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6:30 p.m. on ESPN 91st Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee

Your word is “tsunami” — because that’s what’s expected in terms of participants as this popular annual scholastic competition. More than 500 contenders are expected in this year’s Bee, a huge increase over the previous record (293) that was set in 2009. The surge is due to a new rule this year that allows “wild card” entries to spellers who won a school-level bee but not a regional competition.

7 p.m. on ABC 2018 NBA Finals

The NBA Finals get under way for the fourth straight season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors.

7 p.m. on TRAV Lindbergh Kidnapping: Mysteries at the Museum

In this special episode of the hit nonfiction series, host Don Wildman, pictured, takes a fresh look at the 1932 kidnapping of little Charles Augustus Lindbergh, the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. More than two months later, the infant’s body was found near the Lindbergh family home in New Jersey. Wildman walks his audience through each step in the case and puts the official account of what happened to the test.

7 p.m. on HIST Swamp People

Troy — deciding he has little if anything to lose — pushes his luck for what may prove to be once too often. Elsewhere, Willie finds himself yet again in a race against time, while Frenchy goes “back to the future.”

8:15 p.m. on BRAVO Imposters

Ezra’s (Rob Heaps) Toby Jug con unexpectedly leads him into an encounter with an old flame in “The World Needs Heroes. Over.” Later, he and his fellow Bumblers (Parker Young, Marianne Rendon), along with Maddie, Max and Sally (Inbar Lavi, Brian Benben, Katherine LaNasa) set into motion their high-risk gambit to take down the Doctor (Ray Proscia).