Witness country music get diluted tonight at the 2016 CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8 p.m.) at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, where Pitbull performs with Leona Lewis and Cassadee Pope; Dierks Bentley teams with Elle King (pictured above); Cam shares the stage with Fifth Harmony and Billy Ray Cyrus aligns with Cheap Trick, maybe for a mashup titled “Achy Breaky Surrender.”
Your other country stars will be there too including Carrie Underwood,Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean. And awards! There will be awards. Erin Andrews and J.J. Watt host.
“The Americans” (FX, 10 p.m.) reaches its fourth season finale, with Philip and Elizabeth trying to beat the FBI to a mysterious package, and Paige wondering whether to go into the family business.
Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs, with Golden State at Cleveland (ABC, 9 p.m.) is formidable prime time fare.
It comes with an accompanying “Ghostbusters” themed “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night” (ABC, 8 p.m.) with guests Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones and a “NBA Countdown” (ABC: 830 p.m.) pregame show.
It took the death of the champ to bring back, for one night, the rare, 1977 Saturday morning cartoon series “I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali” (El Rey, 10 p.m.), in which Ali provided his own voice.
Summertime means the only scripted broadcast shows with new episodes are “Wayward Pines” (Fox, 9 p.m.) and “The Night Shift” (NBC, 10 p.m.).
The premiere of “MasterChef” (Fox, 8 p.m.) is continuing from last week. After all, they do have 40 candidates.
And there’s fake sports of “American Ninja Warrior” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
The returning series “I Am Jazz” (TLC, 10 p.m.) is not about music; it’s about the life and times of a transgender teen named Jazz Jennings.
Also back for its fifth season is “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” (Fuse, 11 p.m.) and elsewhere, “My Big Fat Fabulous Life” (TLC, 9 p.m.).
Hank returns to the hospital for his first shift in years on the 100th episode of “Royal Pains” (USA, 10 p.m.), currently in its final season.
Koen tests his newfound powers on the second episode of “Cleverman” (Sundance, 10 p.m.).
Josh travels to Hawaii and a hurricane hits on “Young & Hungry” (Freeform, 8 p.m.).
Ben’s a sperm donor on “Baby Daddy” (Freeform, 8:30 p.m.).
There goes “There Goes the Motherhood” (Bravo, 10 p.m.) with its first season finale.
“The Real Housewives of New York City” (Bravo, 9 p.m.) are still bickering in the Berkshires.
More notable plays turned into major films are on Turner Classic Movies with “A Streetcar Named Desire” (8 p.m.), “Miss Julie” (10:15 p.m.), “A Doll’s House” (midnight), “Equus” (2 a.m.) and “Picnic” (4:30 a.m.).
Baseball has Cubs at Philadelphia (MLB, 1 p.m.) and Angels at Yankees (MLB, 7 p.m.).
In soccer’s Copa America tournament, it’s Brazil vs. Haiti (Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.) and Ecuador vs. Peru (Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.).
It’s Auburn vs. Oklahoma (ESPN, 7 p.m.) in the deciding Game 3 of softball’s Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.
Daytime Talk
Kelly Ripa: Ethan Hawke, Marc Anthony, Dan + Shay, Joel McHale. The View: Lionel Richie. The Talk: Tim Tebow, Caitriona Balfe, Samantha Harris. Ellen DeGeneres: Khloe Kardashian. Wendy Williams: Marc Anthony. Meredith Vieira: Stephan James, Carice van Houten (rerun).
Late Talk
Stephen Colbert: Laura Linney, John Leguizamo, Gary Clark Jr., Paula Robison. Jimmy Kimmel: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Post Malone. Jimmy Fallon: Mark Buffalo, Paula Patton, the Lucas Brothers. Seth Meyers: James Corden, Riley Keogh, Frank Rich, Jon Theodore. James Corden: Ben Schwartz, Linda Cardellini, Tegan and Sara. Carson Daly: Garfunkel & Oates, Zalla Day, Mercedes Mason (rerun). Tavis Smiley: Dov Charney. Conan O’Brien: Megan Fox, Marc Maron, the Temper Trap.