
It will only take a few minutes to find out if we have our first Triple Crown winner in 37 years after American Pharaoh runs the Belmont Stakes (4:30 p.m.). That’s when coverage starts; the race itself is closer to 6:50 p.m.
It’s Hockey Night in the U.S.A. with Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final of Chicago at Tampa Bay (NBC, 7 p.m.) getting another prime time slot.
Things are more complicated than ever on “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 9 p.m.), where Helena and Gracie are working with the Hendrixes.
New to premium cable is Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr. in “The Judge” (HBO, 8 p.m.). Also: “I, Origins” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) with Michael Pitt and Brit Marling.
Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Chris Pratt, John Bishop and Florence + the Machine are on “The Graham Norton Show” (BBC America, 10 p.m.).
It’s all about Rudyard Kipling on Turner Classic Movies, with the great adaptation of “The Man Who Would Be King” (8 p.m.) followed by the 1942 (non-animated) “The Jungle Book” (10:30 p.m.) and “Soldiers Three” (12:30 a.m.). Kipling was not involved in the later martial arts movies, “Miami Connection” (TCM, 2:15 a.m.) and “Black Belt Jones” (TCM, 3:45 a.m.).
This is odd: “Jurassic Park” (Bravo, USA, 8 p.m.) is on two different networks at the same time. Also on tonight: “I Am Legend” (AMC, 8 and 10 p.m.), “Con Air” (CMB, 8 p.m.), “Are We There Yet?” (Encore, 8 p.m.) followed by “Are We Done Yet?” (Encore, 9:35 p.m.) and “The Help” (TNT, 8 p.m.).
Baseball today includes Texas at Kansas City (Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.) and Angels at Yankees (Fox, 7 p.m.).
It’s Serena Williams vs. Lucie Safarova in the women’s final of the French Open (NBC, 9 a.m.).
The FIFA Women’s World Cup begins with Canada vs. China (Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.) and New Zealand vs. Netherlands (Fox Sports 2, 9 p.m.).
And they’re doing Moto X and BMX competitions in Austin at the X Games (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
Esperanza Spalding plays on a 2013 episode of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
The Chris Pratt-hosted “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with Ariana Grande is rerun.