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TV This Week, June 5-11: ‘UnREAL’ and more

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SUNDAY

“Legends & Lies,” the historical series executive produced by Bill O’Reilly, returns for a new season with a look at Revolutionary War heroes Sam Adams, Paul Revere and “The Sons of Liberty.” 5 p.m. Fox News

A bevy of beauties will be in Las Vegas to vie for the title of “2016 Miss USA.” Terrence J (“106 & Park”) hosts, and Backstreet Boys and Chris Young perform. 7 p.m. Fox

“His Double Life” begins to unravel in this new thriller. With Brian Krause (“Charmed”) and Emmanuelle Vaugier. 9 p.m. Lifetime

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Hackers, hijackers and others who’ve broken society’s rules are saluted in the new four-part docu-series “I Am Rebel.” 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel

Jim Sturgess and “Friends’” David Schwimmer play best buds trying to open a restaurant in the rough-and-tumble of the Bronx in the gritty new drama “Feed the Beast.” 10:05 p.m. AMC; also 10 p.m. Tue.

MONDAY

Hannibal, Spartacus and Attila the Hun are among the historical heavies whose havoc-wreaking exploits are dramatized in the new series “Barbarians Rising.” 9 p.m. History Channel

“Desperate Housewives’ ” Eva Longoria puts in an appearance on the fourth-season premiere of the soapy drama “Devious Maids.” With Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramírez, Roselyn Sánchez and Judy Reyes. 9 p.m. Lifetime

Rashida Jones is back on the case in new episodes of the cop-show send-up “Angie Tribeca.” Jere Burns and Jagger the German Shepherd also star. 9 and 9:27 p.m. TBS

Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander are back on the case as the procedural drama “Rizzoli & Isles” launches its seventh and final season. 9 and 10 p.m. TNT

Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer are back on each other’s cases when the hit behind-the-scenes-of-a-reality-show drama “UnREAL” returns for its sophomore season. 10 p.m. Lifetime

TUESDAY

Michaela Watkins and company are still keepin’ it “Casual” on the second-season premiere of this streaming sitcom. With Tara Lynne Barr and Tommy Dewey. Any time, Hulu

“Bert the Conqueror,” where ya been? Comic and thrill-seeker Bert Kreischer is back with a belated third season of his reality series. 8 and 8:30 p.m. Travel Channel

The new docu-series “Dark Woods Justice” tracks law enforcement officers as they try to put the kibosh on poaching and worse in the Washington wilderness. 10 p.m. Discovery Channel

WEDNESDAY

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So many bros: Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett and Florida Georgia Line are slated to perform at the “2016 CMT Music Awards.” Erin Andrews and NFL star J.J. Watt host the proceedings from Nashville. 8 p.m. CMT

Plus-sized activist Whitney Way Thore is back with a third season of her reality series “My Big Fat Fabulous Life” and transgender teen Jazz Jennings returns in a second season of her reality series “I Am Jazz.” 10 p.m. TLC

THURSDAY

Rap music’s the Game, “Reno 911!’s” Niecy Nash and comic Paul Rodriguez are among those commenting on the past, present and possible future of their SoCal hometown in the new three-part documentary series “Streets of Compton.” 9 p.m. A&E

Tarek and Christina tackle a fixer-upper in Whittier on the fifth-season premiere of the home-makeover show “Flip or Flop.” 9 p.m. HGTV

Longtime pals and co-Oscar winners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will be feted jointly at “Guys Choice 2016.” Julia Roberts, “Pitch Perfect’s” Anna Kendrick, model Gigi Hadid and NFL star Von Miller are also honored at the 10th edition of the dude-centric ceremony in Culver City. 9 p.m. Spike

“Ladylike” they most definitely are not in this new series that puts a female twist on the hidden-camera prank show. 10:30 p.m. MTV

FRIDAY

An anime-inspired sci-fi show from the 1980s is reborn in the new online series “Voltron: Legendary Defender.” Any time, Netflix

Are you ready for some futbol? Chile challenges Bolivia and Argentina plays Panama in a “2016 Copa America Centenario” double-header. 4 and 6:30 p.m. Fox

Don’t look down! Joseph Gordon-Levitt portrays Philippe Petit, the French high-wire artist famed for his World Trade Center stunt in 1974, in Robert Zemeckis’ 2015 drama “The Walk.” Ben Kingsley also stars. 9 p.m. Starz

What’s past is prologue — or is it? — in the new special “Time Beings: Extreme Time Travel Conspiracies.” 10 p.m. History Channel

Some folks who share a surname with perhaps the most reviled human being in history share their stories in the 2014 documentary “Meet the Hitlers.” 10 p.m. Showtime

SATURDAY

Climbing back down from “Everest” turns out to be the hard part in this fact-based 2015 survival tale. With Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal. 8 p.m. HBO

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One sister’s positively matricidal, the other, not so much, in the new made-for-cable thriller “Killing Mommy.” With Yvonne Zima and Claire Rankin. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Fame, fortune, race, class, sports, murder and the media all converge in ESPN’s exhaustive five-part documentary “O.J.: Made in America.” 9 p.m. ABC

The frontier-era drama “Hell on Wheels” rolls in with the back half of its fifth and final season, followed by the debut of the docu-series “The American West.” 9 and 10 p.m. AMC

It all goes off without a hitch in the new made-for-cable romantic fable “Stop the Wedding.” With Rachel Boston, Niall Matter and Alan Thicke. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel


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