TV HIGHLIGHTS

2018 American Music Awards, 8 PM on Ch. 22 and Ch. 9: Cardi B and Drake lead this year’s field of nominees, with eight nods apiece, in this year’s live ceremonies, hosted for the second time by “blackish” star Tracee Ellis Ross from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Drake vies for artist of the year honors with Imagine Dragons, Post Malone, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift; Cardi B’s rivals as new artist of the year are Camila Cabello, Khalid, Dua Lipa and XXXTENTACION. The program also includes a tribute to the late Aretha Franklin.

Black Lightning, 9 PM on Ch. 26: A superhero never lets down his guard, and Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) knows that just because his family survived Tobias’ (Marvin Jones III) attack at the end of last season doesn’t mean they’re home free as Season 2 premieres with “The Book of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies.” Jefferson has to go to Napier Frank (guest star Robert Townsend) for support when the board of Garfield High School considers shutting down the school.

Carter, 10 PM on WGN-A: Season 1 of this breezy Canadian import comes to a close in the finale “The Ring,” wherein a new clue surfaces in the mystery of Harley’s (Jerry O’Connell) mother’s death, just as the producer of his American TV show “Call Carter” arrives in Bishop. Perhaps Harley will be able to find closure at last, but there’s a deeper mystery to solve as well: Will this show be back? Its northern production company still hasn’t officially greenlit Season 2 as of this writing.