It’s the biggest televised cultural event in (most of) the world. The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest (Peacock, 3 p.m.) runs live from Basel, Switzerland with more fussy performances involving pyrotechnics than you would think possible. Twenty-six countries will be represented in today’s finals; eleven have already been eliminated in this week’s semi-finals. Russia has been banned from competition since invading Ukraine; Israel is still included, despite protests, and is in the finals, alongside Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Greece, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Armenia, Ukraine, Sweden, San Marino, Portugal, Poland, Norway, Netherlands, Iceland, Estonia and Albania.
They got Colin Jost’s wife to host the 50th season finale of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.), even though it will be Scarlett Johansson’s seventh time taking that duty. Bad Bunny is musical guest for the third time. The rerun at 10 is last week’s show with Walton Goggins and Arcade Fire.
“The Brutalist” (HBO, 8 p.m.) which won the best actor Oscar for Adam Brody, best original score and best cinematography, makes its premium cable debut. Plan accordingly — it runs until nearly 11:30 p.m.
Also making its premium cable debut tonight, “The Return” (Showtime, 8 p.m.), the adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” from director Uberto Pasolini, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
A couple of streaming series began this week that I neglected to previously mention: “Duster” (Max, streaming) reunites Josh Holloway with ”Lost” creator J.J. Abrams in a car-centered action drama set in 1972 and also starring Rachel Hilson, Keith David and Greg Grunberg. The futuristic “Murderbot” (Apple TV+, streaming) stars Alexander Skarsgård as a security robot who goes rogue and gets his own free will. The sci-fi comedy is based on the series of novels by Martha Wells, who is consulting producer.
Oh how we loved to say her nickname, over and over, even as the brash child standout from the old “Toddlers & Tiaras” grew into an ungainly child mostly because of an even more troubling and trouble-prone relationship with her mother (who became featured in her own reality series). Nineteen now, Alana Thompson tells her story, narrating a Lifetime bio pic, “I Was Honey Boo Boo” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) sure to focus on the lurid aspects of the Georgia family. Vale Cooper stars as young Honey Boo Boo; Isabelle Ayres is older Alana. Chelsea Larkin plays Mama June and Neil Chinneck is Sugar Bear.
It’s no Kentucky Derby, but here’s the second act of horse racing’s triple crown, the 150th Preakness Stakes (NBC, 4 p.m.), from Pimlico in Baltimore. The Derby winner, Sovereignty, isn’t in the running. Actual post time is 7:01 p.m.
Another murder is examined on a new “48 Hours” (CBS, 10 p.m.), which is preceded by a rerun.
“Freddie Mercury: The Final Act” (CW, 8 p.m.) is a biography of the late lead singer of Queen.
A daughter traveling with her widowed mother and a son traveling with his widower father meet on a cruise and try to set their parents up. Instead, they fall in love themselves in the made-for-TV romance “Love on the Danube: Love Song” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.).
“Love & Marriage: Detroit” (OWN, 8 p.m.) continues its reunion episodes.
There are a couple of massage dates on “Somebody’s Son” (OWN, 9 p.m.).
“Say Yes to the Dress” (TLC, 8 p.m.) looks back at some brides’ boldest choices.
Director John Carpenter picks the titles tonight on Turner Classic Movies and sticks strictly with the Mary Shelly character, with the 1931 “Frankenstein” (8 p.m.) and the 1957 Peter Cushing “The Curse of Frankenstein” (10 p.m.). Meanwhile, Svengoolie has “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (MeTV, 8 p.m.).
TCM’s 12 o’clock noir is “Touchez pas au grisbi” also known as “Don’t Touch the Loot” (midnight), followed by “Guns Don’t Argue” (2 a.m.) and the documentary “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity” (4 a.m.). The midday musical is “Finian’s Rainbow” (noon).
Baseball includes Washington at Baltimore (Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.), Atlanta at Boston (Fox, 8 p.m.) and Angels at Dodgers (MLB, 9 p.m.).
Stanley Cup Playoffs have Winnipeg at Dallas (ABC, 8 p.m.) in Game 6 of the second round.
First weekend action for the WNBA has Las Vegas at New York (ABC, 1 p.m.) and Chicago at Indiana (ABC, 3:30 p.m.).
The PGA Championship (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.) has third round play.
Pavement plays an old “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).