Sunday’s Highlights: The Antares closes in on Venus on ‘Defying Gravity.’
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A GAMBLE: Lewis and Hathaway (Kevin Whately, right, Laurence Fox) return in ‘Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea’ (9 p.m. KCET). SERIES
I Survived: In the season finale, a man wakes from a sound sleep to see a wall of fire racing toward his home (6 and 10 p.m. Biography).
True Blood: With events in Bon Temps spiraling out of control, Bill (Stephen Moyer) seeks the advice of Sophie-Anne (Evan Rachel Wood), the vampire queen of Louisiana (9 p.m. HBO).
Tool Academy: The series returns for a new season (9 p.m. VH1).
Defying Gravity: The Antares draws closer to the orbit of Venus and some crew members struggle with guilt and experience startling repercussions from their past actions (10 p.m. ABC).
Pawn Stars: After misidentifying a Faberge crystal glass, Corey must take a quiz (10 p.m. History).
P. Diddy’s Starmaker: Monet is disrespected by the women and the guys enter their first song selection in this new episode (10 p.m. MTV).
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SPECIALS
The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards: Vanessa Williams hosts the annual festivities honoring the best performances and behind-the-scenes craftsmanship in daytime television (8 p.m. KTLA).
Multitude of Multiples: Three families experience giving birth to multiple children and raising them (8 p.m. TLC).
MOVIES
You Can’t Take It With You: Oscars for best picture and best director (Frank Capra) went to this adaptation of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s delightful comedy about an eccentric family that marches to its own drummer in this 1938 classic (5 p.m. TCM).
Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie: A young wizard conjures a spell that jeopardizes her family in the new TV movie starring Selena Gomez and David Henrie (8 p.m. Disney).
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder: Billy West and Katey Sagal provide voices for the animated comedy (9 and 11 p.m. Comedy Central).
High Plains Invaders: Townspeople in the Wild West take refuge from an onslaught of monstrous insects in this 2009 science fiction-western-thriller (9 p.m. SYFY).
SPORTS
Little League baseball: World Series: Consolation game (9 a.m. ESPN); championship (Noon ABC).
Baseball: The Dodgers visit the Cincinnati Reds (10 a.m. KCAL); the Chicago White Sox visit the New York Yankees (10 a.m. TBS); the New York Mets visit the Chicago Cubs (11 a.m. WGN); the Oakland Athletics visit the Angels (12:30 p.m. MyNet); the Atlanta Braves visit the Philadelphia Phillies (5 p.m. ESPN).
PGA golf: Barclays: Final (11 a.m. CBS).
NASCAR racing: Nationwide Series: NAPA Auto Parts 200 (11:30 a.m. ESPN2).
Golf: U.S. Amateur Championship: Final (1 p.m. NBC).
LPGA golf: Safeway Classic: Final (1 p.m. ESPN).
NFL preseason football: The Chicago Bears visit the Denver Broncos (5 p.m. NBC).
WNBA basketball: The Connecticut Sun visit the Sparks (6:30 p.m. FS Prime).
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