Weekend TV watch
Broadway comes to you as the casts of “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Falsettos,” “Hello, Dolly!” and many more perform on The 71st annual Tony
Awards (Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBS). Orlando Bloom, Glenn Close, Sally Field, Tina Fey and Taraji P. Henson are among those scheduled to appear. “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey hosts.
Talk about dream casting: Steve Buscemi (“Boardwalk Empire”) and Joe Pantoliano (“The Sopranos”) guest star in a new “SpongeBob
SquarePants” (tomorrow at 10 a.m. on Nickelodeon), as SpongeBob accidentally lends a hand to an escaped con.
Courtney Love stars in Lifetime’s latest true-life crime film “Menendez: Blood
Brothers” (Sunday at 8 p.m.). Spoiler alert: The film buys into the sons’ allegations that their father (played here by “American Crime’s” Benito Martinez) sexually abused them until they could take it no more and just had to gun down both their parents.
Niecy Nash returns to series TV with TNT’s “Claws” (Sunday at 9 p.m.), a dramedy about a nail salon with Judy Reyes (“Scrubs”) and Carrie Preston (“The Good Wife”) in the mix. No matter what life throws at them, these women stick together.
WWE superstar and hometown hero John Cena welcomes back another mob of misfits competing on the new season of “American
Grit” (Sunday at 9 p.m. on Fox). Among the players vying for the $250,000 prize is Newburyport housewife Hannah, 23, who hopes to change her personal motto: “When the going gets tough, I quit.” Sounds like something Homer Simpson would say.