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WHAT TO WATCH

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Network broadcasti­ng shows are listed in Eastern/Pacific Time, unless noted otherwise. Shows air one hour earlier in Central/Mountain Time. Cable broadcasti­ng shows are listed in Eastern Time.

Home Town

HGTV, 8 p.m. Season Finale A couple purchased h her great grandmothe­r’s large property and small house with plans to turn it into a Christmas tree farm. Now Ben and Erin Napier need to tear down every wall. National Memorial Day Concert

PBS, 8 p.m. Live h

America’s national night of remembranc­e returns live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for a special 35th anniversar­y broadcast taking us back to the real meaning of Memorial Day through personal stories and tributes interwoven with musical performanc­es. Featuring world-renowned artists with the National Symphony Orchestra, the annual event brings us together to honor the service of generation­s of our men and women in uniform, our military families, and all those who have given their lives for our country. Memorial May Specials

Smithsonia­n Channel, beginning at 8 p.m.

This final four-hour block will cover The

Day the Bomb Dropped, the definitive story of the bombing of Hiroshima; The

Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima, where modern science reveals the identity of an unnamed hero in the iconic photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima;

Breath of Freedom, a look at the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of African American World War II vets; and lastly, an episode of Combat Ships, providing a look at four heroic sailors who led thrilling missions during the Civil War, World War II and Vietnam, and the warships they captained. The Sympathize­r

HBO, 9 p.m. Season Finale h

This satirical series depicting the turbulent moral journey of a nameless antihero who acts as a Communist spy while exiled to America after the fall of Saigon finishes its first season. Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey Jr. star.

People Magazine Investigat­es: Surviving a Serial Killer

Investigat­ion Discovery, 9 p.m.

Tonight’s episode shares the story of Gary Heidnik, who runs a church out of his house and calls himself “The Bishop,” abducting a woman and holding her captive. Soon, he imprisons six women in his basement and tortures them. As captives begin to die, Josefina Rivera knows her only chance of survival is to escape. Beacon 23

MGM+, 9 p.m. Season Finale h

In the Season 2 finale of the sci-fi drama, a procedure puts Halan (Stephan James) face-to-face with Aleph (Eric Lange), and Harmony (Natasha Mumba) is determined to protect the beacon by any means necessary. Wicked Tuna

Nat Geo, 9 p.m. Season Finale h

FV-Tuna.com, Wicked Pissah and Fat Tuna battle for the top spot, but monster fish and big money make it anybody’s game. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

HBO, 10 p.m. Season Finale h

The follow-up to the 2015 documentar­y series that investigat­ed wealthy real estate heir Robert Durst and ultimately helped convict him of murder concludes.

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