Thursday’s TV highlights
SERIES
Biography: Sexy celebs who’ve hit the big 4-0 are profiled in “Hot, Famous, and Forty” (7 and 11 p.m. Biography).
CNBC Titans: Candy maker Milton S. Hershey is profiled (7 and 10 p.m. CNBC).
So You Think You Can Dance: Lady Gaga and LXD perform on the results show (8 p.m. Fox).
Ancient Aliens: The series probes accounts of extraterrestrials in the Old West in its season premiere (10 p.m. History).
LA Ink: The tattoo-themed docu-series launches a new season (10 p.m. TLC).
SPECIALS
Black Tide: Voices From the Gulf: The 2010 BP oil spill is revisited in this new special (9 p.m. Animal Planet).
Derek Jeter 3K: This documentary tracks the Yankee shortstop’s pursuit of 3,000 career hits (9 p.m. HBO).
Serving Life: A hospice program for terminally-ill inmates at a Louisiana prison is the subject of this special (9 p.m. OWN).
Who Survives? A life-and-death tale of two hikers stranded in the wilderness is retold in this new special (10 p.m. Discovery).
MOVIES
The Battle of Algiers: The struggle for Algerian independence is recounted in this 1965 historical drama (10 p.m. TCM).
SPORTS
Baseball: Regional coverage (9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. MLB); the Angels take on the Tigers (10 a.m. FSN); the Cubs battle the Brewers (11 a.m. WGN America).
X Games: The extreme-sports competition gets underway in Los Angeles (4 p.m. ESPN).
Soccer: Chivas USA challenges Italy’s Juventus FC in an exhibition match (5 p.m. ESPN2).
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