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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

SERIES

Wife Swap: It’s Mrs. Manners versus Mud Mom in this new episode where a mother who runs an etiquette school swaps homes with a mother whose daughters enjoy mud racing and — horrors! — don’t care if their socks match their outfits (8 p.m. ABC).

Whale Wars: When the Shonan Maru 2 barrels through the speedboat Ady Gil, Capt. Swift launches a rescue mission in response to the international incident (9 p.m. Animal Planet).

Man, Woman, Wild: A former Special Forces survival expert and his wife (Mike Hawke and Ruth England) strand themselves — with only a knife and the clothes on their backs — in the Amazon rain forest, where they must survive for four days and nights (9 p.m. Discovery).

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Eureka: Carter (Colin Ferguson) and his fellow travelers begin to realize the truly terrifying implications of their return to Eureka, as well as the presence of Dr. Grant (James Callis) among them. Joe Morton also stars in the new episode (9 p.m. Syfy).

Flashpoint: When a young man is held captive by a carjacker who kidnapped a woman with a baby in her vehicle, the team must figure out how to get in without hurting the infant in the new episode in this new episode (10 p.m. CBS).

MOVIES

The Jensen Project: Patricia Richardson, LeVar Burton and Kellie Martin head the cast of this TV movie about geniuses who perform cutting-edge research to help make the world a better place. Brady Smith also stars (8 p.m. NBC).

The House Bunny: Anna Faris has the title role in this 2008 comedy about a defrocked Playboy bunny who finds a new calling as the unlikely housemother to sorority sisters who need a lure for fresh pledges. Colin Hanks, Rumer Willis and “American Idol” runner-up Katharine McPhee co-star (10:50 p.m. Starz).

SPORTS

Baseball: The Dodgers visit the St. Louis Cardinals (5 p.m. FS Prime); the Seattle Mariners visit the Angels (7 p.m. FSN).

Golf: British Open, from Scotland (4 a.m. ESPN).

Cycling: Tour de France: Stage 13 from Rodez to Revel (5:30 a.m. VS).

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