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TV HIGHLIGHTS

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Double Cross with Blake Griffin, 5:30 PM on TRUTV; 1:30 AM on TRUTV:

We’re currently living in a “gig economy,” where imaginativ­e individual­s create a job niche for themselves by performing a service for clients. Even in that context, however, pro basketball player

Blake Griffin has come up with a humdinger of a moonlighti­ng job: helping the victims of a prank get revenge on the prankster. That’s just what he offers in this new four-part limited series, which concludes tomorrow. Hey, when getting revenge is a tall order, turn to a guy who’s over six and a half feet in height, right?

Little Women: Atlanta, 9 PM on LIF; 1:01 AM on LIF: In the new episode “Don’t Give Up on Me,” Andrea is forced to confront the harsh realities of trying to be a profession­al model in an industry that caters almost exclusivel­y to average-sized clients. Elsewhere, Abira heads back into the studio to record a new song that she has picked to showcase a softer side of her personalit­y, but rising tensions between Monie and Tamera threaten to torpedo her plans.

Great Performanc­es at the Met, 1 AM on Ch. 16 and Ch. 48: Superstar soprano Renée Fleming is among the most beloved artists in the history of the Metropolit­an Opera House, and she likewise has triumphed in virtually all the world’s most glittering opera venues. The lovely vocalist is featured in a far more intimate setting, however, for “Renée Fleming in Concert,” which opens Season 15 of this classical music series. From the cozy music salon of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., Fleming performs arias by Puccini and Massenet, along with selections by Handel and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

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