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Sunday, June 19: The Jim Gaffigan Show Season 2

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TV Best Bets: Sunday, June 19

The Jim Gaffigan Show
TV Land, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Comedian Jim Gaffigan is back for Season 2 of his semiautobiographical comedy series, premiering with two back-to-back episodes tonight. This season gets even deeper into Jim’s head as he juggles fatherhood, his wife Jeannie (Ashley Williams), his career, his food obsessions and all of his neuroses about being a public figure. Michael Ian Black and Adam Goldberg also star.

Golf: U.S. Open, Final Round
FOX, 11am Live
Golf’s U.S. Open champion will be crowned today (barring the need for a playoff tomorrow) following the final round at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.

Ride
Nickelodeon, 8pm
New Series!
Ride follows the adventures of Katherine “Kit” Bridges, who relocates to England with her dad, who is joining the faculty at Covington Academy, an elite equestrian boarding school.

“Vicious” Special
PBS, 8pm
Series Finale!
This special hourlong episode of Vicious charts a year in the life of Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi) as they enjoy their inheritance and a birthday. Violet (Frances de la Tour) moves on from her divorce, and Ash (Iwan Rheon) arrives with news.

Murder She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen (Alison Sweeney) just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minn., leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose. Also stars Cameron Mathison.

Masterpiece Mystery!: “Endeavour Season 3”
PBS, 9pm
Shaun Evans returns for a third season as the young Endeavour Morse. In four new episodes, Endeavour must deal with the aftermath of the events that left him in prison and his senior officer, DI Thursday (Roger Allam), with a life-threatening injury. Tonight, a fair turns sinister when young Jeannie Hearne (Meghan Treadway) is found brutally murdered. Morse isn’t part of the investigation; he’s suspended from duty, pending an inquiry. When Jeannie’s body turns up near his doorstep, he begins his own covert investigation.

Penny Dreadful
Showtime, 9pm
Season Finale!

In the season-ending shocker, Sir Malcolm, Catrona, Ethan, Dr. Seward and Kaetenay join mystical forces to save Vanessa.

The Last Ship
TNT, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 3 returns with a two-hour premiere that will hopefully address the fate of Rachel Scott (Rhona Mitra), who was shot in the Season 2 finale. The crew of the USS Nathan James sails to China after a rumor that the Chinese president has been hoarding the “Scott cure” instead of distributing it to his people. President Michener (Mark Moses) sends Cmdr. Tom Chandler (Eric Dane) to examine the allegations, and to investigate rumors of a mutation of the virus causing a new outbreak in Japan. The season premiere, originally scheduled to air June 12, was postponed following the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla.

Xtreme Waterparks: Jeff Henry: The Madness Continues
Travel Channel, 9pm
This hourlong special from the Xtreme Waterparks series follows waterslide visionary and designer Jeff Henry as he races to open a new waterpark in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Top Secret Swimming Holes
Travel Channel, 10pm
New Series!
Via hiking, climbing and even dog-sledding, this series tracks down the world’s most secluded, sexy and extreme natural places to cool off, from a crystal-blue 100-foot waterfall buried deep in an Arizona Indian reservation to the only place on Earth where you can share your swim with a manatee.

The Tunnel
PBS, 10:30pm
New Series!
In the first episode of this new series, when a French politician’s body is found inside the Channel Tunnel, on the border between the U.K. and France, detectives Karl Roebuck (Stephen Dillane) and Elise Wassermann (Clémence Poésy) investigate on behalf of their respective countries.

7 Water Wonders
Travel Channel, 11pm
New Series!
Each episode of this half-hour series will dive into seven resort pools, highlighting their over-the-top amenities and breathtaking design. Back-to-back episodes premiere tonight.

Monday, June 20


Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Disney XD, 10am
New Series!
Disney’s Star Wars galaxy expands with a new series set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The animated action comedy follows the Freemakers, a family of sibling scavengers who operate a galactic salvage and repair shop. When 12-year-old Rowan (newcomer Nicolas Cantu) discovers an ancient artifact with a powerful connection to the Force, he and his older siblings Kordi (Glee’s Vanessa Lengies) and Zander (Arrow’s Eugene Byrd) are thrown into an epic struggle against the Empire. The family also owns Roger, a refurbished battle droid from the Clone Wars, and the series will feature familiar characters and locations from the Star Wars saga.

The Fosters
Freeform, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 4 of the drama returns with new adventures facing the Adams Foster family. In the Season 3 finale, the family dealt with the loss of a good friend, and a past romance between two of the siblings was revealed. Fans eagerly await the series’ return to learn how matriarchs Stef Adams Foster (Teri Polo) and Lena Adams Foster (Sherri Saum) handle their turmoil-rocked family.

Suited
HBO, 9pm
Suited tells the story of Bindle & Keep — a Brooklyn tailoring company that makes custom suits for gender-nonconforming and transgender clients — through the eyes of their clients. Among those sharing their unique stories are a transgendered bar mitzvah boy, a New York City cab driver, a Southern law student and a transgender man preparing for his wedding. The film spotlights the intimate journey of embracing a new identity, accepting difference and living bravely in one’s own skin.

Odd Mom Out
Bravo, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Series creator and star Jill Kargman returns as a satirical version of herself surviving the demanding hierarchy of New York’s exclusive Upper East Side. This season, Jill returns to her job at the fashion magazine, and husband Andy takes time off to care for the kids. Brooke heals from Lex’s affair by devoting herself to her new passion project — an elegant accessories line — while Lex returns from Burning Man a “brohemian.” And Vanessa continues to keep Jill grounded as Jill wades through Manhattan’s torrents of upscale excess. This season also features guest stars Drew Barrymore as an irreverent neighbor who survives a historic blizzard with Jill and Andy, and Blythe Danner as Jill’s mom.

Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge
NBC, 10pm
Teams of five athletes race against each other through challenging obstacle courses. The winning team moves on to the finals, where the prize is $250,000.

Major Crimes: “N.S.F.W.”
TNT, 10pm

The murder of a Sex Crimes detective leads Major Crimes into the world of “barely legal” porn, where they find rampant drug use and questionable ethics. Meanwhile, Rusty’s biological mother, Sharon Beck (Ever Carradine), returns with some surprising news.