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Tuesday, July 11: AL vs. NL in 88th MLB All-Star Game in Miami

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Tuesday, July 11

MLB All-Star Game
FOX, 8pm Live
The Miami Marlins welcome baseball’s best to Marlins Park for the 88th MLB All-Star Game festivities. This year’s Midsummer Classic won’t determine home-field advantage for the World Series, which will now be determined by regular-season record. The AL has won the last four All-Star Games.

The Fosters
Freeform, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The GLAAD Media Award winner for Outstanding Drama Series returns for a fifth season, including the milestone 100th episode. The series stars Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Hayden Byerly, Noah Centineo, David Lambert, Maia Mitchell, Danny Nucci and Cierra Ramirez as a multi-ethnic family mix of adopted and biological teenage kids being raised by two moms.

The Story of China: “The Last Empire/The Age of Revolution”
PBS, 8pm
Journey back in time to see the splendor of the last Chinese dynasty, the Qing. Witness the fateful first Opium War, which sparked the fall of the empire, and, after the 20th-century revolutions, the birth of today’s China.

The Bold Type
Freeform, 9pm
New Series!
Inspired by the life of Joanna Coles, chief content officer of Hearst Magazines, this new series glimpses into the outrageous lives of those responsible for the global women’s magazine Scarlet. Follow three talented young women (Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy) as they find their own voices in a sea of intimidating leaders and explore sexuality, identity, love and fashion. The series also stars Sam Page, Matt Ward and Melora Hardin as Jacqueline, the editor in chief of Scarlet magazine.

Still the King
CMT, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this comedy begins with Vernon (Billy Ray Cyrus) fresh out of jail and determined to reclaim his position as a country music superstar while being present in the lives of his daughter Charlotte (Madison Iseman) and her mother Debbie (Joey Lauren Adams). Faced with the possibility of being a father to Debbie’s unborn child, Vernon must balance his desires for fame and family.

American Ripper
History, 10pm
New Series!
In this eight-part limited nonfiction series, Jeff Mudgett — the great-great-grandson of America’s first known serial killer, H.H. Holmes — is determined to prove an astonishing, controversial theory: that Holmes and Britain’s notorious Jack the Ripper were the same man. Mudgett, a retired attorney, has partnered with former CIA criminologist Amaryllis Fox, who has spent her career identifying terrorists across the globe, to launch a deeper investigation.

Wednesday, July 12

The 25th ESPYS
ABC, 8pm Live

Two-time Super Bowl winner Peyton Manning hosts the 25th ESPYS sports awards from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. The ESPYS celebrate the best teams, players, moments and more from the world of sports, featuring appearances by luminaries of sports and entertainment. Eunice Kennedy Shriver will be posthumously honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for her work in founding Special Olympics in 1968.

MasterChef: “Silenced by the Lambs”
FOX, 8pm
The cooks tackle a challenging skills test where they must prepare racks of lamb. Then, the elimination challenges the contestants to recreate Gordon Ramsay’s signature lamb chops.

Salvation
CBS, 9pm
New Series!
This summertime suspense thriller centers on three unlikely cohorts — an MIT grad student (Charlie Rowe), a tech superstar (Santiago Cabrera) and a Pentagon official (Jennifer Finnigan) — who embark on a covert plan to save the planet from a rogue asteroid that threatens to destroy humanity. This end-of-the-world drama is perfect TV fun, says Finnigan. “I keep calling it ‘a popcorn show,’ but when I say ‘a popcorn show,’ I want to say ‘a popcorn show plus,’ because the writing is really good and the acting is really good.”

The Carmichael Show: “Intervention”
NBC, 9pm
When Bobby (Lil Rel Howery) and Nekeisha (Tiffany Haddish) get into a fight about how much she’s been drinking lately, the family throws an intervention that turns into a debate about handling life’s stress.

Nature’s Great Race: “Elephants”
PBS, 9pm
Traverse the Arctic wilderness and African bush as scientific teams use new technology to track elephants as they overcome obstacles and face fearless predators on their epic journeys. Additional episodes following caribou and zebras air Wednesdays.

Suits
USA Network, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The hit drama is back for Season 7. Now that Mike (Patrick J. Adams) is officially recognized as a lawyer and has accepted Harvey’s (Gabriel Macht) offer to return to the firm, the team is back together at Pearson Specter Litt, each dealing with his or her own struggles as they adjust to a new world order without Jessica (Gina Torres). The series will celebrate its 100th episode this season, on Aug. 30.

Odd Mom Out
Bravo, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Jill Kargman’s satirical and semi-autobiographical look at New York’s Upper East Side mommy cliques returns for Season 3. Abby Elliott, Andy Buckley, KK Glick, Sean Kleier and Joanna Cassidy also star, and guest stars this season include Christine Taylor, Wendy Williams, Dave Navarro, Meredith Hagner, Alysia Reiner, Emma Myles and Dan Butler.

Snowfall: “Make Them Birds Fly”
FX, 10pm

In the new episode “Make Them Birds Fly,” Franklin (Damson Idris) struggles with the reality of his new cocaine-dealing enterprise, and Teddy’s (Carter Hudson) distrust of Alejandro (Juan Javier Cárdenas) escalates.

I’m Sorry
truTV, 10pm
New Series!
The 10-episode season follows comedy writer Andrea (played by comedy writer Andrea Savage), who exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations, which happen to be based on her real life. “My show really came out of wanting to do a show to create a role for myself to play a mom role that sort of doesn’t exist on TV,” tells Savage. “And the show isn’t only about parenting, but to show that women who have kids can still be funny, dirty, relatable, grounded, nuanced.” The series also stars Tom Everett Scott and will feature a who’s who of guest stars.

Thursday, July 13

Boy Band: “Live Live Live!”
ABC, 8pm Live
In the first live episode of the season, Boy Band opens with a tribute to the greatest boy bands of all time. Then, three of the five remaining groups prepare to perform live before architects Emma Bunton, Nick Carter and Timbaland. The bottom two contestants perform “battle songs” before America, hoping to earn a majority of the live audience vote that will keep them in the competition.

Penn & Teller: Fool Us
The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The hit magic competition returns for a new season as aspiring magicians perform their best trick to try to fool the world-famous team of Penn & Teller. Anyone who succeeds wins the right to perform with Penn & Teller in their Las Vegas show.

Hooten & the Lady
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
This eight-episode British comedy follows a pair of mismatched treasure hunters (Michael Landes and Ophelia Lovibond) as they venture around the globe in pursuit of hidden riches.

The Tunnel: Sabotage
PBS, 9pm
Witness Elise’s struggle to face her past, while an unexpected revelation threatens to turn Karl’s life upside down. Rosa reveals a vital clue about Defence. Is Robert’s number finally up?

The Gong Show
ABC, 10pm
Tonight’s judges Ed Helms, Alison Brie and Will Arnett are treated to a roller skater who limbos under a flaming bar, butt puppets lip-syncing to opera, a pair of unicyclists who slam dunk basketballs, and a crazy comic who plays the guitar. At the end of the show, the judges’ favorite act receives the fabulous The Gong Show trophy and a check for $2,000 and 17 cents.

Zoo: “Ten Years Gone”
CBS, 10pm
In the new episode “Ten Years Gone,” Abraham (Nonso Anozie) and Dariela (Alyssa Diaz) consider making a deal with Reiden Global for personal reasons, and Jamie (Kristen Connolly) and Clementine (Gracie Dzienny) perform a risky surgery on Mitch (Billy Burke).

Alone: “Double or Nothing”
History, 10pm
Now that most teams are reunited, they dive into the difficult task of surviving together and feeding two people. Meanwhile, the final hiker faces a brutal mountain climb that could dash his hopes of ever making it to camp.

Sin City Justice: “Betrayed”
Investigation Discovery, 10pm
Season Finale!
The dramatic season finale introduces Easter Williams, who survived a gunshot to her head after catching her husband Gabrial with another woman in their bedroom. On life support, she survives a risky surgery and regains her memory to point a finger at the woman she caught her husband with, Maira Sepulveda. The question is, will the adulterous couple stick to the story that Easter shot herself, or will they turn on each other in this dramatic trial filled with twists and turns?

Friday, July 14

Friends From College
Netflix
New Series!
Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) executive produces this comedic look at a gang of friends from Harvard (played by Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon, Fred Savage and Jae Suh Park) who are now facing their 40s. The series humorously explores old friendships, former romantic entanglements and the struggles of balancing adult life with nostalgia.

Chasing Coral
Netflix
This Netflix original film taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed “coral nerd,” top-notch camera designers and renowned marine biologists as they reveal a phenomenon called coral bleaching, which threatens coral reefs and the ocean life around them.

The Great British Baking Show: “Botanical”
PBS, 9pm
Monitor the remaining seven as they strive to give their bakes maximum botanical taste. The signature demands sharp citrus flavors; the technical, a leafy challenge; and the final, three tiers of flavored sponges and stunning floral designs.

Playing House
USA Network, 11pm
Season Finale!
Season 3 of the comedy starring Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair comes to an end tonight in two back-to-back episodes.

Saturday, July 15

Tennis: Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final
ESPN, 9am Live
The Wimbledon women’s singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club airs live on ESPN.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
Disney XD, 11am
Original Film!
In this two-hour movie event, Star returns to her home dimension of Mewni, where she discovers that magic is disappearing throughout the kingdom. Star must dig deep and challenge her archnemesis, Ludo, in order to save her family and kingdom.

“Star Trek: Voyager” Marathon
BBC America, 2pm
Episodes from Season 5 (1998-99) of the Star Trek: Voyager TV series air back-to-back today on BBC America. The marathon includes the two-part episode “Dark Frontier.”

Major League Baseball
FS1, beginning at 4pm
Live
FS1 has a Saturday MLB doubleheader featuring AL rivals as the N.Y. Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers visit the Kansas City Royals.

Sherlock Holmes
BBC America, 7pm

Robert Downey Jr. steps into the role of the cerebral detective and gives him an action makeover in this 2009 film, in which Holmes and Dr. Watson (Jude Law) pursue a Satanist threatening all of England.

Soccer: CONCACAF Gold Cup: Nicaragua vs. USA
FXX, 7pm Live

The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team takes on Nicaragua at Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium in the USA’s final group match in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The Essentials: “Woman of the Year”
TCM, 8pm
Tina Fey is host to tonight’s “Essentials” film. In the film, Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn) and Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy) are rival reporters who fall in love and get married. But their relationship is strained when Sam comes to resent Tess’ hectic lifestyle. It was during the filming of Woman of the Year that Hepburn and Tracy became romantically involved, a relationship that lasted until Tracy’s death in 1967.

Turn: Washington’s Spies: “Our Man in New York”
AMC, 9pm
The plot to kidnap Benedict Arnold is hatched. Peggy learns Cicero’s secret. Washington and the French clash over strategy.

The Christmas Cure
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
Original Film!
An emergency room doctor (Brooke Nevin) returns home for Christmas after many years to find that her father (Patrick Duffy) has decided to retire. After reuniting with her high-school sweetheart (Steve Byers) and spending an emotional Christmas with her family, she must decide if she will stay in her hometown and take over her father’s practice.

Still Star-Crossed: “Nature Hath Framed Strange Fellows in Her Time”
ABC, 10pm
When Benvolio finds himself in serious trouble, he surprisingly turns to Rosaline for help. Meanwhile, Princess Isabella travels to Venice to try to make peace with the Doge, but quickly discovers he has other intentions.