Thursday, June 16: Aquarius Season 2 Dawns

All Times Eastern.

TV Best Bets: Thursday, June 16

Aquarius
NBC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
David Duchovny’s ’60s-set drama about the hunt for Charles Manson returns for Season 2 with a two-hour, commercial-free premiere (this includes, according to NBC, “absolutely” no breaks for commercials or network promos, with the only stoppage coming for a 55-second local news break/tease during the second hour). Aquarius moves to its normal start time an hour later next Thursday.

Gentlemen Lobsters
Seeso
New Series!
Twentysomething crustaceans Garrett and Quinn prove that if millennials have it hard, millennial lobsters have it worse.

Golf: U.S. Open, First Round
FS1 & FOX, beginning at 10am Live
The 116th U.S. Open takes place at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, where defending champ Jordan Spieth hopes to rebound from his late collapse at The Masters in April. Challenging Spieth are Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Henrik Stenson and Adam Scott. FS1 and FOX combine to televise all four rounds June 16-19.

Bones: “The Head in the Abutment”
FOX, 8pm
Guest Star Alert!
Former hockey star Jeremy Roenick stars as himself when Booth and Aubrey investigate the murder of a popular hockey player.

North Woods Law: “Weed It and Reap”
Animal Planet, 9pm
Harvest season — when everyone seems to be outdoors — is one of the busiest times of the year for the Maine Game Wardens, and this year is no exception. Warden Dudley helps save an Amish family’s corn crop from a snooping bear. Elsewhere, Wardens Carter and McBrine are on a manhunt for an alleged trespasser hiding out in a backcountry cabin. Then, Sgt. Scott Thrasher finds an illegal marijuana crop and attempts to track down the grower.

Home Free
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Professional contractor Mike Holmes returns with his reality series that helps deserving families earn the house of their dreams. This season, Holmes is joined by a new cohost, former NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner and sports analyst Tim Tebow.

Soccer: Copa America Centenario, Quarterfinals
FS1, 9:30pm Live
Soccer’s Copa America Centenario tournament moves into the quarterfinal round with a game tonight at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field. FS1 airs the second game on Friday, with the final two games Saturday on FX.

Lone Star Law: “Gulf Recon”
Animal Planet, 10pm
A specialty team of Texas game wardens spends a week on a floating cabin to monitor fishermen and stop drug smuggling operations across the Mexican border.

Orphan Black
BBC America, 10pm
Season Finale!
Season 4 of the saga of Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) and her clone sisters comes to a conclusion tonight.

Friday, June 17

Orange Is the New Black
Netflix, Available 3:01am
Season Premiere!
Season 4 delves into the racial and economic tensions that run rampant in the halls of the Litchfield women’s prison. Overrun with new inmates and overseen by inexperienced guards, the prison undergoes an unprecedented culture war.

Golf: U.S. Open, Second Round
FS1 & FOX, beginning at 10am Live
The second round of the 116th U.S. Open from Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania airs today on FS1 and FOX.

Homestead Rescue
Discovery Channel, 10pm
New Series!
In this series, families attempt to leave civilization behind by becoming homesteaders. To help them learn the necessary skills to survive in the wilderness, they turn to expert homesteader Martin “Marty” Raney, along with his daughter Misty and son Matt, to show them the ropes.

The Amber Rose Show
VH1, 11pm
New Series!
The outspoken model is so adept at using social media to comment on the news of the day that it’s a no-brainer that “Muva Rose”— as her followers know her — should get her own talk show. In the new series, produced by Dr. Phil and son Jay McGraw’s Stage 29 Productions, Ms. Rose will conduct interviews with celeb pals about topics ranging from pop culture to motherhood, relationships, friendships and entrepreneurship.