This week’s 5 best bets for what to watch
‘Ninja Warrior’
“American Ninja Warrior” (8 p.m. Monday, NBC) heads to Las Vegas for the four-stage finals, where contestants will vie for $1 million by facing new obstacles such as Snake Run and Flying Squirrel.
MTV Video Music Awards
Britney Spears will perform at the Video Music Awards (9 p.m. Sunday) for the first time in 10 years. The Planet Hollywood headliner will perform her new single “Make Me …” featuring G-Eazy.
‘Leaving Las Vegas’
Revisit the best Nicolas Cage has ever been — with the possible exception of “Face/Off” — in “Leaving Las Vegas” (Thursday, Hulu).
‘The Strain’
The surviving humans are cut off from federal help and left to their own devices to battle the strigoi in the return of “The Strain” (10 p.m. Sunday, FX).
‘You’re the Worst’
Jimmy (Chris Geere) and Gretchen (Aya Cash) continue to struggle with their dysfunctional relationship in the darkly hilarious comedy “You’re the Worst” (10 p.m. Wednesday, FX).
