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What’s on TV this week: Billboard Music Awards, 'Masked Singer' and 'Law & Order' season finales and more

Sunday

“2022 Billboard Music Awards” (NBC, Peacock, 8 p.m. ET): Sean "Diddy" Combs hosts and Mary J. Blige collects a career achievement award at the annual shindig.

“Lucy Worsley Investigates” (PBS, 8 p.m.): What fate befell “The Princes in the Tower”? That is the question in the premiere of the British historian's new series.

“The Time Traveler’s Wife” (HBO, 9 p.m.): She can’t tell if he’s coming or going in this new fantasy drama based on Audrey Niffenegger's bestseller. “Game of Thrones’” Rose Leslie stars.

Monday

“Celebrity IOU” (HGTV, 9 p.m.): Lisa Kudrow does a good turn for a — ahem — friend in this new episode.

“Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m.): Teens on a Navajo reservation share their hopes and dreams in the 2021 documentary “Scenes From the Glittering World.”

“Unfaithful: Caught in the Act” (VH1, 10 p.m.): Cheaters never prosper in this new reality series. 10 p.m. VH1

Tuesday

“Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song” (PBS, 9 p.m.): They’re partying all night long in honor of the Grammy winner in this special.

“Supermarket Stakeout” (Food Network, 10 p.m.): The culinary competition returns for Season 2.

Wednesday

“Love on the Spectrum U.S.” (Netflix): Young adults with autism seek love, American-style, in this new spinoff of the Australian reality series.

“Lovestruck High” (Prime Video): Sexy British singles also seek love, American-style, in this new dating show. Lindsay Lohan narrates.

“The Masked Singer” (Fox, 8 p.m.): The winning celeb is revealed in the series' season finale.

“So You Think You Can Dance” (Fox, 9 p.m.): JoJo Siwa and “Glee’s” Matthew Morrison join the judges table in the season premiere.

“Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m.): A new episode investigates the maritime mishap that shut down the Suez Canal for six days in March 2021.

“Buy It or Build It” (HGTV, 9 p.m.): Those are the two options presented to prospective homeowners in this new series.

“Colombia — Wild and Free” (PBS, 10 p.m.): The country’s flora and fauna are on full display in this two-part series.

“The Deep End” (Freeform, 10 p.m.): Spiritual seekers find themselves in over their heads in this new docuseries.

Thursday

“Angelyne” (Peacock): Emmy Rossum portrays the pink Corvette-driving L.A. icon famous for her shameless pursuit of fame in this new limited series.

“The G Word With Adam Conover” (Netflix): The host of “Adam Ruins Everything” sets his sights on the inner workings of the U.S. government in this new series.

“The Ipcress File” (AMC+, Sundance Now): Len Deighton’s intrepid British spy Harry Palmer returns in this 1960s-set espionage drama. Joe Cole ("Peaky Blinders") stars.

“Kingdom Business” (BET+): Gospel music's Yolanda Adams plays a legendary singer and megachurch matriarch in this new limited series.

“Legendary” (HBO Max): Ballroom culture is back in vogue in a new cycle of the reality competition. Judges include Jameela Jamil and Keke Palmer.

“A Perfect Pairing” (Netflix): A wine company exec (Victoria Justice) hooks up with a hunky Aussie ranch hand in this 2022 rom-com.

“Daughter of Shanghai” (TCM, 5 p.m.): A salute to Anna May Wong continues and includes this 1937 revenge thriller.

“Law & Order” (NBC, 8 p.m.): The reboot of the franchise mothership ends its season.

“Interrogation Raw” (A&E, 10 p.m.): See cops putting the screws to criminal suspects in this new docuseries.

Friday

“Dual” (AMC+): There can be only one in this clone-tastic 2022 sci-fi fable starring Karen Gillan and Karen Gillan.

“The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks” (Prime Video): Mike Myers, Fred Armisen, et al., sing the praises of the Canadian comedy troupe in this two-part documentary.

“Night Sky” (Prime Video): An old married couple (Sissy Spacek, J.K. Simmons) find a portal to a planet far, far away in this new sci-fi drama.

“Now & Then” (Apple TV+): They may be through with the past, but the past isn’t through with them in this new decades-spanning mystery drama. With Rosie Perez.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (Paramount+): Tuck in for a seventh season of the queen-size competition.

“The Valet” (Hulu): Baby, he can park your car, in this Hollywood-set 2022 comedy starring Eugenio Derbez.

“George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO, HBO Max, 8 p.m.; concludes Saturday): Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, et al., sing the praises of the comedy legend in this two-part documentary.

“Great Performances” (PBS, 9 p.m.): “The Merry Wives of Windsor” are movin’ on up to Harlem in a reimagining of Shakespeare’s comedy.

“The New York Times Presents” (FX, 10 p.m.): Questions are raised about the safety of Tesla’s self-driving technology in the season premiere.

Saturday

“Romance to the Rescue” (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.): A rambunctious shelter dog brings two lonely people together in this TV movie.

“Disappearance in Yellowstone” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A woman’s teen daughter vanishes from the national park in this TV movie.

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(Los Angeles Times listings editor Matt Cooper compiled this column.)

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