TV This Week: June 9 - 5 ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ on HBO

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This week’s TV Movies

SUNDAY

Neil Patrick Harris hosts “The 65 Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” … in September. Tonight, he’s hosting the “The 67th Annual Tony Awards.” We’ll let you know when he’s not hosting an awards show. 8 p.m. CBS

Last night we dreamt of a three-eyed raven. That’s never good. And it can mean only one thing: “Game of Thrones” ends its third season, to return someday in the far-too-far-off future. 9 p.m. HBO

Resistance, as they say, is futile. But what else are you gonna do? The alien-invasion drama “Falling Skies” returns with back-to-back episodes. Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood star. 9 and 10 p.m. TNT

MONDAY

“Pussy Riot — A Punk Prayer” revisits the tale of three artist-activists arrested after a 2011 protest against Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral. 9 p.m. HBO

Norm! And Cliff! And Sam and Diane! “The Cast of Cheers: Where Are They Now?” gets you caught up with the stars of the Emmy-winning 1980s-era sitcom. 9 p.m. TVGN

The Kyra Sedgwick cop drama “The Closer” closed shop last summer. But its spin-off, “Major Crimes,” is back for a second season. Mary McDonnell stars. 9 p.m. TNT

There’s always room for another singing competition… isn’t there? No, not really, but here’s a sneak peek at “The Winner Is....” 10 p.m. NBC

A writer for late-night TV’s “Conan” riffs on the latest political and pop-cultural nonsensicalness in the new series “Deon Cole’s Black Box.” 10 p.m. TBS

“Rizzoli & Isles.” “Cagney & Lacey.” “Simon & Simon.” “McMillan & Wife.” To the ampersand-enhanced crime-solving duos add “King & Maxwell.” Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn star in this new D.C.-set drama. 10 p.m. TNT

TUESDAY

You’re heading home after a vacation in Mexico. Time and traffic seem to stand still. Welcome to the “World’s Busiest Border Crossing.” You’ll just have to wait it out in this new special. 8 p.m. Travel

“Pretty Little Liars” is back with new episodes. And a troubled teen finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a classmate in the new mystery-drama “Twisted.” 8 and 9 p.m. ABC Family

WEDNESDAY

The Hamptons-set “Royal Pains” and the football-themed drama “Necessary Roughness” are back for the summer. 9 and 10 p.m. USA

Gentlemen, start your trowels! It’s all about who can unearth more artifacts at historic sites in the new series “Dig Wars.” 10 and 10:30 p.m. Travel

THURSDAY

He shot Elvis, Dylan, pretty much everyone who was anyone in the music biz, and he’s profiled in the 2012 doc “Rock ‘N’ Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen.” 7 p.m. Showtime

Paul Bunyan is back and badder than ever in the made-for-cable thriller “Axe Giant.” 9 p.m. Syfy

Large and lovely ladies, fear not. “House of Curves” has got you covered in this new unscripted series about a family-run Atlanta firm that specializes in full-figured fashion. 10 p.m. WE

FRIDAY

Need a lift? Young folks compete for a seat on the space shuttle in the new TV movie “Space Warriors.” Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, Josh Lucas and Danny Glover star. 8 p.m. Hallmark

Two Australians journey to a land even further down under — Antarctica — in an attempt to reach the South Pole in the new special “Crossing the Ice.” 8 p.m. National Geographic

Miami’s still swinging, and still sweltering, on the return of the Mob-themed period drama “Magic City.” Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danny Huston and Olga Kurylenko star. 9 p.m. Starz

When the “The Worm” met the “Dear Leader”: Former NBA star Dennis Rodman’s recent tête-à-tête with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is covered in depth on the season finale of the newsmagazine “Vice.” 11 p.m. HBO

SATURDAY

A lockout, a late start, a truncated season, and finally, the “2013 Stanley Cup Final.” The Kings or the Blackhawks will battle the Penguins or the Bruins for hockey’s top prize. 5 p.m. NBC

How bad was it? Pretty bad. “Zero Hour,” the conspiracy-theory drama canceled back in March, returns to burn off some unaired episodes. With Anthony Edwards. 8 and 9 p.m. ABC

All hail Bane! Tom Hardy, pictured, steals the show as Batman’s (Christian Bale) brainy, brawny nemesis in “The Dark Knight Rises,” the 2012 conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s Caped Crusader trilogy. Anne Hathaway also stars. 8 p.m. HBO

Do you know where your children are? A mother’s (Daphne Zuniga) teen daughter has “Gone Missing” at spring break in this new made-for-cable thriller. 8 p.m. Lifetime

A jazz musician (“CSI: Miami’s” Eddie Cibrian) gets his groove back in the inspirational TV movie “Notes From Dad.” Alan Thicke also stars. 9 and 11 p.m. Hallmark

The funny fellow responsible for “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein” is feted in the special “AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks.” 9 p.m. TNT