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What to watch MONDAY

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NBA Basketball

ESPN & TNT, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Live ESPN and TNT split an NBA primetime doublehead­er with the Toronto Raptors vs. the Milwaukee Bucks on ESPN, followed by the Denver Nuggets vs. the L.A. Lakers on TNT.

Shark Week 2020

Discovery Channel, beginning at 7 p.m. Day 2 of Shark Week 2020 features three hourlong premiere specials: Abandoned Waters, about how the COVID-19 crisis has given researcher­s a chance to study great whites in Australia in an unpreceden­ted way; ShaqAttack, with the return of Shaquille O’Neal to Shark Week; and Jaws Awakens, about the search for the largest male great white in the world.

The Titan Games

NBC, 7 p.m. Season Finale

In “The Titan Games Championsh­ip,” Titans from the Central, West and Eastern divisions have advanced to the Championsh­ip. Those six elite Titans return for the final rounds of competitio­n. The top two men and women will advance to compete on Mount Olympus one last time. In the end, one man and one woman will be crowned Titan Champions.

Botched

E!, 8 p.m.

In “Hopeful Transforma­tions,” a Scarlett Johansson lookalike wants the doctors to give her a flawless booty, while Dr. Terry Dubrow helps a mom with creaseless breasts get the reduction she’s tried to achieve for 20 years. Meanwhile, a woman whose face is destroyed from a motorcycle crash hopes surgery with Dr. Paul Nassif will ease the emotional pain.

Love It or List It

HGTV, 8 p.m. New Episodes

HGTV’s smash hit series, starring designer Hilary Farr and real estate expert David Visentin, returns with fresh episodes. Filled with Hilary and David’s sharp wit, funny banter and clever, competitiv­e barbs, each episode will culminate with families answering

the series’ highly anticipate­d question: Are you going to love it or list it?

10 Things You Don’t Know

E!, 9 p.m. New Series

Every week of this fun, new half-hour series will highlight a celebrity and count down the 10 most unique, unbelievab­le and surprising facts you don’t know about that person. From Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez and Tiffany Haddish to Will Smith, Lady Gaga, Keanu Reeves and more, the series will uncover all the hysterical, outrageous, only-in-Hollywood scoop that

proves stars really are just like us.

Into the Unknown

Travel Channel, 10 p.m.

In “The Mojave Sandman,” in the haunting and inhospitab­le desert of Southern California, Cliff Simon is in search of the infamous Mojave Sandman. Sightings of a hairy, ape-like creature here have made headlines for decades. But while Simon is determined to make a contributi­on to the ongoing investigat­ion, he increasing­ly has the feeling that he’s the one being tracked.

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