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The limited series "MARS" (7 p.m., National Geographic Channel) combines a scripted drama about the first manned mission to Mars in the year 2033 with flashbacks to the present and a documentary about how such a mission will be accomplished.
For more about "MARS," click here, and then click here.
• Also tonight, it's the long-delayed premiere of "Shooter" (11 p.m., USA), a drama about a a retired
Marine sniper (Ryan Phillipe) recruited by his former commander to prevent an assassination.
It was originally supposed to debut on July 19, but was postponed a week because of the July 7 police shootings in Dallas. Then it was postponed indefinitely well, until tonight after the July 17 police shootings in Baton Rouge.
(Neither incident actually resembled the plot of the show.)
Elsewhere on TV ...
• NFL (6:15 p.m., ESPN): Cincinnati Bengals at New York Giants
• "Kevin Can Wait" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): When Kevin takes a job as a bartender, he starts dispensing unsolicited advice to his customers.
• "Dancing with the Stars" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Another pair is eliminated.
• "The Voice" (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The 12 remaining contestants perform.
• "Gotham" (7 p.m., Fox.Ch. 13): Gordon and Bullock investigate the murder at Lee and Mario's engagement party.
• "Supergirl" (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): The Guardian comes to help after a parasite alien drains Supergirl's powers.
• NBA (7 p.m., ROOT): Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz
• "People of Earth" (7 p.m., TBS): The origin of StarCrossed is revealed as Gina takes a trip down memory lane.
• "Man With a Plan" (7:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Don persuades Adam to turn his garage into a man cave.
• "2 Broke Girls" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): The women take a bartending class so they can add cocktails to the dessert bar menu.
• "Lucifer" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Lucifer links Azrael's stolen blade to a string of violent stabbings.
• "Studio C" (8 p.m., BYUtv): Harry Potter and the gang try using the Mirror of Erised again; Natalie adopts a strange cat.
• "Jane the Virgin" (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Rafael suspects something has happened to Petra; Michael and Rafael try to get along.
• Men's college basketball (8 p.m., ESPN2): Princeton at BYU
• "The Odd Couple" (8:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): After being promoted, Dani hires a new assistant for Oscar.
• "Scorpion" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Walter discovers a natural disaster in Ireland has created a poisonous cloud that threatens an entire village.
• "Conviction" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): A young African-American boy is shot and killed by a cop.
• "Timeless" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): In Nixon-era Washington, Rufus and Lucy embark on an investigation that rattles them.
• "Soundbreaking" (9 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The role of the record producer and their contrasting styles, from George Martin and Sam Phillips to Tom Petty and Dr. Dre.