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Tigers at Twins (2 p.m., TBS). It’s the tiebreaker game to decide the American League Central division. The winner advances to the playoffs. I like the Twins, in theory, but I can’t root for a team that plays in such a horrible, plastic-ey stadium. Go Tigers. As an added bonus, the TBS announcing crew is mercifully McCarver-free.
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“30 for 30: Kings Ransom” (5 p.m., ESPN, 8 p.m. ESPN2). Series premiere. ESPN kicks off a new documentary series about events that forever altered the sports landscape, and it’s getting really good buzz. Bill Simmons – “The Sports Guy” – is one of the creative forces behind it. Tonight, director Peter Berg (“Friday Night Lights”) takes a look at the Wayne Gretzky trade to L.A. that changed the face of hockey (he’s why we have a team in San Jose, for one). Future subjects include the Raiders’ move to L.A., the fall of Marion Jones and the death of Len Bias. As far as sports documentaries go, this looks like it’ll be outstanding.
“Sons of Anarchy” (10 p.m., FX). Hale teams up with SAMCRO to help fight the white separatists. Strange bedfellows, huh? Meanwhile Jax and Clay are still butting heads.
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“Dirty Jobs” (9 p.m., Discovery). Season premiere. One of the more addictive disposable series out there. It’s not quite appointment TV, yet it never fails to be entertaining. Fascinating, even. Tonight Mike Rowe, the guy with the coolest voice in television, crushes boats in Miami and recycles used mattresses in San Francisco. That second one has the potential to be really, really gross. Just think about it.
“Ghost Lab” (10 p.m., Discovery). Series premiere. A new series that has paranormal investigators trying to explain spooky happenings. So yeah, basically a copy of “Ghost Hunters.” Only it’s Discovery Channel, so it’ll probably be a quality show. Might be worth checking out.
“Parking Wars” (10 p.m., TLC). Season premiere. Another awesomely addictive, disposable show. This season, the reality series chronicling parking control officers (don’t call ’em meter maids) moves from Philadelphia (where we all learned to never, ever get your car towed) to Detroit. Where they’re probably not any nicer.
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“Hell’s Kitchen” (8 p.m., Fox). Kids judge the final four cheftestants. As if that’s not humiliating enough, they’re led by a child who’s supposed to be “L’il Gordon Ramsey,” but looks a lot more like that lovestruck little kid in “Love, Actually.” (They’re not the same person, though they coulda fooled me.) It’s so frustrating seeing Ramsey acting like an idiot on shows like this, when he’s 400 times better on his British series.
