Monday’s highlights
SERIES
Fish Warrior: This colorful new travel and adventure series gets off to a strong start with “Amazon Giant,” which finds extreme angler Jakub Vagner venturing into the Ecuadorean Amazon to catch and release a giant arapaima, a skilled predator that has remained essentially unchanged since the Jurassic Period (6 and 9 p.m. National Geographic).
James May’s Toy Stories: The tinkering gadgeteer assembles what he claims is the world’s longest model train track in this new episode (7 and 10 p.m. BBC America).
The Bachelorette: Ali is confronted by the men she rejected and a surprise guest comes forward with a shocking revelation in the season’s pre-finale episode (8 p.m. ABC).
Huge: As the campers eagerly await word on what film they’ll be treated to, Will (Nikki Blonsky) is driven to write a love song as she gets more and more jealous over Ian’s (Ari Stidham) friendship with Amber (Hayley Hasselhoff) in this new episode (9 p.m. ABC Family).
The Closer: While investigating a suspicious suicide, Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) and her squad wade into a nasty child-custody dispute in this new episode (9 p.m. TNT).
Rizzoli & Isles: Jane and Maura (Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander) investigate the mysterious death of a boy who may have lost his life during an attempted exorcism in this new episode (10 p.m. TNT).
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: The host enjoys street food while in Kerala, India (10 p.m. Travel).
Neighbors From Hell: On Mandy’s 15th birthday, Balthazor is recruited by a mysterious man to destroy the drill in the season finale (10:30 p.m. TBS).
SPECIALS
Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County: Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi’s documentary traces a summer in the lives of several young people who attend a year-round school serving the children of the working poor in California’s Orange County (9 p.m. HBO).
SPORTS
Softball: 2010 World Cup, final (6 p.m. ESPN2).
Baseball: The Boston Red Sox visit the Angels (7 p.m. FSN).
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