TV This Week July 13 - 19: ‘Masters of Sex’ on Showtime

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This week’s TV Movies

SUNDAYTwo national soccer teams (Germany and Argentina) enter, one team leaves victorious at the “2014 FIFA World Cup Final” in Rio de Janeiro. 11:30 a.m. ABC

Tough guy, eh? Liev Schreiber is back as “Ray Donovan” in the L.A.-set drama’s second-season premiere. 9 p.m. Showtime

Rampant vampirism baffles CDC officials in filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s new horror drama “The Strain.” Corey Stoll and Sean Astin star. 10 p.m. FX

Birds do it, bees do it, and especially “Masters of Sex” do it on the return of this drama about sex-research pioneers Masters and Johnson (Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan). 10 p.m. Showtime

MONDAY

Will our hero (Kiefer Sutherland) save the day once again? Probably. But we’ll find out for sure on the series finale of “24: Live Another Day.” 9 p.m. Fox

New Orleans five years after Hurricane Katrina is the subject of the 2012 doc “Getting Back to Abnormal” on a new “POV.” 10 p.m. KOCE

The star of “Luther” and “The Wire” indulges his passion for all things automotive in the new unscripted series “Idris Elba: King of Speed.” 10 p.m. BBC America

Digging a hole? Tying your shoes? Whatever it is, learn how to do it right in the new series “Going Deep With David Rees.” 10 and 10:30 p.m. National Geographic Channel

TUESDAY

Baseball’s best take the field for the “2014 MLB All-Star Game” in Minneapolis. 4:30 p.m. Fox

Pay a visit to the ancient city of Petra — carved out of stone, hence the name — on the season finale of “Time Scanners.” 8 p.m. KOCE

The documentary series “Frontline” presents a case study in present-day school segregation in the new exposé “Separate and Unequal.” 10 p.m. KOCE

Would-be zombies get schooled in ghoulishness in the special “Inside the Walking Dead: Walker University.” 10 p.m. AMC

WEDNESDAY

Athletes who are outstanding in their respective fields will receive some richly deserved kudos at the “2014 ESPYs” hosted by Drake. 6 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2

Take a walk on the wild side, then another, with the new nature series “My Wild Affair” and “Sex in the Wild.” 8 and 10 p.m. KOCE

“The Divide” between justice and injustice is explored in this new Philadelphia-set legal drama created by Richard LaGravenese and “Scandal’s” Tony Goldwyn. 9 and 10 p.m. WE

They could go all the way! Venture into “Virgin Territory” in this new reality series about young adults, each with reasons for not yet having done the deed. 11 p.m. MTV

THURSDAY

Big Papi in the house! The Boston Red Sox slugger is profiled in the sports doc “David Ortiz: In the Moment.” 8 p.m. Epix

The inaugural awards show “Kids’ Choice Sports 2014” is kinda like “The ESPYs” — but, you know, for kids. 8 p.m. Nickelodeon

“House” meets “Royal Pains” when a doctor/drug-addict (Tom Ellis) caters to the needs of the rich and famous in the new drama “Rush.” 9 p.m. USA

If you think you look cute in your birthday suit, you might try “Dating Naked” like the brave folks in this new series. 9 p.m. VH1

“Ben and Kate’s” Nat Faxon and “Arrested Development’s” Judy Greer play a “Married” couple in this new comedy, while a pair of sexy singles (Aya Cash, Chris Geere) are just keepin’ it casual for now in the new sitcom “You’re the Worst.” 10 and 10:30 p.m. FX

Another married couple (Matt Passmore, Stephanie Szostak) can’t get no “Satisfaction” at home and so they each go looking elsewhere in this new drama. 10 p.m. USA

FRIDAY

Peter O’Toole is “Lawrence of Arabia” in David Lean’s 1962 epic, part of Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Friday-night series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI. 5 p.m. TCM

Forest Whitaker serves at the pleasure of several U.S. presidents in the fact-based 2013 drama “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” 9 p.m. Showtime

Keri Russell, you’ve just read “Pride and Prejudice.” What are you gonna do now? She’s going to “Austenland” in this quirky 2013 romantic comedy. 9 p.m. Starz

SATURDAY

Return to “Cedar Cove” with the second-season premiere of this drama starring Andie MacDowell. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

A teen from an insular religious community gets into a little trouble on a trip to L.A. in the TV movie “Expecting Amish.” With AJ Michalka and Jesse McCartney. 8 p.m. Lifetime

You take the good, you take the bad, you take ‘em both are there you have Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields from “The Facts of Life” reuniting in the TV movie “For Better or for Worse.” 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

It’s humans and robots versus zombies in an all-out “Battle of the Damned” in this 2013 action-horror mash-up. Dolph Lundgren stars. 9 p.m. Syfy

Donald Rumsfeld is profiled in Errol Morris’ 2013 documentary “The Unknown Known.” 9:30 p.m. History Channel