TV highlights

Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010

SERIES

Rubicon: This new series’ about an analyst (James Badge Dale) for a government intelligence agency with an eye for finding clues in everyday information that suggest sinister motives by unseen forces, premieres with back-to-back episodes (8 and 9 p.m. AMC).

The Next Food Network Star: The five remaining finalists cook for guests Eva Longoria Parker and Todd English at their restaurant, Beso, in this new episode (9 p.m. Food).

Drop Dead Diva: Jane (Brooke Elliott) represents a designer (Cybill Shepherd) who is trying to stop the publication of a tell-all book written by her former assistant in this new episode (9 p.m. Lifetime).

Leverage: Nate (Timothy Hutton) and his team enter the world of master car thieves to take down a crooked car dealer. Bill Engvall guest stars in this new episode (9 p.m. TNT).

SPECIALS

Ultimate Air Jaws: Discovery’s Shark Week 2010 event kicks off with this special, in which shark expert Chris Fallows and filmmaker Jeff Kurr are back in South Africa to use state-of-the-art technology to film massive great white sharks blasting from the water to pull a sneak attack on their seal prey (9 p.m. Discovery). Shark Week continues at 10, with “Into the Shark Bite” where attacks are shot at point blank range.

MOVIES

Lies Between Friends: Old jealousies and long-buried secrets come to light when a college reunion leads to murder in this 2010 TV mystery (9 p.m. Hallmark).

SPORTS

Golf: Women’s British Open, final (7 a.m. ESPN); Greenbrier Classic, final (Noon CBS); U.S. Senior Open Championship, final (1 p.m. NBC).

X Games: (10 a.m. and 4 p.m. ESPN2).

Baseball: The Texas Rangers visit the Angels (12:30 p.m. MyNet); the Dodgers visit the San Francisco Giants (5 p.m. ESPN)

Tennis: U.S. Open Series: Bank of the West Classic, final (Noon ESPN2); Farmers Classic, final (2 p.m. ESPN2).