Sunday’s TV Highlights: Batter up!
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NEW NEIGHBOR: Drea de Matteo plays Angie Bolen on ‘Desperate Housewives’ at 9 p.m. on ABC. SERIES
The Amazing Race 15: The teams head to Cambodia in the next leg of their race around the world (8 p.m. CBS).
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Ty Pennington and his team travel to Connecticut to rebuild the home of a 13-member musical family whose members give the gifts of song and inspiration to their community. Rapper Xzibit is the celebrity volunteer (8 p.m. ABC).
Three Rivers: Dr. Yablonski (Alex O’Loughlin) and the team struggle to save an 18-year-old in need of a double-lung transplant. Katherine Moennig, Daniel Henney, Christopher J. Hanke and Alfre Woodard also star in this medical drama (9 p.m. CBS).
Masterpiece Mystery!: Lewis and Hathaway (Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox) sift through the motives of many suspects who may have murdered a young actor in a student production of ‘The Merchant of Venice.’ Clare Holman and Bryan Dick also star (9 p.m. KCET).
Drop Dead Diva: Jane makes the decision to move on with her life in the season finale (9 p.m. Lifetime).
Dexter: Dexter’s (Michael C. Hall) routines are interrupted by increasing vigilance on the part of his suburban neighbors as well as a growing fascination with Trinity’s (John Lithgow) technique (9 p.m. Showtime).
Army Wives: Michael and Claudia Joy prepare for Michael’s promotion ceremony in the season finale (10 p.m. Lifetime).
Brothers & Sisters: Kitty, Robert and Nora (Calista Flockhart, Rob Lowe, Sally Field) struggle to accept Kitty’s cancer and to come to an agreement on the best treatment method (10 p.m. ABC).
SPECIALS
JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America: Unique, rarely seen footage documents the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and the dark days that followed. (Part 1 of 2) (9 p.m. History).
MOVIES
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations: Rachel Miner and Chris Carmack star in this 2009 TV move about a time-traveling young man who tries to solve his girlfriend’s murder (7 p.m. SyFy).
SPORTS
Golf: Presidents Cup (9 a.m. NBC).
Football: The Oakland Raiders visit the New York Giants (10 a.m. CBS); the Dallas Cowboys at the Kansas City Chiefs or the Minnesota Vikings at the St. Louis Rams or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Philadelphia Eagles or the Washington Redskins at the Carolina Panthers (10 a.m. Fox); the New England Patriots visit the Denver Broncos (1 p.m. CBS); the Indianapolis Colts visit the Tennessee Titans (5:15 p.m. NBC).
NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup: Pepsi 500 (12:15 p.m. ABC).
Baseball: American League Division Series Game 3: The Angels visit the Boston Red Sox (TBS); the New York Yankees visit the Minnesota Twins. National League Division Series Game 4 (if necessary): The Philadelphia Phillies visit the Colorado Rockies (TBS); the Dodgers visit the St. Louis Cardinals (TBS). (See today’s Sports section for game times.)
Hockey: The Ducks visit the New York Rangers (2 p.m. KDOC).
Horse racing: Breeders’ Cup Challenge (2 p.m. ESPN).