Our TV picks for Thursday, May 16: Young Sheldon; To Be Announced; Beat Bobby Flay

Young Sheldon

KOIN 8 p.m.

This two-part series finale ends the tale of Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage), a young genius in advanced mathematics and science living in a Texas town more interested in football and church. Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik reprise their roles for the finale.

To Be Announced

A&E 9 p.m.

In Modesto, a young man is booked after fighting with an ex-girlfriend, and faces the effects of separation anxiety as he sits in holding. Meanwhile, in Virginia Beach, a man who blew up a car finds himself face-to-face with a deputy from his past.

Beat Bobby Flay

FOOD 9 p.m.

Saying “Ciao, Bobby!” is goal number one for Alex Guarnaschelli as she rejoins her “Ciao House” co-host, Gabriele Bertaccini to root on chefs Rachelle Murphy and Jackson Kalb. The duo fight for the right to take on the indomitable Bobby Flay with pasta.