Wednesday’s TV highlights: ‘iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party’ and more

SERIES

American Ninja Warrior The extreme obstacle-course competition kicks off a new season with a qualifying round in L.A.; Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila host. 8 p.m. NBC

500 Questions This tough trivia challenge hosted by “Nightline’s” Dan Harris wraps its second season. 8 p.m. ABC

MasterChef The culinary competition hosted by chef Gordon Ramsay is back for a seventh season. 8 p.m. Fox

Young & Hungry Heartbroken Gabi (Emily Osment) heads for Hawaii in the sitcom’s season premiere; Jonathan Sadowski, Kym Whitley and Rex Lee also star. 8 p.m. Freeform

Schitt’s Creek This sitcom starring “SCTV’s” Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara ends its sophomore season. 8 p.m. Pop

Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block The once-boyish boy band is back for more music and misadventures on the high seas. 8:30 p.m. Pop

Genius by Stephen Hawking “What Are We?” and “Where Are We?” are the questions asked and perhaps answered as this six-part series hosted by the famed theoretical physicist concludes with these two new episodes. 9 and 10 p.m. KOCE

Cutthroat Kitchen The cooking competition puts contestants through challenges straight out of decades past in a five-part “Time Warp Tournament.” First up: The 1950s. 9 p.m. Food Network

Brother vs. Brother Jonathan and Drew Scott from “Property Brothers” are back with new episodes of their spinoff series. 9 p.m. HGTV

Expedition Unknown Host Josh Gates visits the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan in this episode. 9 p.m. Travel Channel

The Night Shift This medical drama set in San Antonio returns for a third season. With Jill Flint, Eoin Macken, Scott Wolf, Ken Leung, Brendan Fehr and new cast member Jennifer Beals. 10 p.m. NBC

Cleverman Aboriginal folklore serves as the basis for this six-part imported drama about a race of human-like creatures just trying to get by in a futuristic society that views them with suspicion; with Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”) and Frances O’Connor (“Mr. Selfridge”). 10 p.m. SundanceTV

Royal Pains Hank (Mark Feuerstein) hooks up with a woman he meets while visiting Hong Kong on a new episode of the dramedy. 10 p.m. USA

SPECIALS

iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party Hailee Steinfeld (“Pitch Perfect 2”) and Joe Jonas pull double duty as hosts and performers at this annual bash in Miami Beach; Flo Rida, Tinashe, Lukas Graham, Kygo and Jason Derulo also appear. 8 p.m. KTLA

Questions for President Obama -- A PBS NewsHour Special “NewsHour” host Gwen Ifill talks to the commander in chief about domestic politics, foreign affairs and more at a town hall meeting in Elkhart, Ind. 8 p.m. KOCE

Lair of the Killer Crocs Animal Planet’s annual “Monster Week” continues with this new special, followed by the special “Attack of the Killer Dragons” and another new “River Monsters: Monster-Sized Special.” 8, 9 and 10 p.m. Animal Planet

Transgender Kids Three youngsters who knew at an early age that they were transgender share their stories in this new documentary, followed by the companion special “Transgender Kids Camp.” 8 and 9 p.m. TLC

Roots The four-part update of the classic 1977 miniseries continues. 9 p.m. A&E, History Channel, Lifetime

MOVIES

Long Day’s Journey Into Night A weekly series of film adaptations of famous plays gets underway with director Sydney Lumet’s 1962 version of Eugene O’Neill’s classic American drama about a dysfunctional Connecticut family; Katharine Hepburn stars. 5 p.m. TCM

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Kids; green travel; Jennifer Beals; sunglasses for different face shapes; Billy Ray Cyrus; John Leguizamo; cutting one’s own hair; preparing children for careers. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Penelope Cruz; the Monkees perform. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Danica McKellar; filmmaker Ezra Edelman (“O.J.: Made in America”); singer Normani Kordei; journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

The View Tyler Perry. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Doctors Disgusting things found in food. 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Rebecca Romijn. 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Andy Samberg; director Akiva Schaffer; LeVar Burton. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Rachael Ray Solving sleeping problems; trendy haircut. 1 p.m. KABC

The Dr. Oz Show Vegetable oils. 1 p.m. KCOP

Steve Harvey Ken Jeong. 2 p.m. KNBC

The Dr. Oz Show Pain medication epidemic; Mackenzie Phillips. 2 p.m. KTTV

The Real 2 p.m. KCOP

Dr. Phil An aspiring model claims he was abused by his parents as a child. 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Six-year-old presidential expert Macey Hensley. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Real Gifts for graduating seniors; a woman loses 208 pounds; making money from clothes in the closet. (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

The Wendy Williams Show Boy George. 3 p.m. KCOP

Tavis Smiley Artists-in-residence program. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Arianna Huffington. 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan The cast of “The Big Bang Theory.” 11 p.m. TBS

Charlie Rose (N) 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore Anthony Anderson. 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Andy Samberg; Gigi Hadid; the Kills perform. 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Dakota Johnson; Sebastian Stan. 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Bryan Cranston; Anika Noni Rose; Joanna Newsom performs. 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson. 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers Kiefer Sutherland; Carice van Houten (“Game of Thrones”). 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC

Last Call With Carson Daly Comic Jonah Ray; White Mystery performs; director Jay Roach. 1:38 a.m. KNBC

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