Two non-singers, Brittany Snow and Erin Andrews, host The 2015 CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8 p.m.) live from Nashville. Performers include Carrie Underwood, above, who is nominated for the most awards up for female vocalist of the year, as well as Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Lady Antebellum, Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker and Reba McEntire. It all sounds pretty traditional, though Katy Perry will duet with Kacey Musgraves for a performance. And while the whole event may have a down home feel, they have their own red carpet show at 7.
On the new reality series “Player Gets Played” (Oxygen, 9:30 p.m.), women who suspect their partners are cheating get to meet their rivals and plan revenge on the guy together.
Rebecca Romijn hosts the second season of “Skin Wars” (GSN, 9 p.m.), a competition for body painters.
Kevin Hart guest stars on the seventh season opener of the improvisational battle “Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out” (MTV, 11 p.m.).
Cooks prepare crabs on “MasterChef” (Fox, 8 p.m.). The only new programming on broadcast TV is unreality, with “The Briefcase” (CBS, 8 p.m.), “Bullseye” (Fox, 9 p.m.) and “Celebrity Wife Swap” (ABC, 10 p.m.) where caustic reality personality Tami Roman switches with Olympic volleyball champ Kerri Walsh-Jennings.
“Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) marks last Saturday’s 71th anniversary of D-Day with a replay of a show that looked at relics left on the sea floor of Normandy, France, during the invasion.
An underground abortion clinic is discovered on “Ripper Street” (BBC America, 10 p.m.).
The month long Wednesday night spotlight on pin-up girls on Turner Classic Movies continues with Esther Williams in “Bathing Beauty” (8 p.m.), Dorothy Lamour in “Road to Singapore” (10 p.m.), Marie McDonald in “Getting Gertie’s Garter” (11:45 p.m.), Jane Russell in “The Outlaw” (1:15 a.m.), Ann Sheridan in “Torrid Zone” (3:30 a.m.) and Hedy Lamarr in “White Cargo” (5:15 a.m.).
Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals of Tampa Bay at Chicago (NBC Sports, 8 p.m.).
Baseball includes Miami at Toronto (MLB, 12:30 p.m.) and Boston at Baltimore (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Ali Wentworth. The View: Sam Waterston, Lisa Lillien. The Talk: Bryce Dallas Howard, Jaymes Vaughan, Marcel Vigneron, Irika Sargent. Ellen DeGeneres: Sofia Vergara, Melissa McCarthy, Lena Dunham, Kristen Wiig, Wanda Sykes, Chelsea Handler, Kym Douglas. Wendy Williams: Chanel Iman. Meredith Vieira: Elizabeth Hurley, James Denton (rerun). Queen Latifah: Mike Epps, Jaleel White, Nadia G (rerun).
Late Talk
Jimmy Fallon: Whoopi Goldberg, Christian Slater, Of Monsters and Men. Jimmy Kimmel: Kit Harington, Chris Gethard, Dwight Yoakam. Seth Meyers: Hugh Dancy, Kacey Musgraves, Jon Theodore. James Corden: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson. Carson Daly: Chris D’Elia, Natalie Prass, Janet Montgomery (rerun). Tavis Smiley: Matthieu Ricard, Charles Lloyd. Jon Stewart: Colin Quinn. Conan O’Brien: Zella Day.