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7 p.m. on FOX
The 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
The final season of Game of Thrones leads the pack of nominees as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences airs its annual primetime awards ceremony for television excellence from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The HBO blockbuster has 14 nods going into tonight’s race, but factoring in its nominations from the earlier Creative Arts Awards, the show shatters a 25-year-old record for most nominations (32) for a comedy or drama series in a single year.
7 p.m. on ABC
Celebrity Family Feud
Musician and former Tonight Show music director Kevin Eubanks, his three brothers and a sister-in-law face off against a team comprising 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte, his brother, wife and mother-in-law in the second half of tonight’s episode. The hour opens, however, with a repeat of a fan favorite game from last June, in which spouses John Legend and Chrissy Teigen plus family members compete against Lisa Vanderpump and the cast of the reality show Vanderpump Rules.
7 p.m. on FOOD
Worst Cooks in America
The episode title “Two Cooks, One Prize” signals that this season’s competition has reached its finale, wherein the two finalists attempt impressive dishes that demonstrate their new skills, as their moms secretly watch from the next room. Then, chefs Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay demonstrate how to prepare a restaurant-quality three-course meal, which their recruits then must re-create.
8 p.m. on AMC
Preacher
The Masada compound is abuzz with excitement as the Messiah (Tyson Ritter) has finally arrived in the new episode “Overture.” Meanwhile, as the clock ticks down to Armageddon, Jesse (Dominic Cooper, pictured) and his fellow heroes undertake one last, desperate assault, a final Hail Mary play to forestall the end of the world.
9 p.m. on ABC
To Tell the Truth
Actors Oliver Hudson, Rita Moreno and Craig Robinson, along with comic Chris D’Elia, make up the celebrity panel for the Season 4 finale of this classic game show reboot. This quartet must use its collective powers of discernment to grill three guest trios — each containing two imposters — and pick out which member of each group is the costume designer of Black Panther, a former Playboy centerfold and a forensic psychopathologist.