Friday’s TV Highlights: Ex-Marine R. Lee Ermey looks at the history of armored vehicles
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HIT MAN: In an effort to foil an assassination plot, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) assumes a dead mobster’s identity on ‘Monk’ at 9 p.m. on USA. With Kelly Carlson.
SERIES
Southland: Gang members steal Detective Salinger’s (Michael McGrady) weapon after his car slams into a light pole, and Moretta (Kevin Alejandro) reluctantly agrees to help look for the perps and the gun without calling in a report in this repeat (8 p.m. NBC).
Ugly Betty: Betty, Marc and Matt (America Ferrera, Michael Urie, Daniel Eric Gold) team up to work on their final YETI project for Jodie (Bernadette Peters) in this repeat (9 p.m. ABC).
Jockeys: Three riders (Aaron Gryder, Joe Talamo and Iggy Puglisi) seek respect and redemption on the track (9 p.m. Animal Planet).
Lock N’ Load With R. Lee Ermey: This episode examines the history and lethality of armored vehicles (10 p.m. History).
The Game: Melanie (Tia Mowry) decides she wants to get married to Derwin (Pooch Hall) before Janay’s (Gabrielle Dennis) baby is born (9:30 p.m. KTLA).
Psych: The devil must be exorcised from a Roman Catholic school (10 p.m. USA).
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NOW on PBS: The news magazine series examines greener and more fuel-efficient solutions for transporting cargo (10:30 p.m. KCET).
Spike Men-U: In the series premiere average guys risk humiliation to demonstrate their cooking skills (Midnight Spike).
SPECIALS
Michael Jackson: 10 Things You Didn’t Know: Surprising facts about the King of Pop are revealed (10 p.m. BET).
MOVIES
High Society: ‘The Philadelphia Story’ was remade as a musical for this 1956 classic starring Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby as wealthy ex-spouses. As she prepares to remarry, he still carries a torch for her. A reporter (Frank Sinatra) assigned to cover the wedding also falls for the bride-to-be. Playing himself, Louis Armstrong is pivotal in keeping details straight for viewers. Celeste Holm, Louis Calhern and Sidney Blackmer also co-star (7:30 p.m. TCM).
Safe Harbor: A couple (Treat Williams and Nancy Travis) care for juvenile delinquents in the 2009 TV movie (9 p.m. Hallmark).
Fight Club: Brad Pitt stars as the anarchistic founder of an underground club where men, feeling emasculated by the consumer culture, can work off their aggressions by fighting one another. Edward Norton plays a recruit with a big secret in this 1999 drama (10 p.m. AMC).
SPORTS
Tennis: U.S. Open Series: Pilot Pen: Semifinal (9 a.m. and 4 p.m. ESPN2).
LPGA golf: Safeway Classic: First Round (1 p.m. ESPN2).
Baseball: The Dodgers visit the Cincinnati Reds (4 p.m. KCAL); the Oakland Athletics visit the Angels (7 p.m. FSN).
High school football: Aplington Parkersburg (Iowa) vs. Dike-New Hartford (Iowa) (4 p.m. ESPN).
NFL preseason football: The New England Patriots visit the Washington Redskins (5 p.m. CBS).
Boxing: Friday Night Fights: Randall Bailey vs. Juan Urango (7 p.m. ESPN2).
English Premier League Soccer: Chelsea vs. Burnley (4:30 a.m. ESPN2).