TV This Week
SUNDAY
Hooyah! The documentary special “Secrets of SEAL Team 6” salutes the warriors, weapons, tech and tactics of the elite Navy unit responsible for the termination – with extreme prejudice – of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. (Discovery, 9 and 11 p.m.)
Misery, it is often said, loves company. Which must be why curmudgeonly comic Larry David (below, right) has a slew of guest stars including Michael J. Fox (left), Ricky Gervais and Larry Miller lined up for a new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” (HBO, 10 p.m.)
MONDAY
Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick begins her seventh and final season as LAPD Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a.k.a. “The Closer,” and Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander are back as Boston-based crime-fighting gal pals “Rizzoli & Isles” when that procedural drama returns for its sophomore season. (TNT, 9 and 10 p.m.)
TUESDAY
Hey, batter, batter… hey, batter, batter… swing! Baseball’s best from the American and National leagues will play for bragging rights, love of the game, and home-field advantage for this year’s World Series, at the “2011 MLB All-Star Game” in Phoenix. (Fox, 5 p.m.)
WEDNESDAY
They left it all on the field, on the floor, on the track or in the ring. And now, those athletes who went above and beyond in the past year will be feted at the “2011 ESPYs,” the 19th edition of the annual awards. “SNL’s” Seth Meyers returns as host. (ESPN, 6 p.m.)
THURSDAY
It’s like a whole other country. Remember the Alamo. And don’t mess with Texas — and that goes quadruple for “Texas Women.” This new docu-soap follows a fearless foursome of Fort Worth ladies looking for fame and fortune in the Lone Star State. (CMT, 9 p.m.)
FRIDAY
What wine pairs best with a dish of “Rigoletto”? Plácido Domingo (below) sings the title role in a filmed version of Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta,
shot on location in Italy, and airing on a new “Great Performances.” (KOCE, 8:30 p.m.)
SATURDAY
Ack! A young woman (Kayla Ewell) meets her future mother-in-law (“Touched by an Angel’s” Roma Downey) and grandmother-in-law (“Happy Days’” Marion Ross) in the made-for-cable romantic fable “Keeping Up With the Randalls.” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.)
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