Harris hosts Tony Awards

Neil Patrick Harris, star of the CBS comedy “How I Met Your Mother,” will host the 63rd annual Tony Awards (Sunday, 8 p.m., CBS), honoring Broadway’s best.

Look for Dolly Parton, Elton John, Liza Minnelli and many more, including performances from nominated musicals.

Harris recently appeared as host on the TV Land awards and acquitted himself quite well, mixing singing, dancing, comedy and show business razzle-dazzle. He was the most pleasant surprise of the evening.

•A very different realm of musical entertainment unfolds on “Iron Maiden: Flight 666” (tonight, 9 p.m., VH1 Classic; midnight, VH1). The documentary, honored at the South by Southwest festival, follows the veteran heavy-metal rockers on their most ambitious tour to date.

•A dance instructor helps an estranged father and daughter take tentative steps toward reconciliation in the 2009 offering “Come Dance at My Wedding” (tonight, 9 p.m., Hallmark), starring John Schneider (“Smallville”) and Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”).

•Graham Norton hosts the talent search contest “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?” (Sunday, 7 p.m., BBC America).

When composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber announced his intention to stage “The Sound of Music” on London’s West End, he shocked critics by insisting that his Maria be young, 18 to 22, and that she be chosen by viewers in an “American Idol”-style competition.

Tonight’s hour-long introduction follows the audition process that results in 55 young singers going to “Maria School.” At the end of next Sunday’s round, only 10 finalists remain.

•A British import of a very different sort can be found on IFC, where “Ideal” (Sunday, 8:30 p.m., IFC, TV-MA) debuts.

Comedian Johnny Vegas plays Moz, a lazy, obese pot dealer with terrible hygiene whose live-in girlfriend won’t touch him because, a) he’s repulsive and b) she’s conducting a flagrant affair with another man.

In the series pilot, she punches him (because he won’t set a rat trap) and causes a nasty and hard to-look-at nosebleed that continues for most of the episode.

You have to give “Ideal” credit for its bleak audacity, even if half of Moz’s lines are incomprehensible.

Tonight’s other highlights

•A frisky forger (Leonardo DiCaprio) bedevils a buttoned-down federal agent (Tom Hanks) in the 2002 drama “Catch Me If You Can” (6 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

•Detroit hosts Pittsburgh in the NHL Stanley Cup finals (5 p.m., NBC).

•The wedding party gets smaller on “Harper’s Island” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14,V).

•Milla Jovovich stars in the 2006 shocker “Ultraviolet” (9 p.m., Sci Fi).

•Scheduled on “48 Hours Mystery” (10 p.m., CBS, R): death on the beach.

•Emerson’s daughter resurfaces on “Pushing Daisies” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

Sunday’s other highlights

•Repeat reports scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): interviews with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and singer Dolly Parton.

•Los Angeles hosts Orlando in game 2 of the NBA finals (5 p.m., ABC).

•Bumped last week for NHL hockey, the miniseries “The Last Templar” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) concludes.

•Chris Hardwick hosts “Web Soup” (6 p.m., G4), a snarky take on oddities from the Internet.