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.
I was glad to see HBO's summer documentary series get love in the Entertainment Weekly's must list, if only because it confirmed what I already knew: this year's non-fiction slate from the cable network has been fantastic.
Warehouse 13 (9pm, Syfy) - Dr. Vanessa Calder (Lindsay Wagner) reunites with Artie for a case that requires some help from Calder's ex-flame; a mystery lands Pete and Myka in bed while Steve is missing. Saul Rubinek and Rene Auberjonois also guest star. The new Syfy drama "Alphas," starring David Strathairn, follows at 10.
Hell's Kitchen (8pm, Fox) - In the Season 9 premiere, Chef Gordon Ramsay guides and berates 18 "chefs" as they vye for the spot of head-chef at New York City's BLT Steak restaurant. My advice: watch "MasterChef" instead (9pm, Fox).
The big news: Ted Danson is heading to "CSI."
Battlestar Galactica (7pm, BBC America) - In case you missed it the first time around, this popular and critically acclaimed Syfy series is re-airing each Saturday night on BBC America. Last weekend we got the mini-series episodes, and tonight the actual series eps begin (two episodes each week, one at 7 p.m. and another at 8). The series stars Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell (right). Richard Hatch, from the
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Animal Planet Investigates: Captive Hunting Exposed (9pm, Animal Planet) - An investigation into canned-hunting operations, in which animals are shot in confined areas.
Field of Vision (8pm, NBC) - This family-friendly film produced by Wal-Mart and Proctor & Gamble tackles the problem of bullying. A star high school quarterback (Tony Oller) faces a moral dilemma when he discovers his teammates have been bullying an enigmatic transfer student. Informing his coach of the problem could result in his teammates' ouster from the team, thereby jeopardizing their championship hopes. But wait, there's magic! A magical old camera casts light on the transfer student's mysterious past. Also, Faith Ford stars as the quarterback's mom. Incidentally, the National Association of Social Workers has praised the film, saying it accurately depicts bullying and the plight of foster children.