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10 a.m. on ESPN2 2018 Hot Dog Eating Contest

Eating as a sport? It happens every year on July 4 at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., where $40,000 is up for grabs in a hot-dog eating contest. Last year’s event was attended by over 30,000 fans who watched Joey Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., consume 72 wieners (with buns) to claim his 10th overall title. He did that in 10 minutes, nearly eating his way past his current world record of 73.5 franks.

7 p.m. on NBC Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular

The yearly holiday event in New York is televised again, with American Ninja

Warrior hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila presiding over the festivities. Scheduled performers include Kelly Clarkson, pictured, accompanied by the West Point Band and Glee Club on “God Bless America,” to mark the song’s 100th anniversary, Blake Shelton, Ricky Martin and Keith Urban. Of course, fireworks are evident during the course of the special, with an especially giant display capping the telecast.

7 p.m. on PBS A Capitol Fourth

John Stamos returns for his second consecutive year as host — with the Beach Boys, with whom he often performs, also on the bill again — as the annual celebration of Independence Day is presented from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The varied music lineup also is slated to include Jimmy Buffett, soul’s iconic Temptations, the a cappella group Pentatonix, country’s Lauren Alaina and Luke Combs, gospel legend CeCe Winans, opera great Renee Fleming and violinist Joshua Bell.

8 p.m. on USA Colony

Will and Katie (Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies) begin to worry that their family is not as safe in Seattle as they had hoped in the new episode “Sea Spray.” Elsewhere, Amy (Peyton List) decides to part company with Broussard (Tory Kittles), and Snyder (Peter Jacobson) digs up what may turn out to be some valuable dirt on Everett Kynes (Wayne Brady).

9 p.m. on CBS Code Black

The title of the new episode “One of Our Own” is quite telling, since it refers to Rox (Moon Bloodgood) becoming a patient at the hospital after she’s struck by a drunken driver while tending to a firefighter hurt in the line of duty. The doctors naturally are affected personally by the situation — but none more than Willis (Rob Lowe), who recognizes how much Rox has come to mean to him.