Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi Tour’ on VH1
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DIVA ON DUTY: The concert special “Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi Tour” features the chart-topping singer performing fan favorites, at 11 p.m. on VH1.
Wife Swap: A New Yorker and a Wisconsinite trade places as the reality series presents its season finale (8 p.m. ABC).
Whale Wars: The ship springs a leak in this new episode of the oceangoing docu-series (9 p.m. Animal Planet).
Man, Woman, Wild: Mykel and Ruth are stranded in Tasmania in this new episode of the survival series (9 p.m. Discovery).
Modern Marvels Essentials: This new episode visits remarkable truck stops across America (9:30 p.m. History).
Flashpoint: The team takes on a white supremacist group in this new episode of the police drama (10 p.m. CBS).
Solve My Mystery: The murder of bestselling author and former Mafia daughter Susan Berman is revisited in this new installment of the true-crime series (10 p.m. NBC).
Chefs vs. City: Philadelphia is the latest stop for this cooking challenge (10 p.m. Food).
The Pillars of the Earth: The miniseries set in medieval England and based on the Ken Follett novel continues; Ian McShane, Matthew Macfayden and Rufus Sewell star (10 p.m. Starz).
MOVIES
Night at the Museum: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Carla Gugino star in this hit 2006 fantasy-comedy (8 p.m. Fox).
Den Brother: “Zeke and Luther’s” Hutch Dano stars in this new 2010 made-for-cable fable (8 p.m. Disney).
Jackie Brown: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro and Robert Forster star in director Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 crime tale (11:35 p.m. Encore).
SPORTS
Golf: The PGA Championship continues in Kohler, Wis. (10 a.m. TNT).
Baseball: The Dodgers visit the Braves (4:30 p.m. FS Prime), and the Angels host the Blue Jays (7 p.m. FSN).
Exhibition football: The Washington Redskins host the Buffalo Bills in a preseason matchup (4:30 p.m. NFL).