Friday’s TV highlights
SERIES
Attack of the Show The AOTS crew reports from this weekend’s center of the geek universe, otherwise known as Comic-Con in San Diego (7 p.m. G4).
Monster Fish: Host Zeb Hogan hunts for supersized cod in Australia (7 and 10 p.m. National Geographic).
Flashpoint: The team tracks a robber who streams his crimes over the Internet in this new episode (8 p.m. CBS).
20/20: The newsmagazine searches for everyday people with superpowers in this installment (9 p.m. ABC).
I Shouldn’t Be Alive: A first date goes horribly, horribly wrong in this new installment (10 p.m. Animal Planet).
Heat Seekers: Chefs Aarón Sanchez and Roger Mooking sample the spiciest fare that Chicago has to offer (10 p.m. Food).
Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings: The boys lend their talents to a pro wrestling school in this new episode (10 p.m. IFC).
Torchwood: Miracle Day: The team is forced to go underground in this new episode of the sci-fi drama (10 p.m. Starz).
Young, Broke and Beautiful: Memphis, Tenn., is the next stop for this quirky travelogue (11 p.m. IFC).
SPECIALS
The Hooters 2011 International Swimsuit Pageant: Female employees from some of the restaurant chain’s many locations take part in this special (9 p.m. Spike).
MOVIES
Resident Evil: Afterlife: Milla Jovovich is up to her neck in zombies in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles in this 2010 entry in the series (8:22 p.m. Starz).
Open Water: It’s stranded scuba divers versus sharks in this 2003 thriller (11:30 p.m. IFC).
SPORTS
Baseball: The Angels visit the Orioles (4 p.m. FSN); the Braves battle the Reds or the Padres play the Phillies. (4 p.m. MLB); and the Dodgers host the Nationals (7 p.m. FS Prime).
Softball: The U.S. team meets Australia at the 2011 World Cup
(5 p.m. ESPN).
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