TV highlights

MONDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

SERIES

Top Gear: British comic Steve Coogan (“The Other Guys”) gets behind the wheel of a Ferrari in this new episode of the automotive series (6 and 9 p.m. BBC America).

Aftermath With William Shatner: This new installment recalls the affair between schoolteacher Mary Kay Letourneau and a then-underage student, as well as the tabloid headline-making scandal that followed (7 and 11 p.m. Biography).

Samantha Brown’s Asia: Your hostess sails for Singapore in this new episode of the travelogue (8 p.m. Travel).

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: Rome is the destination in this new episode (10 p.m. Travel).

Hardcore Pawn: This docu-series set at a Detroit pawn shop returns with back-to-back episodes (10 and 10:30 p.m. Tru).

The Big C: Laura Linney stars in this new comedy-drama about a suburban mom who is diagnosed with terminal cancer (10:30 p.m. Showtime).

SPECIALS

Animal Planet Investigates: Gang Dogs: This new special details efforts to rehabilitate canines that have been trained by gang members for fighting or to be vicious guard dogs (10 p.m. Animal Planet).

Extreme Food Sculptors: Their edible artworks are on display in this new special (10 p.m. TLC).

MOVIES

Observe and Report: Seth Rogen is a take-no-prisoners mall cop in this edgy 2009 comedy (8:30 p.m. Cinemax).

Airplane!: Turner Classic Movies’ salute to Robert Stack includes the actor and costars Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges playing off their serious images in this 1980 send-up of airborne disaster films (10:15 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

Baseball: The Dodgers battle the Braves (4 p.m. KCAL) and Padres play the Cubs (5 p.m. WGN America).

Exhibition football: The Giants and the Jets meet in preseason action (5 p.m. ESPN).