TV This Week for August 5 - 11: ‘Army Wives’

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This week’s TV Movies

SUNDAY

Fort Marshall, the fictional military base that serves as the setting for the drama “Army Wives,” is celebrating its 100th anniversary. By some coincidence, the show itself hits the 100-episode mark. With Kelli Williams and Catherine Bell. (Lifetime, 10 p.m.)

An “Escape From Los Angeles” can be as easy as a drive down the 5 to San Diego or up the 15 to Las Vegas. But for three intrepid teams on “The Great Escape,” it’ll mean navigating a labyrinth of tunnels beneath our fair city in this new episode of the reality competition. (TNT, 10 p.m.)

MONDAY

Speaking of L.A., when it comes to being able to eat globally, locally, we think we have it made. Then along comes Andrew Zimmern to test our taste buds with culinary creations inspired by his own world travels on a new “Bizarre Foods America.” (Travel, 9 p.m.)

TUESDAY

As fans of “Law & Order: SVU” are well aware, “sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.” But do the punishments always fit the crimes? One particularly problematic case is examined on a new “Our America With Lisa Ling.” (OWN, 10 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY

In the reality-TV game, you haven’t really arrived until you get your very own spinoff. Pint-sized pageant queen Alana Thompson of “Toddlers and Tiaras” gets hers with the new six-part series “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” (TLC, 10 and 10:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY

Dear Earth: Enough already. Sincerely, Mars. The special “Martian Mega Rover” details the design and construction of Curiosity, NASA and JPL’s latest science lab on wheels, coming soon to a red planet near you. (National Geographic, 10 p.m.)

FRIDAY

Bravo! A venerable classical music venue in the Massachusetts countryside is in the spotlight in “Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration” on a new “Great Performances.” Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Emanuel Ax and singer James Taylor join in the festivities. (KOCE, 9 p.m.)

SATURDAY

Leonardo DiCaprio, below, is legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, and Armie Hammer is his life partner in crime-fighting Clyde Tolson, in director Clint Eastwood’s lugubrious 2011 bio-pic “J. Edgar.” (HBO, 8 p.m.)