Today on TV

CMT Music Awards (6 p.m., CMT): Jeff Foxworthy hosts.

Fear Factor (7 p.m., Ch. 5) and The Miss USA Pageant (8 p.m., Ch. 5): Miss USA contestants eat gross stuff in a dumb competition, then compete for a tiara in a (tape-delayed) anachronistic competition.

Summerland (7 and 8 p.m., Ch. 30): Ava admits her feelings for Johnny in the last two episodes of the season.

American Experience (8 p.m., Ch. 7): A look at how "The Great Transatlantic Cable" brought the U.S. closer to Europe via telegraph in 1866.

24 (8 p.m., Ch.13): Air Force One is going down — will the president survive?

CSI: Miami (9 p.m., Ch. 2): Two IRS agents are killed.