Today’s the day when another talk show host, Seth Meyers, subsumes into his superhero character for a third season of animated series “The Awesomes” (Hulu, streaming) which employs the voices a lot of his other friends and comedians, from Steve Higgins (the “Tonight” show announcer) to Bill Hader, who works with Meyers on his other show, “Documentary Now!”
“The Civil War” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) which tonight covers Shiloh Antieim and emancipation Proclamation, is also a week long ad for their upcoming scripted series “Mercy Street.”
A different kind of historical filmmaking comes on “Drunk History” (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.), where the stories are centered in Florida.
Muhammad Ali is the latest to have his story told “In Their Own Words” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings). And he has a lot of words to use. L.L. Cool J, Sugar Ray Leonard and Jim Brown add their thoughts as well.
Half of the Top 24 perform on “America’s Got Talent” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
The Country Barn Motel is a little too country on “Hotel Impossible” (Travel, 9 p.m.).
For the two hour season premiere of “Cake Boss” (TLC, 8 p.m.), the shop makes an Oscar cake for Common and John Legend.
Male models turn into female Shakespearean characters on “Face Off” (Syfy, 9 p.m.).
Players on “Hollywood Game Night” (NBC, 10 p.m.) include Cedric the Entertainer, Kevin nealon, Niecy Nash, Mel B., Pete Wentz and Ming-Na Wen.
A “Hunger Games” themed party seems like a bad idea for an adult man on “My Fab 40th” (Bravo, 10 p.m.).
“Zoo” (CBS, 9 p.m.) stretches to two hours.
There’s a whole lot of New Hampshire tonight with three episodes of “Live Free or Die” (National Geographic Channel, 8, 9 and 10 p.m.).
“True Life” (MTV, 10 p.m.) looks at extreme dieting.
Trey Songz is tricked on “Punk’d” (BET, 10:30 p.m.).
“Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” (Fox, 8 p.m.) ends its season. Presumably because the fifth graders have to go back to school.
It’s almost that time of year again, with the first of the memorial specials, “9/11: The Lost Hero” (Destination America, 9 p.m.).
The month-long Tuesday night “Five Came Back” series, featuring World War II era directors and their work focuses on John Houston with the 1942 Humphrey Bogart feature “Across the Pacific” (8 p.m.) leading into the shorts “Report from Aleutians” (9:45 p.m.), “San Pietro” (10:45 p.m.) and “Let There Be Light” (11:30 p.m.). Between them are the Private Snafu cartoons “In the Aleutians” (10:40 p.m.), “The Infantry Blues” (11:25 p.m.) and “The Goldbrick” (12:40 a.m.). The evening ends with three more Huston features, “The Red Badge of Courage” (12:45 a.m.), “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (2 a.m.) and “The Man Who Would Be King” (4:15 a.m.).
Serena and Vanessa Williams are pitted against one another in what will certainly be the highlight of the quarterfinals of The U.S. Open (ESPN, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.), if not the whole event.
Baseball includes Cubs at Cardinals (MLB, 8 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Tyra Banks, Hank Azaria. The Talk: Viola Davis, Marcela Valladolid (rerun). Ellen DeGeneres: Caitlyn Jenner. Wendy Williams: Dr. Phil McGraw, Vivica A. Fox (rerun). Meredith Vieira: Steve Harvey, Lance Bass.
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: George Clooney, Jeb Bush. Jimmy Kimmel: Emily Blunt, Spencer Stone, Rita Ora with Chris Brown. Jimmy Fallon: Richard Gere, Jessica Simpson, Keith Urban. Seth Meyers: Tina Fry, Nick Jonas, Abe Laboriel Jr. James Corden: Bradley Cooper, Andrew Garfield, Jake McDorman, Wiz Khalifa with Fall Out Boy. Carson Daly: Kim Dickens, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Lesly Headland. Tavis Smiley: Salman Rushdie. Conan O’Brien: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth (rerun).