Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘’Til Death’ returns for a new season
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HAPPY COUPLE: Joy (Joely Fisher) and Brad (Brad Garrett) welcome Ally (Lindsey Broad) and her husband, Doug (Timm Sharp), on the season premiere of ‘’Til Death,’ at 8:30 p.m. on Fox SERIES
Law & Order: Detectives Lupo and Bernard (Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson) find that DNA evidence seems to link the murder of a CSU investigator and an attack on a young journalist (Camille Chen) (8 p.m. NBC).
Brothers: Mike and Chill’s (Michael Strahan, Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell) inability to get along is hurting Trainor’s. When another bartender quits, Adele (CCH Pounder) makes herself their common enemy -- and their new bartender (8 p.m. Fox).
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea: Biologist Alfred Murie fights an unpopular battle to ensure that even widely hated predators deserve the same protection as other wildlife (8 p.m. KCET).
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The animated sci-fi series returns for a new season (8 p.m. Cartoon Network).
Medium: Allison (Patricia Arquette) is worried that Ariel’s (Sofia Vassilieva) erratic behavior may mean that the teenager is possessed with the spirit of a murdered stripper seeking revenge on her killer. And that’s something for which Dr. Phil has no advice at all (9 p.m. CBS).
Jockeys: The moment of truth arrives in the season finale of the unscripted series (9 p.m. Animal Planet).
DietTribe: Five best friends agree to lose 50 pounds in 120 days as the weight loss series returns for a new season (9 p.m. Lifetime).
Stargate Universe: An impressive -- and impressively eclectic -- cast headed by Robert Carlyle, Ming-Na and Lou Diamond Phillips bolsters this latest entry in the ‘Stargate’ franchise, this one built around a group of soldiers, scientists and civilians who find themselves stranded on a massive ancient ship in the series premiere (9 p.m. SyFy).
Wedded to Perfection: Wedding planners concoct an over-the-top gala that involves dealing with five different spaces to design, a Pop art theme, a fussy bride and her very involved mother in the premiere of the new series (10 p.m. TLC).
MOVIES
Rear Window: One of Alfred Hitchcock’s most memorable, this 1954 film stars James Stewart as a photographer restricted to a wheelchair because of a broken leg, who keeps an eye on his neighbors from his apartment -- and comes to believe that one of them (Raymond Burr) is a murderer. Grace Kelly and Thelma Ritter also appear (6 p.m. TCM).
Forrest Gump: Tom Hanks, who won the lead actor Oscar the previous year for ‘Philadelphia,’ became the second actor to win it two years in a row (Spencer Tracy was the first) for his work in this 1994 comedy-drama. Gary Sinise and Robin Wright also star (7 p.m. Spike).
SPORTS
Soccer: FIFA U-20 World Cup: South Korea vs. United States (9:30 a.m. ESPN2); the Chicago Fire visits the Galaxy (8 p.m. ESPN2).
Baseball: The Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Chicago Cubs (11 a.m. WGN); the Angels visit the Oakland Athletics (7 p.m. FSN); the Colorado Rockies visit the Dodgers (7 p.m. FS Prime).
NASCAR racing: Sprint Cup: Price Chopper 400 Qualifying (1:30 p.m. ESPN2); Nationwide Series: Kansas Lottery 300 Final Practice (3 p.m. ESPN2).
College football: Pittsburgh at Louisville (5 p.m. ESPN2).