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What to Watch on Thursday: 'Project Runway' and HBO's 'Derek Jeter 3K'

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - Season 9 of the fashion-themed reality competition series returns. Here's a list of the new cast and where they're from. There's a special at 8 p.m. that follows the casting process.

Derek Jeter 3K (9pm, HBO) - A documentary going behind the scenes with the Yankee shortstop during the 2011 season as he approached 3000 career hits. Includes interviews with family, friends, teammates, and Yankees executives. Also, highlights from his career and footage from on and off the field.

Serving Life (9pm, OWN) - A documentary following inmate hospice volunteers at Louisiana's maximum security Angola prison as they care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated by Forest Whitaker. It beings as four volunteers are screened and trained for the daunting job.

Black Tide: Voices from the Gulf (9pm, Animal Planet) - A documentary examining how the 2010 BP oil spill affected the lives, businesses and animals of Louisiana's Gulf region, and how they are trying to rebuild. We have more about it here.

Rookie Blue (10pm, ABC) - An informant's murder is investigated, and Gail's mother, Superintendant Peck (Lauren Holly), arrives to ratchet up the pressure to solve the case. Gail is assigned to protect the only known witness to the crime.

Suits (10pm, USA) - The guys defend a woman falsely accused of insider trading. Elsewhere, Mike helps Rachel study for the LSAT and realizes she's close to discovering his secret.

Green Room with Paul Provenza (11pm, Showtime) - In this season's third episode, Richard Belzer competes in an impromptu "Jagger-off" and a kinda hostile Doug Stanhope goes after Jeneane Garofalo. Things get tense. It's totally uncensored and often pretty vulgar, but really interesting and funny as uh, heck. 

NY Yankees on "Late Show with David Letterman" tonight

New York Yankees Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte and Hideki Matsui will appear tonight on "The Late Show with David Letterman."

The Yankees won their 27th World Series last night in game 6 against the Philadelphia Phillies. 

The World Series was a ratings giant for Fox this year. Last night's game dominated with 22.3 million viewers, and had numbers higher than any single World Series game since the 2004 series. This year's series between New York and Philadelphia had overall ratings 40% higher than last year's series between Philadelphia and Tampa Bay.

"The Late Show with David Letterman" airs at 11:35pm tonight on CBS. 

What to Watch on Tuesday: Big winner helps Biggest Losers

The Biggest Loser (8pm, NBC) - New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter (swoon) helps the gang with a baseball challenge, the winner of which gets a healthy Mediterranean meal cooked by chef Curtis Stone. Also, someone breaks a "Biggest Loser" record tonight.

So You Think You Can Dance (8pm, Fox) - The competition begins for real tonight. Tune in to see how the local women (Noelle and Ariana) do.

Hip Hop Awards (8pm, BET) - Mike Epps hosts the awards show, and Ludacris is among the featured performers. 

Frontline: Close to Home (9pm, UNC-TV) - The recession in the Upper East Side of New York through the lens of Deborah Hair Designs, a business that caters to actors, bankers, housewives, and opera singers. Review.

Dancing With the Stars (9pm, ABC) - Double elimination tonight.  

Flipping Out (10pm, Bravo) - Andy Cohen talks to the cast about season three, and Ryan and Jeff clash again over their personal and professional breakup. Team Jeff, all the way. 

Sons of Anarchy (10pm, FX) - Tom Arnold (left) guest stars as Georgie Caruso, a porn producer who orders his thugs to attack Luanne's studio.

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