Tuesday’s Highlights

SERIES

Hawthorne: The hospital drama starring Jada Pinkett Smith presents its season premiere (9 p.m. TNT).

Downfall: A million-dollar cash prize is on the line in this new prime-time quiz show (9:01 p.m. ABC).

Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel: Racism in professional soccer is investigated (10 p.m. HBO).

Memphis Beat: “My Name Is Earl’s” Jason Lee stars in this new cop drama set in the home of the blues (10 p.m. TNT).

Primetime: Mind Games: The latest iteration of the newsmagazine makes its debut (10:01 p.m. ABC).

SPECIALS

Meeting of the Minds: The Future of Technology: Industry leaders discuss high-tech in the 21st century (5 p.m. CNBC).

Who Really Discovered America? The answer to that question is sought in this new documentary (8 p.m. History).

Out in the Silence: Filmmaker Joe Wilson examines gay life in small-town America in this documentary (10 p.m. KCET).

Michael Jackson & Bubbles: The Untold Story: The special relationship between the late King of Pop and his primate companion is revisited in this new special (10 p.m. Animal Planet).

The Life and Times of John Wooden: The late UCLA basketball coach is remembered in this new special (10:30 p.m. FSN).

MOVIES

September Dawn: Jon Voight portrays a Mormon patriarch in frontier-era Utah in this 2006 historical drama (7 p.m. TMC).

Buck Privates: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello get drafted in this 1941 romp (7:15 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

Soccer: Group play rolls on at the World Cup as Mexico meets Uruguay (6:30 a.m. ESPN); France plays host nation South Africa (6:30 a.m. ESPN2); Argentina faces Greece (11 a.m. ESPN); and South Korea takes on Nigeria (11 a.m. ESPN2).

Tennis: Coverage of Wimbledon continues (9 a.m. ESPN2).

Baseball: The Braves challenge the White Sox or the Red Sox play the Rockies (5 p.m. MLB) and the Dodgers visit the Angels (7p.m. KCAL, FSN).