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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Boss: Things take a precarious turn for Chicago’s Mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer) in the second season of this drama. As his neurological disease progresses, Kane fights it off with increased doses of medication that at the same time heighten the psychological manifestations of the disease. Sanaa Lathan, Jonathan Groff and Tip Harris (a.k.a. rapper T.I.) co-star (9 and 10 p.m. Starz).

Say Yes to the Dress: One woman seeks the perfect dress and another loves glitz beads and sparkles (9 p.m. TLC). In a second new episode a woman who has received a double lung transplant, and a woman who has lost 160 pounds are featured (9 p.m. TLC).

3 Days to Open With Bobby Flay: Partners dream of opening a rock ‘n’ roll cupcake shop in Asbury Park, N.J., but they need help in this new episode (10 p.m. Food).

SPECIALS

Teachers Rock: This new special, that promotes the upcoming movie “Won’t Back Down,” is a celebration of America’s educators. Celebrities including Meryl Streep, LL Cool J, Usher, Morgan Freeman, Miranda Cosgrove and Dave Grohl remember teachers who touched their lives, and Carrie Underwood, Josh Groban, Dierks Bentley and the pop group fun. provide music (8 p.m. CBS).

HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2012: Monica Pedersen draws the winner of the Green Home in Serenbe, Ga. (8 p.m. HGTV).

SPORTS

Tennis: U.S. Open Series: Western & Southern Open, Quarterfinals (8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ESPN2).

Little League baseball: World Series: Canada vs. Mexico (10 a.m. ESPN); Mid-Atlantic vs. Southwest (Noon ESPN); Latin America vs. Middle East and Africa (2 p.m. ESPN2); Great Lakes vs. Northwest (5 p.m. ESPN).

Baseball: The Chicago Cubs visit the Cincinnati Reds (4 p.m. WGN A); the Dodgers visit the Atlanta Braves (4:30 p.m. FS Prime); the Tampa Bay Rays visit the Angels (7 p.m. FSN).

Preseason football: The Detroit Lions visit the Baltimore Ravens (5 p.m. Fox); the Oakland Raiders visit the Arizona Cardinals (7 p.m. KTLA).

Boxing: Damian Frias vs. Carlos Molina. Also: Don George vs. Dionisio Miranda. From Miami, Okla. (7 p.m. ESPN2).